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Donner Metals, $0.28, symbol DON on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 114.3 million; Market cap: $33.9 million; www.donnermetals.com), is exploring for base and precious metals in Quebec. The company is mainly focused on is its partnership with Xstrata Canada to develop the Bracemac-McLeod zinc/copper deposit in Quebec’s Abitibi region. Donner has a 35% interest in this property. Xstrata owns the remaining 65%. The partners completed a positive feasibility study on the project in September 2010, and now plan to build a mine that would start up in 2013. The mine will cost $158 million (Donner’s share is $55 million) and is expected to produce 80,000 tonnes of zinc and 10,000 tonnes of copper annually year. The ore could be processed at Xtrata’s Matagami mill, which is only about six kilometres away. Donner needs zinc and copper prices to remain steady or move higher to support its mine. But the company’s upcoming production and the cash flow from the mine give it speculative appeal. Donner…