Guatemala Companies in the mining industry are looking to increase an increase in production of gold within
Mexico and Guatemala following the completion of a series of studies on technical aspects in the first quarter of
H1. The companies have released feasibility, prefeasibility, and PEA studies on at most four gold mines in both
countries. The studies identified a potential production increase of 592,000oz/y with a an investment of
US$1.50bn. The projects are scheduled to start production at the end of 2024. These studies come in a favorable
time for the industry which is hoping to profit from rising gold prices that have increased in the last 24
months. Two of the 51 San Antonio migrants who died in the human smuggling disaster that claimed their
lives is being identified by a Guatemalan news agency. Fivety-five people were found dead Monday night
in Texas's scorching heat in an abandoned tractor trailer. Canal 9 de Coatevision Tuesday posted on Facebook
that two sisters, Carla Carac Tambriz and Griselda Cambriz, were among the casualties of the mass casualty incident.