| Lara Reports Progress of Development and Construction at the Maravaia Copper Gold Deposit in Northern Brazil | |
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--( - ) - ('Lara' or the 'Company') (TSX VENTURE:LRA) is pleased to provide an update on development progress on the Maravaia Copper Gold Deposit, located within its Curionópolis exploration license in northern , where the Company's partner ('Tessarema'), is earning a 100% interest by putting the project into commercial production and making cash and royalty payments to Lara.
Tessarema submitted a Final Exploration Report ('RFP') to the ('DNPM') in and is currently in the process of preparing the Feasibility ('PAE') and Environmental Studies ('EIA/RIMA') required under the Brazilian mining code to apply for a Mining License. An Environmental License has already been granted for Pilot Mining and the full EIA/RIMA is scheduled for completion early in 2016. Tessarema currently had a Pilot Mining License issued in late 2014 and since mid-2015 has started installation of a processing plant, capable of treating a minimum of 500 tonnes per day. The key development milestones completed to date are the following:
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Secured surface land rights;
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Electrical substation installed connecting the processing plant to the local grid;
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Concrete foundations and pads for processing plant laid;
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Large equipment items (crusher, mills, conveyors, flotation cells, etc.) ordered, with deliveries scheduled from ;
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Geotechnical drilling and engineering work completed for the proposed tailings site;
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Stripping begun on the Osmar target, to access sulphide material that can be processed by flotation. The near-surface oxidized material (malachite, azurite, cuprite and some native copper) is being stockpiled near the plant for future processing.
Qualified Person
, Lara's Vice President Exploration and a Fellow of the (AusIMM), is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and has approved the technical disclosure and verified the technical information in this news release.
About Lara
Lara is an exploration company following the Prospect Generator business model, which aims to minimize shareholder dilution and financial risk by generating prospects and then exploring them in joint ventures funded by partners. The Company currently holds a diverse portfolio of prospects and deposits in , , , and . Lara's common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol 'LRA'.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor the accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Lara Exploration Ltd.
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CODE : LRA.V |
ISIN : CA5166831092 |
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Lara Expl. est une société d’exploration minière d'argent et d'or basée au Canada. Lara Expl. détient divers projets d'exploration au Bresil. Ses principaux projets en exploration sont CAMPOS VERDES, SÃO LOURENÇO, CURIONOPOLIS, CONCEICAO BRAZIL, ARAGUAIA, CANABRAVA et LIBERTADE BRAZIL au Bresil et LARA COPPER, PICHA et LAMPA au Perou. Lara Expl. est cotée au Canada et aux Etats-Unis D'Amerique. Sa capitalisation boursière aujourd'hui est 41,7 millions CA$ (30,3 millions US$, 27,7 millions €). La valeur de son action a atteint son plus haut niveau récent le 29 décembre 2006 à 2,14 CA$, et son plus bas niveau récent le 07 août 2015 à 0,20 CA$. Lara Expl. possède 34 210 000 actions en circulation. |