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Article: EuroZinc Announces New Mineral Resource and Reserve for Neves-Corvo
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- CCNMatthews Newswire
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- March 8, 2006
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - March 8, 2006) -
EuroZinc Mining Corporation (TSX:EZM)(AMEX:EZM) and its wholly owned
subsidiary, Sociedade Mineira Neves-Corvo, SA (SOMINCOR), are pleased
to announce year ending December 31, 2005 mineral resource and
mineral reserve estimates for the Neves-Corvo mine in southern
Portugal. The Neves-Corvo mine consists of five orebodies that are
enriched in copper, tin and zinc metals, which commonly form discrete
high-grade zones within the deposit that are selectively mined and
milled to produce concentrates of copper, tin and, in the near
future, zinc. Starting in July, 2006, zinc production will supplant
tin production, since there is ...