The granting of a Mining Right by the South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy marked a major milestone in the development of the Okiep Copper Project, enabling conffrmation drilling and metallurgical sampling required for completion of the advanced stage bankable feasibility study. Orion’s managing director and CEO, Errol Smart commented, “The grant of the SAFTA mining right is a major step forward for Orion and our objective of early production of copper and other Future Facing metals, while continuing to expand our Mineral Resources and beneffciation capacity in the Northern Cape, South Africa. Our bankable feasibility study on the granted mining right area is at an advanced stage and can now be completed with access to the property for bulk sampling and ffnal conffrmation drilling purposes.”
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