VMS Ventures and operating partner HudBay Minerals to commence production at the Reed Mine in 2013
Summary of the Reed Mine’s Economic Assessment Initial production at Reed is expected by Q 4 – 2013 and will ramp up to full production of approximately 1,300 tonnes per day by Q1 – 2014. Average expected reserve ore grades of 3.83% copper, 0.48 g/t gold and 6.02 g/t silver, slightly better than PEA due to the exclusion of the inferred resources in the pre-feasibility study. Assumed metal recoveries in HudBay’s Flin Flon Concentrator of 94% copper, 58% gold and 62%...
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