Ivanhoe Mines Executive Co-Chair Robert Friedland and President Marna Cloete have announced that the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) produced 86,203 tonnes of copper in concentrate during the first quarter of 2024.
Ivanhoe Mines maintains its 2024 annual production guidance for Kamoa-Kakula at between 440,000 to 490,000 t of copper in concentrate.
Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1 and 2 concentrators milled approximately 2.06 Mt of ore during the first quarter at an average feed grade of 4.8% copper. Copper flotation recoveries for the quarter averaged 87.4%, above the Phase 1 and 2 concentrator design recovery rate of 86.0%.