Appointment of Joint Corporat

RNS Number : 5487X

Fresnillo PLC

08 December 2010

 



                                                                                                         Fresnillo Plc

28 Grosvenor Street

London W1K 4QR

United Kingdom

www.fresnilloplc.com

8 December 2010

Appointment of Joint Corporate Broker

Fresnillo plc is pleased to announce that Merrill Lynch International has been appointed joint corporate broker to Fresnillo alongside J.P. Morgan Cazenove with immediate effect.

For further information, please visit our website www.fresnilloplc.com or contact:

Fresnillo plc            London Office                 Arturo Espínola, Head of Investor Relations	Tel: [phone]
Mexico City Office Gabriela Mayor	Tel: [phone]
Brunswick Group Carole Cable David Litterick	Tel: [phone]
J.P. Morgan Cazenove Ben Davies	Tel: [phone]
Merrill Lynch International Andrew Osborne	Tel: [phone]

About Fresnillo plc

Fresnillo plc is the world's largest primary silver producer and Mexico's second largest gold producer, listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol FRES. 

Fresnillo has four producing mines, all of them in Mexico - Fresnillo, Ciénega, Herradura and Soledad-Dipolos; one development project - Saucito; and five advanced exploration prospects - Noche Buena, San Juan, San Julián, Orysivo and Juanicipio as well as a number of other long term exploration prospects and, in total, has mining concessions covering approximately 1.86 million hectares in Mexico.

Fresnillo has a strong and long tradition of mining, a proven track record of mine development, reserve replacement, and production costs in the lowest quartile of the cost curve for both silver and gold.

Fresnillo's goal is to maintain the Group's position as the world's largest primary silver company, producing 65 million ounces of silver and over 400,000 ounces of gold by 2018.

 

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