Company plans to undertake 4,015 metres of reverse circulation drilling across 11 holes this year, targeting resource expansion and exploring new prospects.
Violent protests in the country have killed at least 66, posing risks to the activity of other large mines like MMG’s Las Bambas and Freeport-McMoRan’s Cerro Verde.
Namesake project in the Antofagasta region now has measured and indicated oxide resources totalling 200 million tonnes grading 0.45% copper for 900,000 tonnes of metal.