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46 www.resourceworld.com F E B R U A R Y / M A R C H 2 0 1 5 Pasinex resources ltd. [PSE-CSE; PNX-FSE] is selling up to 5,000 tonnes of high-grade zinc ore (+30% Zn) from the Pinargozu Mine in Turkey for an expected return of over US $1 million. The project is a 50/50 JV with Turkish company Horzum AS. teck resources ltd. [TCK.B-TSX; TCK- NYSE] is one of the world's biggest zinc producers, capable of producing 290,000 tonnes of refined zinc per year. The com- pany also owns one of the world's largest zinc and lead smelting and refining facili- ties at Trail, southern British Columbia. Located in northwest Alaska, Teck oper- ates the Red Dog Mine, an open-pit truck-and-loader operation. In 2010, Teck began mining the Aqqaluk deposit at Red Dog, which is expected be in opera- tion until 2030. Operations were restarted at the Pend Oreille Mine, northeast Washington State, in December 2014, after being on care and maintenance since 2009. The mine has an expected mine life of five years at a production rate of 44,000 tons of zinc concentrate per year, with the poten- tial to extend the mine life further. Teck is also involved in promoting its Zinc and Health initiative. The company has partnered with Call2Recycle to help keep batteries out of landfills and help get zinc to those who need it most. For every battery recycled, Teck will donate the equivalent value of zinc recycled to UNICEF in support of its Zinc & Health partnership in India. tinka resources ltd. [TK-TSXV; TKRFF-OTC; TLD-FSE] recently completed nearly 8,000 metres of core drilling at its Ayawilca zinc-tin-copper project between September and December 2014. Assays are pending. An initial zinc resource estimate/ target statement for Ayawilca will be car- ried out by an independent consultant during in the near future. trevali Mining corp. [TV-TSX; TREVF-OTCQX; 4TI-FSE; Lima] has been busy with construction and mine restart activities at its 100%-owned Caribou polymetallic (zinc-lead-silver) mine and mill complex located in the Bathurst min- ing camp, northeastern New Brunswick. The new 3,000-tonne-per-day, semi- autogenous-grinding (SAG) mill's major components are installed, and the mill will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2015. Trevali also operates the Halfmile zinc-lead-copper-silver mine in New Brunswick as well as the Santander zinc- lead-copper-silver mine in Peru. Vedanta resources plc [VED-LSE; VDNRF-OTC] plans to build the Gramsberg zinc mine in Northern Cape Province, South Africa for production in 2018. yukon Zinc corp. [Private] is a Canadian-based mining and exploration company operating the Wolverine Mine in Yukon. The company has taken the Wolverine zinc-silver-copper-lead-gold mine from exploration through develop- ment into operation. In Q1 2013, the full design capacity of 1,700 tpd was reached. n Also, refer to Goldspike Exploration story on page 9.