Expert Analysis - Sept 18 Craig West, GMP Securities (9/18/12) "After the Denver Gold Show we attended a tour of Primero Mining Corp.'s San Dimas mine in Durango, Mexico. . .mine management and external consultants on site were all focused on continued optimization of San Dimas through implementation of new best practices. . .plans to improve throughput from 2,100 tpd currently to 2,300 tpd next year are simple and achievable in our view, and require minimal capital. . .overall we were impressed with the management team, its efforts to date and depth of understanding of what is needed ahead."