Silvermex Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SMR) (the "Company" or
"Silvermex") is pleased to announce it has signed a definitive
agreement with Aurcana Corporation (TSX VENTURE: AUN) ("Aurcana")
to acquire a 100% interest in the silver - gold - lead - zinc
Rosario Property ("Rosario Property") located in south eastern
Sinaloa State, Mexico.
The Rosario Property consists of 18 concessions totaling
approximately 8,515 hectares and is located approximately 94
kilometres southeast of Mazatlan. The property is strategically
located within 2 Kilometres of Silvermex's 1,250 hectare San
Marcial Silver property and was acquired to consolidate Silvermex's
land position in the San Marcial area in order to accelerate
Silvermex's objective of becoming a near-term silver producer. The
proximity to Silvermex's San Marcial project combined with the
silver resource and existing infrastructure at Rosario will
significantly reduce both the time and capital expenditures
required for production.
Under the terms of the acquisition, the Silvermex advanced to
Aurcana $435,000 on August 25th 2009 to settle amounts due to Grupo
Mexico by Aurcana. The Company will pay $207,000 CDN and issue 1
million shares on or before November 15th, 2009. Upon reaching
successful production or 24 months from closing, the Company will
issue an additional 1 million shares and pay 5 installments of
CDN$500,000 every 6 months for a total of CDN$2,500,000. The
Company will also assume the last payment due by Aurcana to Grupo
Mexico in the amount of $731,000 USD due in February, 2010.
The acquisition includes all facilities and infrastructure,
including surface rights, underground workings, tailings dam,
water, power, offices, shops, 60 man camp, warehouses and assay
lab. The previous owner invested approximately $8.5 million in
exploration, upgrades and renovations to the mine and mill site
including partial renovations to the mine and mill site including;
upgrading of electrical substations and wiring, camp accommodations
upgrades, mine dewatering and detailed engineering of an 800 tonne
per day (t/d) mill. The acquisition also includes an extensive list
of mill equipment and vehicles, two 9 by 12 ball mills, numerous
feeders and tanks, electrical equipment, trucks, pumps,
compressors, etc.
The land directly surrounding the Rosario mill site (330 ha) is
owned in fee simple and key exploration and mining areas are under
a surface rights agreement which remains in good standing for 20
years. Silvermex is working on a preliminary in-house study which
will determine mine and production plans
based on combining the two projects.
Historic production on the Rosario property by Grupo Mexico, the
prior operator, averaged 600 t/d from 1986 to 2000, during which a
total of 2.5 million tonnes of ore were produced which averaged
190.5 grams per tonne (g/t) silver, 0.92 g/t gold, 2.02% zinc and
2.38% lead.
The San Juan prospect is a high priority target on the project.
This vein structure has 26,205 tonnes of historic reserves with
grades of 339.9 grams per tonne silver, 2.1% zinc, 1.4% lead and
0.4 grams per tonne gold and 230,511 tonnes of historic inferred
resources with grades of 327.8 grams per tonne silver, 3.90% zinc,
1.70% lead and 0.2 grams per tonne gold. A decline has been driven
into the San Juan zone and testing of over a vertical distance of
40 metres was done, with the zone still open to depth. Silvermex
will make San Juan a focus of a drill program due to the high grade
nature of the ore, the proximity to San Marcial and the significant
potential of the area. The zone remains open at depth and developed
workings consist of several hundred metres of drifts and cross cuts
on two levels.
Exploration work planned for the San Juan area will include
exploring the known zone at to depth. Diamond drill testing will
also evaluate the San Francisco vein which is interpreted to be an
extension of the San Juan vein. Surface sampling by Grupo Mexico
traced the vein along strike for 600 metres, and has reported
results including 3.02 g/t gold and 314 g/t silver over 1.6 metres,
and 0.34 g/t gold and 574 g/t silver over 1.7 metres.
The Plomosas Mine has been partially refurbished by the previous
operator in reparation for an 800 tpd operation. The Plomosas Mine
currently has 323,278 tonnes of historic reserves with grades of
92.0 grams per tonne silver, 3.7% zinc, 2.5% lead and 1.0 gram per
tonne gold and 286,613 tonnes of historic inferred resources with
grades of 161.3 grams per tonne silver, 3.21% zinc, 2.23% lead and
1.2 grams per tonne gold.
The reader should be cautioned the historic reserves and
resources do not conform to National Instrument 43-101 for
reporting purposes; as such the Company is not treating these
historic estimates as current reserves or resources. These
estimates should not be relied upon until they have been verified
by further due diligence and by the Company's "Qualified
Person".
Bruce Bragagnolo, Silvermex CEO stated; "This strategic
acquisition of Rosario will help to accelerate Silvermex's
objective of becoming a near-term silver producer. The proximity to
our San Marcial high-grade project combined with the existing
high-grade resources and infrastructure in place at Rosario will
significantly reduce both time and capital expenditures required
for resource growth and production. The acquisition complements our
short term goals and our pre-production profile."
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While these forward-looking statements, and any assumptions upon
which they are based, are made in good faith and reflect out
current judgment regarding the direction of our business, actual
results will almost always vary, sometimes materially, from any
estimates, predictions, projections, assumptions or other future
performance suggests herein. Except as required by applicable law
the Company does not intend to update any forward-looking
statements to conform these statements to actual results.
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Contacts: Silvermex Resources Ltd. Duane Nelson Vice President
604-638-8978 duane@silvermexresources.com Silvermex Resources Ltd.
Bruce Bragagnolo 604-682-4004 bruce@silvermexresources.com
www.silvermexresources.com
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