By Shane Lasley
Mining News
Preparing to go underground at Red Chris
Partners approve $135M budget toward block cave mining North of 60 Mining News – February 12, 2021
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Last updated 2/25/2021 at 3:19pm
Newcrest Mining Ltd.
The Red Chris Mine in Northern BC produced 88.3 million pounds of copper and 73,787 ounces of gold during 2020.
Since acquiring a 70% interest in Imperial Metals Corp.'s Red Chris Mine in 2019, Newcrest Mining Ltd. has envisioned establishing an underground block cave mine to unlock the full potential of this porphyry copper-gold asset at the northern end of British Columbia's Golden Triangle.
The Australian miner took a major step toward this vision with the start of construction on the box cut for the...
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