Consolidated Zinc Ltd. – Patersons Securities Research – Dealing Desk Note
Consolidated Zinc Limited has unveiled its new strategy to target larger scale production from its 51% owned Plomosas Zinc mine in Chihuahua, Mexico. The Company plans to move into production during 2019 targeting a 250,000tpa production rate with a mine life of 7-10 years. This is a substantial increase over the 100,000tpa contemplated in the recent scoping study. This has occurred due to recent positive exploration results and recent expansions to the projects Mineral Resource as well as positive findings in the recently completed Scoping Study. In order to achieve the larger production rates the Company plans to conduct an aggressive extensional and infill drill program to convert more material into the Indicated category (from Inferred) and complete further metallurgical testwork to maximise recoveries. In parallel, the Company plans to do some regional exploration including first pass drilling on outcropping targets where rockchip samples have returned results >20% Zn+Pb.