Moris I Mexico

The Moris mine is an open pit operation located in the Moris district of Chihuahua, Mexico. The mineralisation represents low sulphidation quartz/sulphide epithermal veins with gold and silver values.

Hochschild owns 100% of Moris following the purchase of the remaining 30% stake from its JV partner, EXMIN, in May 2009. Moris commenced production in the third quarter of 2007 and produced 97 thousand ounces of silver and 28 thousand ounces of gold in 2009. The plant operates at a capacity of 3,000 tonnes per day.