Casino/Resolution Comparison: Just Saying Casino 4.27 billion pounds of copper (1.9 billion metric tons)
- copper deposit lies at depth of 600 feet
- still waiting for buy out from Rio Tinto/MM
Resolution 3.9 billion pounds of copper (1.787 billion metric tons)
- copper deposit lies at depth of 3,500 feet
- BHP bought from Magma Copper in 1996
(Rio entered joint venture agreement with BHP in 2001)