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Kamoa Copper Reports Record Quarterly Production of 87,314 Tonnes of Copper in Q2 2022

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo--(Newsfile Corp. - July 5, 2022) -  Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) (OTCQX: IVPAF) Co-Chairs Robert Friedland and Yufeng "Miles" Sun are pleased to announce that the Kamoa-Kakula Mining Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo has set a new quarterly production record in the second quarter of 2022, with 87,314 tonnes of copper in concentrate produced.

Key Points: 
  • Kamoa Copper milled approximately 1.95 million ore tonnes during the second quarter at an average feed grade of 5.44% copper.
  • Kamoa-Kakula's Phase 1 and Phase 2 concentrator plants produced a record 30,379 tonnes of copper in June 2022.
  • Kamoa Copper is approaching a copper production rate of 400,000 tonnes per year.
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    Figure 1: Monthly Kakula cumulative copper production - total production of approximately 250,000 tonnes copper from May 2021 to June 30, 2022.