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Pat: Could I have your thoughts on Lundin Mining? Thanks.

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Lundin Mining, $4.66, symbol LUN on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 584.2 million; Market cap: $2.7 billion; www.lundinmining.com), is a diversified Canadian base metal mining company with operations in Portugal, Sweden and Spain. It also has a project under development in the U.S. that will produce copper, zinc, lead and nickel. In addition, Lundin owns a 24% stake in the Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as 24% of Freeport Cobalt Oy, which owns a cobalt refinery in Kokkola, Finland. In the three months ended June 30, 2013, Lundin Mining’s revenue rose 2.3%, to $176.3 million from $172.3 million a year earlier (all figures except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). Earnings per share fell sharply, to $0.03 from $0.08, as higher costs offset increased production. Lundin holds cash of $230 million, or $0.39 a share, and has almost no debt. Around 58% of the company’s production is copper, and the shares have moved up from…