Pingüino Project
Pingüino
Country Argentina 
Close to Cerro vanguardia
Status FEASIBILITY 
Latitude / Longitude 48 S 12 / 68 W 39
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Last updated on 6/17/2010 - Terms of Use
Risk and valuation analysis of the Pingüino Project
Status Risk : Feasibility
Country Risk : Moderate
Title(s) of the Pingüino Project
Argentex Mining Corp.
Interest: 100%
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It holds an undivided 100% interest in the mineral rights to the Pinguino property. The company also owns 100% mineral rights to more than 30 properties with over 377,490 acres (152,766 hectares) of prospective land located in the Santa Cruz and Rio Negro provinces of Argentina.
Location of the Pingüino Project
Pinguino property is located in Argentina's Patagonia region, within the Deseado Massif of Santa Cruz province.
 
History of the Pingüino Project
The silver-indium-zinc-lead-gold discovery at Pinguino in 2006 marked a major exploration milestone for the company. This was the first discovery of its kind in the region, unique in that it contains both silver-gold and indium-enriched base-metal m more...
 
Geology of the Pingüino Project
The Deseado Massif is characterized by a middle to upper Jurassic bimodal extensive volcanic event. Most of the epithermal mineralization is hosted and genetically related to this event. Pinguino veins are hosted in older rocks, within a series of Tr more...
 
Exploration and drilling
3/13/2011Argentex Mining Corporation >> Argentex: Second drill rig co...
1/24/2011commences 17,000-meter drill program at Pinguino, Santa Cruz...
12/15/2010Silver dominates 2010-2011 exploration program at Pinguino, ...
5/5/2010Silver footprint grows at Pinguino; Trenches 1.72 meters of ...
4/1/2010Trenches 2.0 meters of 20.72 g/t gold
3/25/2010Samples 59 g/t gold at Condor; drill tests multiple targets
1/20/2010Advances drill program at Pinguino
10/12/2009commences 2009-2010 silver-gold exploration program on Santa...
9/30/2009Management summary of mineral resource estimate and hi
9/14/2009receives first Mineral Resource Estimate for Pinguino; recom...
6/26/2008makes final option payment on Pinguino to secure 100% owners...
1/22/2008Exhibit Pinguino drill core at Mineral Exploration Roundup 2...
1/16/2008deploys second drill at Pinguino to accelerate its largest-e...
12/3/2007commences drilling at Pinguino to test rich zinc-lead-indium...
5/24/2007expands Pinguino exploration program to include additional t...
12/4/2006commences additional drilling at Pinguino property, Argentin...
11/2/2006Continues Fieldwork, Commences IP Geophysics at Pinguino, Ar...
10/2/2006commences fieldwork at Pinguino property, Argentina
7/7/2006Completes Initial 2006 Drill Program at Pinguino Silver-gold...
6/5/2006completes first five drill holes of 2006 program at Pinguino...
5/23/2006doubles land holdings at flagship Pinguino Silver-Gold Proje...
5/10/2006commences 2006 drill program at Pinguino silver-gold propert...
Discoveries and Drilling Results
5/25/2011Argentex Drills 5.76 Meters Grading 675.7 g/t A
4/12/2011Argentex drills 12.0 meters grading 512.5 g/t A
4/12/2011Drills 12.0 Meters Grading 512.5 g/t Ag and 1.12 g/t Au at P...
3/28/2011Argentex Intersects 4.0 Meters Grading 965 g/t Ag and
7/22/2010Drills 9.9 meters of 2.57 g/t gold near surface
6/16/2010Discovers new silver-gold zone
4/26/2010Drills 4.03 meters of 297.4 g/t silver
2/25/2010Drill results reveal silver-rich grades at Pinguino
5/6/2009fieldwork discovers 12 new mineralized veins at Pinguino, Sa...
4/7/2009high-grade silver-gold drill results advance
3/2/2009intersects high-grade silver-zinc-lead 400 me
2/20/2009New Argentex silver-indium-zinc-lead drill results
2/4/2009intersects 12.7 meters of 141 g/t silver, 9.39% combined lea...
12/17/2008Latest Argentex drill results continue to expand Pinguino's ...
9/29/2008hits longest interval of high-grade base-meta
7/8/2008makes Pinguino drill results available for viewing in 3D
5/20/2008continues to expand mineralized system at Pinguino
4/23/2008Intersects 19 meters of 384 g/t silver and 3.
4/8/2008drills 69 meters of 3% lead-zinc and 30 g/t i
12/26/2006intersects more high sulphide mineralization in ongoing dril...
11/27/2006reports strong preliminary geophysical results from Pinguino...
11/16/2006signs drill contract to further test high-grade zinc, silver...
9/21/2006announces additional 2006 drill results, updates progress at...
7/13/2006announces new zinc-lead-copper massive sulphide discovery at...
7/27/2005strikes high grade gold-silver at Pinguino during Phase One ...
Location
Data last updated on : 9/14/2009
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