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Imperial Reports Production Update for 2025 First Quarter and Petition Filed Relating to the Mount Polley Tailings Storage Facility Raise
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imperial Metals Corporation (...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Imperial Reports Production Update for 2025 First Quarter and Petition Filed Relating to the Mount Polley Tailings Storage Facility Raise\n\n\n\n VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --\n \n Imperial Metals Corporation\n \n (“Imperial”) (TSX:III) reports copper and gold production for the first quarter 2025 from Mount Polley and Red Chris mines. Imperial’s production was 15.8 million pounds copper and 17,120 ounces gold, with 8.9 million pounds copper and 10,621 ounces gold coming from Mount Polley and 6.9 million pounds copper and 6,499 ounces gold from its 30% share of Red Chris mine production. Both copper and gold production were up compared with the first quarter of 2024, with copper production up 28% and gold production up 33%.\n \n\n Mount Polley metal production (100%) for the first quarter of 2025 was 8.904 million pounds copper and 10,621 ounces gold, compared to 7.355 million pounds copper and 10,009 ounces gold produced during the first quarter of 2024.\n \n\n\n\n Mount Polley Mine Production\n \n\n\n\n Three Months Ended March 31\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 2025\n \n\n 2024\n \n\n\n\n Ore milled -\n \n tonnes\n \n\n\n\n\n 1,721,769\n \n\n 1,671,505\n \n\n\n\n Ore milled per calendar day -\n \n t\n \n\n onnes\n \n\n\n\n\n 19,131\n \n\n 18,368\n \n\n\n\n Grade %  - copper\n \n\n\n\n 0.282\n \n\n 0.251\n \n\n\n\n Grade g/t  - gold\n \n\n\n\n 0.275\n \n\n 0.282\n \n\n\n\n Recovery %  - copper\n \n\n\n\n 83.3\n \n\n 79.4\n \n\n\n\n Recovery %  - gold\n \n\n\n\n 69.8\n \n\n 66.0\n \n\n\n\n Copper -\n \n million pounds\n \n\n\n\n\n 8.904\n \n\n 7.355\n \n\n\n\n Gold -\n \n ounces\n \n\n\n\n\n 10,621\n \n\n 10,009\n \n\n\n\n\n Mill throughput was up 3%, with 1,721,769 million tonnes being treated compared with 1.671 million tonnes treated in the first quarter of 2024. Copper production in the first quarter 2025 was up 21% because of increased grade, recovery and throughput compared to first quarter 2024. Gold production in the first quarter 2025 was up 6% with increased recovery and throughput offsetting lower gold grades compared to first quarter 2024.\n \n\n Most of the mill feed for the first quarter of 2025 came from the material mined from near the bottom of the Phase 4 pit. Stripping for the Phase 5 pushback of the Springer pit continued with approximately 3,584,...