[1] In June 2011, Tiger Resources said they were negotiating to acquire a higher share of the operation from Gécamines.
Plans included installing a plant with crushing, scrubbing and heavy media separation (HMS) equipment to produce 120,000 tonnes of 25% copper concentrates annually.
[2] In 2014, Tiger Resources bought out Gecamines' 40% stake in the Kipoi Mine for $111 million, leaving it as the sole shareholder.
[2] The company was considering using $250 million from cash flow to build a Solvent Extraction Electrowinning (SXEW) copper cathode plant, with capacity of 50,000 tons per year.
[5] In October 2011 Tiger Resources slowed extraction of ore, since there was a stockpile with three month's supply.