November 12, 2009, Vancouver, BC - Taseko Mines Limited (TSX: TKO; NYSE Amex: TGB) ("Taseko" or the "Company") announces the results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009. This release should be read with the Company's Financial Statements and Management Discussion & Analysis, available at www.tasekomines.com and filed on www.sedar.com. Currency is Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.
For the quarter ended September 30, 2009, the Company reports an operating profit of $9.4 million and earnings before tax and other items of $4.7 million, compared to an operating profit of $5.2 million and a loss before tax and other items of $1.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Other items include unrealized (non cash) loss attributable to derivative instruments. For nine months ended September 30, 2009, the operating profit was $32.7 million and earnings before tax and other items were $24.0 million, compared to an operating profit of $49.3 million and earnings before tax and other items of $29.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.
Revenue was $40.1 million from the sale of 12.7 million pounds of copper and 149,000 pounds of molybdenum at an average realized price of US$2.65 per pound for copper and US$12.37 per pound for molybdenum.
Russell Hallbauer, President and CEO of Taseko commented, "Taseko ended the third quarter in excellent financial shape, with over $40 million in cash on hand. The US$20 million added to our debt facility, which was funded in September, will provide the required cash to complete Gibraltar expansion plans.
The newly installed tower regrind mill is being integrated into the concentrator circuit and the Gibraltar operations team is making steady progress on its optimization. Construction continues on the remaining projects which will increase Gibraltar production capacity to 115 million pounds of copper per year. We expect to increase the ore crushing capacity by mid-2010 with the completion of the new in-pit crusher and overland conveyor system. To better optimize the Semi-Autogenous Grinding (�SAG�) mill performance, design is underway to bypass the current stockpile feed system, eliminating the expensive secondary crushing system. We expect to start construction in the spring of 2010.�
Mr Hallbauer continued, �In regards to the Prosperity project, the reserve increase just announced1 affirms the inherent value and importance of the project to all Taseko stakeholders. With 7.7 million ounces of recoverable gold and 3.6 billion pounds of recoverable copper, Prosperity has the largest gold reserve of any mining project in Canada and will be one of the largest mines built in the last decade.
The Environmental Review of our Prosperity Project is very close to completion. We remain extremely confident that the Environmental Assessment Office will not find any obvious encumbrances with the project and that the Provincial government will make their decision early in 2010. The Federal government review process also continues and the Panel will hold public hearings as early as mid-January. Following conclusion of the hearings, the Panel has 45 days to submit their findings to the Federal Minister of Environment for a decision.�


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