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Trevali reports record Q3-2017 production
Trevali reports record Q3-2017 production.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nMarketwire\n\n\n\n\nTrevali reports record Q3-2017 production\n\n\nPreliminary Q3 zinc production of 58.4-million payable lbs; 12.5-million lbs payable lead and 433,442 oz payable silver\n\n\n\n\n\n\n VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Oct. 16, 2017) - Trevali Mining Corporation (\"Trevali\" or the \"Company\") (TSX:TV)(OTCQX:TREVF)(LMA:TV)(FRANKFURT:4TI) reports record consolidated third quarter (\"Q3\") 2017 preliminary production results of 58.4-million payable lbs. of zinc, 12.5-million payable lbs. of lead and 433,442 payable ounces of silver, including September 2017 monthly production from the Rosh Pinah mine in Namibia and Perkoa mine in Burkina Faso that were both acquired from Glencore PLC on August 31, 2017 (Table 1 and see news release TV-NR-17-19).\n \n \n \n Table 1: Consolidated Q3-2017 and YTD-2017 preliminary production (1)\n \n \n  \n Q3-2017 (1)\n Q3-2016\n YTD-2017 (1)\n \n \n Tonnes Mined\n 552,385\n 175,579\n 1,295,140\n \n \n Tonnes Milled\n 567,552\n 209,188\n 1,431,774\n \n \n Concentrate Produced DMT (dry metric tonnes):\n  \n  \n  \n \n \n  \n Zinc\n 63,331\n 14,840\n 133,845\n \n \n  \n Lead\n 13,974\n 5,469\n 38,342\n \n \n Payable Production:\n  \n  \n  \n \n \n  \n Zinc (pounds)\n 58,425,056\n 13,662,766\n 120,320,433\n \n \n  \n Lead (pounds)\n 12,474,379\n 6,436,047\n 32,370,137\n \n \n  \n Silver (ounces)\n 433,442\n 221,324\n 1,164,608\n \n \n \n \n \n \n (1) Q3-2017 and YTD-2017 preliminary production figures include September 2017 production figures from the Perkoa and Rosh Pinah mines following the closure of the African zinc asset acquisition from Glencore PLC on August 31, 2017.\n \n \n \n Operational Highlights\n \n \n Record overall quarterly zinc, lead and silver production.\n At Santander, mine and mill output increased by 23% and 7% respectively from Q2. Zn head-grades increased 12% and payable metal units have increased 21% for Zn, 29% for Pb and 7% for Ag versus prior quarter.\n Record mill throughput and mine output at Perkoa.\n Material improvements at Caribou - record production during transition period to owner-operated mining activities. September zinc recoveries, metal production and concentrate content set a new monthly record of 81.5% recovery.\n Rosh Pinah mine, mill and zinc recoveries all incre...