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Mopani proposes open-pit mining for new ore deposits
Tue 16 Nov. 2010, 03:59 CAT [76 Reads, 0 Comment(s)]
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MOPANI Copper Mines has proposed to mine by open-pit method the copper oxide ores at areas K and Nose that constitute part of the Nkana Oxide Caps, south of the existing Nkana mine licence.
Mopani has been developing the Oxide Caps in phases and this will now entail developing open-pits and constructing associated infrastructure such as site offices and access roads.
According to a notice issued by the mining company, Mopani has proposed to develop open-pit projects.
“The area K and Nose project will be located approximately two kilometers of the South Ore Body (SOB) shaft and within the Nkana Mine Licence area and the mined oxide ore will be blended with that mined at Area J for processing at the already existing Nkana Leach Plant,” it stated.
This is the second project which Mopani is developing this year following the sinking of the synclinorium shaft which is intended to reach the deepening ore bodies at Nkana.