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In February 2019 the property was expanded further to encompass two areas. Additional metallurgical heap leach column tests were carried out as well as geotechnical, hydrological and environmental studies. An additional 8,600 metres of drilling was completed by year end bringing the total drilled in an 18-month period to 11,650 metres in 126 holes. In June 2018 five drill rigs embarked on a drilling programme to increase the oxide resources. Following mining, metallurgical, infrastructure and environmental studies a Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") on an open pit heap leach solvent extraction and electro-winning ("SX-EW") copper project was also completed in April 2018. Then in April 2018 additional contiguous claims were staked to encompass three other old mine workings and the property was expanded to 7.18 km² (1,774.2 acres). In November 2017, an NI 43-101 compliant open pit copper oxide was completed. In 2017 additional drilling was completed on the oxides with the view to generating resources and reserves on which to develop a low capital and operating cost open pit heap leach copper operation to self-finance the exploration of the surrounding area. Other than this, no modern exploration had been carried out on the property or on the surrounding mineralised area. Since the mid-1960 drilling on the 3.31 km² (817.9 acres) property, consisting of patented and unpatented claims, had identified a near surface open pit mineable oxide deposit sitting above the old underground mine workings.
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