KOLWEZI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; OTCQX: IVPAF) Co-Chairs Robert Friedland and Yufeng “Miles” Sun are pleased to announce that the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo has set a new quarterly production record in the second quarter of 2022, with 87,314 tonnes of copper in concentrate produced.
Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 3.8-million-tonne-per-annum concentrator plants produced 30,379 tonnes of copper in concentrate during June 2022. This performance marks the third consecutive month that Kamoa-Kakula has surpassed its throughput design capacity of 7.6 million tonnes per annum, following the commissioning of Phase 2.
Kamoa Copper milled approximately 1.95 million ore tonnes during the second quarter at an average feed grade of 5.44% copper. Copper recoveries were averaging more than 86% during June 2022, with feed grades averaging approximately 5.5% copper.
Ongoing mining optimization work at the Kakula Mine is targeting improved head grade during the second half of 2022 towards 6% copper. Kamoa Copper is also evaluating additional material handling capacity at Kakula to increase mining rates to feed the de-bottlenecked Phase 1 and 2 processing capacity of 9.2 million tonnes per year, which will be incorporated into the Phase 3 expansion Pre-Feasibility Study scheduled for release in the second half of 2022.
The Phase 1 and Phase 2 concentrator plants are approaching a combined annualized production rate of approximately 400,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate. The de-bottlenecking program is on track to boost Kamoa Copper's annual production to approximately 450,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate per year by the second quarter of 2023.
Management anticipates that the early commissioning of the Phase 2 concentrator plant in March 2022, approximately four months ahead of schedule, will enable Kamoa Copper to deliver in the upper range of its 2022 production guidance of 290,000 to 340,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate.
Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 concentrator plants produced a record 30,379 tonnes of copper in June 2022. Kamoa Copper is approaching a copper production rate of 400,000 tonnes per year.
Mr. Friedland commented: “Kamoa Copper continues to deliver industry-leading operational performance with the rapid advancement of Kamoa-Kakula's Phase 1 and Phase 2 concentrator plants, which now are approaching a production rate of 400,000 tonnes copper per year. We will continue this track record of excellence as we realize the vast potential across the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex, which will be operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo for generations.
“Kamoa-Kakula is on pace to be the world's third-largest copper mining complex by the end of 2024, with the Phase 3 expansion expected to boost total copper production to approximately 600,000 tonnes per annum. We are already among the ranks of the world's major copper producers ... a metal the world vitally requires for conventional energy and industry, as well as the long-term shift to green energy and electrification. We are at an inflection point for the copper industry ... one where we must meet substantial demand growth over the coming decades, even as discovering and building new mines has become more challenging and more complex.
“The supply-demand landscape for the copper market remains extremely clear despite any short-term market fluctuations and policy-driven demand destruction. Kamoa-Kakula will be an integral part of the supply solution, but we will need astronomically higher global copper production to solve the ongoing energy crisis and complete the vital transition to green energy.”
Watch Mr. Friedland’s June 2022 exclusive, long-form keynote discussion at the Bank of America’s Commodity Conference: https://bit.ly/3AnJbrw
The Phase 1 and Phase 2 plants milled 1.95 million ore tonnes during the second quarter at an average feed grade of 5.44% copper.
Construction to increase concentrate thickener capacity is ongoing as part of the Phase 1 and Phase 2 debottlenecking program.
Figure 1: Monthly Kakula cumulative copper production – total production of approximately 250,000 tonnes copper from May 2021 to June 30, 2022.
Kamoa-Kakula reports record quarterly production of 87,314 tonnes copper following achievement of Phase 2 steady-state operations
In late March 2022, Ivanhoe Mines announced that Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 2 concentrator plant began hot commissioning significantly ahead of schedule. First ore was introduced into the Phase 2 milling circuit on March 21, 2022, and first copper concentrate produced approximately four months ahead of the originally announced development schedule. Commercial production from the Phase 2 concentrator was declared on April 7, 2022, while steady state production was achieved at the end of May 2022.
Kamoa-Kakula has milled approximately three million tonnes of ore at an average feed grade of 5.74% copper year-to-date, and produced approximately 143,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate over the first half of 2022.
