IMPACT - Der neue Junior-Star am Silberhimmel 2006??? (Seite 93)

[Tschonko]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 39.526.010 von Olderni am 15.05.10 13:00:03

Drillergebnisse Aurora: mittlere ag grades, auch ein bisserl Gold Zn und Pb.


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Daraus:
The Capire-Aurora1 deposit is located 17 kilometers southwest of IMPACT’s operating silver mines and processing plant in the Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver District. Previously announced initial NI43-101 compliant mineral resource estimates for the Capire-Aurora 1 were based on the Phase 1 drill results (see
IMPACT news release of November 19, 2009). Phase 2 drilling described here was designed to infill and expand the zone. Capire-Aurora 1 occurs in the same stratigraphy as the Campo Morado VMS district located 45 kilometres to the southwest where the G-9 VMS Deposit of Farallon Resources (TSE:FAN) achieved commercial production last year.

The drill has now moved on to the Santa Lucia area, located three kilometers east of the IMPACT’s Guadalupe mill to undertake some confirmation holes before the commencement of a second phase drill program. Previously IMPACT announced significant precious metals drill intersections in the Santa Lucia epithermal silver-vein system (see IMPACT news release December 16, 2009).


@olderni,
hast eh g´wusst, dass die auf der Dom Rep. auch eine zieml. große Property haben.
In der Nähe der Großen!" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.impactsilver.com/s/Home.asp


Daraus:
The Capire-Aurora1 deposit is located 17 kilometers southwest of IMPACT’s operating silver mines and processing plant in the Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver District. Previously announced initial NI43-101 compliant mineral resource estimates for the Capire-Aurora 1 were based on the Phase 1 drill results (see
IMPACT news release of November 19, 2009). Phase 2 drilling described here was designed to infill and expand the zone. Capire-Aurora 1 occurs in the same stratigraphy as the Campo Morado VMS district located 45 kilometres to the southwest where the G-9 VMS Deposit of Farallon Resources (TSE:FAN) achieved commercial production last year.

The drill has now moved on to the Santa Lucia area, located three kilometers east of the IMPACT’s Guadalupe mill to undertake some confirmation holes before the commencement of a second phase drill program. Previously IMPACT announced significant precious metals drill intersections in the Santa Lucia epithermal silver-vein system (see IMPACT news release December 16, 2009).


@olderni,
hast eh g´wusst, dass die auf der Dom Rep. auch eine zieml. große Property haben.
In der Nähe der Großen!" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.impactsilver.com/s/Home.asp


Daraus:
The Capire-Aurora1 deposit is located 17 kilometers southwest of IMPACT’s operating silver mines and processing plant in the Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver District. Previously announced initial NI43-101 compliant mineral resource estimates for the Capire-Aurora 1 were based on the Phase 1 drill results (see
IMPACT news release of November 19, 2009). Phase 2 drilling described here was designed to infill and expand the zone. Capire-Aurora 1 occurs in the same stratigraphy as the Campo Morado VMS district located 45 kilometres to the southwest where the G-9 VMS Deposit of Farallon Resources (TSE:FAN) achieved commercial production last year.

The drill has now moved on to the Santa Lucia area, located three kilometers east of the IMPACT’s Guadalupe mill to undertake some confirmation holes before the commencement of a second phase drill program. Previously IMPACT announced significant precious metals drill intersections in the Santa Lucia epithermal silver-vein system (see IMPACT news release December 16, 2009).


@olderni,
hast eh g´wusst, dass die auf der Dom Rep. auch eine zieml. große Property haben.
In der Nähe der Großen!" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.kitco.com/pr/2074/article_05252010121858.pdf

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Daraus:
The Capire-Aurora1 deposit is located 17 kilometers southwest of IMPACT’s operating silver mines and processing plant in the Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver District. Previously announced initial NI43-101 compliant mineral resource estimates for the Capire-Aurora 1 were based on the Phase 1 drill results (see
IMPACT news release of November 19, 2009). Phase 2 drilling described here was designed to infill and expand the zone. Capire-Aurora 1 occurs in the same stratigraphy as the Campo Morado VMS district located 45 kilometres to the southwest where the G-9 VMS Deposit of Farallon Resources (TSE:FAN) achieved commercial production last year.

The drill has now moved on to the Santa Lucia area, located three kilometers east of the IMPACT’s Guadalupe mill to undertake some confirmation holes before the commencement of a second phase drill program. Previously IMPACT announced significant precious metals drill intersections in the Santa Lucia epithermal silver-vein system (see IMPACT news release December 16, 2009).


