Mucking & hauling equipment
New mucking and hauling equipment brought into the mine.
Operations
A revamped mine and plant.
With the new circuit designed, the company carried out a comprehensive revamp of both the mine and the plant at Mina Real.
Company
Since 2007
Operating continuously in Mexico
Expected
Up to 400 tpd
Expected plant capacity when all work is completed
Management expectation, news release May 4, 2026. Not yet achieved
Expected
Oct 2026
Larger pretreatment tank: expected completion
Mid to late October 2026. Expected to allow increased capacity through the mill
Every upgrade, one by one
Mucking & hauling equipment
New mucking and hauling equipment brought into the mine.
Water pumping stations
Mine water pumping stations rehabilitated, including cleaning of sump 018.
New pumps
New pumps installed, including a 40 HP pump at sump 018.
Electrical systems
Mine electrical systems upgraded.
Compressed-air systems
Mine compressed-air systems upgraded.
Ball mill · 6′ × 6′
After the 6′ × 5′ mill went out of service in October 2025, the company sourced a used 6′ × 6′ mill, rebuilt and installed it, with a corresponding slurry pump upgrade. It was commissioned and began operating in late December 2025.
Centrifugal decanter
A high-speed centrifugal decanter for liquid-solid separation, installed and started up, recovers water, residual values and cyanide for reuse.
Water recovery
Water is recovered by the centrifugal decanter for reuse.
Cyanide recovery & reuse
Cyanide is recovered for reuse, cutting fresh reagent consumption.
Electrical substation
A new electrical substation, with a 750 kVA transformer and compact substation installed.
Tailings filtering station
An expanded tailings filtering station, enabling dry-stacked tailings storage.
Dry-stacked tailings
Tailings stored dry-stacked, rather than wet.
Stainless-steel process tanks
New stainless-steel process tanks, including two reagent tanks with stainless-steel piping and pumps, an acidity/basicity control tank, and a new 18,500-litre stainless-steel tank for ammonium bisulfite.
Crushing circuits
Primary, secondary and tertiary crushing circuits revamped, including repairs to the jaw crusher and the 4 ft and 3 ft cone crushers.
Drum filters
Existing drum filters fully rehabilitated. On vacuum filter no. 2, damaged steel was replaced, filter screens changed and the filter drive rebuilt.
Ball mill · 6′ × 12′
Babbitt bearing replaced on the 6′ × 12′ ball mill.
Precipitation
Two new Butters filters constructed for the precipitation circuit.
Laboratory
A micro-balance for weighing gold and silver installed and in operation.
Water pumping stations
Mine water pumping stations rehabilitated, including cleaning of sump 018.
New pumps
New pumps installed, including a 40 HP pump at sump 018.
Electrical systems
Mine electrical systems upgraded.
Compressed-air systems
Mine compressed-air systems upgraded.
Ball mill · 6′ × 6′
After the 6′ × 5′ mill went out of service in October 2025, the company sourced a used 6′ × 6′ mill, rebuilt and installed it, with a corresponding slurry pump upgrade. It was commissioned and began operating in late December 2025.
Centrifugal decanter
A high-speed centrifugal decanter for liquid-solid separation, installed and started up, recovers water, residual values and cyanide for reuse.
Water recovery
Water is recovered by the centrifugal decanter for reuse.
Cyanide recovery & reuse
Cyanide is recovered for reuse, cutting fresh reagent consumption.
Electrical substation
A new electrical substation, with a 750 kVA transformer and compact substation installed.
Tailings filtering station
An expanded tailings filtering station, enabling dry-stacked tailings storage.
Dry-stacked tailings
Tailings stored dry-stacked, rather than wet.
Stainless-steel process tanks
New stainless-steel process tanks, including two reagent tanks with stainless-steel piping and pumps, an acidity/basicity control tank, and a new 18,500-litre stainless-steel tank for ammonium bisulfite.
Crushing circuits
Primary, secondary and tertiary crushing circuits revamped, including repairs to the jaw crusher and the 4 ft and 3 ft cone crushers.
Drum filters
Existing drum filters fully rehabilitated. On vacuum filter no. 2, damaged steel was replaced, filter screens changed and the filter drive rebuilt.
Ball mill · 6′ × 12′
Babbitt bearing replaced on the 6′ × 12′ ball mill.
Precipitation
Two new Butters filters constructed for the precipitation circuit.
Laboratory
A micro-balance for weighing gold and silver installed and in operation.
01Mine
Mine upgrades.
New mucking and hauling equipment was brought in, water pumping stations were rehabilitated with new pumps, and electrical and compressed-air systems were upgraded.
Mucking & hauling equipment
New mucking and hauling equipment brought into the mine.
Water pumping stations
Mine water pumping stations rehabilitated, including cleaning of sump 018.
New pumps
New pumps installed, including a 40 HP pump at sump 018.
Electrical systems
Mine electrical systems upgraded.
Compressed-air systems
Mine compressed-air systems upgraded.
02Plant
Plant upgrades.
The plant revamp added a 6′ × 6′ ball mill, a centrifugal decanter, a new electrical substation, an expanded tailings filtering station, new stainless-steel process tanks and revamped crushing circuits, alongside repairs and rehabilitation across the circuit.
Ball mill · 6′ × 6′
After the 6′ × 5′ mill went out of service in October 2025, the company sourced a used 6′ × 6′ mill, rebuilt and installed it, with a corresponding slurry pump upgrade. It was commissioned and began operating in late December 2025.
Centrifugal decanter
A high-speed centrifugal decanter for liquid-solid separation, installed and started up, recovers water, residual values and cyanide for reuse.
Water recovery
Water is recovered by the centrifugal decanter for reuse.
Cyanide recovery & reuse
Cyanide is recovered for reuse, cutting fresh reagent consumption.
Electrical substation
A new electrical substation, with a 750 kVA transformer and compact substation installed.
Tailings filtering station
An expanded tailings filtering station, enabling dry-stacked tailings storage.
Dry-stacked tailings
Tailings stored dry-stacked, rather than wet.
Stainless-steel process tanks
New stainless-steel process tanks, including two reagent tanks with stainless-steel piping and pumps, an acidity/basicity control tank, and a new 18,500-litre stainless-steel tank for ammonium bisulfite.
Crushing circuits
Primary, secondary and tertiary crushing circuits revamped, including repairs to the jaw crusher and the 4 ft and 3 ft cone crushers.
Drum filters
Existing drum filters fully rehabilitated. On vacuum filter no. 2, damaged steel was replaced, filter screens changed and the filter drive rebuilt.
Ball mill · 6′ × 12′
Babbitt bearing replaced on the 6′ × 12′ ball mill.
Precipitation
Two new Butters filters constructed for the precipitation circuit.
Laboratory
A micro-balance for weighing gold and silver installed and in operation.
Tailings management
From wet storage to dry stack.
An expanded tailings filtering station allows tailings to be stored dry-stacked rather than wet. The company notes that this reduces the operation’s environmental footprint.
A centrifugal decanter recovers water, residual values and cyanide for reuse, which cuts fresh reagent consumption.