New Pacific Metals Corp. reported additional assay results from the 2022 drill program at its Carangas Silver-Gold Project, Oruro Department, Bolivia (the "Carangas Project" or the "Project"). Six new deep drill holes were completed to define the extent of the gold mineralization beneath a shallow silver mineralization zone, which, to date, measures approximately 1,000 metres ("m") long, 800 m wide, and up to 200 m thick. The Company also completed a 3D Bipole-Dipole IP-MT geophysical survey, which showed a clear correlation between high gold tenors and high chargeability anomalies. This IP signature will help refine gold targets and guide future exploration drilling at Carangas. Hole DCAr0049 was drilled in the Central Valley area. As expected, shallow broad silver-lead-zinc mineralization hosted in strongly altered volcanoclastic sediments was intersected from surface down to a depth of around 170 m, as represented by an upper interval of 61.18 m (from 5.44 m to 66.62 m) grading 21 g/t Ag, 0.44% Pb and 1.02% Zn, and a lower interval of 82.4 m (from 79.4 m to 161.8 m) grading 35 g/t Ag, 0.1 g/t Au, 0.27% Pb and 0.93% Zn. Beneath the silver zone, the hole intersected a gold interval of 591.85 m (from 176.25 m to 768.1 m) grading 1.03 g/t Au, 6 g/t Ag, 0.11% Pb, 0.18% Zn and 0.07% Cu, including several higher grade sub-intervals such as 14.64 m (from 412.1 m to 426.74 m) grading 2.16 g/t Au, 9 g/t Ag, 29.07m (from 446.63 m to 475.7 m) grading 2.76 g/t Au, 18 g/t Ag, and 29.31 m (from 501.9 m to 531.21 m) grading 4.15 g/t Au, 9 g/t Ag. Deeper in the hole, weaker argillic alteration and chalcopyrite mineralization continues to persist, as represented by 6.25 m (from 924.55 m to 930.8 m) grading 0.18 g/t Au, 6 g/t Ag and 0.46% Cu, and 38.98 m (from 1055.24 m to 1094.22 m) grading 0.04 g/t Au, 4 g/t Ag and 0.25% Cu, indicating a trend of increasing copper mineralization with depth. Hole DCAr0043 was drilled on the southern limit of the Central Valley, about 120 m south of hole DCAr0049, and intersected multiple intervals of silver-lead-zinc mineralization from 24.92 m to 369.43 m. Gold mineralization intensifies with depth and multiple gold-dominant intervals were intersected, as represented by 120.55 m (from 410.75 m to 531.3 m) grading 0.15 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.45% Pb and 0.99% Zn, 66.0 m (from 668.0 m to 734.0 m) grading 1.22 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag, 0.03% Pb, 0.12% Zn and 0.17% Cu, including a higher grade sub-interval of 10.02 m (from 678.28 m to 688.3 m) grading 3.76 g/t Au, 3 g/t Ag, 0.06% Pb, 0.16% Zn and 0.1% Cu, 13.41 m (from 801.72 m to 815.13 m) grading 0.43 g/t Au, 10 g/t Ag and 0.86% Cu, and 8.36 m (from 955.91m to 964.27 m) grading 0.14 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag and 0.16% Cu. The mineralization style is generally similar to hole DCAr0049, but DCAr0043 has weaker argillic alteration. Furthermore, it appears that mineralization hits in hole DCAr0043 are splays and down plunges of hole DCAr0049. Hole DCAr0052 was drilled at South Dome near the southern limit of the Central Valley. It intersected silver-lead-zinc mineralization close to the surface, represented by an interval of 151.31 m (from 4.95 m to 156.26 m) grading 18 g/t Ag, 0.57% Pb and 1.19% Zn, followed by a broad gold mineralization interval of 513.35 m (from 157.65 m to 671.0 m) grading 0.23 g/t Au, 8 g/t Ag, 0.26% Pb and 0.61% Zn, including a higher grade sub-interval of 18.82 m (from 625.8 m to 644.62 m) grading 2.07 g/t Au, 9 g/t Ag, 0.1% Zn and 0.15% Cu, and a short interval of 3.75 m (from 715.1 m to 718.85 m) grading 0.32 g/t Au, 28 g/t Ag, 01% Pb and 0.42% Cu.
Hole DCAr0059 was drilled at South Dome near the western limit of the Central Valley. It intersected silver-lead-zinc mineralization close to the surface, represented by 167.2 m (from 12.5 m to 179.7 m) grading 20 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb and 0.46% Zn, and 150.6 m (from 198.5 m to 349.1 m) grading 10 g/t Ag, 0.37% Pb and 0.65% Zn. Beneath the silver-lead-zinc horizon, multiple weak-moderate gold mineralization intervals were intersected, including 18.74 m (from 419 m to 437.74 m) grading 0.16 g/t Au, 6 g/t Ag, 0.62% Pb and 0.97% Zn, 20.46 m (from 625.43 m to 645.89 m) grading 0.8 g/t Au, 12 g/t Ag, 0.18% Pb, 0.4% Zn and 0.06% Cu. These gold intervals appear to be the west splays from the broad mineralization zones intersected in the Central Valley. Hole DCAr0060 was drilled about 190 m to the south of hole DCAr0049 near the southern limit of the Central Valley. It intersected multiple narrow silver-lead-zinc mineralization intervals in the upper (~700 m) portion of the hole, followed by a gold mineralization interval of 84.17 m (from 714.43 m to 798.6 m) grading 0.7 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag and 0.2% Cu, including a higher grade sub-interval of 8.65 m (from 729.52 m to 738.17 m) grading 3.98 g/t Au, 20 g/t Ag and 0.78% Cu, which appears to be the southern extension of the gold zone intersected in hole DCAr0043.
Hole DCAr0062 was drilled near the western limit of West Dome, about 470 m to the west of hole DCAr0049. This hole intersected multiple moderate silver-lead-zinc mineralization intervals, but did not return any gold interval. Rocks are dominated by volcanoclastic sediments, which are pervasively sericitic altered but missing strong argillic alteration, cut by dykes of rhyolite and andesitic basalt. It appears to be the peripheral alteration halo of the strongly argillic altered and mineralized zone in the Central Valley area. With five rigs running at Carangas, a total of 39,862 meters in 86 drill holes has been completed to date in 2022. Assay results of 39 holes have been received and released. With the success of resource definition drilling, the Company plans to engage independent consultants to carry out an inaugural mineral resource estimate once the drilling is completed by the end of 2022.