Buenaventura Resumes Ore Processing Operations At El Brocal Mine, Expects To Achieve The Budgeted Production In Q3 2024 To Achieve Its Full Year 2024 Production Guidance
Compañia de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. ("Buenaventura" or "the Company") (NYSE:BVN, Lima Stock Exchange: BUE.LM))))), Peru's largest publicly-traded precious metals mining company, is pleased to announce that ore treatment operations at its El Brocal processing plant has resumed. Ore treatment activities resumed operations at midnight on June 7, 2024 to begin processing the accumulated inventory at the mine site. El Brocal has accumulated approximately 220,000 tonnes of copper ore to date, the processing of which will gradually ramp to a rate of 15,000 tons per day, enabling recovery of ore processing which was halted during the suspension. The Company expects to achieve the budgeted production in 3Q24 to achieve its full year 2024 production guidance.