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Red Chris resource expansion continues

Drills tap copper and gold at both ends of new large resource North of 60 Mining News – June 11, 2021

Last updated 6/17/2021 at 4:40pm

Newcrest Mining Red Chris Imperial Metals East Ridge zone British Columbia

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

Drills have tapped strong copper and gold mineralization more than 300 meters northeast and along the southwest edge of the open pit mine at Red Chris.

Newcrest Mining Ltd. and Imperial Metals Corp. June 9 reported additional higher-grade mineralization in the newly discovered East Ridge zone at the Red Chris copper-gold mine in Northern British Columbia.

Since Newcrest acquired a 70% interest in Red Chris in the fall of 2019, the joint venture partners have completed more than 136,631 meters of drilling at the project, much of which has teste...

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