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Q1 2021 Operations Update
Q1 2021 Operations Update.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 2048V\n Central Asia Metals PLC\n 13 April 2021\n \n \n \n \n 13 April 2021\n \n \n \n \n \n CENTRAL ASIA METALS PLC\n \n \n ('CAML' or the 'Company')\n \n \n Q1 2021 Operations Update\n \n Central Asia Metals plc (AIM: CAML) today provides a Q1 2021 operations update for the Kounrad dump leach, solvent extraction and electro-winning ('SX-EW') copper recovery plant in Kazakhstan ('Kounrad') and the Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia ('Sasa').\n \n Summary\n \n - One lost time injury ('LTI') at Sasa\n - Kounrad copper production, 2,880 tonnes\n - Sasa zinc in concentrate production, 5,742 tonnes\n - Sasa lead in concentrate production, 7,016 tonnes\n \n Outlook\n - Full year 2021 guidance\n \n o Copper, 12,500 to 13,500 tonnes\n \n o Zinc in concentrate, 23,000 to 25,000 tonnes\n \n o Lead in concentrate, 30,000 to 32,000 tonnes\n \n \n CAML production summary\n \n \n \n \n \n Metal production (tonnes)\n \n \n \n \n Q1 2021\n \n \n \n \n Q1 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Copper\n \n \n \n \n 2,880\n \n \n \n \n 3,201\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zinc\n \n \n \n \n 5,742\n \n \n \n \n 6,127\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lead\n \n \n \n \n 7,016\n \n \n \n \n 7,607\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nigel Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, commented:\n \n \n \"We are pleased with our production achievements during these cold winter months but were disappointed to record a lost time injury at Sasa at the end of March 2021, having previously achieved 786 days without an incident.\" \n \n \n Health and Safety\n \n \n One LTI was recorded at Sasa in March 2021 as a miner injured his finger. There were no LTIs at Kounrad during the period. \n \n \n COVID-19 remains a risk to the welfare of CAML employees and contractors. While there has been no marked increase in COVID-19 diagnoses in and around the Kounrad operation, there has been a larger number of cases at Sasa and in the nearby towns, coinciding with improving weather and therefore greater social interaction.\n \n \n Kounrad \n \n Kounrad Q1 2021 copper production was 2,880 tonnes, with 100% of the metal leached from the Western Dumps during the winter period for the first time. Copper sales during Q1 2021 were 2,875 tonnes.\n \n Sasa\n \n In Q1 2021, mined and processed ore were 207,704 tonnes and 210,413 ton...