@olderni,
hast eh g´wusst, dass die auf der Dom Rep. auch eine zieml. große Property haben.
In der Nähe der Großen!" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.impactsilver.com/s/Home.asp


Daraus:
The Capire-Aurora1 deposit is located 17 kilometers southwest of IMPACT’s operating silver mines and processing plant in the Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver District. Previously announced initial NI43-101 compliant mineral resource estimates for the Capire-Aurora 1 were based on the Phase 1 drill results (see
IMPACT news release of November 19, 2009). Phase 2 drilling described here was designed to infill and expand the zone. Capire-Aurora 1 occurs in the same stratigraphy as the Campo Morado VMS district located 45 kilometres to the southwest where the G-9 VMS Deposit of Farallon Resources (TSE:FAN) achieved commercial production last year.

The drill has now moved on to the Santa Lucia area, located three kilometers east of the IMPACT’s Guadalupe mill to undertake some confirmation holes before the commencement of a second phase drill program. Previously IMPACT announced significant precious metals drill intersections in the Santa Lucia epithermal silver-vein system (see IMPACT news release December 16, 2009).


@olderni,
hast eh g´wusst, dass die auf der Dom Rep. auch eine zieml. große Property haben.
In der Nähe der Großen!" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.impactsilver.com/s/Home.asp


Daraus:
The Capire-Aurora1 deposit is located 17 kilometers southwest of IMPACT’s operating silver mines and processing plant in the Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver District. Previously announced initial NI43-101 compliant mineral resource estimates for the Capire-Aurora 1 were based on the Phase 1 drill results (see
IMPACT news release of November 19, 2009). Phase 2 drilling described here was designed to infill and expand the zone. Capire-Aurora 1 occurs in the same stratigraphy as the Campo Morado VMS district located 45 kilometres to the southwest where the G-9 VMS Deposit of Farallon Resources (TSE:FAN) achieved commercial production last year.

The drill has now moved on to the Santa Lucia area, located three kilometers east of the IMPACT’s Guadalupe mill to undertake some confirmation holes before the commencement of a second phase drill program. Previously IMPACT announced significant precious metals drill intersections in the Santa Lucia epithermal silver-vein system (see IMPACT news release December 16, 2009).


@olderni,
hast eh g´wusst, dass die auf der Dom Rep. auch eine zieml. große Property haben.
In der Nähe der Großen!" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.impactsilver.com/s/Home.asp


Daraus:
The Capire-Aurora1 deposit is located 17 kilometers southwest of IMPACT’s operating silver mines and processing plant in the Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver District. Previously announced initial NI43-101 compliant mineral resource estimates for the Capire-Aurora 1 were based on the Phase 1 drill results (see
IMPACT news release of November 19, 2009). Phase 2 drilling described here was designed to infill and expand the zone. Capire-Aurora 1 occurs in the same stratigraphy as the Campo Morado VMS district located 45 kilometres to the southwest where the G-9 VMS Deposit of Farallon Resources (TSE:FAN) achieved commercial production last year.

The drill has now moved on to the Santa Lucia area, located three kilometers east of the IMPACT’s Guadalupe mill to undertake some confirmation holes before the commencement of a second phase drill program. Previously IMPACT announced significant precious metals drill intersections in the Santa Lucia epithermal silver-vein system (see IMPACT news release December 16, 2009).


@olderni,
hast eh g´wusst, dass die auf der Dom Rep. auch eine zieml. große Property haben.
In der Nähe der Großen!" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.impactsilver.com/s/Home.asp


Daraus:
The Capire-Aurora1 deposit is located 17 kilometers southwest of IMPACT’s operating silver mines and processing plant in the Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver District. Previously announced initial NI43-101 compliant mineral resource estimates for the Capire-Aurora 1 were based on the Phase 1 drill results (see
IMPACT news release of November 19, 2009). Phase 2 drilling described here was designed to infill and expand the zone. Capire-Aurora 1 occurs in the same stratigraphy as the Campo Morado VMS district located 45 kilometres to the southwest where the G-9 VMS Deposit of Farallon Resources (TSE:FAN) achieved commercial production last year.

The drill has now moved on to the Santa Lucia area, located three kilometers east of the IMPACT’s Guadalupe mill to undertake some confirmation holes before the commencement of a second phase drill program. Previously IMPACT announced significant precious metals drill intersections in the Santa Lucia epithermal silver-vein system (see IMPACT news release December 16, 2009).


