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To: CusterInvestor who wrote (21056)	9/14/2006 10:00:21 PM
From: loantech	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78407

Hello Bigpike, This is from the MMGG website: <Reserva International, an independent contractor, specializing in resource evaluation was retained to complete a block model evaluation of the oxide zinc data. The results, using a 5% cut off grade (using grades greater than 5%) and with blocks of 5 meter dimensions, estimate 17,926,988 metric tons with a grade of 8.78% zinc for the Iron Oxide Manto and 5,431,050 metric tons with a grade of 12.08% zinc for the Smithsonite Manto.> metalin.com MMGG has just had their property swept for airborne topo to do a new block model. Hopefully will establish even more minerals in the ground and to see about open pit: <Air photography of the district has been contracted from Orthoshop Mexico to produce a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of Sierra Mojada. The photos have been flown, aerotriangulation completed and the DEM is promised to be completed by month end. Pincock Allen and Holt will use the DTM as part of a scoping study to determine if open pit mining is possible for the Iron Oxide Manto. If all or part of the manto can be mined by open pit methods then the mining cost would be significantly lower than by underground methods.> new.stockwatch.com <A 1999 drill program was completed which consisted of 24 holes and 6,630 meters of reverse circulation drilling. Fifteen holes were drilled in the La Nortena area of the Encantada mine and 9 holes were drilled in the oxide zinc mantos of the San Salvador and Encantada mines. The drill program was a success with intersections of ore grade mineralization over thick intervals and with some intersects of exceptional grade and thickness. The results were released in public news releases and are posted in the News Release section of Metalline's web site.> Well over 35,000 meters in drilling up to now from 1999. Not sure about the why of the additional shares but jackjc or Mr. Aloha may have that answer. Tom

To: CusterInvestor who wrote (21056)	9/14/2006 10:10:24 PM
From: tyc:>	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78407

bigpike; My understanding is that there is no such thing as "reserves" until economic viability is proven by a feasibility study. Before the feasibility study, a company has only "resources".

To: CusterInvestor who wrote (21056)	9/14/2006 11:04:08 PM
From: E. Charters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78407

Worse still no one under SEC rules has a reserve until they have produced ore from the mineral body and the viability of the reserve has been proven. This website blurb about another company's data serves to outline the difference between US and CDN standards. -->>> The terms "measured resource", "indicated resource" and "inferred resource" used on this website are Canadian mining terms as defined in NI 43-101 and CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves have not been demonstrated to be economically and legally extractable. Mineral resource estimates do not account for mineability, selectivity, mining loss and dilution. It should not be assumed that all or any part of a resource will ever be converted to a reserve. These mineral resource estimates include inferred mineral resources that are normally considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral reserves. There is also no certainty that these inferred resources will be converted to measured and indicated resource categories through further drilling, or into mineral reserves once economic considerations are applied. The term "bankable" in reference to a feasibility study is defined as a comprehensive analysis of a project's economics and is used by the banking industry for financing purposes. Cautionary Note to US Investors Pacific Rim advises U.S. investors that this website may contain the terms "inferred", "indicated" and "measured" "resources", which are recognized and required by NI 43-101 under Canadian regulations, but not recognized by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). "Inferred resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence, and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an "inferred resource" will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimates of 'inferred resources" may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility studies, except in rare cases. U.S. investors are cautioned not to assume that part of all of an inferred resource exists, or is economically or legally mineable. U.S. Investors are also cautioned not to assume that any part or all of mineral deposits in the "measured" or "indicated" resource categories will ever be converted into reserves. Mineral reserves have been calculated in accordance with NI 43-101 as required by Canadian securities regulatory authorities. For United States reporting purposes, SEC Industry Guide 7 (as interpreted by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission) applies different standards for the disclosure of reserves. U.S. investors are cautioned that the reserves presented in this document, while in compliance with Canadian standards and regulations, do not meet the following requirements of reserve disclosure under SEC guidelines: the Minita reserves are based on a pre-feasibility level study (as allowed under Canadian regulations) rather than a "final" or "bankable" level feasibility study as required by the SEC; and, the Minita reserves are calculated using current industry standard gold and silver prices of $350 and $5.00, respectively, rather than the historic three year average prices required by the SEC (which as at January 21, 2005, the date of the Minita reserve calculation, would have been a $360.94 gold price and $5.38 silver price). This website may also contain information about adjacent properties on which we have no right to explore or mine. We advise US investors that the SEC's mining guidelines strictly prohibit information of this type in documents filed with the SEC. US investors are cautioned that mineral deposits on adjacent properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on our properties.