Torex Gold Resources Inc. announced that the sequential re-start of the ELG Mine Complex, located in southwest Mexico, has begun. A team of unionized employees and management has initiated the re-start in priority areas of the plant. More employees will be called back as additional sections of the mine and plant are brought on line. This re-start has been made possible, in large part due to the actions of the Community of Nuevo Balsas and the CTM Union, who worked with management to re-establish and secure plant access through a road used during construction. Unfortunately, a subset of the Real del Limon Ejido continues to actively support the blockade and the Los Mineros Union, which does not represent the ELG's already-unionized workers. In media interviews, Los Mineros has been reported as having dropped the pretense of wanting to 'win' the collective agreement through a vote by secret ballot of union eligible employees. Instead, it wants the collective agreement to be 'given' to them, regardless of the wishes of the majority of employees. The Company remains committed to finding a legal solution to the blockade, but clearly, taking the collective agreement from one union and simply giving it to another union is not a legal solution. The Federal Gendarmerie is on site to protect personnel and productive assets while the sequential re-start of the ELG Mine Complex continues. Torex hopes the Gendarmerie will hold their ground if the blockaders attempt to deny others their right to work, or to deny owners their right to benefit from the productive assets they have built in good faith, based on contractual agreements with the Ejido landowners.