Kamoa Copper’s previously announced de-bottlenecking program also is progressing on schedule to increase the combined design processing capacity of the Phase 1 and Phase 2 concentrator plants to approximately 9.2 million tonnes per annum.
After successfully operating the Phase 1 concentrator, the Kamoa-Kakula team identified several relatively minor modifications that are expected to increase ore throughput from the current design of 475 tonnes per hour to approximately 580 tonnes per hour. These modifications include increasing the diameter of several pipes, replacing a number of motors and pumps with larger ones and installing additional flotation, concentrate-thickening, concentrate-filtration and tailings-disposal capacity.
Once completed in the second quarter of 2023, the de-bottlenecking program will enable the copper production from Kamoa-Kakula’s first two phases to reach approximately 450,000 tonnes per year, positioning Kamoa Copper as the world’s fourth largest copper producer.
Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 plants are undergoing a debottlenecking program to boost combined ore throughput to 9.2 million tonnes per annum by Q2 2023. Excavation is in progress to upgrade scavenger cleaner flotation capacity.
Kamoa 1 and Kamoa 2 box cut and decline ramp nearing completion, Phase 3 twin decline excavation progressing well
The Pre-Feasibility Study for the Phase 3 expansion is expected to be announced during the fourth quarter of this year. Kamoa-Kakula's Phase 3 will consist of two new mines known as Kamoa 1 and Kamoa 2, as well as the initial decline development at Kakula West. A new, 5-million-tonne-per-annum concentrator plant will also be established adjacent to the two new mines at Kamoa. The associated power and surface infrastructure for Phase 3 will be designed to support future expansions.
Construction is nearing completion on the Phase 3 box cut and decline ramp at the Kamoa 1 and Kamoa 2 mines, while excavation of the twin declines to access Phase 3 mining areas also is advancing well. Construction works for the ramp, cut-off drains, and water-collection sumps are well advanced.
Basic engineering design for the Phase 3, 5-million-tonne-per-annum concentrator plant is nearing completion with procurement activities underway. During June, orders were placed for the following long-lead items: ball mills, concentrate filters, cone crushers and flotation cells. The earthworks contract is scheduled to be issued imminently.
Upon commencement of Phase 3 production, Kamoa Copper will have a total processing capacity of greater than 14 million tonnes per annum. Phase 3 is expected to increase copper production capacity to approximately 600,000 tonnes per year, with commissioning expected by the fourth quarter of 2024. This production rate will position Kamoa Copper as the world’s third-largest copper mining complex, and the largest copper mining complex on the African continent.
Construction works for the ramp, cut-off drains, and water-collection sumps is well advanced at the Kamoa 1 and Kamoa 2 box cut.
Excavation of twin declines at the Kamoa 1 and Kamoa 2 mines will provide access to the main Phase 3 mining areas.
Gracia Maseka, General Worker; Kamin Hortense, Dump Truck Operator; standing at the portal entrance to the twin Kamoa 1 and 2 declines.
Basic engineering complete and initial long-lead equipment ordered for Kamoa Copper’s direct-to-blister flash smelter
Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 3 expansion includes a 500,000-tonne-per-annum, direct-to-blister flash smelter to produce approximately 99% copper metal, and the replacement of Turbine #5 at the Inga 2 hydroelectric power station. The turbine replacement will supply an additional 178-megwatts of clean hydroelectric power to the national grid.
Earthworks excavation is progressing well at the smelter site, adjacent to Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 concentrator plants, with bush clearing and top-soil stripping well advanced.
In June, Kamoa Copper placed purchase orders for the smelter’s slag cleaning furnace, anode refining furnaces and electrostatic precipitators, while basic engineering on the smelter design has been completed.
The Kamoa-Kakula smelter is designed to use technology supplied by Metso Outotec of Espoo, Finland, and to meet the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) emissions standards. The smelter has been sized to process most of the copper concentrate forecast to be produced by Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3 concentrators.
Construction and earthworks at the smelter site, adjacent to Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 concentrator plants.
