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Gold/Mining/Energy : Copper - analysis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: LoneClone who wrote (1664)	3/27/2007 3:08:44 PM
From: Stephen O	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2131

First Quantum's Mauritanian Mine Increases Copper Production 2007-03-27 08:40 (New York) By Rose Skelton March 27 (Bloomberg) -- First Quantum Minerals Ltd., a copper miner whose shares have risen 22-fold in five years, increased production at its Guelb Moghrein mine in Mauritania to 4,200 metric tons in the first two months of 2007. The mine started production on Oct. 5, initially operating at 66 percent of its design capacity and producing about 1,650 tons of copper, the Vancouver-based company said in an e-mailed statement. The mine, 250 kilometers (155 miles) northeast of Mauritania's capital Nouakchott, is currently producing about 2,100 metric tons of copper a month, it said in the statement received March 22. The mine has the capacity to produce 2,500 tons a month, it said. Guelb Moghrein is also producing 4,600 ounces of gold a month, the company added. --Editor: Richardson