Pumpkin Hollow Milling Operations Have Restarted

YEINGTON, NV - Nevada Copper Corp. has restarted its milling operations at its underground project at Pumpkin Hollow following temporary suspension of copper production due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The plant restart and ramp up benefits from the processing plant’s initial consistent performance in the First Quarter.

There are approximately 160,000 tons of stockpiled material at surface available for immediate processing. The stockpiled ore will be supplemented with additional development ore and subsequent stope ore hoisted via the East North Ventilation Shaft (ENVS). Material will continue to be hoisted from the ENVS until work on the Main Shaft has been completed. The Company remains on track for the commencement of Main shaft hoisting scheduled for Q4, 2020.

Evan Spencer, Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are encouraged by the processing plant restart at our Pumpkin Hollow mine. Our full workforce has been mobilized and we have transitioned our operations back into production smoothly, picking up where we left off in Q1.  We look forward to executing our ramp-up plans and will report on progress.”