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Trevali Declares Commercial Production at Caribou Zinc Mine Following Record June Performance
Trevali Declares Commercial Production at Caribou Zinc Mine Following Record June Performance.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n Trevali Declares Commercial Production at Caribou Zinc Mine Following Record June Performance\n \n \nTrevali Declares Commercial Production at Caribou Zinc Mine Following Record June Performance\n \n VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jul 7, 2016) - Trevali Mining Corporation (\"Trevali\" or the \"Company\") (TSX:TV)(LMA:TV)(OTCQX:TREVF)(FRANKFURT:4TI) announces that effective as of July 1, 2016 it has achieved commercial production at its Caribou Zinc Mine in the Bathurst Mining Camp of northern New Brunswick. Following a successful commissioning period, Caribou is now operating consistently in a manner intended by the Company and as demonstrated in the June results with mill and underground operations delivering the strongest monthly performance to date with record mine and mill tonnage and throughput, zinc recoveries and concentrate production. A detailed description and discussion is provided below and progress highlights are as follows:\n Caribou Mill - key commissioning & preliminary production statistics (figures rounded)\n \n \n \n \n Q1-2016\n \n April 2016\n \n May 2016\n \n June 2016\n \n \n \n Tonnes Mined\n 191,005\n \n 58,564\n \n 57,103\n \n 72,686\n \n \n \n Tonnes Milled\n 200,670\n \n 60,032\n \n 53,038\n \n 73,176\n \n \n \n Average Mill Tonnes-per-day* (TPD)\n 2,675\n \n 2,636\n \n 2,874\n \n 2,867\n \n \n \n Average Head Grades %\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zinc\n 5.9\n %\n 6.1\n %\n 5.7\n %\n 5.9\n %\n \n \n Lead\n 2.6\n %\n 3.0\n %\n 2.6\n %\n 2.4\n %\n \n \n Silver - Oz (ounces)/ton\n 2.0 oz/t\n \n 2.7 oz/t\n \n 2.3 oz/t\n \n 2.4 oz/t\n \n \n \n Average Recoveries %\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zinc\n 71\n %\n 74\n %\n 78\n %\n 80\n %\n \n \n Lead\n 58\n %\n 57\n %\n 58\n %\n 55\n %\n \n \n Silver (in Lead concentrate)\n 38\n %\n 32\n %\n 31\n %\n 30\n %\n \n \n Concentrate Produced DMT (dry metric tonnes):\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zinc\n 17,732\n \n 5,832\n \n 5,041\n \n 7,282\n \n \n \n Lead\n 7,586\n \n 2,634\n \n 1,968\n \n 2,446\n \n \n \n Concentrate Grades %\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zinc\n 48\n %\n 46\n %\n 47\n %\n 47\n %\n \n \n Silver - Oz (ounces)/ton\n 4.0 oz/t\n \n 5.3 oz/t\n \n 5.1 oz/t\n \n 4.7 oz/t\n \n \n \n Lead\n 39\n %\n 40\n %\n 40\n %\n 43\n %\n \n \n Silver - Oz (ounces)/ton\n 20.3 oz/t\n \n 19.5 oz/t\n \n 19.9 oz/t\n \n 21.5 oz/t\n \n \n \...