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Rio Tinto’s Winu copper project just got bigger – MINING.COM – MINING.com
The miner has made a promising discovery 2 km east of the copper-gold deposit in Western Australia.
The Winu copper-gold-silver discovery is about 130 km from Newcrests Telfer mine in the East Pilbara. (Image courtesy of Rio Tinto.)
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) said on Tuesday it had made a promising discovery 2 km (1.2 miles) east of its Winu copper-gold project in Western Australia, which is on track to begin production in 2023.
The worlds no. 2 miner also revealed a maiden resource for the deposit, which has an inferred mineral resource of 503 million tonnes of ore grading at 0.45% co…
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