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No love for junior zinc

Zinc juniors face hard times despite sound market fundamentals

Paul Harris

Zinc surged from its late 2015 bottom of below 80c a pound to reach US$1.60/lb in early 2018, spawning renewed interest in exploration for the grey, malleable metal. But as quickly as zinc prices ran up,...

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