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Managing Director & CEO at Terra Metals Ltd

Where is the next big #copper #discovery going to come from? How big is big? Does the deposit style matter in terms of control or limitation on size? The largest known #magmatic copper #sulphide deposit is #Norilsk - #Talnakh, in Siberia which is estimated to host approximately 20Mt of contianed copper. The #platreef #stratiform magmatic sulphide deposit (#ivanhoe mines) in the #bushveld region of South Africa contains around 2.7Mt of contained copper however also hosts over 30 million ounces of #PGE and #gold, along with approximately 4.6Mt of contained #nickel. The stratiform copper deposits of the Central African #Copperbelt are said to contain a combined 200 million tonnes of contianed copper metal, with one of the largest resources considered to be #kamoa-#Kakula, which boasts aroubd 43Mt of contained copper. The #Escondida #porphyry Cu deposit in Chile contains around 30Mt of contained copper. Then we have the giant Olympic dam #IOCG deposit in South Austrlaia, which contains around 80Mt of contained copper. Finally, the Neves-Corvo #Volcanic #massive sulphide deposit in Portugal is one of the largest #VMS copper resources hosting approximately 14.6Mt of contained copper. All of these deposits are #polymetallic, hosting large amounts of high-value accessory metals such as gold, platinum group elements and nickel.

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