East Star Resources PLC - London-based Kazakhstan-focused gold and copper exploration and development company - Wins grant of up to USD500,000 from BHP under the 2024 BHP Xplor programme to initiate a copper porphyry exploration strategy in Kazakhstan. The grant will provide funding to advance East Star's copper porphyry exploration strategy. Chris van Wijk, a geologist who developed the strategy with East Star, will join its board as non-executive director. Chief Executive Alex Walker says: "This is an exciting new strand to our copper strategy as we progress both porphyry and VMS exploration."
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By Jeremy Cutler, Alliance News reporter
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