@olderni,
hast eh g´wusst, dass die auf der Dom Rep. auch eine zieml. große Property haben.
In der Nähe der Großen!" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.kitco.com/pr/2074/article_05252010121858.pdf

Auf der Homepage steht noch nichts:



Daraus:
The Capire-Aurora1 deposit is located 17 kilometers southwest of IMPACT’s operating silver mines and processing plant in the Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver District. Previously announced initial NI43-101 compliant mineral resource estimates for the Capire-Aurora 1 were based on the Phase 1 drill results (see
IMPACT news release of November 19, 2009). Phase 2 drilling described here was designed to infill and expand the zone. Capire-Aurora 1 occurs in the same stratigraphy as the Campo Morado VMS district located 45 kilometres to the southwest where the G-9 VMS Deposit of Farallon Resources (TSE:FAN) achieved commercial production last year.

The drill has now moved on to the Santa Lucia area, located three kilometers east of the IMPACT’s Guadalupe mill to undertake some confirmation holes before the commencement of a second phase drill program. Previously IMPACT announced significant precious metals drill intersections in the Santa Lucia epithermal silver-vein system (see IMPACT news release December 16, 2009).


@olderni,
hast eh g´wusst, dass die auf der Dom Rep. auch eine zieml. große Property haben.
In der Nähe der Großen!" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.impactsilver.com/s/Home.asp


Daraus:
The Capire-Aurora1 deposit is located 17 kilometers southwest of IMPACT’s operating silver mines and processing plant in the Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver District. Previously announced initial NI43-101 compliant mineral resource estimates for the Capire-Aurora 1 were based on the Phase 1 drill results (see
IMPACT news release of November 19, 2009). Phase 2 drilling described here was designed to infill and expand the zone. Capire-Aurora 1 occurs in the same stratigraphy as the Campo Morado VMS district located 45 kilometres to the southwest where the G-9 VMS Deposit of Farallon Resources (TSE:FAN) achieved commercial production last year.

The drill has now moved on to the Santa Lucia area, located three kilometers east of the IMPACT’s Guadalupe mill to undertake some confirmation holes before the commencement of a second phase drill program. Previously IMPACT announced significant precious metals drill intersections in the Santa Lucia epithermal silver-vein system (see IMPACT news release December 16, 2009).


@olderni,
hast eh g´wusst, dass die auf der Dom Rep. auch eine zieml. große Property haben.
In der Nähe der Großen!" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.impactsilver.com/s/Home.asp


Daraus:
The Capire-Aurora1 deposit is located 17 kilometers southwest of IMPACT’s operating silver mines and processing plant in the Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver District. Previously announced initial NI43-101 compliant mineral resource estimates for the Capire-Aurora 1 were based on the Phase 1 drill results (see
IMPACT news release of November 19, 2009). Phase 2 drilling described here was designed to infill and expand the zone. Capire-Aurora 1 occurs in the same stratigraphy as the Campo Morado VMS district located 45 kilometres to the southwest where the G-9 VMS Deposit of Farallon Resources (TSE:FAN) achieved commercial production last year.

The drill has now moved on to the Santa Lucia area, located three kilometers east of the IMPACT’s Guadalupe mill to undertake some confirmation holes before the commencement of a second phase drill program. Previously IMPACT announced significant precious metals drill intersections in the Santa Lucia epithermal silver-vein system (see IMPACT news release December 16, 2009).


@olderni,
hast eh g´wusst, dass die auf der Dom Rep. auch eine zieml. große Property haben.
In der Nähe der Großen!

[Olderni]

na, ich seh auch nicht anders aus....

Der Artikel war interessant. Wieder nichts zu Carlos Pacheco; Aufgegeben? oder wird CP in buena noche eingegliedert?

Viele gute Hiweise wie es logisch weiter gehen soll. Ich denke Santa Lucia - gute grades und brauchbare Breiten der Ader - die naechste Mine fuer die Guadeloupe plant. Golondrinas un co muessen noch ein bisschen exploriert werden. Ebenso Capire/Aurora und die neu zu erwartende Ladposition. Das passt alles. Fuer meinen Geschmack gehts halt nur zu langsam vorwaerts. Ich haette es lieber die tonnage steigt schneller, aber das ist halt nicht impacts Strategie mit der Impact recht erfolgreich war.

E-bert

[Tschonko]

@olderni,
na ja, "Big george" schaut halt so aus....
er gehört aber sich zu den guten seiner zunft (Geologe)

Und der linke ist der Broderick, ein Journalist, dem kann man die Qualität anlasten.



da kann ich dir gleich die nächste schlampige G´schicht liefern:

Aussendung Impact:

"BNAmericas Columnist Mark Helmantoler recently visited IMPACT Silver's operations.

