International Silver Inc. (OTCQB: ISLV) Signs Letter of Intent on Caselton Tailings
17 Oktober 2011 - 3:30PM
International Silver Inc. (OTCQB:ISLV) is pleased to announce that
it has signed a Letter of Intent with the owner of the Caselton
Tailings ponds, Aurum LLC. International Silver Inc. and Aurum LLC
anticipate executing a formal Joint Venture Agreement to recover
the precious metal values from the tailings and remediate the site
for future use in conjunction with International Silver's Pioche
Mines Project.
The Caselton Tailings are located adjacent to the International
Silver Inc. Caselton Concentrator near Pioche Nevada and were
originally derived from historic operations at the Caselton #2
Mine, the Prince Mine and the Pan American Mine. According to an
independent engineer's report ( Mine Development Associates,
2/21/2003) the tailings consist of approximately 2,009,000 tons of
mineralized material grading 0.906 ounces per ton silver and 0.028
ounces per ton gold. This would equate to 1,819,800 ounces of
silver and 55,710 ounces of gold contained in the material prior to
application of a recovery factor. The estimate was derived from a
total of 493 auger drilled and trench samples collected on regular
intervals across the tailings ponds. The samples were subjected to
chemical analysis at two separate certified laboratories and were
also split for metallurgical test work.
International Silver Inc. will conduct further independent
validation sampling and metallurgical testing to re- confirm
tonnage, grades and recovery of the precious metal values. A final
feasibility study and N.I. 43-101 report will be produced prior to
commencement of operations. Environmental permitting has been
initiated which will include a new lined tailings impoundment pond
and processing at International Silver's Caselton Concentrator, a
2,000 tpd flotation plant located less than one mile from the
tailings impoundment area and its Prince Mine.
The Company will operate the Caselton Tailings Project while
finalizing confirmation drilling and metallurgical testing of a
large tonnage, near surface resource of fully oxidized zinc,
silver, gold, lead and manganese ore at its adjacent Prince Mine. A
metallurgical testing program to confirm that the ore is free
leaching with sulfuric acid and amenable to solvent extraction and
electrowinning of zinc (to produce special high grade cathode zinc)
and sulfur dioxide leaching of manganese to produce manganese
sulfate (a fertilizer and/or feed to manganese electro-winning to
electro-manganese dioxide, EMD) with silver, gold and lead
recovered through flotation to a high grade lead-silver-gold
concentrate. At the same time, re-start planning of its Pan
American Mine located 14 miles from the Caselton Concentrator will
be on-going.
CORPORATE PROFILE
International Silver Inc. is a publicly traded exploration
company whose properties are located in the United States
principally in Nevada and California. International Silver Inc.
owns the Pan American Silver Mine, Prince Mine and Caselton
Concentrator collectively known as the Pioche Mines Project, an
exploration stage silver, gold, lead, zinc and manganese project in
Nevada. The company also has the Calico Silver Project in San
Bernardino County, California.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND
RISKS
This press release contains forward-looking statements and are
based on our current expectations, assumptions and estimates.
Forward looking statements carry certain risks regarding an assumed
set of economic conditions and courses of action, including: (a)
whether International Silver, Inc. ("the Company") will be able to
obtain sufficient financing to continue to meet its operational
goals; (b) the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") permits
companies engaged in exploration or mining activities to file
reports with the SEC to disclose only those mineral deposits that a
company can economically and legally extract or produce and views
such representations with a great amount of uncertainty; and (c)
other risk factors and matters disclosed in the Company's SEC
filings, including its Form 10-K for the period ending December 31,
2010 and its reports on Form 8K filed with the SEC, both of which
may be accessed at www.sec.gov. No information contained in this
press release should be construed as a representation or
indication, in any manner whatsoever, of the present or future
value of the Company or its common stock. Readers of information
contained in this press release should carefully review the
Company's filings with the SEC that contain important information
regarding the Company. The Company disclaims any responsibility to
update forward looking statements made herein.
For further information, please visit the Company's website:
internationalsilverinc.com or contact Matthew J. Lang, Vice
President Administration & Investor Relations (520) 889-2040
ext. 10 or mlang@internationalsilverinc.com
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Harold R. Shipes"
Harold R. Shipes, President & CEO
CONTACT: Matthew J. Lang
Vice President Administration & Investor Relations
(520) 889-2040 ext. 10
mlang@internationalsilverinc.com
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