Consolidated hopes for exemption in Mexico

ASX-listed Consolidated Zinc has applied to be exempted from the Mexican government’s decision to suspend all non-essential services until the end of May, in zones where Covid-19 cases have been identified.

The miner on Wednesday said that the Aldama zone, where its process plant and the Plomosas mine were located, had just reported its first case of Covid-19, meaning that the at which the ban will be lifted in the region has changed from mid-May to the end of May.