"Since making its initial foray into Mexico with the purchase of the producing Guadalupe mine in January 2006, Vancouver-based IMPACT Silver has put the..."
('Noche Buena' May 7th 2010, Mark Helmantoler)

Click here to read the full article under 'In-Depth Interview'

If you have any further questions on this article or on IMPACT Silver Corp, please feel free to contact us 604-681-0712 or email us at [e-mail]"

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Man kriegt aber das interview zugesendet.

Grüße
T.



In-depth interview

"Noche Buena will be in full production by roughly September"

George Gorzynski

VP of exploration

IMPACT Silver

Since making its initial foray into Mexico with the purchase of the producing Guadalupe mine in January 2006, Vancouver-based IMPACT Silver has put three additional mines into production: Chivo, San Ramón and most recently, Noche Buena.

The company's low-cost model has allowed it to post profits since "day one," and its database of over 1,800 historic mine workings in its Royal Mines of Zacualpan district in Mexico state (Edomex) assures that IMPACT will be busy for years to come.

BNamericas sat down with VP of exploration George Gorzynski during a recent trip to the district to find out more about where the company is headed and what its plans are for the short and medium term.

BNamericas: IMPACT intends to carry out a 20,000m drilling program in 2010. What is the status of the program and what are the primary goals?

Gorzynski: We are about 6,000m into that program, all of which has been carried out at Capire-Aurora. The drill is now at San Ramón. There have been several holes drilled there and we are testing north and south extensions. We are seeing that San Ramón is going to be a whole lot bigger than we ever gave it credit for.

After completing a few holes on San Ramón on north and south extensions, we’ll move onto our target areas of Golondrinas, Santa Lucía and Chontalpan North. The drill will rotate between those three target areas as they are very close to one another. As we wait for assays on one, we will be drilling on the next one. And that will probably occupy the surface drill for much of the rest of the year.

We are testing the north extensions of Chontalpan, and for Santa Lucía we are following up prior exploration with a phase two program. The total budget is about Cdn$4mn [US$3.93mn].

BNamericas: And the company will pay for that with cash on hand?

Gorzynski: Yes, that can be paid for with cash flow.

In addition, the big objective for this year, and we are more than half-way there, is getting our third mine - Noche Buena - into [full] production. Right now total company production is at about 330t/d and when the mine is fully online this will increase to roughly 450t/d. The ramp at Noche Buena is down over 70m now and we will be in the face of the vein by the end of May, and in full production by roughly September.

BNamericas: By full production at Noche Buena you mean 120t/d?

Gorzynski: In that respect, the ore mix from the different mines changes month to month. We are taking a bit of pressure off Chivo and San Ramón is increasing right now. When Noche Buena fully comes on, it may be 120t/d but if it’s going well, we may ramp it up to 150t/d and scale back one of the other mines. It depends on what the engineering is like, the mine situation and the grades.

BNamericas: The company was in production at Noche Buena 15 months after drilling the first hole?

Gorzynski: Correct. That is one of the hallmarks of working in this area. We’re able to fast track new mines into production. We have a very good road network, trained miners, mining fleets, etc so we are able to fast track things.

Once we get Noche Buena to full production, that will come pretty close to filling the mill we have now [of 500t/d at the Guadalupe mine, currently on standby] and probably the next project that will go into production will be Capire-Aurora. We will probably have to build a new mill there. We own a separate 200t/d mill and that will be the initial mill onsite. It will be used basically as a pilot plant - probably for the first 6-12 months - to get the metallurgy right and then we'll scale that up to whatever the appropriate tonnage per day should be.

Capire-Aurora is going to be partly open pit and partly underground so it will be quite a significant tonnage, which right now is speculated to be 500-1,000t/d.

BNamericas: When do you expect Capire-Aurora to go into production?

Gorzynski: It’s probably in the two-year timeframe. It’s a very different project. The mineral is very near surface which is why half will probably be open pit and the rest will have to be done underground.

In November we released the first NI 43-101 report, which included measured and indicated resources of some 7.2Moz of silver, and some large amounts of zinc and lead [94.3Mlb or 42,774t and 38.8Mlb, respectively]. Since then we've drilled 49 additional holes. There was a 300m gap between these two deposits and we’ve filled in the gap as well as expanded the zones. They are one deposit and Capire-Aurora will probably just be named Capire in the future.

With 49 extra holes there should be a large expansion in the resources and we are expecting those in July.

