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The Mag Silver/Fresnillo joint venture announced the extension of the Valdecanas vein to depth with the widest mineralized interval to date on the project. The vein is immediately adjacent to and continuous with the vein system on Fresnillo’s operating mines to the east.
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MAG Silver (TSX:MAG,NYSEMLT:MVG)
Price: $7.68
Market cap: $529 million
Cash estimate: $86 million
Project: Valdecanas
Country: Mexico
Ownership: 44 percent
Resources: 8.3 MT @ 601 g/t Ag, 1.7 g/t Au, 2.0% Pb, 3.7% Zn (May 2014) indicated
Project status: Pre-production — exploration to depth
- The Mag Silver / Fresnillo joint venture announced the extension of the Valdecanas vein to depth with the widest mineralized interval to date on the project. The vein in the north east corner of the Juanicipio property which is a 44% Mag – 66% Fresnillo joint venture. The vein is immediately adjacent to and continuous with the vein system on Fresnillo’s operating mines to the east.
- Highlights from the drilling include 34.45 metres (26.45 metres true width) grading 2.65 g/t Au, 405 g/t Ag, 3.22% Pb, 4.09% Zn and 0.37% Cu. The interval is the widest interval to date and extends the Valdecanas West vein 100 metres to depth. It is also significant to note the first presence of copper in the vein system. The Company believes that along with the presence of skarn style alteration that this may indicate proximity to an ore-fluid upwelling zone presenting a new exploration target.
- The June 2012, Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) estimates an after-tax NPV (5%) of $1.23 billion and an IRR of 43%. The payback on the $302 million initial capital is expected to be 3.5 years. The PEA is based on life of mine production of 13.3 million tonnes of indicated and inferred resources averaging 416 g/t Ag, 1.3 g/t Au, 1.4% Pb, 2.7% Zn. The PEA based on 2012 projected prices of $23.39 per ounce Ag, $1,257 per ounce Au, $0.95 per pound Pb and $0.91 per pound zinc. Using $1,075 Au and $20.0 Ag gives and estimated after-tax NPV (5%) of $976 billion and 37% IRR.
- The joint venture is currently progressing with the access decline and stope development expected to start in 2017.
Discovery history (Valdecanas vein — January 2006): 6.35 metres @ 2.91 g/t Au, 1,798 g/t Ag, 3.43% Pb, 5.51% Zn
Current holes: 26.45 metres (true width) @ 2.65 g/t Au, 405 g/t Ag, 3.22% Pb, 4.09% Zn, 0.37% Cu; 32.09 metres (true width) @ 0.80 g/t Au, 137 g/t Ag, 1.5% Pb, 6.5% Zn, 0.382% Cu
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