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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/07/13 -- Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: ASM)(NYSE MKT: ASM)(NYSE Amex: ASM)(FRANKFURT: GV6) ("Avino" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the following December production results from its San Gonzalo mine operation located on the Avino property near Durango, Mexico.
Production numbers from October, November and December as well as the yearly production total from the San Gonzalo mine are as follows:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- YTD October November December San 2012 2012 2012 Gonzalo----------------------------------------------------------------------------Total Mill Feed (dry tonnes) 6,647 6,528 6,364 19,538----------------------------------------------------------------------------Average Daily Throughput (TPD) 214 218 235 222----------------------------------------------------------------------------Day of Operation 31 30 27 88----------------------------------------------------------------------------Feed Grade Silver (g/t) 233 256 287 258----------------------------------------------------------------------------Feed Grade Gold (g/t) 0.93 0.99 1.19 1.04----------------------------------------------------------------------------Bulk Concentrate (dry tonnes) 180 177 181 538----------------------------------------------------------------------------Bulk Concentrate Grade Silver (Kg/t) 7.04 7.37 7.90 7.44----------------------------------------------------------------------------Bulk Concentrate Grade Gold (g/t) 25.0 25.4 28.6 26.3----------------------------------------------------------------------------Recovery Silver (%) 82 78 78 79----------------------------------------------------------------------------Recovery Gold (%) 72 69 68 69----------------------------------------------------------------------------Mill Availability (%) 97.2 98.1 87.9 94.3----------------------------------------------------------------------------Total Silver Produced (Kg) 1,265 1,302 1,433 4,000----------------------------------------------------------------------------Total Gold Produced (g) 4,489 4,487 5,185 14,162----------------------------------------------------------------------------Total Silver Produced (oz's) calculated 40,671 41,870 46,066 128,607----------------------------------------------------------------------------Total Gold Produced (oz's) calculated 144 144 167 455----------------------------------------------------------------------------Total Silver Equivalent Produced (oz's) 47,888 49,083 54,401 151,373----------------------------------------------------------------------------