BNamericas: So you expect to convert some of the M&I resources to proven and probable reserves?

Gorzynski: No, we won’t upgrade them to the reserves category. We’ll do in-house engineering studies and do what we have done with the other mines: just go into production. It’s less expensive to go into production than to write a full feasibility study on a project. And that’s the way it’s been with the three mines we have put into production. We do an in-house feasibility study and if it looks like it will clearly be economic, within a certain range, we put it into production.

If you're dealing with a billion dollar copper porphyry deposit, you really have to know if it will be economic before you write that check, so you have to do the full feasibility. When you're looking at something like the Chivo mine, the initial adit cost us Cdn$65,000. You don’t do a full feasibility to save Cdn$65,000. You put the adit in, you start mining and if it looks good you keep going.

Feasibility studies certainly have their place with the big deposits. With the smaller ones, it’s cheaper to just put them into production and if you lose Cdn$65,000, so be it.

BNamericas: What do you expect Capire’s capex to be?

Gorzynski: That’s a little trickier. We are investigating it now. If it were an underground mine, I would be able to tell you off the top of my head because we have done it three times now. But half will be an open pit. We will probably contract mine the open pit because our expertise is in underground mining. There are a lot of different costs we will be studying.

BNamericas: At Noche Buena are there plans to build a separate plant as well, or will the company continue to use Guadalupe’s mill?

Gorzynski: For the moment we are shipping the Noche Buena ore to Guadalupe but there are several very good prospects in the area around Noche Buena and the optimal situation would be - assuming exploration is successful - that Golondrinas, Santa Lucía and/or Chontalpan, which are very close to Guadalupe, become mines and then they would fill Guadalupe’s mill and we would build a new one near Noche Buena.

The goal is to have developed a number of the prospects in the Noche Buena area into mines and so at that point, which may be a point 4-5 years out, we would have three operating mills in the district. That’s the big picture, long-term vision of what we would like this district to be.

BNamericas: You mentioned earlier that the surrounding road network is good. Have you had problems with other issues, such as water, permits or the local community?

Gorzynski: No. Noche Buena’s permitting process - for explosives, etc - took three or maybe four months. There is no shortage of water, unlike in many parts of Mexico. As far as the community goes, there has been mining in Zacualpan for almost 500 years. Most families in the district have someone who either worked at a mine or currently works in mining. There have been multiple generations of the same family who have worked in the sector.

BNamericas: IMPACT applied for a permit to expand its concessions in Zacualpan. What is the status of that application?

Gorzynski: We have been going fairly slow. Right now we have 472km2 and applied for another 130km2 to the southeast. We aren’t pushing that permit very hard because quite frankly we’re extremely busy with what we have now and we would be happy if it took another year to get that permit.

It’s in the process and once your application is registered, no one can overstake you, so that land is safe and we’ll just slowly get that ground because we’ll really have to ramp up the exploration when we do.

BNamericas: The company’s first production from the Mexican operations occurred in 2006?

Gorzynski: We signed an option agreement for the mine in April 2004 and exercised the option in January 2006, so it became our first producing mine at that time.

BNamericas: You mean Guadalupe, which was a producing mine at that time, correct?

Gorzynski: Yes and there was some production coming from San Ramón as well, it had just started. Combined they were producing about 145t/d. For the most part, they weren’t making very much money nor did they have any reserves to speak of. Not only did we increase production, but revenue per ton has also risen dramatically.

BNamericas: And the company has been posting profits since 2006?

Gorzynski: Yes, we have been profitable from day one.

BNamericas: What do you attribute that to?

Gorzynski: First, it’s the high grades at the tops of many of these deposits. In addition, the ground conditions are good. The rock is stable so we aren’t spending a lot of money trying to keep the mine’s roof up.

BNamericas: You are referring to both San Ramón and Chivo?

Gorzynski: They are very much the same. And Guadalupe was the same.

BNamericas: Speaking of Guadalupe, how long has it been on standby?

Gorzynski: About a year and a half. These mineralized zones we are dealing with - which are about 300m tall - are very silver rich at the top and more zinc rich at the bottom. Guadalupe is quite deep so it’s mainly a zinc mine now.

The profit margins on silver, and the high grades at Chivo and San Ramón, mean that it’s a much better use of our equipment to be mining at those two. However, Guadalupe could probably be started up within a couple of months, if necessary.

BNamericas: What do you expect for the future, not just for IMPACT but juniors in general in Mexico?

