Plant availability was improved to 88.3%, up 22% from the fourth quarter 2022. During the quarter, more than 8.3 million lb. of copper (up 120.5%) and 10,349 oz. of gold (up 48%) were produced. Throughput averaged 20,076 t/y for the third week of December.
For the year ended Dec. 31, 2023, the mill at Mount Polley treated 5.9 million tonnes of ore grading 0.287% copper and 0.311 g/t gold.
Imperial is also undertaking a program to remove tailings stored in the Springer pit, and it should be complete by the end of this quarter 2024. The tails were stored there temporarily after the tailings dam burst in August 2014.
