Arizona Sonoran reports positive land developments

Arizona Sonoran Copper said it has acquired the land title for the 523-acre MainSpring property as well as received a special land use permit on the southeast corner of the Cactus project in Arizona. Additionally, the miner said rezoning of MainSpring PAD III, the southern parcel of the MainSpring property, to Industrial Use, Mining is now complete. There is no…

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Positive prefeasibility study for Cactus mine project: Arizona Sonoran

Arizona Sonoran Copper has completed its NI 43-101 Prefeasibility Study (PFS) for its Cactus project in Arizona. The study outlines a lower risk, top 10 potential copper operation within the United States, producing LME Grade A copper cathodes onsite via heap leach and a solvent extraction/electrotwinning plant. Average annual production is estimated to be 55,000 tons of copper, with a…

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Arizona Sonoran files Parks/Salyer resource technical report

Copper miner Arizona Sonoran Copper has filed the technical report in connection with the Parks/Salyer mineral resource estimate on SEDAR. The report covers both the Parks/Salyer and Cactus projects, each 100% owned and situated on private land in Pinal County, Ariz. “The technical report, inclusive of the Parks/Salyer resource, now demonstrates size and scale in a top tier location and…

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Arizona Sonoran, Nuton partner

Copper developer and near-term producer Arizona Sonoran Copper has entered into a one-year exclusivity period of metallurgical testing with Nuton, a Rio Tinto venture. Arizona Sonoran said the exclusivity was triggered by successfully modeling the Cactus and Parks/Salyer ore samples and achieving the previously contemplated indicative metallurgical recoveries of at least 72% (copper recovery to cathode), under an investor rights…

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Elim Mining now Arizona Sonoran Copper

Privately held copper developer and producer Arizona Sonoran Copper on July 22 said it had officially changed its name from Elim Mining. President and CEO George Ogilvie said that, looking ahead, its driving focus will continue to be the development of the Cactus mine in Pinal County, Arizona. “The project already benefits from significant infrastructure already in place and has…

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