VANCOUVER, BC, July 25, 2024 /CNW/ – Luca Mining Corp. (“Luca” or the “Company“) (TSXV: LUCA) (OTCQX: LUCMF) (Frankfurt: Z68) is pleased to announce that it has completed construction of its new, 100% owned Tahuehueto gold mine located in Durango State, Mexico.
Tahuehueto is a fully permitted underground operation with a 1,000 tonne per day (tpd) nameplate processing capacity. The mine was completed within budget and has been successfully producing on a pre-production basis for several months. Processing rates will now start to ramp up to commercial levels and this is expected to be achieved by the end of September. Commercial run-rate levels are considered to be an average of approximately 800 tpd or 25,000 tonnes of ore per month. Tahuehueto is a large property (121 square kilometres) that hosts an extensive epithermal gold vein system with less than 10% of the prospective ground explored so far. Regionally, Tahuehueto is…
