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Study confirms Mozambican Minas Moatize coal mine life of 11.5 years

London, February 22, 2012, 800 am EST/1300 GMT

London AIM-listed resource company Beacon Hill Resources said Wednesday that the definitive feasibility study for the expansion of its Minas Moatize coking coal project in Mozambique's Tete province has been completed, confirming a mine life of 11.5 years.

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