Casa Grande, Ariz., Arizona Sonoran Copper Company filed a NI 43-101 pre-feasibility study this week outlining the Cactus Project, an open‑pit heap-leach SX-EW operation on private Arizona land. The PFS reports an after-tax NPV8 of US$2.30 billion and an IRR of 22.8%, with estimated average first-decade cathode output of 103,000 tonnes per year, 22-year mine life, 513 million short tons of proven and probable reserves at 0.52% total copper, and projected average annual EBITDA of US$574 million. The study and technical report were filed on SEDAR+ and initial permitting and engineering underway. Based on 5 articles reviewed and supporting research.
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Investors in Arizona Sonoran Copper Company and participants in the U.S. refined copper supply chain stand to benefit from projected higher domestic cathode output and reported strong project economics.
Local communities, landowners, and environmental stakeholders may face impacts from proposed open‑pit heap‑leach operations on private Arizona land.
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