According to a preliminary economic assessment released last year, the Los Azules project is anticipated to produce approximately 322 million lb. of copper in cathodes over an estimated 27-year life. Current copper resources are 10.9 billion lb. in ore that grades 0.40% copper in the indicated category and 26.7 billion lb. in material averaging 0.31% copper in the inferred category.
The deposit is located about 80 km west-northwest of the town of Calingasta and 6 km east of the border with Chile, at an elevation of 3,500 metres in the Andes Mountains.
Green copper
Aside from its production profile, the Los Azule project is also being developed as “a multi-generational green copper asset,” as McEwen Mining describes on its website.
In an interview with The Northern Miner earlier this year, Rob McEwen said he envisions Los Azules “a leader in sustainability, innovation and economic viability.” The mine…
