Farallon Ships Zinc Concentrates to Canadian Smelter

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, July 2 /CNW/ - Dick Whittington, President and CEO of Farallon\nMining Ltd. ("Farallon" or the "Company") (TSX:FAN) is pleased to announce\nthat Farallon has shipped 4,398.94 wet metric tonnes of zinc concentrate to\nthe Teck Metals Ltd. smelter in Trail, B.C. This is the first shipment of zinc\nconcentrate from the G-9 Mine in Mexico to a smelter in North America.\n\n\nThis shipment of concentrate was loaded at the Port of Manzanillo, Mexico\non June 15, 2009 and sailed for Vancouver, B.C. on June 17, 2009. The vessel\n"Global Pioneer" arrived at Vancouver Wharves on June 27, 2009 at which time\nunloading of the vessel commenced through Vancouver Wharves. The final\ndestination of this parcel of zinc concentrate will be the Teck smelter in\nTrail, B.C.\n\n\nFor photos of the unloading of the G-9 concentrates at Vancouver Wharves,\nplease follow the link below to view:\n\n\nhttp://www.farallonmining.com/i/fan/photo--galleryjuly2009/index.html\n\n\nPresident and CEO Dick Whittington stated "This further establishes\nFarallon as an international producer of mineral concentrates. Coupled with\nour earlier shipments to Asian smelters, this delivery of concentrates opens\nup another customer for our products, which are being well-received in\ninternational markets. Both our off-taker, Trafigura Beheer BV Amsterdam, and\nour Manager, Marketing for mineral concentrates, Mr. Tomas Alba, have been\ndoing an excellent job of placing Farallon's products in various smelters\nglobally. We look forward to continued success as we continue to deliver\nconcentrates into the future."\n\n\nFarallon's G-9 zinc, copper, silver, gold and lead mine at the Campo\nMorado Property in Mexico reached commercial production in April 2009. The\nCompany expects to produce at an annualized production rate of 120 million\npounds of zinc and 15 million pounds of copper for the remainder of 2009.\n\n\nON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS\nJ.R.H. (Dick) Whittington\nPresident & CEO\n\nNo regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information\ncontained in this news release\n\n\nForward Looking Information\n\n\nThis release includes certain statements that may be deemed\n"forward-looking statements." All statements in this release, other than\nstatements of historical facts, that addre...

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