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Is Hot Chili (ASX:HCH) Using La Verde Drilling To Quietly Reframe Costa Fuego’s Mine-Life Story?
Hot Chili has provided its first 2026 drilling update for the La Verde copper-gold discovery in Chile, highlighting the role of diamond drilling and a new 4D litho-structural model in refining targets near its planned Costa Fuego central processing hub.
The company’s impact modelling suggests La Verde could add early-stage open-pit material and extend Costa Fuego’s 20-year mine schedule, potentially improving future project economics ahead of the March 2025 pre-feasibility study update, with...