10:32 AM EST - Ivanhoe Mines : Announced today that Platreef's Shaft 1 has reached a depth of 850 metres below surface and development work has begun on the 850-metre station - the second of three horizontal mining access stations planned for Shaft 1.The first mining access station has been constructed at the 750-metre level, following earlier development of a water-pumping station at the 450-metre level. The third mining access station will be developed at a mine-working depth of 950 metres. Shaft 1 is expected to reach its projected, final depth of approximately 980 metres below surface, complete with all four of the stations, in early 2020. Ivanhoe Mines
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