Agreement to Acquire Company-Owned Processing Plant
LONDON, ENGLAND -- (Marketwire) -- 03/15/13 -- Arian Silver Corporation ("Arian" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: AGQ)(AIM: AGQ)(FRANKFURT: I3A), a silver exploration, development and production company with a focus on projects in the Zacatecas silver belt of Mexico, today announces that it has signed a provisional agreement with Sandy Hill Ltd, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, to acquire a processing plant currently located close to Zacatecas City, with a capacity to treat up to 1,500 tonnes per day of silver-lead-zinc ore ("EL Bote Mill").
Arian's CEO Jim Williams commented today, "I am very pleased to announce this important step forward towards achieving our stated intention of becoming a more significant silver producer from our San Jose project. We have already demonstrated that we have the silver, lead and zinc resources to support an expanded operation at San Jose and acquisition of this larger processing plant can only accelerate this aim. On acquisition, the EL Bote Mill would be reassembled in modular fashion on-site at San Jose which will allow us to synchronise plant construction with increased mine capacity. I have commented previously on the obvious operating efficiencies and increased revenue potential from operating a Company-owned processing plant on site at San Jose and I am confident that our due diligence on the El Bote Mill will confirm this".
Arian will pay an initial $100,000 to secure a 120 day due diligence period to confirm the El Bote Mill, which has a past history of treating run of mine ore from Arian's San Jose project, is still suitable.
The final purchase price for the El Bote Mill has been agreed at $3.12 million subject to the satisfactory results of Arian's further due diligence. This amount is well within the Company's current financing capabilities.
Upon completion of the purchase, the plant would be disassembled and relocated to an already permitted 24 hectare site on the eastern side of the San Jose Property. A contiguous 6 hectare plot is designated for the associated tailings dam and permitting for this is advancing and expected to be granted shortly.
Meanwhile, as previously reported Arian has commenced production at the Juan Reyes toll mill in Zacatecas and initial operating results will be highlighted in Arian's Q1 results.
The foregoing release contains forward-looking statements that can be identified by terminology such as "will," "would," "expected," "potential," "would be," or similar expressions, regarding discussions relating to the fundraising and due diligence programmes. Such forward-looking statements reflect the current views of management regarding future events, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the outcome of events to be materially different from management's current expectations. There can be no guarantee of the outcome of either the fundraising or the due diligence programmes. Arian will make additional releases in respect of the foregoing, but does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements in this document should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialise, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, or actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, believed, estimated or expected.
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Contacts:
Arian Silver Corporation
Jim Williams
CEO
(London) +44 (0)20 7887 6599
jwilliams@ariansilver.com
Arian Silver Corporation
David Taylor
Company Secretary
(London) +44 (0)20 7887 6599
dtaylor@ariansilver.com
Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
Gerry Beaney / David Hignell
(London) +44 (0)20 7383 5100
gerry.d.beaney@uk.gt.com
Yellow Jersey PR Limited
Dominic Barretto
(London) +44 (0)7768537739
dominic@yellowjerseypr.com
XCAP Securities PLC
Jon Belliss
(London) +44 (0)20 7101 7070
jon.belliss@xcapgroup.com
CHF Investor Relations
Juliet Heading
(Canada) +1 416 868 1079 x 239
juliet@chfir.com
