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The high copper prices on the world market over the past few years may have posed a headache for wire manufacturers, but were certainly a boon to Sherwood Copper Corp. The company’s high-grade copper-gold Minto operation, located in the centre of the Yukon Territory, commenced commercial production on October 1, 2007. And, despite the current market uncertainty, expansion is in the offing for the open pit operation, over and above the recent forecasts for the production of 50 to 60 million pounds of copper, 20,000 to 25,000 ounces of gold, and 250,000 to 300,000 ounces of silver per annum, and that level already an increase over the original forecast of 40 million pounds of copper annually.
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