Vancouver, B.C.高级通信专家eck”, TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) has, as part of the regulatory process, submitted the Social and Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA) for its Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 Project (QB Phase 2) in northern Chile to the Region of Tarapacá Environmental Authority, consistent with the timing previously noted in the company’s second quarter 2016 release.
如前所述，所提出的QB阶段2项目将使现有矿井的寿命延长为大规模集中生产操作。预计该项目的资本和运营成本估算包括最新可行性研究将在2017年第一季度完成。
在其他考虑因素的情况下，继续进行发展的决定将在监管批准和市场条件下。鉴于监管程序的时间表，预计2018年中期不会预期这样的决定。
项目优化工作目前的目标资金成本为4.5美元至50亿美元，初始矿山寿命为25年，符合修订的尾矿设施，尾矿设施靠近矿井。这与2012年可行性研究估计数量为56亿美元。新资本成本估算将包括每日140,000吨的集中器和相关设施;新的港口设施和海水淡化厂;并浓缩和淡化的水管道。QB阶段2预计将在矿山生命的前10年的浓缩物中具有超过250,000吨铜和8,000吨钼的年生产能力。根据每年约280,000吨的铜等同产量的基础，这相当于每年约16,000美元至17,850美元的资本强度。
“Qubreada Blanca第2阶段是一个长寿命的资产，将通过多年的价格循环运营，并且多年来产生重大价值，”总裁兼首席执行官唐林赛说，唐林德德说。“我们的监管提交概述了该项目将为该地区产生的重大经济和社会效益，以及广泛的拟议拟议的环境缓解措施，包括在智利的塔拉巴卡地区挖掘的第一次大规模使用脱盐海水。”
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此新闻稿包含适用证券法规定的某些前瞻性信息和前瞻性陈述（统称为“前瞻性陈述”）。本新闻发布的前瞻性陈述包括关于QB第2阶段的陈述，包括初始矿山生命，年生产能力，我们的期望是QB第2阶段是一个长寿资产，通过多个价格周期运营，我们预期该项目将会运营多年来产生重大价值，可行性研究的时间和更新的项目成本，有针对性范围的资本成本范围，铜等值的生产，估计资本强度，预计的发展决策时间。
高级通信专家ns are based on, among other this, assumptions regarding planned production rates and the amount of resources and reserves to be developed. Other assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, assumptions regarding receipt of regulatory approvals, the accuracy of our QB Phase 2 resource and reserve estimates (and the geological, operational and price assumptions on which these are based), assumptions that the project will be developed in accordance with the project plan and assumptions regarding our ongoing relations with our employees and joint venturers. The copper equivalent production was calculated based on assumed prices of US$3.00/lb for copper and US$10.00/lb for molybdenum.
高级通信专家ing statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to vary materially include, but are not limited to, unanticipated declines in commodity prices or economic conditions, unanticipated regulatory or environmental issues, inaccurate geological and metallurgical assumptions, and risk that the development and operation of QB Phase 2 may not occur in the manner currently contemplated.
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