ERNEST Henry held its community consultation meeting on Wednesday night and supplied its regular figures on its safety, environmental, local employment and its community funding.
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It also gave Mount Isa Mines’ senior executive Deon van der Mescht the chance to meet the Cloncurry locals since taking on the position of North Queensland executive general manager of copper assets in February.
There was little update in terms of the company’s policy to ensure the value of its assets’ commodities rather than to risk flooding what Mr van der Mescht described as a positive, yet volatile market.
Ernest Henry’s chief mining officer Matt O’Neill said that operations at the mine were at a steady state and that the mine in its current form could last until 2026.
There was possibility to extend the depth and the mine life beyond what he called the ‘1200’ level, but the copper market in 10 years could impact that possibility.
