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Rio Tinto heads underground at Bingham Canyon Mine

Michael Allan McCrae | September 20, 2011 | 6:35 pm Base Metals Precious Metals Europe Copper Gold Silver 

After declaring a 730,000 tonne increase of contained copper in mineral resources at Kennecott Utah Copper, Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) expects to head underground. Rio Tinto says that the mineral resource, known as the North Rim Skarn, is a high-grade copper-gold skarn...

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