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UC Resources’ Update On La Yesca Silver & Gold Production In Mexico

February 15, 2007 UC Resources Ltd.: Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico/Vancouver, British Columbia; Trading Symbol: TSXV: UC (the “Company”) UC Resources Ltd. is pleased to provide an update on its newly commissioned plant at the La Yesca Project situated at La Yesca, Nayarit, Mexico.

As previously announced in a news release dated Tuesday, January 30th, 2007, the Company’s first production facility was commissioned and began operations. To date, the mill has been operational for a total of eight days and has processed an estimated 432 tons of tailings material from the nearby tailings dump (grading an average of 2 g/t Au and 220 g/t Ag, as stated in the NI 43-101 compliant report) for an average production of 54 tons per day. As stated in the January 30th, 2007 news release, the Company planned on an initial processing rate of 50 tpd and then increasing the production to the plant design capacity of 200 tpd over the course of the next 2-3 months.

Management wishes to commend Ing. Ramiro Romero, President of Minera Silver Creek S.A. de C.V., the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, and his staff in their efforts to build out this new processing facility in a timely way, while remaining under budget.

Minor changes and modifications to some of the equipment were necessary during the course of the first two weeks of operations, resulting in operations being shut down for 6 of the 14 days since our last update, but all in all, management is very pleased with the operating results thus far.

Earlier metallurgical pilot plant testing of the Copper-Ammonium Thiosulphate gold and silver process conducted in Zacatecas, Mexico resulted in recovery rates that were better than 80% and in some cases closer to 85% for both gold and silver contained in the tailings that are now being processed at the La Yesca Project. The Company estimates that the actual precious metal recovery rates at La Yesca currently are approximately 70% for both gold and silver (precipitate samples are currently being analyzed at an independent facility for corroboration of the results conducted at the company’s on-site laboratory). These recovery rates are in line with what the Company expected for the initial start-up, and management is confident that it will attain its target of greater than 80% recovery rates as the processing plant and its’ operators get more accustomed to the feed.

States Richard Hamelin, President of UC Resources: “Peak efficiencies of feed-rates, extraction results and good, general performance of a newly commissioned operating facility are never achieved in the first few weeks of operations. This can sometimes take up to 6 to12 months to achieve. We are striving to be as efficient and productive as possible at the initial stage of this new plant’s operating life. The technology used at this facility, although highly effective and more efficient than traditional extraction technologies, is still relatively new; therefore, there will be a learning curve that we will need to deal with. We are confident in our abilities of bringing this facility to its optimum performance capability.”

An independent metallurgist will be on site during the last week of February for a one week period to help evaluate the facility, and will act in a consulting role to offer design and metallurgical opinions to the Company metallurgist and to management in an effort to increase production and efficiency of the mill. This press release has been prepared by management of UC Resources Ltd. and has been approved for dissemination by Neil Novak P.Geo. of Cambridge, Ontario, a Qualified Person under Canadian Securities guidelines, in his capacity as Vice President for UC Resources Ltd.

On behalf of the board of directors,

Richard J. Hamelin, President/Director

For further information: 
Contact Vancouver Head Office
#1000, 355 Burrard Street Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2G8 Canada
Toll Free: 1-800-366-8566 (Canada & USA)                        

Website: www.ucresources.net

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This release includes certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”.  All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address future production, reserve potential, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments that the Company expects are forward-looking statements.  Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements.  Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions.  Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and those actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.  For more information on the Company, Investors should review the Company’s registered filings what are available at www.sedar.com.


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