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(AMM) Farallon Mining ships zinc concentrate to Teck smelter

July 02, 2009 - 20:03 GMT Location: New York

Farallon Mining Ltd. has shipped its first load of zinc concentrate for smelting in North American from its G-9 zinc-copper-lead mine in southern Mexico.

Vancouver, British Columbia-based Farallon, which began shipping concentrates to smelters in Asia in February, said it has sent a 4,399-tonne shipment of zinc concentrate to the Teck Resources Ltd.'s smelter in Trail, British Columbia.

"Coupled with our earlier shipments to Asian smelters, this delivery of concentrates...

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