KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 29, 2018 -- Ivanhoe Mines announced today that a formal proposal outlining recommended changes to the 2018 national mining code has been submitted to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Mines by a group of international mining companies, which includes Ivanhoe Mines. A joint statement issued today by the group of international companies active in these [...]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 28, 2018 -- Ivanhoe Mines announced today that, further to its news release of February 26, 2018, the company has filed an updated National Instrument 43-101 technical report for the new, 2018 Kamoa-Kakula Mineral Resource estimate on the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The NI 43-101 technical report was independently prepared for Ivanhoe Mines by OreWin [...]
TORONTO, March 21, 2018 -- Ivanhoe Mines today announced its financial results for the year ended December 31, 2017. All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated. Ivanhoe Mines is a Canadian mining company focused on advancing its three mine-development projects in Southern Africa: The Platreef platinum-palladium-nickel-copper-gold discovery in South Africa; the Kamoa-Kakula copper discovery in the Democratic [...]
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 16, 2018 -- Ivanhoe Mines welcomes the forthcoming commencement of discussions with the Minister of Mines for the Democratic Republic of Congo and other State representatives. The continued talks have the goal of resolving, in a fair and equitable manner, the mining industry’s concerns with the new DRC 2018 mining code through frank discussion of the terms of legally [...]
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 08, 2018 -- Ivanhoe Mines welcomes the commitment made yesterday by mining industry representatives and Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila Kabange to continue productive and mutually advantageous discussions to resolve industry concerns arising from the DRC’s 2018 mining code. The commitment was part of a joint statement issued following a positive and [...]
Kakula now contains Indicated Mineral Resources of 174 million tonnes at 5.62% copper, plus additional Inferred Mineral Resources of 9 million tonnes at 3.66% copper, at a 3% cut-off. Figure 1. Kamoa-Kakula mining licence, showing the Kamoa, Kakula and Kakula West Mineral Resource areas. Figure 2. Kamoa, Kakula and Kakula West Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource areas, with existing power and rail infrastructure [...]
TORONTO, Feb. 08, 2018 -- Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman and founder of Ivanhoe Mines , and Lars-Eric Johansson, Chief Executive Officer, today announced the strengthening of the company’s senior management team with the appointment of Egizio Bianchini as Ivanhoe’s Executive Vice Chairman. BMO Capital Markets has announced Mr. Bianchini’s forthcoming retirement as Vice Chairman and Co-Head of its [...]
TORONTO, Feb. 05, 2018 -- Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines , said today that he plans to directly address potential changes that have been proposed to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mining code during his keynote presentation at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa, this Wednesday, February 7. Mr. Friedland’s presentation is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Cape Town time, 7 a.m [...]
TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2018 -- Ivanhoe Mines announced today that it is aware of recent media reports regarding possible changes to the mining code in the Democratic Republic of Congo . Ivanhoe notes that there have been no changes implemented into law. Ivanhoe plans to issue a further statement in the near future. About Ivanhoe Mines Ivanhoe Mines is advancing its three principal projects in Southern Africa: 1) Mine [...]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 26, 2018 -- Ivanhoe Mines announced today that, further to its news release of December 13, 2017, the company has filed a National Instrument 43-101 technical report on the 2017 pre-feasibility study for the planned redevelopment of the company’s historic, high-grade, Kipushi zinc-copper-silver-germanium mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The NI 43-101 technical report was [...]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 12, 2018 -- Ivanhoe Mines announced today that, further to its news release dated November 28, 2017, the company has filed a National Instrument 43-101 technical report on the updated preliminary economic assessment for the Kakula Deposit and the updated pre-feasibility study for the Kamoa Deposit at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The NI 43-101 [...]
Fresh Kakula resource estimate being prepared based on drilling completed to the end of December 2017 Mwadingusha hydroelectric power plant and distribution substation. Interior of the Mwadingusha power plant, with one of the upgraded alternators. Mwadingusha dam, upstream from power plant. Portals to declines being built to access the Kakula Deposit, showing ventilation installed in the services decline. Jumbo drill [...]