Tara Minerals Corp. announced that is has taken a 3.5 tonne sample, from the Ponderosa Project, for metallurgical testing work by an independent lab. The sample was taken from the same vein as the pits 3-6 channel samples.

The head grade assay, from this part of the vein, returned 0.77 oz/t gold. The material was prepared for assay in a manner that minimizes the effect of gold nuggets, which can be found in this vein. The purpose of the test work is to characterize the gold occurrence and to outline processing options that maximize gold recovery.

The Ponderosa Project consists of 6,721 acres of both patented and unpatented mining claims in central Idaho, USA. The optioned claims include previously mined veins with historic sampling of the exposed outcrops averaging 14 grams/tonne gold. Tara's initial focus is to assess the previously un-mined veins for their near-term production potential.