| Rio Blanco - San Luis Project |
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Rio Blanco - San Luis |
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Ecuador
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Province |
Azuay |
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Close to |
Cuenca |
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MINE DEVELOPMENT
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Surface |
58 km² / 14,332 acres |
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Latitude / Longitude |
2 S 50 / 79 W 20 |
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| Risk and valuation analysis of the Rio Blanco - San Luis Project |
| Status Risk : Mine development |
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| Location of the Rio Blanco - San Luis Project |
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It is located in the province of Azuay approximately 50 km west of Ecuador’s third largest city, Cuenca and approximately 320 km southwest of Ecuador’s capital city, Quito. IMZ’s Gaby gold property is located approximately 45 km west-southwest of the Rio Blanco property. The four mining concessions (San Luis A2, Miguir, Canoas and Canoas I) are contiguous claims
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| History of the Rio Blanco - San Luis Project |
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Gold mineralization was discovered on the Canoas concession in 1995 by Rio Tinto
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| Geology of the Rio Blanco - San Luis Project |
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The principal epithermal veins at the Rio Blanco project, including the Alejandra North Vein, are developed within the Rio Blanco Formation of the Saraguro Group. This Oligocene formation comprises, in order of importance: non-welded andesitic to dacitic lapilli ash-flow tuffs, welded ash-flow tuffs (ignimbrites) and sedimentary rocks
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Data last updated on : 10/31/2006
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Disclaimer
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