Nord Resources (NRDS.PK) Announces 109 Percent Increase in Reserves and Updates Status of Johnson Camp Mine
Nord Resources Corporation (NRDS.PK) announced that the company has recognized an increase of 109% in production reserves at the company's Johnson Camp mine site. This increase can be attributed to an increase in copper prices that are utilized in mine modeling. In fact, reserve estimates were previously based at $.90 copper, whereas the current price of copper is $1.50. The company anticipates reserve estimates totaling 73.4 million tons of ore at an average total copper grade of 0.335%. Based on the current copper price of $1.50 per pound and the stripping ratio of 0.66 to 1, this represents a significant…