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Stope meaning
A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
Example sentences (5)
Copper production in Q1 2023 is expected to be the lowest of the year driven by planned stope sequencing.
The May 2021 Jaguar Scoping Study demonstrated that both the Jaguar South and Onça Preta Deposits can sustain quality underground operations with the study stope optimisations bottoming out on the base of the January 2021 MRE.
Gold production from the first stope ore underground at Havana is anticipated to commence in Q3 of the 2027 fiscal year, and will continue over three years.
Mine output declined year-on-year because the mine plan had to be re-sequenced to allow for blending of high and low arsenic ores, equipment availability issues and lack of stope access.
Currently, a fourth stope is in production and 36,500 tonnes of ore is stockpiled on surface.