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Sonoro Metals Initiates Metallurgical Testing at Cerro Caliche
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sonoro Metals Corp., (TSXV: SMO | OTCQB: SMOFF | FRA: 23SP), (“Sonoro” and the “Company”), provid
About this update from Sonoro Gold Corp
[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sonoro Metals Corp., (TSXV: SMO | OTCQB: SMOFF | FRA: 23SP), (“Sonoro” and the “Company”), provides an update to studies underway regarding its proposed Test Heap leach Pilot Operation at Cerro Caliche, Sonora State, Mexico, in accordance with its Fiscal Advisory Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Singapore-based InProved Pte. Ltd. “We are proud of the high degree of skill and leadership demonstrated by our Hermosillo, Mexico-based technical team under the direction of VP Exploration, Mel Herdrick and Operations Manager, Jorge Diaz,” said Kenneth MacLeod, President and CEO of Sonoro. “The launching of metallurgical testing and preliminary pilot-plant design in conjunction with the ongoing drilling program, will ensure that all the elements needed to create a successful project are being managed simultaneously.” In connection with the first work phase of its proposed Heap Leach Pilot Operation (HLPO) at Cerro Caliche, Sonoro reports that the results from its phase 1 and 2 drilling campaigns combined with drilling by other companies, have enabled the Company to outline sufficient oxidized, shallow, gold mineralization in the Japoneses-Cuervos zone, to sustain a pilot size operation, making it the planned mineralized material source for the HLPO. Sonoro has engaged Geo Digital Imaging de Méxicoan (GDI), an independent engineering firm to develop the preliminary studies required to generate quality data for the development of the NI 43-101 compliant pre-feasibility study to assess the viability of the development of a heap leach plant at Cerro Caliche. GDI is a Hermosillo-based independent mining engineering firm with a team of experts with extensive backgrounds in mine project development, with services that range from the development of project GIS (geo-info-system) to resource modeling, ore characterization, metallurgical testing and mine design. Among others, GDI’s clients include Agnico Eagle, Argonaut Gold, Fresnillo PLC, Alio Gold and Alamos Gold. GDI has teamed up with Sonoro’s geological staff to develop the first block model of the zone. The model has been developed based on Sonoro’s best practice compliant database that includes up to date drilling results and Sonoro’s geologic interpretation. Modeling was done with the latest softwar...