Category: Exploration and Development

SilverCrest Announces Commencement of Mill Commissioning At Santa Elena

SilverCrest Mines Inc. is pleased to announce a major milestone for the Company with the commissioning of the new 3,000 tpd CCD-MC processing plant now underway at its 100% owned Santa Elena Mine in Sonora, Mexico. The scheduled three year Expansion Plan to transition from an open pit heap leach operation to a conventional mill and underground mine is nearing completion. The US$99 million program including drilling, Pre-Feasibility Study, detailed engineering, new processing plant, and underground development is on budget (+/-5%) and has experienced only modest delays from the original schedule. Construction involved approximately 450 workers at its peak with a total of more than 1.5 million man-hours worked. Please click here www.silvercrestmines.tv/ to view the new ball mill in operation. For additional information and to view photos and videos of the mill, the processing plant and the mine site, please visit the Company’s website at www.silvercrestmines.com.

Orex Completes Airborne Geophysical Survey and Prepares for a TITAN 24 Deep Penetration Geophysical Survey at Los Crestones

Orex Minerals Inc. is pleased to announce completion of an airborne geophysical survey at its Los Crestones precious metal project, Sinaloa, Mexico. The 4,168 hectare helicopter-borne radiometric and magnetic survey was flown at 50m line spacing by MPX Geoservices Ltd. Data are being processed and results are expected in the coming weeks. In addition, Orex has signed a contract with Quantec Geoscience Ltd (“Quantec”) to undertake an 18 line-kilometre TITAN 24 DCIP (Direct Current resistivity and Induced Polarization chargeability) ground geophysical survey.

Levon Intersects 308 m of 70.77 g/t Ag Eq Including 36 m of 255.96 g/t Ag Eq From Surface, in the Center of the Cordero Resource Chihuahua, Mexico .

Levon Resources Ltd. is pleased to report final drill hole assays from the Phase 4 drilling completed February 13, 2014 on the recently acquired Aida claim at the Company’s wholly owned Cordero project near Hidalgo Del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico. Twenty four core holes 13,072 metres were drilled on a 100 to 150 m line spacing drill grid, testing the Aida claim which is located in the center of the Cordero resource.

Prevé minera canadiense extraer 3.6 tons de oro al año en Ixtacamaxtitlán

Mediante una mina a cielo abierto, la canadiense Almaden Minerals podría obtener ganancias por más de 335 millones de dólares anuales, al extraer de 130 mil onzas de oro (3.6 toneladas) y 7 millones 798 mil onzas de plata (221 toneladas) durante cada uno de los 14 años que calcula de vida útil de explotación del yacimiento “Ixtaca” ubicado en una porción de las 14 mil hectáreas de terreno de su proyecto “Tuligtic” en el municipio serrano de Ixtacamaxtitlán.

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