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Hot Chili to upscale Costa Fuego

Australian copper developer Hot Chili is looking to increase the scale of its Costa Fuego project in Chile as it advances towards a prefeasibility study (PFS), MD Christian Easterday told Mining Journal at the Rule Symposium in Boca Raton, Florida, US.

Paul Harris in Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Hot Chili's technical team at Costa Fuego in Chile

Hot Chili's technical team at Costa Fuego in Chile

With the PFS 80% complete and due early in 2024, the company is looking to add to the mine life and production scale, with a 30,000m drilling programme to commence soon. "Hopefully, we can take advantage...

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