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Chetwyndblueon Oct 04, 2010 1:50pm
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Lluvia de Oro/La Jojoba Update
Lluvia de Oro/La Jojoba UpdateLluvia de Oro/La Jojoba Update
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Pad construction at the new SW-1 and SW-2 leach pad area continues in earnest. As reported in this forum last month, there is a lot of activity from several organizations occurring at the Lluvia de Oro site to complete the pad construction project. Grading and compacting the base is still in progress. When completed, and the QA/QC studies show that the ground is within compliance, the geomembrane will be laid down, and then the plastic.
Another truck load of geomembrane material (green rolls on flatbed truck) arrives at the Lluvia de Oro storage site. Black rolls are 80-mil thick HDPE plastic in 23 ft x 415 ft rolls
Photo, looking northwest, of Omar Smith, Pad Design Engineer with Knight-Piesold Consulting Engineers of Tucson, Arizona inspecting the shipment of leach pad liner and geomembrane for the SW-1 and SW-2 leach pads. Tubing and drain pipe for the solution collection are stacked to the left of this image
In addition to pad construction, the mine personnel have blasted and begun to move approximately 228,000 metric tonnes of rock from the Creston Pit. These tonnes include waste rock and ore. Ramps are being constructed in the Pit for better access to ore zones. A team of persons are involved in collecting environmental and engineering data for the Lluvia Dos leach pad to the southwest of the SW-1, SW-2, and the existing leach pad (shown in Photo #3).
View of the SW-1 and SW-2 pad construction area showing the existing leach pad beyond the trucks. The SART plant and ARD recovery facility can be seen on the west (left) side of the photo
The exploration crew has completed 43 core drill holes to date in the Creston Pit, the North East Extension and in the Southeast Lobe areas. Those drill holes will be used to better define mineral resources and reserves in and around the Creston ore body. The drill was moved recently to the El Cobre area for exploration drilling of that area.
The core drill was moved to the El Cobre area on September 27. The photo above shows the drill crew setting the mast angle for a -60 degree core hole to test relatively high-grade gold-copper mineralization encountered in previous drilling of the El Cobre area
Prepared by Rodney A. Blakestad, C.P.G., Qualified Person