Canadian copper firm sees more progress at Haib

Canadian firm Koryx Copper has reported further progress on the pre-feasibility study and infrastructure planning for its Haib copper project in southern Namibia. The Haib deposit is a massive, disseminated porphyry copper deposit with associated molybdenum and gold. Koryx Copper’s president and chief executive, Heye Daun, says the Haib project is envisaged to produce a copper and molybdenum concentrate via large-scale open pit mining and mainly conventional crushing, milling and sulphide flotation with the potential for additional copper cathode production. “We are very excited with the progress our in-house study team and specialist engineering, procurement and construction management consultants are making with the pre-feasibility study for our flagship Haib project which is planned to be published in late 2026,” he says, adding that recent metallurgical test work confirms the potential to significantly increase the processing grade. “We have also made a lot of progress with further defining the Haib infrastructure plans, especially relating to power, water and tailings storage,” he says. Daun says grid power will be sourced from the nearby national grid, augmented with hybrid solar photovoltaic and battery storage to deliver reliable, low-carbon energy. “Our water supply strategy is based on accessing water from the nearby Orange River, in combination with significant on-site water storage to address seasonality,” he says. Daun says an environmental and social impact assessment permitting process is also advancing, and an application for environmental clearance is expected to be submitted mid-year. “Given typical Namibian regulatory practice, environmental approval is targeted for about mid-2027,” he says. The mine developer says test work currently in progress has demonstrated that either a combination of material sorting and coarse particle flotation (CPF), or CPF alone can be used at Haib to reject barren material from conventional flotation feed, with a limited loss of copper. Metallurgical tests have been completed successfully since the preliminary economic assessment technical report was issued in September 2025. Daun says run of mine feed tests as well as sequential tests of mineral sorting yielded successful results, confirming that about 25% to 30% of mill feed can be rejected from the flotation feed. He says three column leach tests were completed on a transitional/oxide ore sample over a continuous period of approximately 120 days. “Sulphuric acid leaching, bacterial leaching at relatively low temperature, and a chloride leach process all demonstrated the potential to solubilise 70% to 75% of copper in the sample over this period. “The results suggest a portion of the secondary sulphides were leached, which in turn supports the hypothesis that sulphuric acid was not the only leach reagent present,” he says. – email: [email protected] The post Canadian copper firm sees more progress at Haib appeared first on The Namibian .