| Risk and valuation analysis of the LA COLORADA Project |
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| Title(s) of the LA COLORADA Project |
 | Pan American Silver Corp.
Owner: 100% |
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| Pan American Silver acquired La Colorada in March of 1998. |
 | Pediment Gold Corp. |
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| Pediment has acquired nine mineral concession with a total of 1070 hectares centered within the project. |
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| Location of the LA COLORADA Project |
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The La Colorada property is located approximately 40 km southeast of Hermosillo and approximately midway between the cities of Zacatecas and Durango in the Chalchihuites district in Zacatecas State.
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| History of the LA COLORADA Project |
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The production history of the Chalchihuites district began during pre-colonial times as artesanal mining for silver malachite. In 1929, the Dorado family operated mines at two locations on the La Colorada property and, since then, mining operations have been conducted on the property by various companies.
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| Geology of the LA COLORADA Project |
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The La Colorada gold vein deposits are hosted in a volcano-sedimentary sequence that has been locally altered to skarn by magma intrusions. Veins are focused along east-west and northeast-southwest trending structures that dip to the north and northw more...
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| Production history |
| Metal | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |
| GOLD (oz) | 6,553 | 3,772 | 3,876 | 3,500 | 3,374 | | | | |
| LEAD (lbs) | 2,656,570 | 2,231,078 | 1,512,371 | 337,307 | | 299,828 | 844,370 | 696,660 | 846,575 |
| SILVER (oz) | 3,467,991 | 3,910,990 | 3,963,990 | 3,493,986 | 2,468,299 | 2,776,678 | 1,088,517 | 686,849 | 782,853 |
| ZINC (lbs) | 5,094,882 | 4,045,482 | 2,078,959 | | | 268,963 | 954,601 | 734,139 | 685,637 |
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