BHP’s $3.2 billion push into Argentinian copper has been boosted after new estimates revealed its Filo del Sol discovery, high in the Andes, contains at least five times more of the metal than was thought.
BHP acquired 50 per cent of the Filo discovery and the nearby Josemaria project last year for $US2.1 billion ($3.2 billion) under a deal with the Lundin family to jointly buy Toronto-listed company Filo Mining.
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