Kamoa-Kakula’s smelter (3-D rendering below) uses technology supplied by Metso Outotec, with a production capacity of 500,000 tonnes per annum of approximately 99%-pure blister copper.
In late 2021, Kamoa Copper awarded China Nerin Engineering Co., Ltd. (Nerin) of Jiangxi, China, with the basic engineering contract for the planned, direct-to-blister flash smelter. Nerin is an international engineering company with more than 60 years of experience in smelter engineering and construction projects globally. Nerin actively promotes the advancement of smelting technology through its own research and development, and by establishing various partnerships with global industry peers, including Metso Outotec.
Ivanhoe Mines joins United Nations Global Compact, the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world
Ivanhoe Mines is pleased to join the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) initiative — a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation, and disclosure of responsible business practices.
Launched in 2000, the UN Global Compact is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world, with more than 14,000 companies in over 160 countries participating, the UNGC holds signatories and participants to the highest sustainability standards.
The multi-year strategy of the UN Global Compact is to drive business awareness and action in support of achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Ivanhoe Mines founded the Sustainable Livelihoods Program in 2010 to strengthen food security and farming capacity in the host communities near Kamoa‑Kakula by establishing an agricultural demonstration garden to support farmers at community level.
Today, approximately 900 community farmers are benefiting from the Sustainable Livelihoods Program, producing high‑quality food for their families and local communities. The program commenced with maize and vegetable production, and now produces many high-value crops, including fruit, aquaculture, poultry and honey. The construction of 100 new fishponds was completed in 2021, bringing the total number of fishponds to 138. The project will significantly contribute to local entrepreneurship and enhanced regional food security.
Fabrice Mazeze (centre), Kamoa-Kakula Sustainable Livelihoods Agronomist, assists community farmers with the corn harvest.
The construction of 100 new fishponds was completed in 2021, bringing the total number of fishponds at Kamoa-Kakula to 138.
Ivanhoe Mines to issue Q2 2022 financial results and host conference call for investors on August 15
Ivanhoe Mines will report its Q2 2022 financial results, and a detailed update on its operations, before market open on Monday, August 15, 2022.
The company will hold an investor conference call to discuss the Q2 2022 financial results at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time / 7:30 a.m. Pacific time on the same day. The conference call dial-in is +1-647-484-0258 or toll free 1-800-289-0720, quote “Ivanhoe Mines Q2 2022 Financial Results” if requested. Media are invited to attend on a listen-only basis.
Link to join the live audio webcast: https://bit.ly/3I7kaCR
An audio webcast recording of the conference call, together with supporting presentation slides, will be available on Ivanhoe Mines’ website at www.ivanhoemines.com.
After issuance, the Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis will be available at www.ivanhoemines.com and at www.sedar.com.
Qualified Persons
Disclosures of a scientific or technical nature at the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex in this news release have been reviewed and approved by Steve Amos, who is considered, by virtue of his education, experience and professional association, a Qualified Person under the terms of NI 43-101. Mr. Amos is not considered independent under NI 43-101 as he is the Head of the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex. Mr. Amos has verified the technical data disclosed in this news release.
Ivanhoe has prepared an independent, NI 43-101-compliant technical report for the Kamoa-Kakula Project, which is available on the company’s website and under the company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com:
- Kamoa-Kakula Integrated Development Plan 2020 dated October 13, 2020, prepared by OreWin Pty Ltd., China Nerin Engineering Co., Ltd., DRA Global, Epoch Resources, Golder Associates Africa, KGHM Cuprum R&D Centre Ltd., Outotec Oyj, Paterson and Cooke, Stantec Consulting International LLC, SRK Consulting Inc., and Wood plc.
The technical report includes relevant information regarding the assumptions, parameters and methods of the mineral resource estimates on the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex cited in this news release, as well as information regarding data verification, exploration procedures and other matters relevant to the scientific and technical disclosure contained in this news release.
