Trevali Mining Reports Nearly 14.6 million Payable pounds of Zinc from Santander Mine’s Q1 Production

Trevali Mining Corporation (TSX:TV,OTCQX:TREVF,FWB:4TI) reported production results from the first quarter of 2014 from the Santander Mine in Peru: approximately 14.6 million payable pounds of zinc, 5.4 million payable pounds of lead and 268,600 payable ounces of silver.

As quoted in the press release:

Average recoveries for the inaugural commercial production quarter were 87% for zinc, 86% for lead and 74% for silver reflecting ongoing optimization and improvements over Q4-2013 mill performance. Q1-2014 throughput at the 2,000-tonne-per-day-rated Santander processing complex was 173,820 tonnes, delivering a mill utilization factor of 99.8%. Average head grades of 4.76% Zn, 1.9% Pb and 1.97 oz/ton Ag were realized to produce approximately 15,640 tonnes of zinc concentrate and 4,510 tonnes of lead-silver concentrate.

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