The state-owned copper miner said that since mining at the open-pit mine ends in 2020, which is when the underground section begins commercial operations, it will able to keep productive capacity unchanged.
Two new claims were staked to cover known copper showings that are interpreted to have potential to host sedimentary-hosted copper mineralization similar to that at Transition's Janice Lake.
Copper output in Africa’s second largest producing country could decline by as much as 100,000 tonnes this year, adding to recent, sharp declines at the world’s main producing nations.