It is accessed through the South Pan-American Highway – Vía los Libertadores – Rumichaca Bridge – María Fé Project.
The project is located 3.5 hours from the port of Pisco.
Currently, the María Fé project has 400 ha titled and 200 ha in process.
There is an exploitation Reinfo registration (in process in the name of West Mountain), which allows diamond drilling work and a production of up to 350 t/day.
Within the Mining Property there is a processing and tailings dam plant (inoperative), which will allow obtaining permits for a beneficiation plant quickly.

Geological Context

The vein system of the María Fe project is made up of banded veins located in siltstones, sandstones and conglomerates of the Casapalca Formation metallotect.

It is located towards the eastern margin of the Chonta Fault. Where are important mines and projects such as Recuperada, Caudalosa Chica (Kolpa), arcopunco, among others.

The geological characteristics are comparable to those of the Marta mine (Cia. Minera Barbastro S.A.C.), with the difference that the replacement bodies located in the calcareous levels are preserved under the layers of the Fm. Casapalca.

Stratigraphy

Stratigraphically, the project is located in the Ayacucho domain, where the lower member of the Casapalca formation reaches a thickness of between 200m and 300m, overlying calcareous sequences of the Fm. Condorsinga from the Pucara group. (Rildo Rodríguez 2008)

Mining Potential

The presence of 13 vein structures is observed, with more than 9.5 km of Veins. The Juanita Vein being the main structure with more than 1.2 km of outcrop and variable thicknesses of up to 2.50m in addition to scattered boxes.

The veins are made up of calcite and quartz with a banded and breccia texture; and the mineralization is composed of disseminated sphalerite, galena and smithsonite.

The Juanita vein was partially mined on the surface through open pits. Historical drilling indicates the presence of mineralized nails with contents of up to 5.58 Oz/t Ag, 26.5% Zn, 1.28% Cu and 7.57% Pb.

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