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Article: BOLIVIA: CONSTRUCTION START-UP ON PLANNED $413,000,000 SILVER/ ZINC MINE IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN SOME TIME IN EARLY 2000, APEX SILVER MINES [USA] - Order #: 01682000.
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- WWP-Business Opportunities in Latin America & the Caribbean
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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PROJECT OVERVIEW: U.S.-based APEX SILVER MINES recently received a bankable project feasibility study report regarding the development of its Bolivian silver/zinc mine from KVAERNER ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION of the UK. According to the results of the study, the San Cristobal deposit in question has the potential to become one of the world's largest and lowest-cost producers.
The property reportedly contains estimated reserves amounting to 240 million tons. Average grades include 2 oz of silver per metric ton of ore in addition to gradings of 1.7% zinc and 0.6% lead. Operating plans envision making use of contract mining during the first 5 years to be ...
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History.(La Paz & Vicinity)
Bolivia Adventure Guide;
January 1, 2004 ;
700+ words
...La Paz was originally a stop-off place for silver ... Mendoza declared the city of Nuestra Senora de la Paz to be that place. The specific site he chose ... grow food. The city, its name shortened to La Paz, started to grow. Just over 100 years later ...
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