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Luca Mining Announces Final Commissioning Phase at the Tahuehueto Gold Mine, and the Appointment of New Director
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Luca Mining Announces Final Commissioning Phase at the Tahuehueto Gold Mine, and the Appointment of New Director\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n \n ,\n \n \n Feb. 8, 2024\n \n \n /CNW/ - Luca Mining Corp. (\"Luca\" or the \"Company\") (TSXV: LUCA) (OTCQX: LUCMF) (Frankfurt: Z68) is pleased to provide an update on progress at its wholly-owned Tahuehueto Gold Mine in\n \n Durango, Mexico\n \n , and announces the addition of Mr.\n \n Peter Damouni\n \n to the Company's Board of Directors.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The project to increase throughput at the Tahuehueto mill to 1,000 tonnes per day is in the final commissioning stage. Testing of the second ball mill, which was the last component in the project, is well advanced and will provide a total installed grinding capacity of 1,250 tonnes per day (\"tpd\").\n \n \n \n \n The Luca Board welcomes\n \n Peter Damouni\n \n as a new Director. Peter brings considerable market, finance and corporate experience and will open new opportunities for Luca.\n \n \n \n \n \n Tahuehueto Gold Mine, Durango State,\n \n Mexico\n \n \n \n \n Testing of the final equipment to complete construction of the 1,000 tpd operation is almost complete. In the crushing circuit, a new vibrating screen is also currently being installed, to further improve crusher system availability.\n \n \n Final alignment and testing of the second 750 tpd ball mill will complete mid-February, providing an installed grinding capacity of 1,250 tpd. With routine planned maintenance downtime each month, this will ensure an actual production rate of 1,000 tpd. The other key element of this project was the second tailings press filter, which is already in operation and working in parallel with the first press filter. As a result, daily production is increasing. With the second mill commissioned, production will then progressively ramp-up to 35,000-40,000 oz gold equivalent per year.\n \n \n \n Mike Struthers\n \n , CEO, commented, \"\n \n Our team at Tahuehueto ...