Zinc inventories break down through the 400K mark, page-4

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    From the "Acquisition completed" update in November:
    * At a 3% zinc cut-off, the higher grade Mineral Resource mainly associated with the Cathedral Vein is 1.8Mt at
    5.6% zinc, 2.0% lead, 125 g/t silver and 0.2 g/t gold or 1.8Mt at 9.8% ZnEq*
    * Majority of the Mineral Resource contained in the Measured and Indicated categories
    * All veins remain open at depth and along strike & there is significant scope to increase the resource
    * ~30% of the mineralised intercepts were not assayed for gold

    The company also ran a Magneto-Telluric finding:
    * Strong MT resistivity anomaly associated with zinc-silver-lead mineralisation
    * MT anomaly extends for at least 1km along strike (ESE) beyond the existing Mineral
    Resource and >1km at depth

    The update also noted that there is copper potential at the site as well:
    >5% copper at surface at Doris Loreto
    * Large unexplored alteration anomaly at Loreto (porphyry-Cu potential)
    * Loreto over-pegged by Codelco & BHP
    * Loreto is 35km from BHP’s Cerro Colorado Mine (Mineral Resource of 400Mt at 0.62% copper)

    The expected timeline going forward is (updated from the update to reflect current status):
    * Finalisation of Permitting for Drilling [completed]
    * Commencement of Drilling to Test Extensions to High-Grade Mineralisation [commenced]
    * Drilling Results [between now and May 2017]
    * Further Metallurgical Test Work to Optimise Recoveries [Expected May 2017]
    * Upgrade Resource to JORC 2012 [Expected July 2017]
    * Re-commencement of Feasibility Study [Expected 2nd Half 2017]
 
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