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Mineral

Strucure of the mineral industries in nicaragua in 2005 (000t)
Annual capacity	Location of main Facilities	Major operating companies and major equity owners	Commodity
470	San Rafael del Sur plant 45 kilometers from Managua, and milling plant in Managua	CEMEX Nicaragua S.A.(CEMEX S.A.de C.V.100% but on lease from Government	cement
300	Nagarote grinding plant,san Rafael del sur	Holcim de Nicaragua S.A.	Cement, clinker
1500	El Limon mine,talavera deposit,100 miles north of managua	Glencarin Gold Corporation,95% and inversions Mineras S.A.5%	Gold(Kg)
1550	La liberated mine,110 kilometers east of Managua	Desarrollo minero de Nicaragua S.A.	Gold(Kg)
7300	Capital city of Mnagua 40 mile pipeline to the refinery from Puerto Sandino	Refineria esso Managua S.A.	Petroleum, Refinery products

Estimated Major investment expenditures in mineral exploration in 2005(thousand dollar)
Planned startup date	Annual investment	Ownership	Commodity	Project name	Location
NA	3200	Norwood resources Ltd,100%	Crude petroleum	Oklanicsa concession (exploration)	Onshore,pacific coast,from border with costa rica to 40 kilometers west of managua
NA	2400	Meridian Gold inc	Gold	Natividad(El pavon) (exploration)	North- central Nicargua 230 kilometers north- northeast of managua
2007	1400	Glencarin Gold Coporation,95% and Inversiones Mineras S.A.5%	Gold	Santa Pancha	Talavera deposit,100 miles north of capital city of Mnagua
NA	410	Fist point mineral corp100%	Gold	Rio Luna (exploration)	10 Kilometers north of Boaco, boaco department central Nicaragua
NA	240	Gold resources Ltd	Gold	Tatascame(exploration)	Northern portion of the la india gold district 140 kilometres northwest of managua