RE:Tab Actually, it usually takes long time from exploration to production. Many exploration properties have a decades long exploration record
From exploration to production
The average time between mineral exploration, the discovery of a new mineral deposit and effective large-scale production varies in line with the product, from 10 to 23 years, approximately. As a result, patience and dedication are required. Our copper mine in Sossego, Par, one of our most recent discoveries (1997), took seven years between exploration and production start-up, for example.