From its beginnings in 2012 until 2017, the El Gallo Mine produced 240,000 gold ounces and 125,000 silver ounces. During Q2 2018 mining and crushing activities ceased and contractor equipment has been demobilized from the mine site, with onsite operations further continuing through residual heap leaching.
In 2018 El Gallo produced 39,000 ounces of gold and 9,000 ounces of silver from mining and residual heap leaching.
In 2019 the process plant underwent expansions that improved efficiency and enabled faster gold recovery. El Gallo's 2019 residual heap leaching production was of 16,300 gold equivalent ounces.
Residual heap leaching production was of 8,100 gold equivalent ounces in 2020 and 3,600 gold equivalent ounces in 2021. For 2022, residual heap leaching is expected to produce 1,500 gold equivalent ounces at El Gallo.
Residual heap leaching activities continue with ongoing closure and reclamation work at El Gallo.
Our 2021 Sustainability Report for our operations at the El Gallo Complex can be accessed here.
At the same time, our team in Mexico is working on a new project for the El Gallo Complex. To find out more information please visit our Fenix project page.