The strategy that drove the recent merger of Australian explorers AIC Mines and Demetallica has been borne out by a more robust mineral resource for the Jericho project near Cloncurry in Qld.
The share-swap deal was framed around combining Demetallica’s Jericho project with AIC’s nearby Eloise mine and processing facility.
AIC says the 9.8Mt @ 1.8% for 180,000t copper and 0.4g/t for 110,600oz gold at Jericho lifts their combined mineral resource to 14.6Mt @ 2% for 295,000t Cu and 0.6g/t for 210,700oz Au.
MD Aaron Colleran says the transformational result provides potential to increase production and mine life while reducing operating costs, with further upside expected from continued drilling at depth and along strike.