[miningmx.com] – THE maiden shipment of zinc concentrate from Australian base metals producer, Blackthorn Resources’ flagship Perkoa project is due
to leave port by the end of the year, the company said.
“Our inaugural shipment of zinc concentrate to market is obviously a significant milestone for us,’ Blackthorn Resources COO Tony De Santis said at the Africa Down Under conference in Perth, Australia.
De Santis said 12,000 tonnes of concentrate from its Perkoa Project – a joint venture with Glencore – in Burkina Faso had already been stockpiled at the port of Abidjan, in the Cote d’Ivoire, awaiting shipment to market.
In total, about 25,000 tonnes of the base metal had now been produced at the mine, the company said.
