Lonshi resource expands.(First Quantum Minerals Ltd. copper mine)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) From: Mining Journal | Date: October 12, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Mining Journal Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

First Quantum Minerals Ltd announced late last week that the resource estimate at its new copper mine at Lonshi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a satellite to its Bwana Mkubwa operation just over the border in Zambia, has been increased by 390%. The release was received too late to be included in the article on Lonshi published in last week's Mining Journal (MJ, October 5, p.255). In that article, the company noted that, providing the then-...