Impact Minerals International Inc. is a silver focused exploration and development company based in Vancouver, Canada. The common shares of IMPACT are publicly traded on the TSX Venture Exchange. IMPACT is 40% owned by Energold Mining Ltd. (EGD:TSVX).

IMPACT is exploring the extensive Zacualpan Silver Mining District in central Mexico. IMPACT signed agreements that include options on two operating mines and a processing plant.  

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Zacualpan Mining District, Mexico State. Has option on the Royal Mines of Zacualpan operations. IMPACT Minerals holds option agreements covering most key parts of the Zacualpan Silver District in central Mexico including two operating mines and a mill rated at 500 tonnes per day. Zacualpan is one of the oldest mining districts in North America with Spanish Colonial mining dating back to at least 1528. In 1531 it was the first mining district in the Americas to be bestowed the title of 'Royal Mines' of Zacualpan by proclamation under the Spanish Crown. It is located 100km southwest of Mexico City and 25km northwest of the famous Taxco Silver Mine. Zacualpan is a classic Mexican epithermal silver district with an abundance of veins that have seen historic production. Statistics for the early centuries of production are sporadic but in modern times recorded production between 1975-2004 was about 17 million ounces of silver (26 million ounces silver equivalent with by-product gold, lead and zinc credits). Veins presently being mined on the property typically vary from 3 to 5 metres in width. Individual mineralized shoots are 50 to 150 metres long and are typically steeply dipping. Cut off grade is presently about 230g/t Ag equivalent but very high grades are known in some upper level zones. An example of this is recent development work done on the Compadres Vein that has exposed an old mine stope on an 8m wide vein. The central part of the vein has a median grade of 680g/t Ag and 0.3g/t Au over 0.90m ranging up to 1,050g/t Ag and 0.58g/t Au over 1.9m. A recent single drill hole intersection 50m below this old stope by the Mexican owners is reported to have intersected 3.3m grading 1,463g/t Ag and 0.2g/t Au. This Compadres Vein will be one of the early targets for drill testing by IMPACT.
 

Press Release 22Oct04