09:47 AM EST - Patagonia Gold Plc : provided a progress update for its Lomada de Leiva and Cap-Oeste projects in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Construction of the first stage of the fully permitted Lomada heap leach project is well advanced and is on target for commencement of leaching in Q2 2013. To accelerate gold production, the Company has elected to expand the existing trial pad to 315,000 tonnes capacity, preparation for which is also well advanced. Mining and loading of ore onto the pad has already commenced with irrigation set to start next month. Patagonia Gold Plc
shares T.PAT are trading unchanged at $0.50.
