Arizona Silver Exploration Inc. announced that drilling at the Philadelphia gold project, Mohave County, Arizona has again extended the dip extent of broad stockwork and high grade vein gold-silver mineralization. Assays have been returned for hole PC22-91 with assays for two holes awaited. Core Hole PC-22-91 (Terminated in Mineralization) Core hole PC-22-91 was a deep test of the Philadelphia vein system, drilling down dip of the high-grade vein encountered in core holes PC-22-86, PC-22-87, PC22-88, and in reverse circulation (RC) holes PRC21-81, PRC21-82, and PRC21-83.

The hole successfully intersected the vein 60 metres down dip of PC-22-88. Drilling has now defined high-grade mineralization over a dip length of +200 metres with the system open at depth. Furthermore, in PC-22-91 the lower grade (mostly footwall stockwork mineralization) extends over a thickness of 78.7 metres, from slightly above the high-grade vein to the bottom of the hole.

The grades and vein breccia textures were improving towards the bottom when the hole was lost at 252.1 metres due to unstableground conditions. The hole had been designed to potentially continue in mineralization for a further 22 metres. From the site of the deep drill hole reported in this release have no drilling data northward but for recently completed hole PC-22-93 referenced above, other than an area of historic drilling.

Click here for historic Meridian drill results. This open extension has both vein and stockwork mineralization over a width of 30-80. metres.

Up to 26 RC drill holes (~5000 metres) have been designed to test a target area approximately 500 metres long north of drilling completed recently to a vertical depth of approximately 100 metres. The Southern GapFrom the deep drill hole reported in this release have no drilling to the south for a strike length of 300 metres. This southern gap is bounded to the south by an array of drill holes, including the confirmation drill hole PC-22-92T (results awaited) mentioned above.

Given that RC drilling on the northern gap is considerably more cost effective to perform than the diamond drilling necessary for the southern gap, the RC program will be scheduled first. Rig availability is anticipated in the Fall. In the meantime, will compile the results of historic drilling north of the northern gap.

That drilling returned potentially economic grade widths of stockwork mineralization in the vicinity of historic mining. Results will be reported.