Gorzynski: Mexico is a very mining friendly place to have an operation and do exploration. They are constantly changing the laws to attract more investment. You can see why so many companies flock to Mexico for business. The country is doing everything it can to encourage investment.

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George Gorzynski

VP of exploration

IMPACT Silver

Since making its initial foray into Mexico with the purchase of the producing Guadalupe mine in January 2006, Vancouver-based IMPACT Silver has put three additional mines into production: Chivo, San Ramón and most recently, Noche Buena.

The company's low-cost model has allowed it to post profits since "day one," and its database of over 1,800 historic mine workings in its Royal Mines of Zacualpan district in Mexico state (Edomex) assures that IMPACT will be busy for years to come.

BNamericas sat down with VP of exploration George Gorzynski during a recent trip to the district to find out more about where the company is headed and what its plans are for the short and medium term.

BNamericas: IMPACT intends to carry out a 20,000m drilling program in 2010. What is the status of the program and what are the primary goals?

Gorzynski: We are about 6,000m into that program, all of which has been carried out at Capire-Aurora. The drill is now at San Ramón. There have been several holes drilled there and we are testing north and south extensions. We are seeing that San Ramón is going to be a whole lot bigger than we ever gave it credit for.

After completing a few holes on San Ramón on north and south extensions, we’ll move onto our target areas of Golondrinas, Santa Lucía and Chontalpan North. The drill will rotate between those three target areas as they are very close to one another. As we wait for assays on one, we will be drilling on the next one. And that will probably occupy the surface drill for much of the rest of the year.

We are testing the north extensions of Chontalpan, and for Santa Lucía we are following up prior exploration with a phase two program. The total budget is about Cdn$4mn [US$3.93mn].

BNamericas: And the company will pay for that with cash on hand?

Gorzynski: Yes, that can be paid for with cash flow.

In addition, the big objective for this year, and we are more than half-way there, is getting our third mine - Noche Buena - into [full] production. Right now total company production is at about 330t/d and when the mine is fully online this will increase to roughly 450t/d. The ramp at Noche Buena is down over 70m now and we will be in the face of the vein by the end of May, and in full production by roughly September.

BNamericas: By full production at Noche Buena you mean 120t/d?

Gorzynski: In that respect, the ore mix from the different mines changes month to month. We are taking a bit of pressure off Chivo and San Ramón is increasing right now. When Noche Buena fully comes on, it may be 120t/d but if it’s going well, we may ramp it up to 150t/d and scale back one of the other mines. It depends on what the engineering is like, the mine situation and the grades.

BNamericas: The company was in production at Noche Buena 15 months after drilling the first hole?

Gorzynski: Correct. That is one of the hallmarks of working in this area. We’re able to fast track new mines into production. We have a very good road network, trained miners, mining fleets, etc so we are able to fast track things.

Once we get Noche Buena to full production, that will come pretty close to filling the mill we have now [of 500t/d at the Guadalupe mine, currently on standby] and probably the next project that will go into production will be Capire-Aurora. We will probably have to build a new mill there. We own a separate 200t/d mill and that will be the initial mill onsite. It will be used basically as a pilot plant - probably for the first 6-12 months - to get the metallurgy right and then we'll scale that up to whatever the appropriate tonnage per day should be.

Capire-Aurora is going to be partly open pit and partly underground so it will be quite a significant tonnage, which right now is speculated to be 500-1,000t/d.

BNamericas: When do you expect Capire-Aurora to go into production?

Gorzynski: It’s probably in the two-year timeframe. It’s a very different project. The mineral is very near surface which is why half will probably be open pit and the rest will have to be done underground.

In November we released the first NI 43-101 report, which included measured and indicated resources of some 7.2Moz of silver, and some large amounts of zinc and lead [94.3Mlb or 42,774t and 38.8Mlb, respectively]. Since then we've drilled 49 additional holes. There was a 300m gap between these two deposits and we’ve filled in the gap as well as expanded the zones. They are one deposit and Capire-Aurora will probably just be named Capire in the future.

With 49 extra holes there should be a large expansion in the resources and we are expecting those in July.

BNamericas: So you expect to convert some of the M&I resources to proven and probable reserves?

Gorzynski: No, we won’t upgrade them to the reserves category. We’ll do in-house engineering studies and do what we have done with the other mines: just go into production. It’s less expensive to go into production than to write a full feasibility study on a project. And that’s the way it’s been with the three mines we have put into production. We do an in-house feasibility study and if it looks like it will clearly be economic, within a certain range, we put it into production.

