Commencement of Trial Mining Operations at Pulacayo Deposit for Apogee Silver

Apogee Silver Ltd.(TSXV:APE) announced that they are one month ahead of schedule with trial mining operations at their 100% controlled Pulacayo silver deposit. Trial operations produced the first ore extraction and initial sampling also returned higher than expected grades.

As quoted in the press release:

During the months of October and November 2011, trial mining operations resulted in the extraction of approximately 500 tonnes of ore and additionally advanced the three development drifts being mined a total of 32 meters. The ore mined has been delivered to two surface stockpiles to be treated in the pilot concentrator, which will be commissioned by the Company in late 2012.

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