About Ivanhoe Mines
Ivanhoe Mines is a Canadian mining company focused on advancing its three principal projects in Southern Africa: the development of major new, mechanized, underground mines at the Kamoa-Kakula copper discoveries in the Democratic Republic of Congo and at the Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold discovery in South Africa; and the extensive redevelopment and upgrading of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine, also in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kamoa-Kakula is the world’s fastest growing major copper mine. Kamoa-Kakula began producing copper concentrates in May 2021 and, through phased expansions, is positioned to become one of the world's largest copper producers. Kamoa-Kakula is being powered by clean, renewable hydro-generated electricity and is projected to be among the world’s lowest greenhouse gas emitters per unit of metal produced. Ivanhoe Mines has pledged to achieve net-zero operational greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2) at the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex. Ivanhoe also is exploring for new copper discoveries on its Western Foreland exploration licences in the Democratic Republic of Congo, near the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex.
About the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Mining Complex
Kamoa-Kakula is the world’s fastest growing and highest-grade major copper mining complex. Based on independent benchmarking, the project’s phased expansion scenario to 19 million tonnes per annum would position Kamoa-Kakula as the world’s second-largest copper mining complex, with peak annual copper production of more than 800,000 tonnes.
A 2020 independent audit of Kamoa-Kakula's greenhouse gas intensity metrics performed by Hatch Ltd. of Mississauga, Canada, confirmed that the project will be foremost among the world's lowest greenhouse gas emitters per unit of copper produced.
The Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex is a joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines (39.6%), Zijin Mining Group (39.6%), Crystal River Global Limited (0.8%) and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (20%).
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Such statements include without limitation: (i) statements that an updated pre-feasibility study for Phase 3 is scheduled for Q4 2022; (ii) statements regarding Kamoa-Kakula’s copper production guidance for 2022, which currently is estimated at between 290,000 tonnes and 340,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate; (iii) statements regarding first copper production from Phase 3 expected in the end of 2024; (iv) statements regarding the de-bottlenecking program will enable the copper production from Kamoa Copper’s first two phases to exceed 450,000 tonnes per year by Q2 2023; (v) statements that Kamoa-Kakula’s annual production is to be approximately 450,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate per year by Q2 2023; (vi) statements that the debottlenecking program is expected to expand ore throughput at Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1 and Phase 2 concentrators by 21% to 9.2 Mtpa by Q2 2023; (vii) statements regarding the establishment of a new 5 Mtpa concentrator plant adjacent to the two new mines at Kamoa; (viii) statements that at commencement of Phase 3, Kamoa-Kakula will have processing capacity greater than 14 Mtpa and is expected to increase annualized copper production capacity to approximately 600,000 tpa by Q4 2024; (ix) statements regarding the Kamoa-Kakula’s phased expansion scenario to 19 Mtpa would position Kamoa-Kakula as the world’s second-largest copper mining complex, with peak annual copper production of more than 800,000 tonnes; (x) statements regarding Kamoa-Kakula will be among the world's lowest greenhouse gas emitters per unit of copper produced; and (vii) statements regarding achieve net-zero operational greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and 2) at the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex.
As well, all of the results of the Kakula definitive feasibility study, the Kakula-Kansoko Pe-Feasibility
Study and the Kamoa-Kakula Preliminary Economic Assessment, constitute forward-looking statements or information, and include future estimates of internal rates of return, net present value, future production, estimates of cash cost, proposed mining plans and methods, mine life estimates, cash flow forecasts, metal recoveries, estimates of capital and operating costs and the size and timing of phased development of the projects. Furthermore, with respect to this specific forward-looking information concerning the development of the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex, the company has based its assumptions and analysis on certain factors that are inherently uncertain. Uncertainties include: (i) the adequacy of infrastructure; (ii) geological characteristics; (iii) metallurgical characteristics of the mineralization; (iv) the ability to develop adequate processing capacity; (v) the price of copper; (vi) the availability of equipment and facilities necessary to complete development; (vii) the cost of consumables and mining and processing equipment; (viii) unforeseen technological and engineering problems; (ix) accidents or acts of sabotage or terrorism; (x) currency fluctuations; (xi) changes in regulations; (xii) the compliance by joint venture partners with terms of agreements; (xiii) the availability and productivity of skilled labour; (xiv) the regulation of the mining industry by various governmental agencies; (xv) the ability to raise sufficient capital to develop such projects; (xvi) changes in project scope or design; and (xvii) political factors.
