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HudBay Minerals Announces That Unions Ratify Collective Agreements

18:06 EST Tuesday, February 03, 2009

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Feb. 3, 2009) - HudBay Minerals Inc. (TSX:HBM) ("HudBay Minerals") announces that all the unions at the Flin Flon and Snow Lake, Manitoba operations of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited, have voted to ratify new three year collective agreements effective January 1, 2009.

"We are pleased to have successfully completed collective agreements with our unions for the next three years," said Allen J. Palmiere, HudBay Minerals' chief executive officer. "We look forward to working with our unions to meet the challenges that we face in sustaining our operations in the current market while positioning ourselves for future growth as we capitalize on the exciting potential of our assets, like the Lalor deposit, in the Flin Flon Greenstone Belt."