Tag: Exploration and Development

Minera cuestiona acciones de Profepa por derrame en Sonora

Buenavista del Cobre, subsidiaria de la minera Grupo México, cuestionó las acciones legales que llevó a cabo la Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Profepa), por el derrame de soluciones de cobre en el Río Bacanuchi afluente del Río Sonora, en el estado de Sonora.

Gold Mineralization Extended at Cascada

Azure Minerals Limited is pleased to report that it has completed its exploration drilling program at the Company’s 100%-owned Cascada deposit. Encouraging initial assay results have been received.

Mexus Gold US Reaches Agreement to Begin Drilling Its Julio/Santa Elena Property; San Felix Update

Mexus Gold US announced today that it has reached a tentative agreement with a driller to operate the companies two track mounted core drills. The initial agreement is to produce 2500ft of core drills. The results of these core samples will give engineers the information needed to lay out a reverse circulation program. The reverse circulation operation will include 30,000ft of drilling to a depth of 300ft.

Almaden Finds New Volcanic Hosted Mineralisation Beside Ixtaca Deposit, Mexico, Hits 15.00 Meters of 4.43 g/t Gold and 9.5 g/t Silver

Almaden Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce the results from Almaden’s ongoing 2014 drill program at the Company’s 100% owned Tuligtic project, Mexico. Recently the company released a positive PEA on the Ixtaca deposit. The mineral resources incorporated into the PEA mine plan were comprised of 29% Measured, 55% Indicated and 16% Inferred. The results reported today are from drilling carried out subsequent to the 2014 resource update and PEA and designed to test for additional mineralisation near the known deposit. Hole TU-14-438 hit an interval of high grade volcanic hosted gold mineralisation, including 15.00 meters of 4.43 g/t gold and 9.5 g/t silver, immediately adjacent to the known deposit and just outside of the PEA base case pit. Also reported today are significant results from hole TU-14-436 which intersected 27.00 meters of 0.45 g/t gold and 1.7 g/t silver, also outside of the PEA base case pit and southeast of the known deposit.

Big North Releases Tetra Tech Report on El Tejon Flake Graphite Mill – $2.25 – $5 Million USD Estimated to Refurbish the El Tejon Mill

BIG NORTH GRAPHITE CORP. announces that the Company has released a report prepared by Tetra Tech WEI Inc titled “Grafito De Mexico Property Plant Assessment Report” and dated August 13, 2014, regarding the Company’s recently acquired El Tejon project located in Oaxaca, Mexico. Big North commissioned the Report as part of its due diligence process and a site visit was completed January 17-20, 2014, by Andre de Ruujiter, P. Eng, of Tetra Tech.

Avino Expansion & Operational Update

Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. is pleased to announce the following expansion update from its Avino mine and operational update from its San Gonzalo Mine, both of which are located on Avino property, 80km northeast of Durango, Mexico.

Mexico mine spills 1.9m litres of cyanide

A Canadian-owned mine in northern Mexico spilled nearly 1.9 million litres of a cyanide solution used in heap-leach gold mining, after heavy rains caused a retaining pond to overflow.

Grupo México se responsabiliza por derrame en río de Sonora

Grupo México informó que luego del incidente en el complejo minero Buenavista del Cobre, en Sonora, la empresa procedió de inmediato a levantar un muro de contención para evitar que el derrame continuara y evitar que volviera a acontecer.

Sancionan a Grupo México por derrame de ácido sulfúrico en Sonora

Debido a las fuertes lluvias se presentó un derrame de 40 mil metros cúbicos de ácido sulfúrico a los ríos Bacanuchi y Sonora, por lo que la Conagua multó a Grupo México con un millón 200 mil pesos; la empresa aún analiza las afectaciones a algunos municipios del estado de Sonora.

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