April 25, 2019, Vancouver, BC – Taseko Mines Limited (TSX: TKO; NYSE American: TGB) (“Taseko” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that a first harvest of 3,700 pounds of copper cathode (32 sheets x 117 pounds), was made at the Florence Copper Project. The copper cathode has been assayed at higher than 99.9% copper by Minerals Technology, LLC, an independent laboratory.
Russell Hallbauer, President and CEO of Taseko commented, “Our test facility is performing very well and we are extremely pleased to have produced such high quality copper this early in the process. These results have exceeded our expectations. There is no better proof to demonstrate the success of our highly engineered in situ leaching process test facility. With the facility now at steady-state and producing high quality copper, we will use the balance of the year to refine and improve operating procedures for the commercial facility.”
Photos of this cathode harvest and others of the Florence Copper test facility can be found on the Company’s website at https://www.tasekomines.com/properties/florence-copper/photos-videos.