By May 1982, the surface facilities were 90%-95% completed, and mine preparation work to produce an initial 500 tons per day had been finalized. At that time the silver price collapsed and Cadillac was forced into bankruptcy, after a total of Cdn$64 million had been expended on the Project. The Project, together with all other assets of Procan, were tied up in litigation until 1990.

In 1991 Conwest Exploration Company Limited acquired the property and granted an option to San Andreas to acquire a 60% interest in the property. Since 1991 San Andreas has completed 40,000 metres of surface diamond drilling and an underground exploration program which has greatly expanded the inventory of known resources on the property.

In 1992 the discovery of the stratiform-type mineralization in the main zone opened up multiple exploration targets for both vein and stratiform deposit expansion. In 1993/94 San Andreas, in addition to diamond drilling, also completed initial environmental assessment research and further metallurgical studies. The 1995 drill programme explored for extension of the vein to the north on 200 m step-out sections all of which successfully intersected the vein structure and demonstrated the continuance and strength of the vein which now has a strike length of 2.1 km and remains open at depth and along strike.

In 1996 San Andreas successfully completed the negotiation of The Prairie Creek Development Co-operation Agreement with Nahanni Butte Dene Band. In 1997 San Andreas carried out rehabilitation of the underground workings in order to complete detailed chip sampling of the vein at the 3,050 foot and 2,850 foot underground levels.