Specifications - Tara Lead and Zinc Mine, Republic of Ireland

Key Data
Producer of	Lead and zinc
Location	Navan, central Ireland
Ownership	Boliden AB (100%)
Geology type	Carboniferous limestone-hosted stratabound sulphides
Mineral type	Sphalerite, galena
Reserve base	15.7Mt grading approx. 9.0% Zn and 2.0% Pb (proven and probable)
Annual production	2.5Mt ore yielding 195,800t of zinc and 26,600t of lead (2005)
Mining method	Underground trackless, cut-and-fill, open stoping and room-and-pillar mining
Processing method	Crushing, rod and ball milling, flotation
Employment	700
Key Equipment
Underground	Sandvik loaders and trucks
	Atlas Copco mining equipment
	Normet utility vehicles
	Motorola mine communications system
Concentrator	Mostly supplied by Outokumpu
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