VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capstone Copper Corp. (“Capstone” or the “Company”) (TSX:CS) (ASX:CSC) is pleased to announce sanctioning of the Mantoverde Optimized (“MV Optimized” or “MV-O”) project for construction following all required Board approvals. All amounts in this news release are in United States dollars, unless otherwise noted. MV Optimized is a capital-efficient brownfield expansion of Mantoverde’s sulphide concentrator, increasing throughput from 32,000 to 45,000
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