{"id":17778,"date":"2026-06-11T05:56:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonaut.com\/?p=17778"},"modified":"2026-06-11T05:56:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T05:56:54","slug":"aic-mines-eloise-copper-site-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.argonaut.com\/zh\/aic-mines-eloise-copper-site-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Argonaut Visits AIC Mines\u2019 Eloise Copper Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The visit included inspections of key underground mining areas at Eloise, extending to depths of more than 1.5km below surface, as well as the new Jericho development and the ongoing process plant expansion project. Underground conditions at Eloise were strong given the depth, with well-maintained drives and effective ground support providing confidence in the potential for further depth extensions. At Jericho, improved ground conditions have supported stronger development rates, positioning the operation to ramp up and underpin increased production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also toured the process plant expansion, which is progressing on schedule, with key infrastructure being installed that has capacity to support a future expansion beyond the current 1.1Mtpa throughput to 1.5Mtpa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to Managing Director &amp; CEO Aaron Colleran, Senior Site Executive Ben McInerney, Business Development &amp; Investor Relations Manager Duncan Bristow, and the entire AIC site team for facilitating the visit and providing valuable insights into the operation and its growth outlook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u901a\u8fc7 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/research.argonaut.com\/research\/site-tour-expansion-on-track\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Argonaut \u7814\u7a76\u95e8\u6237\u7f51\u7ad9<\/a><\/strong> \u6216\u8054\u7cfb\u60a8\u7684 Argonaut \u4ee3\u8868\u7d22\u53d6\u526f\u672c\u3002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>\u91cd\u8981\u63d0\u793a\uff1a\u672c\u62a5\u544a\u53ef\u80fd\u5305\u542b\u4e00\u822c\u91d1\u878d\u4ea7\u54c1\u5efa\u8bae\uff0c\u56e0\u6b64\u60a8\u5e94\u6839\u636e\u81ea\u8eab\u60c5\u51b5\u8003\u8651\u8fd9\u4e9b\u5efa\u8bae\u662f\u5426\u5408\u9002\u3002\u6211\u4eec\u5efa\u8bae\u60a8\u5728\u505a\u51fa\u4efb\u4f55\u91d1\u878d\u6295\u8d44\u51b3\u7b56\u4e4b\u524d\uff0c\u54a8\u8be2\u8d22\u52a1\u3001\u6cd5\u5f8b\u548c\u7a0e\u52a1\u65b9\u9762\u7684\u5efa\u8bae\u3002.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argonaut recently attended a site tour of AIC Mines\u2019 (ASX:A1M) Eloise Copper Operation in Queensland, with Head of Research Hayden Bairstow visiting to assess operational performance and progress across the mine and processing infrastructure.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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