After restarting mining and processing at the San Francisco mine in Mexico in the third quarter of 2020, Magna Gold’s (TSXV: MGR) first-quarter operational results release shows significantly higher gold and silver production when compared with the output for the fourth quarter of 2020. This year, Magna expects San Francisco to generate 55,000 to 65,000 gold oz.

In the first three months of the year, the heap leach operation in Sonora state generated 9,785 gold oz. and 8,093 oz. of silver, a 31% and 76% increase over the 7,485 gold oz. and 4,609 silver oz. produced in the last quarter of 2020.