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Nexa sticks with internal exploration to fill pipeline

Internal exploration is building resources as company invests in expansion

Paul Harris in Toronto
"We are known as a zinc producer and we want to keep growing in zinc and be self-sufficient in zinc concentrates to feed our smelters in Brazil, but we see a great opportunity in copper", says Nexa Resources CEO Tito Martins

"We are known as a zinc producer and we want to keep growing in zinc and be self-sufficient in zinc concentrates to feed our smelters in Brazil, but we see a great opportunity in copper", says Nexa Resources CEO Tito Martins

The main priority is advancing construction of the Aripuana zinc project in Brazil, which is planned to produce 120,000 tonnes per year of zinc-equivalent comprising 70,000tpy zinc, and 50,000tpy of equivalent...

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