December 6, 2010 � Toronto, Ontario � Latin American Minerals Inc. (TSXV:LAT) (the �Corporation�) is pleased to announce that it has sold all its 8.4 million common shares in Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX:LAC) (�LAC�) for net proceeds of approximately CDN$12,600,000.
�This is the culmination of the Corporation�s previously announced gold project financing strategy when it divested itself of its interest in certain early stage Argentinean lithium properties to LAC and received cash and LAC shares�, said Miles Rideout, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, �We are now fully funded to commence an aggressive exploration and development plan at our highly prospective Paso Yobai gold project in Paraguay. The budget and development plan specifics will be set immediately for a January start and it will include provisions for auger and Diamond drilling, aggressive large scale trenching and a transition of Latin America�s laboratory scale gravity concentration processor into a bulk sampling processing facility during the first half of 2011. Paso Yobai is an extremely large footprint, about 100 square kms so far, pervasive epithermal gold system that justifies an aggressive exploration strategy.�
Paraguay has good social conditions and infrastructure to support construction of new mines. Though underexplored, Paraguay has favorable regulations for investment, mine development and exports. The Corporation�s Itapoty Diamond Project and Chiriguelo Niobium/Rare Earth Elements Project are also located in Paraguay.
Latin American Minerals Inc. is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition and development of base and precious metals projects in highly prospective countries of South America. The expansion and development of the Paso Yobai Gold Project is core to the company�s current planning.
For more information, please contact:
Miles Rideout President and CEO Argentina: (54-261) 439-9268 Toronto: (1-416) 902-8558 or 363-0841 www.latinamericanminerals.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE 12/06/2010
Contact: Miles Rideout |
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