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Fresnillo

Administration
Full nameFresnillo
Official nameFresnillo
CountryMexico
StateZacatecas
MunicipalityFresnillo
FoundedSeptember 2, 1554
Government
MayorDavid Monreal Ávila
Geography
Elevation7250.7 ft (2210 m)
Demography
Total Population110892 (2005)
Municipality196538
DemonymFresnillense
Other information
Time zoneCST (UTC-6)
Postal code99000
Area code493

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Fresnillo /fres'nijo/ (2005 census pop. 110,892), founded in 1554 by Francisco de Ibarra, is the second largest city in Zacatecas state, north central Mexico. A a rail and highway junction, Fresnillo is the center of a rich mining area known especially for silver, and the location of one of the world's richest silver mines, the Mina Proaño or Fresnillo Mine, which belongs to the Peñoles mining company. It has a mining school, and agriculture (cereals, beans) and cattle raising are other important economic activities. Fresnillo is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name which surrounds it. The municipality had a population of 196,538 and an areal extent of 4947 km2 (4947000000 m2).

It is the location of religious pilgrimages to see the famous Santo Niño de Atocha ("Holy Child of Atocha"), a Roman Catholic devotional statue brought to Mexico from Spain.

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ZN, SILA, ABAT, Stock Report by CRWEWallstreet.com! August 9th 2010 - Penny Stock Live (blog) Tweet this news
Penny Stock Live (blog)--(MAG) and -Fresnillo- plc, which is known as one of the world's highest grade undeveloped silver resources. The Property contains greater than 20 known ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:47:56 GMT+00:00
EARNINGS PREVIEW: Fresnillo 1st Half Ebitda Seen Up 51% - NASDAQ Tweet this news
NASDAQ---Fresnillo- is targeting full year output of 38 million ounces of silver and 340000 ounce of attributable gold output. ([email protected]) Contact ... - Date : Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:58:07 GMT+00:00
Fresnillo sparkles - Investors Chronicle Tweet this news
Investors Chronicle--Mexican silver and gold miner -Fresnillo- delivered a sparkling first half performance that saw cash profits rise by 92 per cent to $392m (£246m) and margins ... - Date : Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:34:16 GMT+00:00
FTSE up for fourth consecutive session, year's best week - shareprices.com Tweet this news
shareprices.com--Rio Tinto, -Fresnillo-, Kazakhmys, Vendanta Resources and Lonmin closed up by between 3.22 per cent and 1.71 per cent. Lloyds Banking Group moved 1.94 per ... - Date : Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:22:00 GMT+00:00
Commodity firms help British shares to mild gains - MarketWatch Tweet this news
MarketWatch--LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Commodity-sector firms helped the top British share index to mild gains on Wednesday, as miners and ... - Date : Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:01:08 GMT+00:00
Fresnillo says current year starts well - MarketWatch Tweet this news
MarketWatch--LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Mining group -Fresnillo- (LONDON:UK:FRES) said Friday that its current year has started well. Gold production in the first quarter ... - Date : Fri, 28 May 2010 06:30:49 GMT+00:00
Mining On The Upswing In Mexico - Forbes Tweet this news
Forbes--Currently, it is second only to Peru in output: ---Fresnillo-, the world's largest primary silver producer, has all its mines in Mexico.--- - Date : Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:04:14 GMT+00:00
Banks and miners push FTSE higher - Knowledge to Action Tweet this news
Knowledge to Action---...- and Royal Bank of Scotland were all up by as much as 2.6 per cent, while mining firms Rio Tinto, -Fresnillo- and Eurasian Natural Resources also climbed. ... - Date : Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:12:14 GMT+00:00
Europe shares retreat after sharp rally; banks fall - Reuters Tweet this news
Reuters--L), -Fresnillo- (FRES.L), Kazakhmys (KAZ.L), Rio Tinto (RIO.L), Vedanta (VED.L) and Xstrata (XTA.L), down between 2.3 and 3.7 percent. ... - Date : Tue, 11 May 2010 08:52:00 GMT+00:00
European shares edge higher - MarketWatch Tweet this news
MarketWatch---...- to edge higher on Wednesday, with miners in the lead as shares of Rio Tinto (LSE:UK:RIO) rose 3.2% and -Fresnillo- (LSE:UK:FRES) shares advanced 3.1%. ... - Date : Wed, 05 May 2010 09:39:32 GMT+00:00

State of of Zacatecas

State capital: Zacatecas, Zac.
Municipalities
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Apozol (Apozol) * Apulco (Apulco) * Atolinga (Atolinga) * Florencia de Benito Juárez (Florencia de Benito Juárez) * Calera de Víctor Rosales (Víctor Rosales) * Cañitas de Felipe Pescador (Cañitas de Felipe Pescador) * Concepción del Oro (Concepción del Oro) * Cuauhtémoc (San Pedro Piedra Gorda) * Chalchihuites (Chalchihuites) * El Plateado de Joaquín Amaro (El Plateado de Joaquín Amaro) * El Salvador (El Salvador) * Fresnillo (Fresnillo) * Genaro Codina (Genaro Codina) * General Enrique Estrada (General Enrique Estrada) * General Francisco R Murguía (Nieves) * General Pánfilo Natera (General Pánfilo Natera) * Guadalupe (Guadalupe) * Huanusco (Huanusco) * Jalpa (Jalpa) * Jerez de García Salinas (Jerez) * Jiménez del Teul (Jiménez del Teul) * Juan Aldama (Juan Aldama, Zacatecas) * Juchipila (Juchipila) * Loreto (Loreto) * Luis Moya (Luis Moya, Zacatecas) * Mazapil (Mazapil) * Melchor Ocampo (Melchor Ocampo) * Mezquital del Oro (Mezquital del Oro) * Miguel Auza (Miguel Auza, Zacatecas) * Momax (Momax) * Monte Escobedo (Monte Escobedo) * Morelos (Morelos) * Moyahua de Estrada (Moyahua de Estrada) * Nochistlán de Mejía (Nochistlán de Mejía) * Noria de Ángeles (Noria de Ángeles) * Ojocaliente (Ojocaliente) * Pánuco (Pánuco) * Pinos (Pinos) * Río Grande (Río Grande) * Santa María de la Paz (Santa María de la Paz) * Saín Alto (Saín Alto) * Sombrerete (Sombrerete) * Susticacán (Susticacán) * Tabasco (Tabasco) * Tepechitlán (Tepechitlán) * Tepetongo (Tepetongo) * Teúl de González Ortega (Teúl de González Ortega) * Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román (Tlaltenango de Sánchez Román) * Trancoso (Trancoso) * Trinidad García de la Cadena (Trinidad García de la Cadena) * Valparaíso (Valparaíso) * Vetagrande (Vetagrande) * Villa de Cos (Villa de Cos) * Villa García (Villa García) * Villa González Ortega (Villa González Ortega) * Villa Hidalgo (Villa Hidalgo) * Villanueva (Villanueva) * Zacatecas (Zacatecas) |



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