Wheaton Precious Metals and Vale Base Metals Announce Achievement of First Phase Completion Test at Salobo
VANCOUVER, BC and TORONTO, Nov. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - Wheaton Precious Metals™ Corp. ("Wheaton" or the "Company") (TSX | NYSE | LSE: WPM), Wheaton Precious Metals International Ltd. ("Wheaton International") and Vale Base Metals Limited ("VBM") (NYSE:VALE) are pleased to announce the successful completion of the throughput test for the first phase of the Salobo III expansion project, a significant milestone that demonstrates increased reliability and continued strong performance at VBM's flagship copper project in Brazil. The test required VBM's Salobo complex to run at an average annualized throughput of 32 million tonnes per annum ("Mtpa") for a period of 90 days. VBM confirmed completio
