JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; OTCQX: IVPAF) announced today that the company has filed a new National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101) technical report covering the Kamoa-Kakula 2023 Integrated Development Plan (2023 IDP) for the world-leading Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The 2023 IDP consists of a Pre-Feasibility Study (Kamoa-Kakula 2023 PFS) for the Phase 3 and Phase 4 expansions of the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex over a 33-year mine life, as well as an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (Kamoa-Kakula 2023 PEA) that includes a life-of-mine extension case to 42 years overall. The Kamoa-Kakula 2023 PFS evaluates a staged increase in production capacity at Kamoa-Kakula from the current nominal throughput rate of 7.6 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) up to a total of 19.2 Mtpa by 2030.
The Kamoa-Kakula 2023 IDP Technical Report was independently prepared by OreWin Pty Ltd. of Adelaide, Australia; China Nerin Engineering Co. Ltd. of Jiangxi, China; DRA Global of Johannesburg, South Africa; Epoch Resources of Johannesburg, South Africa; Golder Associates Africa of Midrand, South Africa; Outotec Oyj of Helsinki, Finland; Paterson and Cooke of Cape Town, South Africa; SRK Consulting Ltd. of Cape Town, South Africa; and, The MSA Group of Johannesburg, South Africa.
The independent Qualified Persons responsible for preparing the Kamoa-Kakula 2023 PFS, and Kamoa-Kakula 2023 PEA, on which the technical report was based, are Bernard Peters (OreWin); Jeremy Witley (MSA Group); Curtis Smith (OreWin); William Joughin (SRK); Marius Phillips (DRA Global); Alwyn Scholtz (DRA Global), and Andreas Savvas (Epoch).
The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex is operated as the Kamoa Holding joint venture between Ivanhoe Mines and Zijin Mining, and is approximately 25 kilometres southwest of the town of Kolwezi and about 270 kilometres west of Lubumbashi in the DRC. Ivanhoe and Zijin Mining each hold an indirect 39.6% interest in Kamoa-Kakula, Crystal River holds an indirect 0.8% interest, and the DRC government holds a direct 20% interest.
The technical report titled “Kamoa-Kakula Integrated Development Plan 2023” has been filed on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com and on the Ivanhoe Mines website at www.ivanhoemines.com.
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约翰内斯堡，南非 – 艾芬豪矿业公司（TSX:IVN；OTCQX:IVPAF）今天宣布，该公司已提交了位于刚果民主共和国的世界级项目，卡莫阿-卡库拉 (Kamoa-Kakula)独立综合开发方案 (以下简称“2023 IDP”)，符合加拿大矿产项目披露标准43‐101 (以下简称 “NI 43-101”) 的最新技术报告。
2023 IDP 包括卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿项目III 期和 IV 期扩建后33年的服务年限内的预可行性研究 (以下简称“卡莫阿-卡库拉2023 预可研”)，以及初步经济评价更新版 (以下简称“卡莫阿-卡库拉 2023 初步经济评价”)，包括将矿山服务年限延长至42年的开发方案。卡莫阿-卡库拉 2023 预可研 对于将卡莫阿-卡库拉的设计产能从760万吨/年分阶段提升至2030年达到1,920万吨/年的方案进行了详细研究。
以下公司负责编撰卡莫阿-卡库拉2023综合开发方案：澳大利亚阿德莱德的OreWin；中国江西的中国瑞林工程技术有限公司；南非约翰内斯堡的DRA Global；南非约翰内斯堡的Epoch Resources；南非米德兰的Golder Associates Africa；芬兰赫尔辛基的美卓奥图泰；南非开普敦的Paterson and Cooke；南非开普敦的SRK Consulting。
南非约翰内斯堡的MSA集团 — 矿产资源量估算负责编撰卡莫阿-卡库拉2023 预可研及卡莫阿-卡库拉2023 初步经济评价 (技术报告将会以该等报告作为基础) 的独立合资格人包括﹕Bernard Peters (OreWin)、Jeremy Witley (MSA Group) 、Curtis Smith (OreWin) 、William Joughin (SRK) 、Marius Phillips (DRA Global) 、Alwyn Scholz (DRA Global)及Guy Wiid (Epoch)。
卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿项目由艾芬豪矿业与紫金矿业的合资企业卡莫阿控股负责运营，该项目位于科卢韦齐 (Kolwezi) 以西约25公里，卢本巴希 (Lubumbashi) 以西约 270 公里处。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。
卡莫阿-卡库拉铜矿山的独立综合开发方案更新版 (2023 IDP) 已上传至SEDAR网站 www.sedar.com 和艾芬豪矿业网站www.ivanhoemines.com.
联系方式
温哥华﹕马修·基维尔 (Matthew Keevil)，电话﹕+1.604.558.1034
伦敦﹕托米·霍顿 (Tommy Horton) ，电话﹕+44 7866 913 207