HudBay Appoints Director of Tax

"We are pleased to have Mary-Lynn, who has extensive taxexperience joining our finance team," said Jeff Swinoga,Vice President Finance & CFO. Prior to joining HudBay,Mary-Lynn was a senior manager in the Transaction Tax Practiceof Ernst & Young LLP. She has over 10 years of Canadianincome tax experience, including tax planning, for privateand public companies in both the resource and real estatesectors.

Mary-Lynn holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in BusinessAdministration from the University of Western Ontario andis a Chartered Accountant. Mary-Lynn has been an instructorfor the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants' Schoolof Accountancy as well as tax instructor for the CanadianInstitute of Chartered Accountants.

About HudBay Minerals Inc.

HudBay is an integrated mining company operating mines,concentrators and a metal production facility in northernManitoba and Saskatchewan. HudBay also owns a zinc oxideproduction facility in Ontario, the White Pine copper refineryin Michigan and the Balmat zinc mine operations in New Yorkstate. HudBay is a member of the S&P/TSX Composite Indexand a member of the S&P/TSX Global Mining Index.

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