| Risk and valuation analysis of the La Arena Project |
| Status Risk : Feasibility |
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| Title(s) of the La Arena Project |
 | Rio Alto Mining Limited
Owner: 100% |
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| Rio Alto was originally formed to earn into, and eventually acquire, the La Arena gold-copper project in Peru from IAMGOLD Corp. Under an option agreement originally formed between IAMGOLD and Rio Alto, Mexican Silver Mines may earn up to 38.7 percen more... |
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| Location of the La Arena Project |
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The La Arena property, covering approximately 22,000 hectares, is located near the town of Huamachuco in northern Peru, South America. Geologically, it lies within a multimillion ounce gold district that includes the Alto Chicama, Tres Cruces, Shahuindo and Comarsa mines.
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| History of the La Arena Project |
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During 2005, the Company committed a significant portion of its exploration and development budget to the La Arena project located in the Huamachuco region in Peru. The 2005 drilling program aimed to complete a reserve estimate and assess the resources on the extensions of the known deposit.
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| Geology of the La Arena Project |
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The geology of the La Arena deposit includes sandstones, quartzite, and thick sequences of Jurassic-Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, the latter being intersected by subvolcanic dacitic porphyry. Two types of mineralization have been identified on the pr more...
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