Nicaragua’s gold producer Mako Mining Corp. (TSX-V: MKO) received more favourable assays from a lab in the nation’s capital Managua this week. These latest drill results come from the company’s newest mining area south of the San Albino gold project.
Commercial production has been ongoing there for three years now.
Most notably, Mako reported intercepting 36.9 grams per tonne gold over 4 metres estimated true width (ETW). This core contained 53.2 grams of silver (Ag) too.
Earlier in July, the gold miner posted another favourable result. An intercept containing 37.8 g/t Au and 50 g/t Ag over 2.8 metres ETW was reported. ETW refers to legitimate thickness of the mineralization intercepted, which can appear to be wider than it actually is because of the angle it is drilled.

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Mako will be reporting assay results on a more frequent basis now as the company’s reverse circulation drill program continues to ramp up.
“These exceptional results across multiple zones at Las Conchitas are showing high grade potential over hundreds of meters of strike,” chief executive Akiba Leisman said.
Numerous zones will be tested at Las Conchitas and throughout the entirety of Mako’s land package this year.
Great width and fantastic grades. https://t.co/GAWpaEahmK
— O B (@OriginalBraila) July 29, 2024
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Mako recovers over 12,200 gold ounces in Q2
Leisman’s company reported a significantly superior rate of gold recovery in Q2 compared to the previous three quarters. Over 2,200 more ounces than Q1 and 600 more than the 11,567 gold ounces recovered in Q4 last year.
Mako saw a significant sequential increase in gold sales too. The company sold over 3,000 more gold ounces in Q2 than Q1.
“Q2 2024 was another highly profitable quarter for the company,” Leisman said, “with record revenue of US$28.3 million and record recovered gold ounces of 12,206 at industry leading costs.”
On another note, Mako just completed its previously announced acquisition of Goldsource Mines and its Eagle Mountain project in Guyana. According to the company, Eagle Mountain and San Albino have similar geological characteristics. The operation is worth over C$400 million.
One of Nicaragua’s only other gold producing companies, Calibre Mining Corp (TSX: CXB) (OTCQX: CXBMF), has reported recent successes from its operations within Central America too. This month, Calibre received key environmental permits needed for development of open pits at its Volcan gold deposit, south of Nicaragua’s Libertad Mine & Mill.
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