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Campbell Resources has put the COPPER RAND MINE near Chibougamau, Que., back into commercial production. The copper-gold mine first opened in 1959. Ownership passed from Bolivia's Patino family to Canada's Northgate Explorations in 1981, to Australia's Western Mining in 1988. Westerns subsidiary Westminer Canada closed the mine in November 1992 and put the property up for sale. The following year MSV Resources, which merged with Campbell in 2001, bought the Copper Rand property and nearby former Portage mine.
MSV reopened the Copper Rand mine in 1993 and operated it until October 1997. During the period, MSV explored at depth between levels 4000 and 5000. Resources were identified to allow...