Tag: Exploration and Development

“We are pleased with the 11% increase in production this quarter compared to the second quarter of last year. The results are higher this quarter compared to the same period last year mainly due to the increased mill availability experienced in the second quarter of 2017. At our current rate of production, we anticipate outputs to be similar in the second half of the year. We are also very happy with the progression of the plant and mill expansions which will further develop and maintain a solid production profile going forward,” David Wolfin, President, CEO & Director, Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd.

“I am very pleased with the Company’s overall performance in the second quarter”, said Darren Blasutti, President & CEO of Americas Silver. “Silver production met expectations, we lowered our costs substantially over last year and last quarter, we had tremendous exploration success at both mines and made significant progress at the San Rafael project for its first production before the end of the third quarter.”

Telson Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has closed the final tranche of the private placement as announced in a press release dated June 14, 2017 and accordingly has issued 1,732,691 shares at 55 cents per share, and paid an additional US$700,000 to Nyrstar Mining which concludes all payments that were currently due under the agreement terms as summarized in the former referenced press release.

Mr. Dan Omeniuk, Chairman and CEO of MX Gold stated, “Despite the rainy season in the region, it is encouraging to see that the project business plan is being executed on schedule, and that our Joint Venture efforts with GracePoint are producing positive outcomes. We are looking forward to the projected cash flow from Magistral, as it will serve as an integral part of our approach to building further value for MX Gold shareholders with a non-dilutive strategy.”

Kootenay Silver President & CEO Jim McDonald states, “The geology of the newly identified silver bearing target contained within the La Navidad Zone bears striking similarities to the San Gregorio Zone to the west, which hosts a large portion of La Cigarra’s contained NI 43-101 silver resource. Recent field results have made this region of the property a top priority for future drill testing, as its location and geological features offer considerable exploration upside to the potential that already exists within the main La Cigarra mineralized system”

Bob Willis, San Marcos CEO stated, “It is very early days, but we don’t want to understate the potential significance of this discovery. It’s too early to classify this new discovery though it has affinities to both breccia-hosted and intrusive-hosted systems, which are host to some large gold and gold-copper discoveries worldwide made in the recent past.”

“During the second quarter we realized significant improvements in operations as we reached dry mining conditions in mid-June,” stated Brendan Cahill, President and CEO. “Development rates, maintenance and electrical efficiency improved materially, grouting was eliminated and overall mobile pump usage was slashed. In late June, we began to see much higher rates of production, which have averaged 215 tonnes per day to-date in July, an increase of 72% relative to the first half of 2017, with access to fresh, high grade manto mineralization in Rodilla and Guadalupe South. Our next steps are to continue driving development headings to access additional high-grade working faces in the 623 and Pierna mantos and further ramp up production through the remainder of the year.”

Ongoing drilling designed to extend and infill the currently defined JORC mineral resource has continued to intersect significant zinc-lead mineralisation where predicted.

En un comunicado, Alejandra Carlos, gerente de evidencias y manejo de la Coespris, señaló que la planta de osmosis inversa, instalada para obtener agua potable para el consumo humano, al igual que las fuentes de agua que abastecen a la población, en ningún momento se encontraron comprometidas y de acuerdo con las revisiones de campo, presentan condiciones aceptables para su consumo.

J.D. Poliquin, chairman of Almaden stated, “When low sulphidation epithermal precious metal deposits are formed, metal bearing fluid rises from depth, filling fractures with quartz, calcite and precious metal minerals. In the highest mineralised areas of the system, the same fluids can be dispersed through multiple smaller fractures to form a sheeted vein zone or swarm such as we have at the Main Ixtaca Zone. The veinlets that comprise the Main Ixtaca Zone individually carry very elevated gold and silver grades, but as they are spread out within a broad area of limestone host rock, the overall average grade is lower. To have a completely preserved system as at Ixtaca is exciting but unusual as many epithermal vein systems in Mexico have been eroded down to the feeder veins where base metals are often abundant, making them by metal content lead and zinc deposits with high precious metal credits. The intercepts reported today further demonstrate the potential for large tonnage sheeted vein zones, as well as bonanza feeder vein zones below. Our 2017 exploration drill program is targeting both.”