The former producing mine is located approximately 115 kilometers east-northeast of the coastal city and port of Arica. Norsemont holds a 100% ownership interest in the Project, through its wholly owned Chilean subsidiary Sociedad Contractual Minera Vilacollo, ('SCM Vilacollo'). Despite challenging conditions due to Covid-19, Norsemont continues to make excellent progress across a number of fronts and has made significant progress toward a drilling program, as well as the pending issuance of its first official NI-43-101 resource estimate. The early focus on developing a comprehensive database has required the digitization and validation of extensive archives containing historic material and is on-going. Field workers are strictly observing COVID-19 protocols. In order to support a NI 43-101 Resource report in the coming months, Norsemont has embarked on a major re-assaying program, to confirm historic data and provide additional quality assurance and control. Samples have been taken from drill holes across the property that reflect different mineralized zones, oxidation states and media type (DDH core / RC cuttings). To date, roughly 9,500 of an estimated 16,000 samples have been submitted for re-analysis. Norsemont has engaged SouthernRock Geophysics ('SG') of
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