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Peru to develop 74 new projects this year

The Peruvian mining ministry (Minem) said this weekend that 74 new exploration projects will be developed this year in the country, with the majority being copper projects.

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MMG’s Las Bambas copper mine in Peru Source: MMG

Minem said in a statement that of the 74, 39 focus on copper, 18 on gold, 9 on zinc and eight are joint silver and lithium projects. Together the projects equal an investment of $596 million.

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