MinQuest explores Wolverine infrastructure opportunities

While ASX-listed MinQuest has been forced to abandon its plans to buy the Wolverine zinc mine, in Canada, the company on Tuesday said it would continue to “vigorously” explore opportunities to use the Wolverine infrastructure to process the Kona mineral resource from its own Fyre Lake copper project. Commercial production at Wolverine started in 2012, with full design capacity of 750 000 t/y achieved in the first quarter of 2013. The mine was, however, placed on care and maintenance in January, with owner Yukon Zinc facing financial difficulties.