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The company’s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements because of the factors set forth below in the “Risk Factors” section in the company’s 2022 Q1 MD&A and its current annual information form.
刚果民主共和国科卢韦齐 — 艾芬豪矿业 (TSX: IVN; OTCQX: IVPAF) 联席董事长罗伯特·弗里兰德 (Robert Friedland) 与孙玉峰 (Miles Sun) 欣然宣布，位于刚果民主共和国的卡莫阿-卡库拉 (Kamoa-Kakula) 铜矿于2022年第二季度创下全新季度纪录，生产精矿含铜金属87,314吨。
卡莫阿-卡库拉I期和II期380万吨/年选厂于2022年6月份共生产精矿含铜金属30,379吨，标志着卡莫阿-卡库拉在II期投产后，已连续三个月超越760万吨/年的设计产能。
卡莫阿铜业于2022年第二季度共处理约195万吨矿石，平均入选品位5.44%。2022年6月的平均铜回收率超过86%，平均入选品位约5.5%。
卡库拉矿山正进行采矿优化，目标是要在2022年下半年度将原矿铜品位提高至平均6%。同时，卡莫阿铜业正在评估卡库拉矿山更高的矿石处理能力，并提高回采率，在技改方案完成后，向综合产能达920万吨/年的I期和II期选厂供矿。这项评估将被纳入III期扩建的预可行性研究，报告计划于2022年下半年发布。
I期和II期选厂的年化总产能已接近精矿含铜约40万吨。技改方案完成后，预计到2023年第二季度，卡莫阿铜业的年产能将提升至精矿含铜约45万吨。
II期选厂提前于2022年3月投产，比原计划提前约4个月，将有利于卡莫阿铜业实现2022年铜生产指导目标 (290,000至340,000吨) 的上限。
卡莫阿-卡库拉I期和II期选厂于2022年6月份破纪录共生产30,379吨铜。目前，卡莫阿铜业的年产能力已接近40万吨铜。
弗里兰德先生评论说﹕“随着卡莫阿-卡库拉I期和II期选厂快速推进，现已接近每年40万吨铜的产能，卡莫阿铜业持续取得领先行业的斐然成就。我们将继续砥砺前行，努力取得卓越的成绩，充分发挥卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿项目的巨大潜力，惠及刚果民主共和国的多个世代。”
“III期扩建预计年产能提升至60万吨铜，卡莫阿-卡库拉将按计划于2024年底成为世界第三大铜矿。我们已跻身全球最大的铜生产商之列，而铜正是传统能源和工业，以及迈向绿色能源和电气化长期转型所需的重要金属。铜矿产业正处于一个转折点。尽管新矿床的发现和开发变得更加艰难，我们必须确保满足日益增长的市场需求。”
“尽管市场可能出现短期波动，相关政策也可能使需求下降，铜市场的供求关系仍然非常明确。卡莫阿-卡库拉将会成为铜金属供应体系不可或缺的一部分，但我们将需要达天文数字的全球铜产量才能解决当前持续的能源危机，以及实现绿色能源的关键转型。”
点击观看弗里兰德先生于2022年6月在美国银行商品会议上独家发表的长篇主题演说：https://bit.ly/3AnJbrw
I期和II期选厂于2022年第二季度共处理195万吨矿石，平均入选品位5.44%。
提高精矿浓密机产能，是I期和II期选厂技改工程的一部分。
图1：卡库拉月度累计铜产量 - 2021年5月至2022年6月30日的铜产量总计约250,000吨。
II期成功实现稳产，卡莫阿-卡库拉创下季度纪录共生产87,314吨铜
艾芬豪矿业于2022年3月底公布卡莫阿-卡库拉II期选厂比原计划大幅提前带料试车。 2022年3月21日开始向II期选厂供矿并顺利投产，比原计划提前约4个月。 II期选厂已于2022年4月7日实现商业化生产，并于5月底达到稳态产能。
卡莫阿-卡库拉于2022年至今已处理约300万吨矿石，平均入选品位达5.74%，于2022年上半年度共生产精矿含铜金属约143,000吨。
