Nuestra Senora Project
Nuestra Senora
Country Mexico 
Province Sinaloa
Close to Cosala
Status PRODUCTION 
Surface 142 km² / 35,024 acres
Latitude / Longitude 24 N 24 / 106 W 35
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Produces Copper - Gold - Lead - Silver - Zinc -
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Risk and valuation analysis of the Nuestra Senora Project
Status Risk : Production
Country Risk : Light
Title(s) of the Nuestra Senora Project
Scorpio Mining Corporation
Owner: 100%
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Scorpio Mining Corporation (Scorpio) through its wholly owned Mexican subsidiary Minera Cosalá S.A. de C.V. has a 100 percent ownership in the Nuestra Señora property consisting of ten claims of which three are exploitation claims, six are exploratio more...
Location of the Nuestra Senora Project
The Nuestra Senora Project is located at approximately 10 kilometres east of the town of Cosala in Sinaloa State, Mexico.
 
History of the Nuestra Senora Project
Mining in the Cosala area dates back to the 17th century when the Spanish processed high-grade enriched silver ore from the upper levels of the Nuestra Senora mine. At the turn of the 19th century, French engineers further developed the underground w more...
 
Geology of the Nuestra Senora Project
Mineralization within the four known deposits occurs as carbonate replacement-style (CRD) mantos, veins, chimneys, chimney breccias, and mineralized exo- and endo-skarn within limestone host rocks and granodiorite intrusive. The extent and character  more...
 
Production history
Metal20102009
COPPER (lbs)1,666,3771,185,288
LEAD (lbs)6,158,6504,187,662
SILVER (oz)910,352600,375
ZINC (lbs)14,103,5878,747,075
Production
1/17/2011Reports Record 2010 and Fourth Quarter Production Results an...
Reserves and Resources
3/13/2011Reports Nuestra Senora Mineral Reserve of 2.764 Mt @287 AgEq...
Exploration and drilling
1/30/2012Advances Expansion Planning to Increase Production Capacity ...
6/27/2011to Advance Feasibility Study of an Additional Plant and Plan...
7/12/2010Resumes Normal Milling Throughput
11/4/2008Provides October Operations Update on Nuestra Senora Mine, M...
10/6/2008Continues to Increase Lead-Zinc Concentrate Production at Nu...
9/3/2008Provides Operations Update on Nuestra Senora Project, Mexico
6/16/2008Mexican Subsidiary Enters Into Agency Agreement for Marketin...
6/9/2008Hosted its Mine / Mill Inauguration at the Nuestra Senora Pr...
4/24/2008Commences Production Mining at the Nuestra Senora Project, M...
3/31/2008Receives Mill Facility Construction Completion Certificate A...
8/30/2007Mexico Team Fully Staffed and Ready for Production
8/8/2007Provides Nuestra Senora Project Update, Sinaloa State, Mexic...
7/30/2007First Ever Surface Drilling of Santo Domingo Satellite Depos...
1/9/2007Updated Resource Estimate on Nuestra Senora Silver-Zinc Proj...
12/13/2006Announces Corporate Changes
12/6/2006Continued Drilling of the Sept 9 Zone Reports 6.15 metres gr...
11/15/2006Continued Drilling of Hoag Zone Reports 8.9 metres grading 2...
10/23/2006Discovers New Mineralized Zone Adjacent to Hoag, with 4.45 m...
8/9/2006Continued Drilling of the Hoag Zone Discovery includes 37.10...
Discoveries and Drilling Results
5/7/2010Drilling Reports 42.4 metres grading 198.03 g/t Silver, 1.37...
2/26/2009Reports on Drilling of the Main Zone from the 9th Level
9/8/2008?s Drilling of the North West Main Zone Intersects 13,671 g/...
7/3/2008Drilling on 9th Level of the Main Zone Reports 5.80 metres g...
5/13/2008Receives New Resource Estimate
5/5/2008Drilling of the Main Zone from the 8th Level of the Nuestra ...
4/11/2008Discovers Another New Zone Reporting 11.50 metres grading 16...
3/18/2008Santa Teresa Extension Continues to Produce High-Grade Resul...
3/12/2008Nuestra Senora Main Zone Increases In Size With Underground ...
2/28/2008Santa Teresa Deposit Continues to Deliver with Underground D...
2/26/2008Reports on Mineralized Stockpile for Initial Mill Throughput...
2/14/2008Provides Nuestra Senora Project Update, Sinaloa State, Mexic...
1/16/2008Underground Drilling of Santa Teresa Deposit Reports 32.8 me...
11/2/2007Deep Drilling of Nuestra Senora Deposit From 11th level Hits...
9/25/2007Scorpio's Underground Drilling of Sept 9 Zone Hits 1,483 g/t...
9/19/2007Underground Drilling of Nuestra Señora Deposit Hits 21 metr...
8/20/2007Scorpio's Underground Drilling from the 9th Level of Nuestra...
8/13/2007Scorpio's Underground Drilling of Nuestra Senora Deposit Hi...
7/10/20078 Level Underground Drilling of Nuestra Señora Deposit Repor...
4/30/2007Deep Drilling from Main Ramp Intercepts 13.60 metres grading...
4/23/2007Drilling of Nuestra Señora Main Zone Reports 4.4 metres grad...
3/27/2007Drilling of Nuestra Senora Zone Hits 11 Mineralized Intercep...
3/19/2007Drilling of Nuestra Senora Zone Hits 8 Mineralized Intercept...
2/25/2007Receives Metallurgical Test Work and Moves Forward
12/14/2006Hoag Zone Drilling intersects 5.2 metres grading 195.94 g/t ...
10/6/2006Hoag Zone Drilling Continues to Outline a Large Mineralized ...
9/5/2006Definition Drilling from 8th Level of Nuestra Senora Silver ...
8/21/2006Drilling of the New Hoag Zone Continues to Return Wide Inter...
7/13/2006Drilling of the Hoag Zone Discovery at depth includes 43.70 ...
6/14/2006Announces Major New Discovery at the Nuestra Senora Silver P...
5/23/2006Sampling from 8th Level of Nuestra Senora Silver Mine includ...
5/15/2006Sampling on the 7th Level of the Nuestra Senora Silver Depos...
4/8/2005Nuestra Senora deposit intersects 22.3 metres grading 269.3 ...
Location
Data last updated on : 5/13/2008
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