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IMPACT SILVER COMMENCES MINING AT NOCHE BUENA
IMPACT SILVER COMMENCES MINING AT NOCHE BUENA
About this update from Impact Silver Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":"\nIMPACT SILVER COMMENCES MINING AT NOCHE BUENA\n\n\n Mar. 4, 2010 (TheNewswire.ca) -- IMPACT Silver Corp. (\"IMPACT\") is pleased to announce mining has started at the new Noche Buena Mine in the prolific Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver and Gold District of central Mexico. Full production is scheduled to commence in April and will augment current production from the Chivo and San Ramon Mines.The start of operations at Noche Buena will focus on accessing the main zone of mineralization. The adit is being developed on the vein and initial production is planned for between 80 to 100 tonnes per day and will increase over the year as additional mining faces are developed. IMPACT's operating processing plant at Guadalupe, located four kilometers away, is being upgraded to accommodate the additional Noche Buena throughput.The Noche Buena Project will be the third new mine that has been taken from discovery to production by the IMPACT technical team. From the time first assays were received from the discovery drill hole (January 2009) to projected commercial production in April, approximately 15 months will have elapsed. This ability to fast track new mines into production is a cornerstone of IMPACT's plans to rapidly grow silver production in the Zacualpan-Mamatla Districts.To date, drilling has defined the upper levels of the Noche Buena Zone over a strike length of 300 meters, a depth of 100 meters and an average width of 3 meters. The zone remains open for expansion. Exploration on this northerly trending, west dipping Silver-Gold breccia zone has consisted of holes drilled on a 50-meter by 50-meter drill pattern designed to systematically explore and build tonnage. A compilation of drill results to date as reported in previous news releases is as follows:NOCHE BUENA ZONE UPPER LEVEL DRILL INTERSECTIONS TO DATE\nDRILL FROM TO INTERVAL SILVER GOLD \nHOLE (m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t) \nSECTION 1100N \nZ09-06 134.3 135.6 1.3 332 0.7 \nIncluding 134.3 134.7 0.4 872 1.2 \nZ09-05 125.0 126.5 1.5 123 0.1 \nSECTION 1150N \nZ08-70 21.8 30.4 8.6 204 0.2 \nZ08-71 108.3 112.6 4.3 233 0.7 \nZ09-10 119.9 121.9 2.0 167 0.4 \nSECTION 1200N \nZ09-72 118.7 119.5 0.8 243 0.5 \nSECTION 1250N \nZ09-12 52.0 55.9 4.0 319 2.0 \nIncluding 54.5 54.8 0.3 3,600 15.5 \nZ09-19 125.4 127.9 2.5 146 0.8 \n \nNOCHE BUENA ZONE UPPER LEVEL DRILL INTERSECTIONS (Continued)\...