09:50 AM EST - Alexco Resource Corp. : reported silver production of 595,823 ounces during the fourth quarter of 2012, approximately 16% higher than the previous quarter and its second highest ever quarter of production as the Bellekeno mine completes its second full year of operation in the Keno Hill Silver District in Canada's Yukon Territory. For the full calendar year 2012, Alexco produced 2,150,959 ounces of silver, generally in line with full-year production guidance of 2.2 million ounces. Mill throughput also increased to a record 291 tonnes per day (tpd) average for the fourth quarter, a 9% improvement over the previous quarter which was itself a throughput record. Alexco Resource Corp.
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