Copper-containing rock hosts only a small percentage of copper. Most of the rock is unwanted material, typically referred to as gangue. Depending on to what minerals the copper is bound, the rock is processed in different ways in order to extract the valuable copper. Broadly, there are two main copper ore types of interest, copper oxide ores and copper sulfide ores.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Santa Fe Metals Corporation announced results from their Cuatro Cienegas project in the State of Coahuila, Mexico. Copper oxide material from Cuatro Cienegas is being tested by Professional Associates Ltd. (PRA) in Richmond, BC. The average head grade as determined by PRA is 1.7% total copper (TCu), of which 86% or 1.46% is leachable oxide [...]
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Pacific Copper Corp. has agreed to purchase the Yerbas Buenas (Chile) copper oxide property. The property is located southeast of Copiapo, Atacama Region III, Chile. Yerbas Buenas is located roughly 20 km from the El Corral property, which was announced as a Company acquisition on July 8, 2008. The Yerbas Buenas property, which consists of [...]
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Pacific Copper Corp. has begun the first phase of their diamond core drilling project at Venado/Veapai copper oxide project near Copiapo, Chile. The Venado/Venapai project was previously announced as an acquisition on July 8, 2008. The drill program is designed to initially test a mineralized area called Venapai Sur, one of the 4 major targets [...]
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Apoquindo Minerals Inc. has discovered high grade copper results in a number of their Apoquindo Copper Oxide Project copper oxide zones located in Chile. The two main deposits of exploration include Elenita and Madrugador and both areas continue to be expanded. The Company continues to expand both deposits in several directions and has completed a total [...]
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Overview Apoquindo Minerals (AQM: TSXv) is advancing its Copper Oxide Project in the heart of the world’s greatest copper producing region in Chile, as well as actively exploring multiple base metal and precious metal projects in Peru. During management’s tenure as top executives with Codelco Chile, the world’s largest copper producer ($24B market cap), they [...]
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