Operator Sierra Madre Gold and Silver said its first shipments of silver and gold concentrates have left the property of its Guitarra operations complex in Estado de Mexico in Mexico.
The shipment, which departed July 25, contained 90.68 dry metric tonnes (DMT) made up of approximately 3,000 grams of silver and 30 grams gold. The company has approximately 90 more dry metric tonnes of concentrate that is expected to ship in the coming days.
Sierra Madre said it will continue to increase production with a goal of reaching 500 tonnes per day of throughput for approximately 350 DMT of silver-gold concentrate production per month by year-end.
At the current test mining and test processing thruput of 259 t/d, the company expects to have concentrate shipments and corresponding revenues on a weekly basis.
Guiterra is restarting in the Temascaltepec mining district.
Source: sierramadre.com