El Capitan Precious Metals Inc. announced that the company has completed a series of tests in Houston, Texas on ultra-concentrated ore procured from 180 tons of material previously concentrated at the El Capitan property, These tests range from 1 pound to 700 pounds of head ore and concentrates. With the confidence gained from these test runs, it was decided to upgrade the concentration equipment. That equipment upgrade is scheduled to be completed the week of the November 22nd, with production runs commencing immediately thereafter on the concentrates.

The process is expected to run at 2.5 tons per hour and the production on the 180 tons should be complete by the week of November 5th. The "ultra-concentrated" material will be shipped daily to an independent lab for smelting with samples being forwarded to another independent laboratory for assay.