{"id":1158472,"date":"2020-01-07T08:20:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1010518"},"modified":"2020-01-07T08:20:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:20:46","slug":"peruvian-metals-achieves-record-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1158472","title":{"rendered":"Peruvian Metals achieves record production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peruvian Metals (TSXV: PER) announced that its \u00c1guila Norte processing plant located in northern Peru achieved record throughput for 2019 by processing 18,510 tonnes, resulting in a 380% increase in production compared to 2018.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a press release, the Canadian company explained that during the entire year, the plant produced high-grade quality concentrates for third parties in 22 mineral campaigns. Most of the batches were polymetallic and ranged from 232 metric tonnes to 1,750 metric tonnes. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Peruvian Metals also announced that it will be divesting from certain non-core assets in 2020<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to Peruvian Metals, \u00c1guila Norte achieved excellent recoveries by producing 4,091 metric tonnes of highly marketable zinc concentrates averaging 52.4% Zn and 1,364 tonnes of lead-silver concentrate averaging 52.9% Pb and 125 ounces Ag per tonne.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We fully expect to improve that throughput in 2020,&#8221; Jeffrey Reeder, CEO of the Toronto-based firm, said in the media brief. &#8220;During 2020, the company intends to continue processing mineralized material with a few select miners while also entering mineral purchase and profit-sharing agreements with other miners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Located near Peru&#8217;s second-largest city, Trujillo, \u00c1guila Norte is one of the few independent processing plants in an area where small-scale mining operations are widespread. 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