Blackrock Silver Corp. announced that it has completed a small exploration drill program on its 100% controlled Silver Cloud project located along the prolific Northern Nevada Rift in north-central Nevada. The Company completed three core holes totalling 1,447 metres (4,746 ft) in two target areas on the Silver Cloud project. Two core holes totalling 927 metres were completed adjacent to the Silver Cloud mine target and one core hole at Northwest Canyon. At the Silver Cloud mine target, two core holes tested a postulated NNW structural corridor approximately 30 metres wide. In 2019, the Company completed three core holes in the target with SBC19-001 returning 3.928 g/t gold over 0.8 metres (see news release dated January 6, 2020). A compilation of all the drilling in the Silver Cloud mine area suggested a NNW structure was still plausible given the number of elevated gold intercepts from historic drilling and Blackrock's results. SBC22-019 and SBC22-021 were targeted to intersect the structural zone and tested 170 metres of
strike. SBC22-019 encountered zones of pyrite-cemented breccia from 357 to 360 metres down the hole. The mineralization in this zone is similar to that encountered in SBC19-001. SBC22-021 was completed 170 metres to the SSE of SBC22-019. SBC22-021 encountered oxidized breccia and fault gouge with intermittent quartz veining from 165 to 174 metres (540 to 572 ft) down the hole. The alteration suggests the drillhole penetrated the intended NNW structure. In Northwest Canyon, SBC22-020 was completed to a final depth of 464 metres (1,523 ft). The core hole targeted the projection of the NNW structure encountered in the Company's 2019 drilling (SBC19-002, 8.32 g/t gold over 1.52 metres), and Placer Dome's 2002 drillhole which returned 12.2 metres grading 5.61 g/t gold. SBC22-020 represents a 350 metre step out to the SSE along the interpreted structure.
SBC22-020 encountered quartz veins and stockwork from 307 to 309 metres (1,006 to 1,015 ft) down the drillhole. The veins contained pyrite and black sulfides. All assays are pending at this time.