Coeur′s Kensington Mine Returning to Full Production Ahead of Schedule
Coeur d′Alene Mines Corporation (NYSE: CDE, TSX: CDM) reported today its
Kensington gold mine is resuming full production ahead of schedule.
In November of last year, the Company announced a temporary reduction in
mining and milling activities to allow for the completion of several
underground and surface projects. The majority of these projects are now
complete or scheduled to be complete by the end of July. The underground
paste backfill plant is now in commissioning, the mine′s electrical
infrastructure has been upgraded, underground development continues to
advance, and new surface facilities ? including a new warehouse, worker
dormitory, and expanded kitchen and dining facilities ? are completed.
In addition, Kensington has completed over 27,800 feet of definition
drilling so far this year.
Kensington, located 45 miles north of Juneau, Alaska, contains 1.3
million ounces of gold in proven and probable reserves within 6.0
million tons at an average grade of 0.22 ounce per ton at year-end 2011.
Kensington is expected to produce 82,600 ? 86,500 ounces of gold in
2012. Over two-thirds of this year′s production is expected in the
second half of the year.
About Coeur:
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation is the largest U.S.-based primary silver
producer and a growing gold producer. The Company built and commenced
production from three wholly owned, long-lived mines between 2008 and
2010: the San Bartolom? silver mine in Bolivia, the Palmarejo
silver-gold mine in Mexico and the Kensington gold mine in Alaska.
Further production has commenced from a new heap leach pad at Coeur's
long-time Rochester silver-gold mine in Nevada. The Company also owns
and operates the Martha silver-gold mine in Argentina and owns a
non-operating interest in a silver-base metal mine in Australia. Coeur
conducts ongoing exploration activities near and within its operating
properties in Argentina, Mexico, Alaska, Nevada and Bolivia. In
addition, Coeur owns strategic minority shareholdings in five silver
development companies in North and South America.
Cautionary Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of securities legislation in the United States and Canada, including
statements regarding anticipated production levels and operating costs.
Such statements are subject to numerous assumptions and uncertainties,
many of which are outside the control of Coeur. Anticipated production
levels and operating costs and other statements in this release are
based on information that Coeur believes is reasonable, but involve
significant uncertainties affecting the business of Coeur, including,
but not limited to, future gold and silver prices, costs, ore grades,
estimation of gold and silver reserves, mining and processing
conditions, construction schedules, the risks and hazards inherent in
the mining business (including environmental hazards, industrial
accidents, weather or geologically related conditions), regulatory and
permitting matters, as well as other uncertainties and risk factors set
out in filings made from time to time with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission, and the Canadian securities regulators,
including, without limitation, Coeur′s reports on Form 10-K and Form
10-Q. Actual results, developments and timetables could vary
significantly from the estimates presented. Readers are cautioned not to
put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Coeur disclaims any
intent or obligation to update publicly such forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Additionally, Coeur undertakes no obligation to comment on analyses,
expectations or statements made by third parties in respect of Coeur,
its financial or operating results or its securities.
Donald J. Birak, Coeur's Senior Vice President of Exploration and a
qualified person under NI 43-101, supervised the preparation of the
scientific and technical information concerning Coeur's mineral projects
in this news release. For a description of the key assumptions,
parameters and methods used to estimate mineral reserves and resources,
as well as data verification procedures and a general discussion of the
extent to which the estimates may be affected by any known
environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political,
marketing or other relevant factors, please see the Technical Reports
for each of Coeur's properties as filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors ? The United States Securities and
Exchange Commission permits U.S. mining companies, in their filings with
the SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can
economically and legally extract or produce. We use certain terms in
this presentation, such as 'measured,? 'indicated,? and 'inferred
resources,? that are recognized by Canadian regulations, but that SEC
guidelines generally prohibit U.S. registered companies from including
in their filings with the SEC. U.S. investors are urged to consider
closely the disclosure in our Form 10-K which may be secured from us, or
from the SEC′s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Coeur d′Alene Mines Corporation
Media Inquiries:
Stefany
Bales, 208-667-8263
Director of Corporate Communications
or
Investor
Relations:
Wendy Yang, 208-665-0345
Vice President of Investor
Relations
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