Coeur Provides Update on San Bartolome Project - Cerro Rico, Potosi -
Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation - (NYSE:CDE)(TSX:CDM) announced an updated summary of progress on - the San Bartolomé silver mine, which is targeted - for completion near the end of 2007 -
Construction highlights are summarized below, as of March 2007:
* 24 contractors on site and total employment of approximately 450 workers, most of whom are Bolivian
* More than 213,000 man-hours without a lost-time accident
* Completed installation of concrete batch plant
* Have begun pouring concrete in leach tank area
* 90% complete with grading and topsoil removal for tailings facility; work under way on tailings dam foundation
* 90% complete with site preparation for processing plant area Contractor mobilizing to install field-erected tanks
In recent months, the company has continued to meet with officials of the Bolivian government to discuss issues related to the project. In those meetings, the company has received repeated expressions of support for - the San Bartolomé mine - CDE Mission -
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