Arehada Mining provided un update for its wholly owned Chinese operating subsidiary, Arehada Mining Corporation. The resumption of mining commenced in April 2009 and processing began on May 10, 2009 with improvement in head grades and recovery levels. The average combined lead – zinc head grade has reached 3.33% in May, 2009. In addition, the combined recovery rates of the lead and zinc concentrate has improved to 88.66%, an increase of 2% compared to the recovery rate of 86.61% achieved in 2008.
Arehada Mining has initiated a temporary shutdown of its operations at its mine and zinc plant in China. The company sited current zinc and lead prices as the main reason. The company believes that the majority of other
similar mines in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region have also shut down operations due to low commodity prices.
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