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Zinifex Moves to MasterLink® Communications Network System Tucson, Arizona – June 11, 2004 Zinifex Limited (formerly Pasminco Century Mine Limited) has chosen Modular Mining Systems' MasterLink® communications network as the next step in maximizing mine productivity at its Century open pit zinc mine, located 250 km NNW of Mt. Isa in Queensland, Australia. Zinifex Century Mine chose the MasterLink® system to improve production monitoring, reporting, quality control, and other mine systems. The wireless MasterLink® network achieves this by increasing bandwidth and reducing telemetry congestion. The system attains an overall performance increase of 50-200 times over 9600-baud narrow-band systems and 10-50 times faster than 900 MHz systems. More data capacity reduces interference and promotes faster synchronization. That makes it easier to transfer information quickly and accurately between operations offices, field equipment, and personnel—vastly improving performance in key areas and freeing the mine from the restrictions of a hardwired network. "Adding the MasterLink system opens the door for additional use of HP systems, vital signs monitoring, and the like," noted Eric Davidson, General Manager of Modular Australia. "By taking advantage of the latest technology, Zinifex Century Mine not only increases transmission speed, but also ensures it will be able to easily integrate next generation real-time productivity applications—strategically positioning the mine for future growth and success." Zinifex Century Mine is currently expanding its fleet and will utilize the system on a variety of equipment including: 39 trucks, six drills, six dozers, five excavators, four face shovels, and 10 pieces of auxiliary equipment. Installation of the MasterLink® wireless network is anticipated to begin in June 2004. About Zinifex Limited: Zinifex Limited (ASX: ZFX), one of the world's largest integrated zinc and lead producers, is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with production facilities in Australia, the Netherlands, and the United States. The open cut Zinifex Century Mine is the second largest zinc mine in the world measured both on production and on reserves. The Century deposit was discovered in 1990 by CRA (now Rio Tinto), purchased by Pasminco in 1997, and has a mine life of 20 years. Zinifex also operates the Rosebery mine in Tasmania, an underground mine that produces zinc, lead, silver, gold, and copper. About Modular Mining Systems, Inc. Modular, headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, is the market share leader in providing powerful information management solutions to meet the needs of both open pit and underground mining operations worldwide. The company's products range from fully automated, total mine management and control systems using the latest high-precision global positioning systems for surface applications, to proven mining cycle control, monitoring, and identification systems for underground mines. Modular has sales and support offices located in all key world-mining markets. For more information on Modular, the IntelliMine® system, or the company's new, revolutionary systems for rail management and equipment automation, visit the Modular website at http://www.modularmining.com.
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