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open-pittable en · ADJ

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  1. (not-comparable) Capable of being mined using the open-pit method.
    • The USBM calculated an “open-pittable inferred resource of 200 million tons grading 0.4 percent Cu, 60 ppb Au, 7 ppm Ag, and 5 ppb platinum group metals” Neubert and others, 1992, p. 146). 1996, Warren Yeend, Gold Placers of the Historical Fortymile River Region, Alaska (U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin; 2125), Washington: United States Government Pringing Office, page 72:
    • This is a large, high-grade, open-pittable deposit which is one of the world's best undeveloped nickel projects. 2025 January 26, Wikipedia contributors, “Canico Resource”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
    • Preliminary testing, including 180 relatively shallow drill holes, indicates reserves of 20-million tons of open-pittable ore having an average grade of 0.9 oz. of gold per ton… 1986, MI1985: The Nevada mineral industry 1985, NV Bureau of Mines & Geology, page 4: