Lundin Mining
EUROPE decade of life to run . This was the company ’ s first major asset following the Lundin Family ’ s discovery of its first mine at Storliden , in northern Sweden . The business started out as a junior explorer in the 1990s before making this high-grade zinc and copper breakthrough in 1999 , which went into production in 2002 and provided essential capital for acquisition of additional mines .
At Zinkgruvan , in the central-south region of the country , Lundin Mining has managed to ramp up extraction of ore from 700,000 annual tons to 1.2 million , with Conibear looking to gain another five to 10 percent by maximising current capabilities .
“ Each year we have been successful in discovering more than we ’ ve milled ,” Conibear added . “ And as well as producing 75-80,000 tons
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