EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT

Massive Peru copper deposit shows promise

FRESH drilling is reported to have boosted confidence in the eventual development of the big, low-grade, Toromocho copper prospect in Peru.

Tim Treadgold
Massive Peru copper deposit shows promise

Early studies, some dating back 20 years, indicated that the orebody graded between 0.6% and 0.8% copper, so low that only one bidder lodged an offer with the government of Peru when Toromocho was sold....

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