卡莫阿铜业之前公布的技改方案正按计划进行中，计划将I期和II期选厂的综合设计产能提升至920万吨/年。
I期选厂成功运行后，卡莫阿-卡库拉团队发现通过一些局部调整，可显著提高选厂的矿石处理能力，从当前设计的每小时475吨提升至每小时580吨。这些调整包括扩大一些管道的直径、替换较大型的电机和水泵，以及扩大浮选机、精矿浓密机、精矿过滤机和尾矿处理系统的产能。
技改方案于2023年第二季度完成后，卡莫阿-卡库拉I期和II期的铜产量将提升至约45万吨/年，这将使卡莫阿铜业成为全球第四大铜生产商。
卡莫阿-卡库拉I期和II期选厂的技改方案完成后，预计到2023年第二季度，总产能将提升至920万吨/年。目前正建设场地以提高粗选机产能。
卡莫阿1区和卡莫阿2区的新井口和斜坡道即将竣工，III期双斜坡道的掘进工程进展顺利
III 期扩建项目的预可行性研究预计于2022年第四季度发布。卡莫阿-卡库拉 III 期将包括卡莫阿1区和卡莫阿2区两座新矿山，以及卡库拉西区首条斜坡道的建设。卡莫阿两座新矿山附近将建设一座500万吨/年的新选厂。III 期电力和地表基础设施的设计工作正在进行中，以配合日后扩建计划。
III期卡莫阿1区和卡莫阿2区的井口和斜坡道建设即将完工，双斜坡道的掘进工程进度理想，将用于III期采区的进场通道。斜坡道、排水管路和水仓的建设工程也进展顺利。
III期500万吨/年选厂的基础工程设计快将完成，目前正开展采购工作。项目于6月份完成球磨机、精矿过滤机、破碎机和浮选机等长周期设备的采购订单，且即将签署土方工程的合同。
III 期扩建实现投产后，卡莫阿铜业的总矿石处理量将超过1,400万吨/年。预计III期于2024年第四季度投产后，铜产能将提升至约60万吨/年，这将使卡莫阿铜业成为全球第三大铜矿山以及非洲大陆最大的铜矿。
卡莫阿1区和卡莫阿2区井口的斜坡道建设工程进展顺利。
卡莫阿1区和卡莫阿2区双斜坡道的掘进工程进展顺利，将用于III期采区的进出场通道。
员工Gracia Maseka和卡车操作员Kamin Hortense在卡莫阿1区和卡莫阿2区双斜坡道的入口前。
卡莫阿铜业直接粗铜冶炼厂的基础工程设计已完成，并已订购首批长周期设备
卡莫阿-卡库拉III期扩建将包括一座设计产能50万吨/年、含铜99%的直接粗铜冶炼厂，以及英加二期水电站5号涡轮机组的升级改造。涡轮机组升级后，将为国家电网提供额外的178兆瓦清洁水电。
卡莫阿-卡库拉冶炼厂靠近I期和II期选厂，土方开挖工程进度理想，清理灌木和表土的工作也进展顺利。
卡莫阿铜业于6 月份已为冶炼厂订购废弃物加热炉、阳极精炼炉和静电收尘器，并已完成冶炼厂的基础工程设计。
卡莫阿-卡库拉冶炼厂采用芬兰美卓奥图泰公司的技术，按照国际金融公司 (IFC) 制订的排放标准建造；设计规模适合处理卡莫阿-卡库拉 I 期、II 期和 III 期选厂生产的大部分铜精矿。
卡莫阿-卡库拉的冶炼厂靠近I期和II期选厂，建设工程正在进行。
卡莫阿-卡库拉冶炼厂采用美卓奥图泰公司的技术，设计产能达50万吨铜/年，生产含铜99%的粗铜。下图为冶炼厂的三维设计图。
2021年底，卡莫阿铜业正式委托中国瑞林工程技术有限公司负责直接粗铜冶炼厂的基础工程设计。中国瑞林是一家国际工程公司，在全球冶炼工程和建设项目方面拥有超过 60 年的经验，通过自主研发，积极推动冶炼技术的发展，并且与全球同业公司如美卓奥图泰建立多元化的合作伙伴关系。
艾芬豪矿业加入全球最大的企业可持续发展倡议 — 联合国全球契约
艾芬豪矿业十分高兴加入了联合国全球契约 (UNGC) 倡议，一个旨在发展、实施和披露企业社会责任实践的自主领导平台。
联合国全球契约组织于2000年成立，是世界上最大的推进企业社会责任和可持续发展的组织，成员包括来自全球160 多个国家共14,000 多家企业，联合国全球契约要求签约企业达到最高的可持续发展标准。
联合国全球契约的多年期战略是通过增强企业意识和行动，以推进联合国可持续发展目标在2030年前得以实现。
艾芬豪矿业于2010年创立“可持续民生计划”，旨在通过建立农业园以及为当地农民提供支持，提升卡莫阿-卡库拉项目社区的食品安全和农作物生产。
