Santa Fe Gold Announces Pre-Production Operations Commences at the Jim Crow Imperial Mines

Santa Fe Gold Corporation is a mining company that engages in the acquisition, exploration, development and mining of mineral properties in the United States. The Company primarily explores for gold, silver and other precious metals. Its projects include the Lordsburg Copper Project and Summit Silver-Gold Project. The Lordsburg Copper Project consists of multiple square miles of patented and unpatented claims within the northern Lordsburg Mining district. The Lordsburg Copper Project covers over 10 square miles of area. The Summit Silver-Gold Project is a silver-gold mine and mill, located near Duncan, Arizona on the New Mexico-Arizona border. The Summit Silver-Gold Project consists of over 117.6 acres of patented and approximately 520 acres of unpatented mining claims in Grant County, New Mexico. The Summit Silver-Gold Project consists of over 260 acres of patented mining claims in Hidalgo County, and milling equipment, including a ball mill and floatation plant in Sierra County.