Southern Copper Secures El Pilar Permits in Sonora

Mexico · Business Key Facts —Project budget. US$551 million, up from an earlier US$310 million estimate. —Location. Sonora, Mexico, roughly 45 km from the Buenavista mine. —Reserves. 317 million tonnes of proven and probable ore at 0.249% copper. —Annual output. 36,000 tonnes of copper cathodes, or about 79 million pounds. —Mine life. 13 years, based…