目前，约有 900位社区农民正受益于“可持续民生计划”，为家人和当地社区生产优质食品。 “可持续民生计划”从最初的玉米和蔬菜种植已发展到目前包括水果等高价值作物种植、水产养殖、家禽和养蜂等。计划的100个新鱼塘已于2021年建成，将鱼塘的数量增加至138个。项目鼓励当地创业以及提高该地区的粮食安全。
卡莫阿-卡库拉可持续民生农艺师 Fabrice Mazeze (中) 指导种植工作后与社区农民合影。
“可持续民生计划”的100个新鱼塘已于2021年建成，鱼塘的数量增加至138个。
艾芬豪矿业将于8月15日举行投资者会议并公布 2022年第二季度财务报告
艾芬豪矿业将于2022年8月15日周一开市前公布2022年第二季度财务业绩。
公司将于同日东部时间上午10:30 / 西部时间上午7:30召开投资者电话会议，讨论2022年第二季度财务业绩。电话会议拨入号码为 +1-647-484-0258或免费拨号号码 1-800-289-0720，如有要求，请引述“艾芬豪矿业2022年第二季度财务业绩”，被邀媒体将在听众列席。
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电话会议的网络广播录音及相关演示材料将在艾芬豪矿业网站上提供：
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发布后，财务报表和管理层的讨论和分析将在 www.ivanhoemines.com和www.sedar.com上提供。
合资格人
本新闻稿中关于卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿项目的科学或技术性披露已经由史蒂夫·阿莫斯 (Steve Amos) 审查和批准，他凭借其教育、经验和专业协会会籍被认为是NI 43-101 标准下的合资格人。由于阿莫斯先生是卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿项目的负责人，因此他并不符合NI 43-101 对独立人士的界定。阿莫斯先生已核实本新闻稿所披露的技术数据。
艾芬豪已经为卡莫阿-卡库拉项目编制了一份符合NI 43-101 标准的独立技术报告，该报告可在艾芬豪网站以及SEDAR 网站上的艾芬豪页面获得，网址为www.sedar.com﹕
- 2020年10月13日发布的2020年卡莫阿-卡库拉综合开发方案，由OreWin Pty Ltd.、中国瑞林工程技术有限公司、DRA Global、Epoch Resources、Golder Associates Africa、KGHM Cuprum R&D Centre Ltd.、Outotec Oyj、Paterson and Cooke、Stantec Consulting International LLC、SRK Consulting Inc.以及Wood plc编制。
技术报告包括本新闻稿中引用的卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿项目的矿产资源估算的假设、参数和方法等信息，以及本新闻稿中关于科学和技术性披露的数据验证、勘查程序和其他事项的信息。
关于艾芬豪矿业
艾芬豪矿业是一家加拿大的矿业公司，正在推进旗下位于南部非洲的三大主要项目：位于刚果民主共和国的卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿和位于南非的普拉特瑞夫 (Platreef) 钯-铑-铂-镍-铜-金矿的大型机械化地下矿山开发工程；以及同样位于刚果民主共和国、久负盛名的基普什 (Kipushi) 锌-铜-锗-银矿的大型重建和改善工程。
卡莫阿-卡库拉是世界上增长最快的大型铜矿。卡莫阿-卡库拉于2021年5月实现铜精矿生产，未来将分阶段进行扩建，预计将会成为全球最大规模的铜生产商之一。卡莫阿-卡库拉使用清洁、可再生的水电，并将成为世界上每单位金属温室气体排放量最低的矿山之一。艾芬豪矿业已作出承诺，卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿项目将致力实现净零运营温室气体排放 (范围一和二)。同时，艾芬豪正在刚果民主共和国境内、毗邻卡莫阿-卡库拉项目的西部前沿 (Western Foreland) 探矿权内寻找新的铜矿资源。
