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Tuesday, 25th September 2007 (2866 views)

A Mining MarketWatch Journal review on Soltera Mining has revealed that a gold-rich vein estimated to be 14 kilometres long and 14 metres wide has been discovered at the company's El Torno Project in Argentina.

Currently a past-producing mine, the report highlights Soltera's confidence that the application of modern techniques will allow for the further extraction of gold from the area, which is in the Andean Cordillera, near the Bolivian border.

The gold mine at El Torno, in the Argentinian province of Jujuy, is rumoured to have been worked by the Incas, the Jesuits and the Spanish.

Within the past year, gold was recovered from the vein in the form of particles and micro-nuggets, which could indicate that the gold is free in the vein, not locked in pyrite grains, the review revealed.

In addition to the El Torno Project, Soltera is currently exploring a second project at Surprise Lake in British Columbia, Canada.

 

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