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Dr. Simon Ingram discusses the progress and upcoming plans for the Planalto copper-gold project in Brazil.

Dr. Simon Ingram, President & CEO of Lara Exploration, provides an update focused on the Planalto open-pit copper-gold project in Brazil’s Carajás district. After raising about US$25 million, the company is running seven drill rigs and has completed over 10,000 meters across 30+ holes to validate the geological model and upgrade resource confidence toward pre-feasibility, highlighting a higher-grade central core (around 0.6% to over 1% copper). Lara is also drilling south of the Silica Cap pit with encouraging intersections and working through permitting and land access for the nearby Atlantica license, a prospective 3 km extension. Parallel work includes water wells, geotechnical and metallurgical drilling (phase three), access/power studies, and water management. Upcoming catalysts include batch drill results, an updated resource estimate, pre-feasibility progress, and environmental studies leading to permit filings; Ingram also notes a nearby BHP asset sale for over $400 million. 00:00 Intro 00:37 Planalto Drilling Update 02:29 Silica Cap Extension 04:24 Model Validation Studies 06:43 Pre-Feasibility Explained 08:41 District M&A Activity 09:49 Prospect Generator Portfolio…

People in this episode

Host: Bill Powers

Guest: Dr. Simon Ingram

Topics covered

• copper-gold project
• drilling update
• pre-feasibility
• resource estimation
• mining exploration
• environmental studies

Keywords

• Planalto
• copper-gold
• drilling
• pre-feasibility
• resource confidence
• environmental studies
• Lara Exploration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lara Exploration, BHP

Products: TSXV:LRA, OTC:LRAXF

Places: Brazil, Carajás district, Silica Cap, Atlantica

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