Having continued to develop its Premier/Dilworth property during the downturn and boosted by a major recent investment, Ascot Resources are embarking on a massive drilling program.
Regulus Resources is launching a major drilling campaign at its AntaKori property in Peru, a copper-gold sulfide skarn deposit, and is expecting a new resource estimate at the end of the year.
After five months in Lima and more than 130 interviews, the conversations with C-executives along the Peruvian mining value chain touched on various topics. These included production targets, drilling results, the benefits of new technologies like the so-called “digital twins” to replicate reality in a virtual environment, and even the use of cartridge valves. However, a recurring theme in almost every interview, and perhaps the most significant one in relevance, is Peru's loss of its position as the second-largest copper producer to the Democratic Republic of Congo.