The Copper World (Phase 1) Project includes the East, Broadtop, West and Peach-Elgin pits. The Peach-Elgin, Broadtop and West pits will measure 4,000 ft on average in diameter with an average depth of 500 ft, while the final East pit size will measure approximately 5,100 ft in diameter and have a depth of approximately 2,400 ft.
The mine will be a traditional open pit shovel and truck operation with bench heights of 50 and 100 foot, with 255-ton capacity haul trucks for material and waste movement.
Mining operations will use large-scale mine equipment including: 10-5/8-in. diameter rotary blast hole drills, 44 yd3 class hydraulic shovels, 36 yd3 front-end loaders, and 255-ton capacity off-highway haul trucks.
The Project includes the East, Broadtop, West and Peach-Elgin pits. The Peach-Elgin, Broadtop and West pits will measure 4,000 ft on average in diameter with an average depth of 500 ft, while the final East pit size will measure approximately 5,100 ft in diameter and have a depth of approximately 2,400 ft. Other facilities that support the Project are the Process Plants, Waste Rock Facility (WRF), and Tailings Storage Facility (TSF).
The mining sequence considers the exploitation pits requiring only state and local permits at the anticipated time of operation and all waste, tailings, and leach pads will also be disposed of within the limits of Hudbay’s private land property.
The mine has a 20-year life (including on ........