Canadian Scorpio Mining’s silver production falls‎

Toronto-listed Scorpio Mining (TSX: SPM) reported quarterly silver production at its Nuestra Señora mine in Mexico fell 10%, driven by lower head grades.

The Canadian miner produced 330487 ounces of silver in the first quarter, down 10% from last year.  Production on a silver equivalent basis fell 28% to 620,356 ounces.

Scorpio was expecting to produce 657,921 ounces of silver equivalent.

Exploration Update

Scorpio Mining has completed the first phase of the drilling program at its 100% owned La Revancha Project,  Chihuahua State, Mexico, and commenced a 2,500 meter drilling program at its nearby 100% owned Tepozán Project, Durango State.  Both projects are located in the Parral Mining District, which has a mining history dating back to colonial times and hosts several 100 million ounce silver deposits.

La Revancha has over 1.5 kilometer of outcropping veins oriented north-south and dipping steeply. Mineralization is hosted in silicified breccia and replacement zones filling fractures and faults. A considerable amount of historic mining has taken place in the vein system.

The Tepozán silver-gold vein system has been traced over a 1.3 kilometer strike length. The vein system has seen limited historical production and offers excellent potential for down-dip, high-grade silver-lead-zinc sulphide mineralization.
In other developments, work continues to compile information and verify the databases for both the San Rafael and El Cajón project areas in the Cosalá District. The completion of new resource estimates for these two projects is expected by the end of June 2012.

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