Farallon Ships Zinc Concentrates to Canadian Smelter

 

VANCOUVER, BC - Dick Whittington, President and CEO of Farallon Mining Ltd. reported that Farallon has shipped 4,398.94 wet metric tonnes of zinc concentrate to the Teck Metals Ltd. smelter in Trail, B.C. This is the first shipment of zinc concentrate from the G-9 Mine in Mexico to a smelter in North America.

President and CEO Dick Whittington stated "This further establishes Farallon as an international producer of mineral concentrates. Coupled with our earlier shipments to Asian smelters, this delivery of concentrates opens up another customer for our products, which are being well-received in international markets.

Farallon's G-9 zinc, copper, silver, gold and lead mine at the Campo Morado Property in Mexico reached commercial production in April 2009. The Company expects to produce at an annualized production rate of 120 million pounds of zinc and 15 million pounds of copper for the remainder of 2009.

The company’s address is 428-800 West Pender Street, Vancouver BC V6C 2V6, 604-638-2050, fax: 604-638-2041.