关于卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿项目
卡莫阿-卡库拉是世界上成长最快和品位最高的超大型铜矿。根据独立研究机构排名，一旦产能扩大至1,900万吨/年，卡莫阿-卡库拉将成为全球第二大铜矿山，最高年产铜80多万吨。
2020年，加拿大Hatch有限公司对卡莫阿-卡库拉的温室气体强度指标进行了独立审核，确认项目将会成为全球单位铜温室气体排放最低的矿山之一。
卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿项目是艾芬豪矿业 (占股39.6%)、紫金矿业集团 (占股39.6%)、晶河全球 (占股0.8%) 及刚果民主共和国政府 (占股20%) 的合资项目。
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该等陈述包括但不限于﹕(i) 关于III期的更新版预可行性研究将于2022年第四季度发表的陈述；(ii) 关于卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿2022年生产精矿含铜金属的指导目标为290,000吨至340,000吨的陈述；(iii) 关于预计III期扩建将于2024年底实现投产的陈述；(iv) 关于技改方案完成后，预计到2023年第二季度，卡莫阿铜业I期和II期的年产铜将超过45万吨的陈述；(v) 关于预计到2023年第二季度，卡莫阿-卡库拉的年产铜将达约45万吨的陈述；(vi) 关于技改方案完成后，预计到2023年第二季度，卡莫阿-卡库拉I期和I期选厂的总产能将提升21%至920万吨/年的陈述；(vii) 关于500万吨/年的新选厂将建设在卡莫阿两座新矿山附近的陈述；(viii) 关于III期投产后，卡莫阿-卡库拉的总矿石处理量将超过1,400万吨/年，预计到2024年第四季度，年产能将提升至约60万吨铜的陈述；(ix) 关于分期扩建方案一旦扩大至1,900万吨/年，卡莫阿-卡库拉将成为全球第二大铜矿山，最高年产铜80多万吨的陈述；(x) 关于卡莫阿-卡库拉将会成为全球单位铜温室气体排放最低的矿山之一的陈述；以及 (xi) 关于卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿项目将致力实现净零运营温室气体排放 (范围一和二) 的陈述。
此外，卡库拉铜矿可行性研究、卡库拉-卡索科预可行性研究以及卡莫阿-卡库拉项目初步经济评价的所有结果均构成了前瞻性陈述或信息，并包括内部收益率的未来估算、净现值，未来产量、现金成本估算、建议开采计划和方法、估计矿山服务年限、现金流预测、金属回收率、资本和运营成本估算，以及项目分期开发的规模和时间点。另外，对于与卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿项目开发有关的特定前瞻性信息，公司是基于某些不确定因素而作出假设和分析。不确定因素包括：(i) 基础设施的充足性；(ii) 地质特征；(iii) 矿化的选冶特征；(iv) 发展充足选矿产能的能力；(v) 铜价格；(vi) 完成开发所需的设备和设施的可用性；(vii) 消耗品和采矿及选矿设备的费用；(viii) 不可预见的技术和工程问题；(ix) 事故或破坏或恐怖主义行为；(x) 货币波动； (xi) 法例修订；(xii) 合资企业伙伴对协议条款的遵守情况；(xiii) 熟练劳工的人手和生产率；(xiv) 各政府机构对矿业的监管；(xv) 筹集足够资金以发展该等项目的能力；(xvi) 项目范围或设计更变；以及 (xvii) 政治因素。
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