Revista Env�o - Pacific Rim Mining Company: The Kraken of Caba�as

Revista Env�o - Pacific Rim Mining Company: The Kraken of Caba�as: "El Salvador lies along Central America’s Gold Belt. According to First Point Minerals Corp., this valuable belt, which runs from Guatemala down into Costa Rica, is a treasure chest of 7 active gold mines with more than 20 million ounces of past production and known reserves. The deposits in El Salvador consist of veins whose reserves—both measured and indicated—add up to over 1.1 million ounces of gold and 7.4 million ounces of silver. A further 185,000 ounces of gold and 1.2 million ounces of silver are in the inferred category.

These figures for El Salvador come from the web page of the Canadian-US mining company Pacific Rim. In 2004 this company obtained the prospecting license for the “El Dorado” operation in San Isidro, in the northern department of Caba�as, although its presence in the region under other corporate names goes back to 1994."