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Scallywag

Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2024 5:54 pm
by Hydrogen
Fact of the day: it took Robert Friedland's Ivanhoe Mines and Turquoise Hill Resources 161 duster holes to find Rio's Oyu Tolgoi.

On the 162nd hole they hit the jackpot :lol:

https://x.com/paddygall1/status/1816095204455149771

This video is 12 years old and shows how difficult it can be to bring a very large mine into production (scheduled for 2015)

https://youtu.be/UoY5cVIdVMU?si=_YyiOgbQ_FWoZCqk