[SMM Flash News] It is understood that this week, Zhou Shaobing, General Manager of Jiangxi Copper Corporation Group Co., Ltd., and his delegation visited Hezhang County, Guizhou Province, to conduct a special survey on the Zhugongtang Lead-Zinc Mining and Processing Project of Hezhang Dingshengxin Mining Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary in which the company holds shares. According to Liu Junxiang, General Manager of Hezhang Dingshengxin Mining Development Co., Ltd., the designed scale of the Zhugongtang Lead-Zinc Mine Project is 1.98 million mt/year (6,000 mt/day). Among the total investment of RMB 3.008 billion, the shareholders have completed the initial capital injection as agreed. The first mining area is expected to reach a capacity of 1,000 mt/day by December 2025, with a joint commissioning test scheduled for June 2026. After acceptance inspection of the second mining area in December 2027, the entire mine will operate at full capacity, with a service life of 26 years. Additionally, Li Xiangfeng, General Manager of the 113th Geological Team of the Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, added, "The registration of an additional 2.0153 million mt of lead-zinc metal resources has been completed.