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BRIEF-Taseko Mines Q3 results

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Taseko Mines Ltd :

* Announces 2012 third quarter production and sales results

* Says 2012 third quarter total production of 23.7 million pounds of copper

* Says third quarter total production of 23.7 million pounds of copper

* Production of 276,000 pounds of molybdenum at its 75% owned gibraltar mine in

Q3

* Mill throughput and production were reduced due to significant planned

downtime associated with gdp3 tie-ins in Q3

* In Q4, final tie ins, wet commissioning for new molybdenum plant,gdp3

concentrator will have impact on current operations

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