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Silver starts flowing at Excellon's La Platosa

Naysayers said it couldn’t be done but, having almost dried out the La Platosa high-grade silver mine in Durango, Mexico, Excellon Resources (CN:EXN) will start to ramp up mining in the coming months and transform the company into one of the most interesting silver plays in the country.

Look at those grades: Chief executive Brendan Cahill stands by a panel underground in the La Platosa mine

Look at those grades: Chief executive Brendan Cahill stands by a panel underground in the La Platosa mine

Production at La Platosa has historically been constrained by water inflows – a bottleneck restricting Excellon to mining about 150 tonnes per day – so solving the water issue has always been the key to...

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