MALPASO MILL
[Overview]
In mid-September 2005, Dia Bras Mexicana, a wholly-owned Mexican subsidiary of Dia Bras, acquired control of the Malpaso mill, which it had been operating since March, 2005. During 2006 the Company upgraded the mill to 850 tonnes per day through installation of a second, 500 tpd circuit.
The original Malpaso mill was a flotation plant and gravity recovery circuits have been added to the original circuit, while the new circuit utilizes flotation recovery. Currently, the production from the Bolivar pilot-mining program runs at a rate of 12,000 tonnes per month
This new circuit is being added to treat mineralized rock from the Cusi mines, where the Company intends to start a pilot-mining program similar to the one started in 2005 at Bolivar.