Exploitation Stage 202318 Jul 2023 11:00
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Ecuador maintains negotiations with the Australian company SolGold with a view to passing, this year, to the exploitation stage. Thus, the company will be qualified for the construction of the mine of around $3,000 million, Cascabel, in the province of Imbabura.
The Minister of Energy and Mines, Fernando Santos, said that for now the economic issue and the amount of royalties from the copper, silver and gold project are being discussed. According to the law, royalties must be between 5% and 8% of production.
Among the plans for production from the mine is the construction of a pipeline to transport the material to the port of Esmeraldas and from there to its final destination.
The Alpala deposit is the main objective of the Cascabel concession.
In April 2022, the pre-feasibility study confirmed the world-class potential of the project to become a large, low-cost, long-duration mining operation.
Once built, Cascabel is expected to be one of the top 20 copper and gold mines in South America.