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Article: EuroZinc Mining Corporation: Neves-Corvo Mine 2004 Operating Results.
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- February 23, 2005
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- EuroZinc Mining Corporation (the "Company") (TSX:EZM) is pleased to provide the following 2004 year-end operating results for its wholly-owned subsidiary Sociedade Mineira de Neves Corvo, S.S. ("Somincor"), which owns 100 per cent of the Neves-Corvo mine in Portugal:
- Ore mined and treated in the process plant was 1.9 million tonnes
- Average head grade ofthe mill feed was 5.71% copper
- Recovery rate in the plant was 88.4%
- Average grade of the copper concentrate grade was 23.9%
- Total production of contained copper in concentrate was 95,687 tonnes or approximately 211 million pounds of ...