Why Explore in Mexico?
- Over 63 million ounces of gold and 10 billion ounces of
silver has been produced
- An additional 23 million ounces of gold have been discovered
since 1992
- Much of the gold is high grade Bonanza style
- Sierra Madre Occidental is the largest epithermal precious
metal province in the world and hosts a majority of Mexico’s
gold and silver deposits
- Modern exploration in Mexico did not start until 1992
- Modernized mining regulations allow 100% foreign ownership
and repatriation of profits
- One of the top 10 countries in the world to develop a
mine (Fraser Institute)
Sierra Madre Occidental
Nayarit Gold’s Orion Gold Project is situated on the
western edge of the Sierra Madre Occidental metallogenic province,
a large Tertiary-aged volcanic terrain which extends southeast
from the U.S./Mexico border for 1300 kilometres with a width
of 200 to 300 kilometres.
Gold and Silver Mining and Discoveries in the Sierra Madre
Occidental
|
Producers and Former Producers |
New Discoveries and Exploration |
| Tayoltita |
9.6 million oz Au
482 million oz Ag
|
Metates |
3.2 million oz Au |
| El Oro-Tlalpujahua |
7.4 million oz Au
92 million oz Ag
|
El Sauzal |
2.0 million oz Au |
| Pachuca |
6.0 million oz Au
1.5 billion oz Ag
|
Mulatos |
2.9 million oz Au |
| Guadalupe y Calvo |
2.0 million oz Au
28 million oz Ag
|
Dolores |
2.3 million oz Au |
| |
Ocampo |
4.4 million oz Au |
|