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Kutcho Copper Demonstrates Low Project Life Green House Gas Emissions
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC) (OTC: KCCFF) (“Kutcho Copper” or the “Company”) is pleased to prov
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC) (OTC: KCCFF) (“Kutcho Copper” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide results from a Greenhouse Gas (“GHG”) intensity study completed by Environmental Resource Management (ERM) based on the Company’s 2021 Feasibility Study on its high-grade copper – zinc development project located in north-western British Columbia. Vince Sorace, President & CEO of Kutcho Copper, stated: “We are proud to have been able to deliver a Feasibility design for the Kutcho Project that has resulted in a low GHG intensity of 1.3 kg CO2e/kg Cueq inclusive of all construction and closure requirements. Based on public reports, other comparative carbon intensity reporting measures place Kutcho below the median of BC operating mines despite many of those mines have the added benefit of hydroelectricity sourced grid power as compared to Kutcho’s reliance on site LNG generator sourced power.” Kutcho Carbon Intensity The simplest measure for carbon intensity requires estimating the average annual production of GHG emissions from the burning of hydrocarbons such as LNG, diesel, and explosives and dividing that by the produced copper metal (cradle to gate calculation). On this basis the carbon intensity for the Kutcho Project has an average operational annual GHG of 1.94 kg CO2e/kg Cu. Figure 1 shows publicly available information for operating mines in British Columbia in 2018 in comparison to the Kutcho Project. The Kutcho Project average operational annual GHG lies below the median of these other operating mines. The average operational annual GHG per unit of copper does not give the full picture of carbon intensity. The Kutcho Project also produces significant amounts of zinc, silver and gold and, as such, a GHG intensity measured against copper equivalent production is more appropriate. The average operational annual GHG per pound of copper equivalent metal produced is 1.1 kg CO2e/kg Cueq. BC based comparative information is not available for this equivalent metal measure. Further, the average operational annual GHG does not measure the construction and closure periods, which also produce GHGs. A more complete carbon intensity calculation for the Kutcho Project was estimated for the entire project lifecycle commencing with construction, t...