Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart is over the moon about the granting of the final mining right for the Prieska copper/zinc resource, near the Northern Cape town of Copperton – and it comes with exciting exploration rights included. “We’re extremely pleased that the final regulatory hurdle for the development of the Prieska copper/zinc mine has now been fulfilled,” was Smart’s comment to Mining Weekly on the project now being declared shovel ready.
