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San Anton Property - Location

LOCATION

The San Antón Project is located in the state of Guanajuato in central Mexico, approximately 270km northwest of Mexico City. Cerro del Gallo (Hill of the Rooster) is located at latitude 21° 04’ 28”N, longitude 101° 01’ 38”W.

The San Antón Property fully incorporates the San Antón de las Minas mining district, centered 23km east northeast of Guanajuato city and the historic Guanajuato Mining District where production from 1700 to 2004 is reported to have been 1.14 billion ounces of silver and 6.5 million ounces of gold. San Antón lies within the central-southern segment of the world-class Mexican Gold-Silver Belt.

The San Anton Property lies within the Municipality of Dolores Hidalgo. Guanajuato city has a population of 153,364 inhabitants while Dolores Hidalgo has a population of 134,641 inhabitants. The community of San Anton de las Minas covers an area of 2,167 hectares and has a population estimated at approximately 473 inhabitants living in 78 dwellings.

Prospects currently under investigation by the Company's exploration team in the Property include Cerro del Gallo and the Carmen-Providencia vein system (Empalizada, Dolores Shaft, Espiritu Santos and San Luis Rey).
 

Concessions
 

The San Antón Project covers an area of 23,562 hectares (approximately 15km north-south by 16km east-west) and consists of a total of ten granted, contiguous exploitation and exploration concessions all owned by San Antón de las Minas S.A. de C.V.

 

Land Ownership
 
The San Anton Property covers private land owned by individuals having small land holdings each of a few hectares. There are no ejidos (community owned lands) present around the San Anton de las Minas community. San Anton de las Minas, S.A. de C.V. owns freehold title and has surface rights to land totaling 656,267 m2 including Cerro del Gallo (620,131 m2), a field office in San Anton (6,927 m2), and the Dolores Shaft (29,209 m2).
 

Infrastructure
 
Power Line at Cerro del Gallo

The San Anton Property is located within a region of well established infrastructure. The property area is well serviced by road, rail, and air services, power and water supplies, and skilled and semi-skilled local labor. Surrounding cities are capable of providing most of the services required for supporting a major mining operation.

The property site enjoys year round and unrestricted access provided by a good network of local roads and tracks. The principal access route to the area is by sealed Federal Highway 110, then 17km of a well maintained all-weather good quality gravel road. The journey by road takes approximately 20 minutes to complete from Dolores Hidalgo and approximately 1 hour from Guanajuato. There is an international airport at Leon, 30 minutes from Guanajuato along a four lane toll freeway. An inland port facility will integrate the international airport and is currently under construction by the state government. In addition to the international airport at Leon there are five local airports and one interstate airport within a 3 hour drive of the property area. Rail services are available within 20 km of Cerro del Gallo.

Electricity is supplied to the San Anton de las Minas community through a 115 kV, three phase power line operated by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (Mexican Federal Power Authority), which passes over the southern flank of the Cerro del Gallo deposit and can be easily upgraded. Power supply is generally reliable and comes from the main Dolores Hidalgo to Guanajuato power line.

There are a number of potential sources of water in the area, including groundwater from aquifers and local streams that drain the property area. Several large dams have been constructed in the surrounding area; including the Peñuelitas Dam that has a capacity of 23.8 Mm3 located 15 km from Cerro del Gallo near the city of Dolores Hidalgo.