Ivanhoe Mines Installs New Primary Crusher at Kipushi Mine, DRC

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Ivanhoe Mines has announced that they have installed a new primary crusher as underground mine upgrading work nears completion at the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-silver-germanium mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) has announced that they have installed a new primary crusher as underground mine upgrading work nears completion at the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-silver-germanium mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

According to Ivanhoe, Kipushi’s unmined big zinc deposit has an estimated 10.2 million tonnes of measured and indicated mineral resources grading 34.9 percent zinc, 0.65 percent copper, 19 grams per tonne silver and 51 grams per tonne germanium.

An updated mineral resource study is expected in June, with a definitive feasability study due to be released in late 2018.

As quoted in the press release, Ivanhoe Mines executive chairman Robert Friedland said

“The installation of the massive new rock crusher at the bottom of Shaft 5 is a noteworthy engineering accomplishment. It marks the final, major underground infrastructure upgrading project needed to resume underground mining, crushing and hoisting operations at Kipushi.”

Click here to view the full Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) press release.

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