If you're dealing with a billion dollar copper porphyry deposit, you really have to know if it will be economic before you write that check, so you have to do the full feasibility. When you're looking at something like the Chivo mine, the initial adit cost us Cdn$65,000. You don’t do a full feasibility to save Cdn$65,000. You put the adit in, you start mining and if it looks good you keep going.

Feasibility studies certainly have their place with the big deposits. With the smaller ones, it’s cheaper to just put them into production and if you lose Cdn$65,000, so be it.

BNamericas: What do you expect Capire’s capex to be?

Gorzynski: That’s a little trickier. We are investigating it now. If it were an underground mine, I would be able to tell you off the top of my head because we have done it three times now. But half will be an open pit. We will probably contract mine the open pit because our expertise is in underground mining. There are a lot of different costs we will be studying.

BNamericas: At Noche Buena are there plans to build a separate plant as well, or will the company continue to use Guadalupe’s mill?

Gorzynski: For the moment we are shipping the Noche Buena ore to Guadalupe but there are several very good prospects in the area around Noche Buena and the optimal situation would be - assuming exploration is successful - that Golondrinas, Santa Lucía and/or Chontalpan, which are very close to Guadalupe, become mines and then they would fill Guadalupe’s mill and we would build a new one near Noche Buena.

The goal is to have developed a number of the prospects in the Noche Buena area into mines and so at that point, which may be a point 4-5 years out, we would have three operating mills in the district. That’s the big picture, long-term vision of what we would like this district to be.

BNamericas: You mentioned earlier that the surrounding road network is good. Have you had problems with other issues, such as water, permits or the local community?

Gorzynski: No. Noche Buena’s permitting process - for explosives, etc - took three or maybe four months. There is no shortage of water, unlike in many parts of Mexico. As far as the community goes, there has been mining in Zacualpan for almost 500 years. Most families in the district have someone who either worked at a mine or currently works in mining. There have been multiple generations of the same family who have worked in the sector.

BNamericas: IMPACT applied for a permit to expand its concessions in Zacualpan. What is the status of that application?

Gorzynski: We have been going fairly slow. Right now we have 472km2 and applied for another 130km2 to the southeast. We aren’t pushing that permit very hard because quite frankly we’re extremely busy with what we have now and we would be happy if it took another year to get that permit.

It’s in the process and once your application is registered, no one can overstake you, so that land is safe and we’ll just slowly get that ground because we’ll really have to ramp up the exploration when we do.

BNamericas: The company’s first production from the Mexican operations occurred in 2006?

Gorzynski: We signed an option agreement for the mine in April 2004 and exercised the option in January 2006, so it became our first producing mine at that time.

BNamericas: You mean Guadalupe, which was a producing mine at that time, correct?

Gorzynski: Yes and there was some production coming from San Ramón as well, it had just started. Combined they were producing about 145t/d. For the most part, they weren’t making very much money nor did they have any reserves to speak of. Not only did we increase production, but revenue per ton has also risen dramatically.

BNamericas: And the company has been posting profits since 2006?

Gorzynski: Yes, we have been profitable from day one.

BNamericas: What do you attribute that to?

Gorzynski: First, it’s the high grades at the tops of many of these deposits. In addition, the ground conditions are good. The rock is stable so we aren’t spending a lot of money trying to keep the mine’s roof up.

BNamericas: You are referring to both San Ramón and Chivo?

Gorzynski: They are very much the same. And Guadalupe was the same.

BNamericas: Speaking of Guadalupe, how long has it been on standby?

Gorzynski: About a year and a half. These mineralized zones we are dealing with - which are about 300m tall - are very silver rich at the top and more zinc rich at the bottom. Guadalupe is quite deep so it’s mainly a zinc mine now.

The profit margins on silver, and the high grades at Chivo and San Ramón, mean that it’s a much better use of our equipment to be mining at those two. However, Guadalupe could probably be started up within a couple of months, if necessary.

BNamericas: What do you expect for the future, not just for IMPACT but juniors in general in Mexico?

Gorzynski: Mexico is a very mining friendly place to have an operation and do exploration. They are constantly changing the laws to attract more investment. You can see why so many companies flock to Mexico for business. The country is doing everything it can to encourage investment.

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Da muss man sich…

[Olderni]

So sympatisch wie mir Impact Silbner auch ist, aber das Video naja. Wuesste ich es nicht besser, ich haette die zwei glatt fuer Stadtler und Waldorf aus der Muppets Show gehalten. Und so richtig news sind auch nicht enthalten. Also wenn es ein Werbevideo sein soll, dann bekommts von mir nur das Praedikat "ausgefallen". HAb ich bei Endeavour, Scorpio ubnd First Majestic schon besser gesehen.

