Trevali reports Q2-2014 Santander Mine production

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - July 15, 2014) - Trevali Mining Corporation ("Trevali" or the "Company") (TSX:TV)(OTCQX:TREVF)(LMA:TV)(FRANKFURT:4TI) reports preliminary production results for its second quarter 2014, ended June 30, 2014, of approximately 12 million payable pounds of zinc, 4.4 million payable pounds of lead and 187,000 payable ounces of silver from the Santander Mine in Peru.

Average recoveries for the quarter were 88% for zinc, 84% for lead and 70% for silver. Q2-2014 throughput at the 2,000-tonne-per-day-rated Santander processing complex was 175,384 tonnes, delivering a mill utilization factor of 99.7%. Average head grades of 4.20% Zn, 1.42% Pb and 1.44 oz/ton Ag were realized to produce approximately 13,048 tonnes of zinc concentrate averaging 49% Zn and 3,680 tonnes of lead-silver concentrate averaging 57% Pb and 48.8 oz/ton Ag.

Table 1: Santander Mine production statistics

	Q2-2014	Q1-2014	2014 YTD
Tonnes mined	152,733	156,030	308,763
Tonnes milled	175,384	173,820	349,204
Average head grades: Zinc Lead Silver	4.20% 1.42% 1.44 oz/ton	4.76% 1.90% 1.97 oz/ton	4.47% 1.66% 1.70 oz/ton
Average recoveries: Zinc Lead Silver	88% 84% 70%	87% 86% 74%	87% 85% 72%
Concentrate produced: Zinc (dry metric tonnes) Grade (Zn%) Lead-Silver (dry metric tonnes) Grade (Pb%)