Copper has risen to a three-month high of $US5700 ($8193) per tonne this week in a sign the base metal is bouncing back from its COVID-19 slump.
The outright price of the commodity on the London Metal Exchange closed at $5774 per tonne on Tuesday.
Stronger demand from China, the world’s top consumer of copper has ushered in higher levels of purchasing.
Empire Metals Ltd (LON:EEE) is a junior AIM-listed copper and gold exploration and resource development company focussed on the prolific Tethyan Belt. Currently the Company holds a large highly prospective 860km2 licence area in Georgia with a 30-year mining licence in a joint venture with a local explorer.