UPDATE 1-Peru says May gold and copper output up, zinc down

(Adds context, lead, iron, tin and molybdenum figures)

LIMA, July 6 (Reuters) - Peru saw its copper, gold and silver outputs rise
in May from the same month a year ago, while production of zinc and other
minerals fell, the mining ministry said Monday.

Peru, a leading global metals exporter, is the world's top producer of
silver, No. 2 in copper and zinc, and ranks sixth in gold.

Output figures are as follows:

METAL MAY OUTPUT CHANGE FROM MAY 2008

Copper 108,077 tonnes 0.14 pct

Zinc 122,432 tonnes -8.59 pct

Gold 15,607,879 fine grams 5.77 pct

Silver 325,060 fine kg 4.60 pct

Lead 25,885 tonnes -9.18 pct

Iron 434,386 tonnes -5.66 pct

Tin 3,066 tonnes -9.81 pct

Molybdenum 852 tonnes -36.51 pct
(Reporting by Dana Ford)