First Majestic Silver Corp (FR)

[Bobwins]

Slightly behind schedule on La Encantada expansion. Supposed to start in July but sounds like it will be several weeks before first ore goes thru new circuits. Supposed to be fully commissioned by October so Q4 should get a nice boost. Bobwins


Mon Jul 20, 2009
Second Quarter Production Results
First Majestic Silver Corp. ("First Majestic" or the "Company") announces that production in the second quarter ending June 30th, 2009 equalled 957,937 equivalent ounces of silver which consisted of 827,719 ounces of silver, 1,493,162.02 pounds of lead and 746 ounces of gold.

Overall recoveries of silver at the Company's three operating silver mines; the La Encantada Silver Mine the La Parrilla Silver Mine and the San Martin Silver Mine increased in the quarter from 60% to 64%. The ore processed during the quarter, amounted to 204,574 tonnes with an overall average silver head grade in the quarter of 196 g/t of silver.

The Company's production levels are slightly behind schedule mostly due to the enormous efforts going into completing the major construction project at the La Encantada mine. The completion of this new 3500 tpd mill is expected to have such a dramatic effect on production and profitability and as a result management has focused most of its efforts on completing this project.

This major construction project at the La Encantada continued into the second quarter. This new 3500 tpd Cyanidation mill is expected to begin the commissioning process in a few weeks and will result in doré production being ramped up over a three month period. The new plant is expected to be fully commissioned by the end of October and once completed will produce 4.3 million ounces of silver doré annually.

With the completion of the La Encantada construction project coming to an end in October, production levels in the third and fourth quarter are expected to improve significantly. Once this occurs, management can then focus its efforts on its other projects in order to further increase production levels.

First Majestic is a producing silver company focused in Mexico and is aggressively pursuing its business plan to become a senior silver producer through the development of its existing assets and the pursuit through acquisition of additional assets that contribute to achieving its significant corporate growth objectives.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION contact [e-mail], visit our website at www.firstmajestic.com or call our toll free number 1.866.529.2807.


FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP.

"signed"

Keith Neumeyer, President & CEO