EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT

Jericho too small for standalone mine, but could be hub

OZ Minerals and alliance partner Minotaur Exploration have delivered the maiden inferred resource for the Jericho copper-gold system near Cloncurry, with an initial 9.1 million tonnes grading 1.4% copper, 0.3 grams per tonne gold and 1.6gpt silver, and more exploration planned for the adjacent Eloise and Breena Plains joint ventures.

 Drilling at Jericho

Drilling at Jericho

It gives contained metal of 131,000t copper and 88,000 ounces gold.   OZ has completed optimisation studies for a potential underground mine at Jericho, which it sees as an important potential hub,...

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