Elemental Altus Notes Completion of Lundin Mining’s Acquisition of Caserones
Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – July 19, 2023) – Elemental Altus Royalties Corp. (TSXV: ELE) (OTCQX: ELEMF) (“Elemental Altus” or “the Company“) notes that Lundin Mining Corporation (“Lundin Mining”) (TSX: LUN) has closed the acquisition of 51% of the Caserones copper-molybdenum mine (“Caserones”) in Chile. Additionally, Lundin Mining have announced H1 2023 production results, released an updated NI 43-101 technical report at Caserones, and highlighted the optimisation and exploration potential at the mine. Elemental Altus holds an effective 0.473% NSR on the project.
Acquisition Highlights
- Caserones produced approximately 69,700 metric tonnes of copper and 2,400 metric tonnes of molybdenum in the first half of 2023 and has guided 60,000 tonnes to 65,000 tonnes of copper and 1,500 tonnes to 2,000 tonnes of molybdenum in the second half of 2023
- Production guidance for Caserones for both 2024 and 2025 is 110,000 to 120,000 tonnes of copper and 1,500 to 2,500 tonnes of molybdenum
- Reserves include 850 million tonnes of material grading 0.30% total copper and 0.014% molybdenum containing 2.55 million tonnes of total copper and 76,000 tonnes molybdenum
- Measured and Indicated Resources1 include 1,023 million tonnes of material grading 0.31% copper and 0.010% molybdenum containing 3.15 million tonnes of total copper and 105,000 tonnes of molybdenum
- The currently reported Mineral Resource only includes drilling up to the end of 2017, with over 20,000m of subsequent drilling not yet included
- Outlined in the initial purchase agreement, provisions have also been made for Lundin Mining to potentially draw an additional $400 million (non-committed) to be used towards the purchase of an additional 19% interest in Caserones
- On July 12, 2023 Elemental Altus announced the acquisition of an additional 0.030% NSR royalty on Caserones resulting in the Company now holding an effective 0.473% NSR on the project
- The royalty area covers 170 square kilometres and includes all current reserves and resources and many regional targets.
- The company recognises the benefits of having Lundin Mining as partners given their strong community engagement and expertise in the region.
- Lundin Mining has noted that many opportunities exist to improve upon the life-of-mine plan which includes the regions significant exploration potential.
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