09:52 AM EST - Patagonia Gold Plc : announced an update on its Lomada de Leiva operations. Highlights: Expansion of the heap leach trial to 135,000t is complete and is now under irrigation. Preliminary reconciliation data shows excellent recovery rates over the first 36 days with 64% of contained gold recovered to carbon. Gold room approval permit received, with construction on schedule for completion early Q3 2012. Patagonia Gold Plc
shares T.PAT are trading unchanged at $0.70.
