Those who keep track of the progress of Lluvia-Jojoba through these bi-weekly reports will be able to gauge our progress on leach pad preparations with one of the photos below (see Photo 1). The southwest end of the Lluvia leach pad is almost ready to receive new ore from the Creston pit after removal of the previously leached rock (that has been taking up precious pad space for the last 12 years). The mining crew has one more cut to make on the northeast side of the off-load area so that we can commence the plan to re-load the leach pad with new ore.

Exploration and ore definition drilling continues with the core drill program and the reverse-circulation (RC) drill program. The core drill has been moved back into the Creston pit to identify new areas of gold mineralization adjacent to previously known ore blocks and to expand on our knowledge of the Lower Zone mineral zone. It will drill about a dozen holes in the southwest end of the pit over the next few weeks. The MCM drillers are currently drilling on hole #31.

The RC drill has completed 17 drill holes for a total of 2,987 meters, and most of the samples have been shipped to the ALS-Chemex laboratory in Hermosillo for analysis. The current phase of percussion drilling has been completed with more than 3,500 meters completed in the last month. The percussion drill samples have been shipped and analyses received. Analysis of the percussion drill data is underway.