MxMining

Aun con la aparente inestabilidad de los precios en la mineria de plata, la exploracion de plata en mexico continua con fuerza.

El precio de la plata ha estado rebotando últimamente como una pelota de playa y la plata aparece con muy bajo rendimiento comparada con el oro, sin embargo, la industria de plata sigue teniendo bastante actividad en México.

MxMining tiene disponible en su base de datos 37 Minas de Plata Mexicanas en produccion, asi como muchos otros proyectos de exploración en plata y otros minerales. La plata es el objetivo mineral más común en todos los proyectos listados en MxMining siendo 207 proyectos que apuntan a la plata, seguida de 187 proyectos que apuntan al oro.

Uno de los más recientes arranques en producción de plata en México, es el Proyecto Dolores en el estado de Chihuahua. El Proyecto Dolores es dirigido por Minefinders Corporation el cual anunció que el primer vaciado de oro y plata en éste proyecto se llevó a cabo el 17 de Noviembre de 2008.

Like it or not there is still a lot of illicit product producing areas in Mexico and since miners are explorers too, we get into areas that aren't regularly traversed by the normal populous. While I've never personally had a problem in any area or with any people I believe it would be pretty easy to get into if your presence wasn't announced before hand.

The overwhelming aroma of a nearby plantation is more often than not a signal that you should be making some noise to announce your presence so as not startle anybody nearby. Fact is - you're in somebody else's territory and if you want their blessing and the ability to stay there in peace you're best advice is to ignore these going ons as much as possible. Announcement of your movements and plans well ahead of time is also appreciated by the local populous as they will usually move their business, at least temporarily, if they have enough notice.

I finally made it over to the 8th International Sonora Mining Seminar today and it was everything I expected. Lots of people pawning their goods and services - a great place to make contacts. If you missed it this year you're going to have to wait a couple more years for the next one that takes place in Sonora.

With all the people sometimes I just needed a break outside in the nice hot Sonora sun so I went in and out of the exposition part a few times during the day. One of the times I entered I noticed a display where school youngsters drew symbolic pictures of how they imagine mining and the environment working together. It was a contest in which I believe a few different Sonora primary schools took part in.

It seems that the Bank of Mexico is going to restrict the selling of the Mexican Libertad Silver Coin to even its' largest customer Banco Azteca.

For the rest of 2008 Banco Azteca will be limited to buying from the central bank just another 60,000 coins which is about equal to Banco Azteca's monthly sales for the month of August and September of this year. I guess that I can expect to go to Banco Azteca tomorrow morning and find absolutely nothing available to purchase as there will probably be a mad rush to get them before you can't.

Banco Azteca is one of the few banks in Mexico that actively markets the silver libertad coins and almost always has them in stock. Usually if they dont have them in stock at any particular branch they will have them within a few days.

While I don't want to be thrown into the tin-foil hat crowd I am starting to get the feeling that something is wrong with the spot price for silver.

According to the 1960 census, 23% of Mexico's cultivated land belonged to ejidos so if you're in the mining industry in Mexico it's likely that you'll run into this type of land ownership.

Wikipedia defines an Ejido as:

The ejido system is a process whereby the government promotes the use of communal land shared by the people of the community. This use of community land was a common practice during the time of Aztec rule in Mexico.

Sometimes in Mexico it is very hard to determine land ownership and even if you think you know whose land it is you'll probably want to check to know for sure if there are any disputes about the property boundaries.

When it comes to the ownership or any disputes about the boundaries of ejidos there are a couple of federal entities that can help you or the ejidatarios to deal with the issues involved. A lot of times if there are issues regarding the ownership of the land the problems can be rectified by providing