Update on the ramp-up in mining and gold production at its 100 percent owned El Castillo Gold Mine in Durango State, Mexico.

Operating highlights for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 compared to Q3-2008 and Q2-2009, include:

• New quarterly gold production record of 7,655 ounces of gold, a 65 percent increase from the year earlier third quarter period of 6.421 ounces and a 19 percent increase from the previous quarter (Q2-2009) of 6,421 ounces of gold produced.
  
  
• New quarterly record for total tonnes mined of 2,594,800 tonnes of combined ore and waste, a 109 percent increase from the year earlier third quarter period of 1,239,500 and a 39 percent increase from the previous quarter of 1,862,300 tonnes mined.