SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. (OTCBB:ECPN) has sent the following
letter to shareholders:
Dear Shareholders,
The purpose of this letter is to give our shareholders an update on our
progress toward selling the El Capitan property to a major mining
company. The Company, through its private placement offering of $1.5
million, has raised the funds to complete the necessary steps in
completing the development of the recovery processes and assay
procedures in order to be in a position to effect a sale.
The remaining two goals of management have been to complete the
development of the recovery processes for the complex ore at El Capitan
and to determine the cost of those processes. We are very close to
completion of these tasks. At that point the Company will forward the
information to an investment bank who will be responsible for marketing
our property.
This past March the Company contracted with Planet Resource Recovery,
Inc. to have them build a plant to recover precious metals from
concentrates made from the El Capitan head ore. The concentrates were
shipped to them several months ago. We expect notification from them as
to the timing of commencing their production.
On May 12, 2010, we reported that Planet ran 110 assays which showed an
average of 0.355 of gold equivalent. In addition, the Company???s own
assay work done on the El Capitan concentrates has consistently shown
very high results. The concentrates sent to Planet are approximately a
10-to-1 ratio. Therefore, based on Planet???s previous assays, we would
expect the recovery from the concentrates to show approximately 10 times
the values of the head ore which computes to somewhere in the range of
3.5 ounces of gold equivalent per ton.
Six months ago the Company started another project using experienced
chemists and metallurgists to work on developing the recovery process
and assays. That team now consists of seven professionals. The team has
recovered good values by obtaining ???metal in hand??? which indicates the
El Capitan ore to be of commercial grade. Meanwhile they continue to
improve on the processes which show increasing values. We expect to
announce those results in the next few weeks.
The research team has developed four different recovery processes and
they are finalizing the most productive and the most cost-efficient
process. When that is completed they will start assaying the 230
representative samples from ECPN???s original drilling program.
To summarize, as soon as the Company has completed the development of
the recovery processes and assay procedures, along with determining the
associated costs, we will be in a position to go forward with the sale
of the El Capitan Property.
Sincerely,
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Chuck Mottley
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President/CEO
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About El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc.
El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. is completing a merger which will
provide the Company with 100% interest in the El Capitan property
located near Capitan, New Mexico, as well as a joint venture and 20%
ownership of 13 mining claims and other assets known as the C.O.D. mine
located near Kingman, Arizona...The statements included in this press
release concerning predictions of economic performance and management???s
plans and objectives constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant
to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended. This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, among others,
the results of metallurgical testing, interpretation of drill results,
the geology, grade and continuity of mineral deposits, results of
initial feasibility, pre-feasibility and feasibility studies and the
possibility that future exploration, development or mining results will
not be consistent with past results and/or the Company???s expectations,
discrepancies between different types of testing methods, some or all of
which may not be industry standard, the ability to mine precious and
other minerals on a cost-effective basis, the Company???s ability to
successfully complete contracts for the sale of its iron ore and other
products; fluctuations in world market prices for the Company???s
products; the Company???s ability to obtain or maintain regulatory
approvals; the Company???s ability to obtain financing for the
commencement of mining activities on satisfactory terms; the Company???s
ability to obtain necessary financing; the Company???s ability to enter
into and meet all the conditions to close contracts to sell its mining
properties that it chooses to list for sale, and other risks and
uncertainties described in the Company???s filings from time to time with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company disclaims any
obligation to update its forward-looking statements.