With a feasibility study in hand, major financing lined up, and new
technical staff on board, Toronto-based junior PGM Ventures (PPG-V) is well
on its way to re-opening its wholly owned Aguas Tenidas underground
zinc-copper mine, located in 110 km northwest of Seville, in Spain’s portion
of the famed Iberian Pyrite Belt. Production is tentatively slated to resume
late next year, with Aguas Tenidas capable of annually cranking out
concentrate containing 50,000 tonnes zinc, 24,000 tonnes copper plus
by-product lead, silver and gold for at least 13 years. The Northern Miner
editor John Cumming visited the project in early 2005 and provided an
in-depth, updated report on the project in our May 12-18, 2006, issue. Here
are photos from his visit.
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