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Tinka sees 155,000tpy zinc production in Ayawilca PEA update

Tinka Resources released an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Ayawilca zinc zone project in central Peru for an underground ramp-access mine development with an 8,500 tonnes per day processing plant, to produce about 155,000 tonnes per year of zinc in concentrate for more than 14 years.

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Tinka Resources' Ayawilca in Peru

Tinka Resources' Ayawilca in Peru

This would make Ayawilca the largest primary zinc producer in South America and a top-10 global zinc producer. The project would yield an after-tax net present value (NPV) of US$433 million at an 8%...

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