26 Jul 2011 07:00
For immediate release | 26 July 2011 |
Metminco Limited (LSE: MNC)
("Metminco" or "the Company")
Metminco appoints CANACCORD GENUITY LIMITED as Nomad and JOINT Broker and Liberum Capital As Joint Broker on the AIM market
The Board of Metminco is pleased to announce the appointment of Canaccord Genuity Limited as its Nominated Adviser and joint Broker on the AIM market with immediate effect.
The Company is also pleased to announce the appointment of Liberum Capital Limited as joint Broker on the AIM market.
For further information contact:
South America:
William Howe - Managing Director Ph: +56 (2) 411 2600
Australia:
Phillip Wing - Executive Director Ph: + 61(0) 412 254 704
Philip Killen - Company Secretary & CFO Ph: + 61(0) 408 609 916
United Kingdom:
Tim Read - Director Ph: +44 (0) 777072 1809
Nomad and joint Broker - Canaccord Genuity Limited
Andrew Chubb / Robert Findlay Ph: +44 (0) 207 050 6500
Joint Broker - Liberum Capital Limited
Michael Rawlinson / Clayton Bush Ph: 44 (0) 20 3100 2227
Financial Public Relations Consultant - Buchanan
Tim Thompson / James Strong / Katharine Sutton Ph: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
About Metminco:
Metminco is a dual ASX and AIM listed company with a portfolio of copper and gold projects in Peru and Metminco is a dual ASX and AIM listed company with a portfolio of copper and gold projects in Peru and Chile. The Los Calatos project, located in southern Peru, has a JORC compliant Mineral Resource of 926 million tonnes, consisting of an Indicated Resource of 111 million tonnes at 0.39% Cu and 380ppm Mo, and an Inferred Resource of 815 million tonnes at 0.37% Cu and 260ppm Mo (at a 0.2% copper cut-off grade).
The Chilean assets include the Mollacas copper leach project with a JORC compliant Mineral Resource of 17 million tonnes comprising an Indicated Resource of 7.2 million tonnes at 0.56% copper and an Inferred Resource of 9.8 million tonnes at 0.52% copper (at a 0.2% copper cut-off grade), and the Vallecillo gold zinc project with a JORC compliant Mineral Resource of 10.1 million tonnes consisting of an Indicated Resource of 7.9 million tonnes at 1.14g/t Au; 11.4g/t Ag; 1.32% Zn; 0.29% Pb and an Inferred Resource of 2.2 million tonnes at 0.78g/t Au; 8.2g/t Ag; 0.58% Zn; 0.26% Pb (at a cut-off grade of 0.3g/t Au).
Competent Persons Statement
The information in this report that relates to Exploration Results and Mineral Resources is based on
information compiled by Colin Sinclair, Bsc, MSc, who is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and is a full-time employee of the Company as General Manager Exploration.
Colin Sinclair has sufficient experience (over 30 years) which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the 'Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral.