PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Red River Resources is on track to restart commercial production at its Thalanga zinc project, in Queensland, early in the fourth quarter of this year.
The company said on Thursday that the project commissioning will start in the third quarter, with some 85% of the plant and infrastructure refurbishment completed at the end of July.
The project, which has been on care and maintenance since 2012, is expected to produce an average 21 400 t/y of zinc, 3 600 t/y of copper, 5 000 t/y of lead, 2 000 oz/y of gold and 370 000 oz/y of silver in concentrate over an initial five-year mine life.