Gallery - Sterling Mining in Mexico
Sterling Mining Company founded Sterling Mining de Mexico SA in 2004. The initial project was the Baroness Project which entailed building seventeen Vats using a thiosulphate process to process tailings and ore. The project began production in 2005. The Company steadily expanded acquiring new prospects and projects,, By 2007 the Company employed forty five people in Mexico. The late Martin Sutti was the General Manager , and Gilberto Zapata as Chief Financial Officer.
Martin Sutti, General Manager
Ray De Motte, President
Sterling Mining in Mexico
Exploration , Development and Production
Sterling began operations in Mexico, with the Baroness Silver Project in 2004. It was the first environmentally-safe thiosulphate project in Zacatecas. Sterling’s President Ray De Motte and in Mexico General Manager the late Martin Sutti, spearheaded development of properties in Mexico. The Baroness reached solid profitable commercial production, and by 2006 surface material from the San Acacio project was also being processed.
By 2008 operations in the Zacatecas Silver District were providing quarterly cash flow to Sterling Mining Company helping to support Sterling’s activities in the Coeur d’Alene Mining District ; negotiations began with major Mexican mining company to expand Sterling’s land package for a proposed joint-venture; and Sterling Mining employees in Mexico were preparing an advanced 2009 exploration and development plan to increase resources at the San Acacio mine . In 2008 after change in management at Sterling Mining Company from June 2008 on Sterling Mining Mexico was in disputes with new management at Sterling Mining Company. All plans for expanding production , resources, and joint-ventures ended.
Projects in Mexico
The Baroness Silver Project
The San Acacio Mine Concession
El Morro Area
Vetas Negras/Esperanza
Tesorito – Tabasquena
El Griego
Arturo
Bolshoi
La Chapis
Cuatro Cienegas
The prolific Zacatecas Silver Mining district was the focus of Sterling Mining in Mexico