West Australian miner Independence has exceeded contained metal production guidance for the year to June 2019 at its 100%-owned Nova project, delivering 30,708t nickel (FY19 guidance: 27,000-30,000t), 13,693t copper (11,000-12,500t) and 1,090t cobalt (850-950t).
MD-CEO Peter Bradford says the Fraser Range mine has exceeded its feasibility study forecast for each of the last five quarters.
Tropicana, IGO’s 30%-owned gold project JV with AngloGold Ashanti, produced 518,172oz (500,000-550,000oz), up from 467,139oz in FY18.
Bradford says AngloGold has achieved over 8Mtpa processing rate with the Boston Shaker underground mine due to produce first gold in the Sept qtr (Q1FY20).