working hard to boost its profitability
per ton. With respect to this, Buncic
highlights the expansion plan posited
in a Preliminary Economic Assessment
(PEA) released in October 2018 that
seeks to cut costs to below $1 per
zinc equivalent pound. The plan is
split into three components: opening
a more direct mine shaft in the east
of the mine; installing a large and
efficient water pumping system with—
Chris Buncic,
President, CEO and Co-Founder,
Ascendant Resources“ It was a
very people-focused
change”
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