Development of TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ Kakula mine, the first of multiple planned mining areas at Kamoa-Kakula, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is said to be making “excellent progress”, with civil works advancing rapidly and initial copper concentrate production from the mine on schedule for the third quarter of 2021. In parallel with the construction of Kamua-Kakula’s Phase 1 Kakula mine, work progressed on the independent Kakula definitive feasibility study (DFS) and an integrated development plan for the entire mining complex during the full-year ended December 31, 2019.