Toronto-based Andean Precious Metals has released an update on the progress of the miner’s scoping level study at the San Bartolomé Mine in Bolivia.
The study’s objective is to evaluate various options to expand the life of mine at San Bartolomé via the extraction of silver and tin contained within a stockpile of fine material at the fines disposal facility (FDF). The FDF is adjacent to the tailings facility, the company said in a statement.
The “FDF contains 16.2 million silver ounces and 11,930 tonnes of tin within 10.15 million tonnes of indicated mineral resources and 2.3 million ounces of silver and 1,330 tonnes of tin within 1.51 million tonnes of inferred mineral resources. The Expansion Study will inform the Company's decision to move forward with a feasibility study related to the FDF,” according to the statement