prisoner thanks for good Ag info - -- Silvers huge net short postion:
From past experience another move up could be very soon! imo
Prisoner -- Ex.... Franklin Mining, Inc. formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Franklin Mining, Bolivia, S.A, in 2004
The Importance of Franklin Mining, Bolivia, S.A’s Investment in Bolivia’s Mining Industry
The Cerro Rico de Potosi is universally regarded as the world’s largest and most productive silver mine.
The modern technologies Franklin Mining, Inc. is prepared to introduce to its Cerro Rico operations are designed to significantly increase the volume of silver and all other minerals that can be exploited.
Under a separate COMIBOL agreement, Franklin is preparing the Original Escala Mine for its return to full productivity. The Escala is Bolivia’s second largest mine historic mine.
Franklin’s commitment to multiple Potosi area Cooperativas is to make every effort possible to increase worker productivity as well as work to increase worker safety and security. Increased worker productivity will result in increased family earnings within each community and further increase economic growth and development throughout the area.
ex.. the Escala orebody is a very large orebody with a number of mineralized targets -
The property has 23 holes drilled by AUSTPAC Gold - totaling 2,612 meters -
A second round of drilling of 14 holes added another 1,517 meters -
This orebody has also been a property of interest - since colonial days -
It hosts several very large stockwork deposits - worthy of significant attention -
The property is polymetallic, however, it also appears to host a porphyry copper deposit underlying - the polymetallic stockworks -
It also hosts a gold anomaly containing approximately 30,000 ounces at reasonable grade -
The Escala property has extremely good potential - but work to date has been more of the geo-chemical nature and has identified several interesting targets -
APMI plans 8,000 meters of drilling on the property in 2007 -
They also have pick up the Karachipampa Lead/Silver Smelter Project -
The Karachipampa Lead/Silver Smelter is located in Potosi, Bolivia -
It was constructed during the period 1985 thru 1988 - by Corporacion Minera de Bolivia (COMIBOL) and was never - fired due to a lack of lead concentrate production - in Bolivia - A total of $180 million have been expended on the facility to date by COMIBOL -
The plant has been on care and maintenance since completion and is in ‘new condition’ -
It was designed and constructed by Klockner - a German engineering and construction firm - with design based on state-of-the-art Russian - Kivcet technology -
This technology is in common use around the world with two of the most important users being the Cominco Trail Smelter in British Columbia and the Glencore Porto Vesme Smelter on the island of Sardenia, Italy.