Tag: Exploration and Development

Congreso de Sonora quiere a Grupo México fuera de ciudades

El pleno del Congreso de Sonora aprobó por unanimidad, enviar un exhorto al Gobierno Federal para que solicite a Grupo México que retire las vías del tren de la subsidiaria Ferromex de municipios del estado, donde vagones cargados con químicos altamente tóxicos atraviesan zonas densamente pobladas.

Cyprium Mining Corporation intersects High Grade massive sulphide veins at Las Cristinas

* Intersects high grade massive sulphide veins
* Includes 1.30 m interval at 9.5% Cu and 35 g/t Ag and 0.50 m interval at 12.1% Cu and 1 g/t Ag
* Results support the company’s initial decision to start underground exploration program and production later this year
* Includes intervals of 12.2 m at 1.4 % Cu and 4 g/t Ag and 10.8 m at 1.4% Cu
and 5 g/t Ag
* Includes intervals of 4.55 m 3.0% Cu and 17 g/t Ag, 5 m at 3.2% Cu and 14 g/t Ag and 2.65 m at 3.0% Cu and 12 g/t Ag
* Evidence of enrichment at depth to be tested as part of the second phase of drilling
* Permit application for underground exploration program and production submitted to SEMARNAT (Secretariat de Medio Ambiante y Recursos Naturales of Mexico)

Bacanora Minerals Ltd.: Expansion Plans for the Sonora Lithium Project

BACANORA MINERALS LTD. is pleased to announce that it will commence a significant drilling and exploration program in early November and is working with several key industry consultants to design a full scale lithium plant and mining operation, capable of up to 50,000 tonnes per annum of lithium carbonate equivalent to complement the already defined indicated resource of 3.26 million tonnes of LCE on the Sonora Lithium Project.

SilverCrest Updates Santa Elena Mine Transition

SilverCrest Mines Inc. is pleased to provide an update for the transition of the Santa Elena Mine in Sonora, Mexico from open pit heap leach to underground mining and milling operations. Activities at the mine are now moving from capital intensive expenditures for the overall Expansion Plan to operating costs and sustaining capital expenditures for underground development with emphasis on generating free cash flow through continued strict cost controls. The most significant transition activities are outlined below. For additional information and to view photos and videos, please visit the Company’s website at www.silvercrestmines.com.

Denunciarán ante PGR al grupo minero Bacís

Las cooperativas pesqueras de la presa El Comedor en el estado de Sinaloa preparan una denuncia penal ante la PGR contra el grupo minero Bacís por la contaminación y muerte de peces del río Los Remedios y la presa señalada por el derrame que tuvo el 20 de enero de 2013 al romperse la presa de jales de la mina San José de Bacís, ubicada en el municipio de Otáez de este estado de Durango, con un resultado de cuatro personas muertas.

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