La Libertad is a gold mine purchased by Canadian corporation, Calibre Mining, from B2Gold in 2019. It is in production at the different sites of the mining complex which is spread over 10,000 ha. in and around the community of Santo Domingo. The mining company is exploring various other locations within the concession to extend exploitation. It isContinue reading “La Libertad”
Subsoil Type of Extraction Archives
Reducción Norte & Corazón de Tinieblas
In 2011, Hochschild Mining obtained two contiguous mining concessions, Reducción Norte Corazón de Tinieblas and Corazón de Tinieblas, in the municipalities of Malinaltepec, Zapotitlán de las Tablas, Tlacoapa and San Luis Acatlán in Guerrero state, Mexico. Exploration and exploitation of the mine was prevented by community legal challenges. These led Hochschild Mining to renounce the concessionsContinue reading “Reducción Norte & Corazón de Tinieblas”
Marlin
Mineral production at the mine ended on 31 May 2017. However, recuperation and revegetation activities have proceeded following the end of production, followed by continuous monitoring and maintenance. As part of Goldcorp Inc.’s sale of another Guatemalan project, Cerro Blanco, to Bluestone Resources Inc., Goldcorp granted Bluestone a right of first refusal to certain assets andContinue reading “Marlin”
Cerro Blanco
Despite receiving an exploitation licence in 2007, the Cerro Blanco project faced repeated technical and engineering difficulties preventing production. In 2013 Goldcorp suspended mining operations at the Cerro Blanco site. In 2017, Bluestone Resources Inc. purchased the mine, undertaking new feasibility studies and engineering work. In 2021, it published a new feasibility study proposing a change from subterranean toContinue reading “Cerro Blanco”
ASP1 & ASP2 (Guapinol)
Access road built. Processing plant in construction since 2018. Extraction and processing due to begin in 2021.