E-bert

[Olderni]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 39.481.603 von Tschonko am 07.05.10 16:07:55

nach dem "Einbruch" gestern, fliegt Impact heut in Kanada. Ich hab ein sehr gutes Gefuehl!! Dabei ist Impact noch nicht mal teuer. Das Problem: Aufgrund der "Philosophie" von Fred Davidson erschliesst sich das Potential nicht aus einer PP oder Resourcenschaetzung. Hier muss man wirklich DM betreiben.
E-bert

[Tschonko]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 39.454.836 von Tschonko am 04.05.10 18:28:22

.... und nun Teil 4:

Ein paar Auszüge, warum sie mir so sympathisch sind....

"IMPACT follows the philosophy of Energold’s CEO, Fred Davidson. His goal is that “every ounce mined has to make a profit.” So, IMPACT focuses on bringing on low-cost, high-yield mines as quickly as possible. Result, IMPACT is able to keep its cost of production very low — around $60 a metric tonne."

IMPACT is not following the “drill, baby, drill” business model. And by that, I mean the business model we see so often out of Vancouver, where companies mortgage the farm to drill and prove up ounces, then sell to the highest bidder.

Instead, CEO Fred Davidson has focused the company on using their resources smartly. They are using a “don’t go in debt” approach, which means they are concentrating more on production growth than on drilling/preparing costly 43-101 compliant resource reports.

What’s more, the northern areas of IMPACT Silver’s land package are comprised of epithermal-vein structures which form in “clumpy” groups and are costly to quantify to 43-101 standards. In its southern land holdings, the deposits are mostly VMS-type (Volcanic Massive Sulphides) structures which are more homogeneous and more easily and inexpensively brought to 43-101 compliant resource reports. That’s where the June reserve report will be coming out of."

Und vor allem geht es schnell, eine neue Mine in Produktion zu bringen.


http://www.uncommonwisdomdaily.com/a-small-silver-miner-with…

[Tschonko]

@olderni

....und Teil 3 ist auch schon da.

Broderick im Interview mit "Big George", der zu Beginn überaus freundlich in die kamera bleckt...

Bueno noche geht auch demnächst in Produktion

http://www.uncommonwisdomdaily.com/impact-silver-interview-9…

Grüße
T.

[Tschonko]

Hat Impact inzwischen selbst bestätigt im Mailservice.
Also wird bald Teil 3 kommen
Grüße
T

Newsletter writer Mr. Sean Broderick recently visited IMPACT Silver's operations and wrote an article on Silver in Mexico.

"I'm heading back to Mexico this weekend to take a closer look at a silver miner that's been on my radar for some time. It is working a silver-rich district in Mexico that has been mined on and off for 480 years..."
(Mexican Silver, Andalay! April 23rd 2010, Sean Broderick)

Click here to read the article 'Mexican Silver, Andalay!'
Click here for his follow up article 'Silver Lessons from the Name of God'
If you have any further questions on this article or on IMPACT Silver Corp, please feel free to contact us 604-681-0712 or email us at [e-mail]

[Olderni]

dieses Zitat aus dem Raetsel ist wohl der Hinweis

"There are about 1,800 old, abandoned mines in this silver district."

stimmt, das muss Impact sein

E-bert

[Olderni]

Antwort auf Beitrag Nr.: 39.444.144 von Tschonko am 03.05.10 12:40:54

auf der Impact Seite gibts auch eine neue Praesentation (die hat zwar kein Datum, aber ich verfolge die Praesentation woechentlich und daher fallen mir Veraenderungen auf).

- San Ramon Mine wird ausgebaut zum San Ramon II/extended. Das ganze soll noch in 2010 Erz liefern
- Auf Mamatla sind erstmals auf bisher noch nicht gezeigtem Kartenmaterial weitere Funde eingezeichnet und mit (guten) grades angegeben. Es ist nicht nur bei Capire und Aurora I geblieben, soll heissen, es gibt dort wohl wesentlich mehr zu holen
- Kein Wort mehr zu Carlos Pacheco, dem Gold/Kupfer Fund bezueglich Development oder gar Mine. Sieht fuer mich so aus, als ob das im Eifer des Gefechts vergessen wurde, da Carlos Pacheco spaeter in der Praesentation noch nen ganzen slide gewidmet bekommt.

Fazit sehr informativ und imme rrelativ zeitnah upgedated. Allerdings macht die slides Fred wohl selber...
E-bert