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Kakula copper mine underground development exceeds 1,840m in August

Ivanhoe Mines has reported that its underground development at the Kakula Copper Mine totalled 1,842m in August, bringing the cumulative total underground development completed to date to more than 20.6km - approximately 6km ahead of schedule.

 A load of copper ore being transported up the Kakula South decline, one of the two southern access drives has entered the plus five per cent-copper mining zone

A load of copper ore being transported up the Kakula South decline, one of the two southern access drives has entered the plus five per cent-copper mining zone

The majority of the underground development headings at the Kakula mine currently are traversing medium-grade sections of the orebody, with average grades ranging between three and five per cent copper....

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