5% growth of copper discoveries until the end of June this year

According to Mining News Pro -  “In total, all the exploratory activities of Mes Company have enjoyed an acceptable growth compared to the plan until the end of June of this year.” Babak Babaei, Director of exploration and development engineering told reporters.

“In general, the investigation of the field of exploration during this period shows a 23% growth in subsurface exploration activities and a total growth of 5% in total surface and subsurface activities.” He continued.

“In the field of subsurface explorations, during the first quarter of this year, Copper Company has drilled 8,567 meters in the whole country, of which 7,148 meters are the share of Kerman province in the areas of Midok, Sarcheshme, Derezar, and Derealu, and 1,419 meters are the share of East Azarbaijan province which is in Songon region.” He said.

Pointing out that the analysis of samples in the excavated areas is another important measure in the field of discoveries, Babaei said: During the first quarter of this year, the total analysis of the excavated samples was 6,112 samples, of which 4,821 samples were in the central and southern provinces and 1,291 The example was in the northern and northwestern provinces.

He further stated regarding other measures in these areas: Also, until the end of June of this year, geological and alteration studies, geophysics and geochemistry and reserve evaluation have been carried out according to the plan and their full report has been received.