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In 2006, exploration activities at Marlin concentrated on continued drilling of the West Vero and Agel areas adjacent to the mine. A total of 37 holes were completed during the year at the West Vero and Agel zones with some infill drilling carried out at teh La Hamaca deposit.
In 2007, exploration focused on definition of additional reserves in the Marlin West extention zone, conversion of resources to reserves at West Vero zone and advancement of the exploration drift towards the Cora zone; a satellite occurrence located one kilometre north of Marlin. During 2007, a total of 24 holes were drilled totalling 11,410 metres at West Marlin, 21 holes were drilled for a total of 7,647 metres at West Vero and 187 metres of underground drift development towards Coral was completed.
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