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MLG.to NEWS OUT !!!!Malaga to recycle Pasto Bueno tailings


2010-02-03 09:02 ET - News Release

Mr. Jean Martineau reports

MALAGA INC. TO RECEIVE US$ 2.5 MILLION FROM RECYCLING COPPER-SILVER RICH MINE TAILINGS FROM PASTO BUENO

Malaga Inc. has found a technique to recycle the copper/silver-rich mine tailings produced at its Pasto Bueno mine as a byproduct during processing of tungsten ore. During the next six months, more than 5,000 tonnes of this tailing will be recycled generating more than $2.5-million (U.S.).

During 2009, Malaga invested in a small pilot plant in order study the feasibility of concentrating the mine tailings produced at Pasto Bueno. The goal was to produce a saleable tailing concentrate. After solving several problems, the company succeeded in producing a tailing-concentrate-enriched copper and silver, and low enough in impurities to allow commercial extraction of the copper and silver content.

Malaga has now signed an agreement with a Peruvian company to process the enriched tailings and expects to receive more than $2.5-million (U.S.) during the next six months. After disposing of the mine tailings that accumulated during its first three years of operations, Malaga expects to produce 300 to 400 tonnes of tailing concentrates per month. This amount will increase during 2010 as Malaga increases its rate of production producing a steady additional cash flow from recycling.

Malaga president and chief executive officer, Jean Martineau, commented: "We are pleased to have found a technical novel solution for the recycling of our mine tailings that initially appeared to be very difficult to recycle. Thanks to our in house metallurgical engineers, Malaga is able to increase its operational cash flow and act in an environmentally responsible manner."

Tungsten outlook for 2010

Pierre Monet, Malaga's chief financial officer also commented on the tungsten market at the beginning of 2010: "We are delighted to see that the price of tungsten, as we expected, has increased both inside China and on the world market. Indeed, since the 15th of January 2010, the price of APT (ammonium paratungstate) has increased three times (in two $5 steps and one $2 step) from $185 (U.S.) to reach $197 (U.S.) per MTU. We expect that this tendency will continue, although more gradually, throughout 2010 and that Malaga as its production increases at Pasto Bueno will be in a much stronger position as the leading producer of tungsten ore in the Americas."