Aura Minerals Inc. announces the results of the votes held at the Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders held in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Impulsora Minera Santacruz S.A. de C.V., has entered into an agreement with Grupo Mexico pursuant to which the Company has acquired the exclusive right for five years to explore, develop and mine the Membrillo silver-zinc-lead-gold vein structure situated approximately four km from the Company’s Rosario Project mill facility located near Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The Exclusive Mining Right covers an area of approximately 500 hectares situated within the San Rafael concession. This brings the total area of the Company’s exploration and exploitation rights to approximately 958 hectares of the 2912 hectares comprising the San Rafael concession.
Highlights of the Oxide Tailings Preliminary Economic Assessment
Significant pre-tax NPV8% of US$40.5 million
Attractive pre-tax IRR of 48.4%
2 year pay-back period
Total capital expenditures of US$28.5 million
7 year mine life with LOM of 3.12 million tonnes of oxide tailings material
Fred Davidson, President and CEO, stated, “We started 2017 with a clean balance sheet and no debt along with news that IMPACT was named to the 2017 TSX Venture 50. Operationally, revenues increased by 22% to $4.6 million in Q1-2017 from $3.8 million. The Company continues to improve its mine operating earnings, achieving income of $0.5 million in Q1-2017 compared to $0.3 million in Q1-2016. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) improved to $0.3 million in Q1-2017 from $0.2 million in Q1-2016. While we cannot control the price of silver, we are committed to maximizing efficiencies and cost control through managing our operations in a disciplined manner. Building on a successful 2016, we have ongoing exploration plans at high potential targets and continue to evaluate strategic transactions to continue growing value for our shareholders.”
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