The results include new drill core assays from the Guadalupe East and Zapote South deposits which are two of eight known gold-silver deposits that comprise the current mineral resource at
Key Highlights
Drill hole 21GE-03 targeted the Estaca vein at Guadalupe East in an area with no known historic mining or previous drilling to gain more geologic and structural controls and aid in further planning of step-out drilling. Access and topography constraints required hole 21GE-03 to be drilled at a high angle to the interpreted mineralized system. The drill hole successfully intercepted the Estaca vein with a drill core length of 58.0 metres ('m'), 11.6 m estimated true width ('etw'), returning 12 grams per tonne ('gpt') gold ('Au') and 724.6 gpt silver ('Ag'). Contained within this intercept are three discrete mineralized zones: two upper vein breccia zones separated by 3.5 m (0.7 etw) of waste and a lower mineralized stockwork unit separated from the lower vein breccia by 4.5 m (0.9 m etw) of waste. The first vein breccia intercept was 28.0 m (5.6 m etw) of 11.95 gpt Au and 1,122.1 gpt Ag and the second vein breccia intercept was 10.0 m (2.0 m etw) at 11.17 gpt Au and 909.3 gpt Ag. The lower stockwork unit intercept was 12.0 m (2.4 m etw) at 2.00 gpt Au and 120.9 gpt Ag.
Drill hole 21GE-03 intersected the Estaca vein approximately 125 m higher in elevation and nearly 70 m northwest of previously reported hole 21GE-01 which intersected 1 m at 3.25 gpt Au 380.0 gpt Ag, including 6.5 m at 6.51 gpt Au and 587.5 gpt Ag (described in our
Drill holes 21GE-09 and 21GE-10 have also intersected the Estaca vein in previously undrilled areas below historic mining. Drill holes 21GE-11 and 21GE-13 intersected the Estaca vein westwards toward the boundary of the current
Drill holes 21GE-05 and 21GE-07 intersected new mineralized structures adjacent to the Estaca vein. Hole 21GE-05 intercepted 1.5 m (1.4 m etw) at 50 gpt Au and 300.0 gpt Ag and hole 21GE-07 intersected 0.9 m (0.6 m etw) at 93.80 gpt Au and 829.0 gpt Ag. These new structures also potentially expand the current
Zapote South
Drill hole 21ZAP-15 intercepted 3 m (7.4 m etw) at 4.49 gpt Au and 67.9 gpt Ag, representing a 40.0 m step-out. Hole 21ZAP-15 is the most southerly intercept drilled at Zapote South to-date. Additionally, hole 21ZAP-14 intercepted 10.4 m (7.3 m etw) grading 2.12 gpt Au and 42.3 gpt Ag. Both holes demonstrate the potential to expand current open pit resources.
Drill hole 21ZAP-09 is an in-fill hole that intercepted 15.9 m (15.9 m etw) at 2.01 gpt Au and 35.7 gpt Ag plus another 23.4 m (23.4 m etw) at 5.56 gpt Au and 59.0 gpt Ag, including an interval with 8.6 m (8.6 m etw) at 14.09 gpt Au and 105.1 gpt Ag. Hole 21ZAP-09 provides significant missing silver information to the resource block model.
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The Estaca Vein -
The Guadalupe structure was first mined as early as 1772, with the most active period of mining taking place between 1872 - 1938. The Estaca Vein is one of three principal veins mined at Guadalupe East yet remains largely untested by drilling. Drill campaigns by prior operators established a limited understanding of the true orientation of the vein. Targeting mineralization is challenging because of topography, access constraints and voids associated with historic mining. Only three of more than a dozen drill holes completed by prior operators intersected the bonanza-style mineralization previously mined at Guadalupe East. Current 3D modelling and re-interpretation of these drill intersections indicates a steep southwest dipping vein geometry. Mineralization is typical of low sulphidation epithermal systems, comprising massive to drusy, colliform to crustified adularia bearing quartz and quartz breccias.
This intercept was modified from the normal compositing criteria used to report in the previous news releases and this current news release to account for the overall length of mineralized intercept. Two intervals of 3.5 m (213.0 m - 216.5 m) and 4.5 m (226.5 m - 231.0 m) of internal waste did not meet the minimum 3.0 m requirement and minimum assay of 0.2 gpt Au to be included as internal dilution for the broader intercept. The broader interval is reported because the estimated true width of the internal waste component is only 0.7 m and 0.9 m respectively.
Drill hole 21GE-03 targeted the Estaca vein in an area that appears to have had no historic mining and is just outside the Guadalupe East planned Inferred resource open pit shell. Hole 21GE-03 intersected the Estaca vein at a high angle entering from the footwall through to the hanging wall. It intercepted a 58.0 m (11.6 m etw) mineralized package that includes two zones of internal waste totalling 8.0 m (1.6 m etw). The drill hole intercepted two mineralized vein and vein breccia zones separated by 3.45 m (0.7m etw) of waste rock, and a lower stockwork vein system separated from the upper veins by 4.5 m (0.9 m etw) of waste. The first interval was 28.0 m (5.6 m etw) of 11.95 gpt Au and 1,122.1 gpt Ag and the second consisted of 10.0 m (2.0 m etw) at 11.17gpt Au and 909.3 gpt Ag. Significant adularia and what has been interpreted as black colored silver sulphosalt minerals were noted in the drill core where the highest silver grades were reported. Approximately 4.5 m (0.9 m etw) of waste separates the lower mineralized vein with a mineralized stockwork zone grading 2.00 gpt Au and 120.9 gpt Ag over 12.0 m (2.4 m etw).
Four additional holes have been completed with assays currently pending. Holes 21GE-09 and 21GE-10 targeted the Estaca vein at a depth below the known historic workings. Holes 21GE-11 and 21GE-13 intersected the Estaca vein closer to the bottom of the current Inferred category open pit resource.
The San Nicolas Vein -
Zapote South
Mineralization at Zapote South consists primarily of white to grey crystalline to chalcedonic quartz, quartz breccia and stockwork exploiting 45-degree southwest dipping fault structures within or along the margins of rhyolite dykes that intrude both andesitic tuffs and rhyolite. Quartz is massive-to-crustiform, locally displaying colliform to bladed replacement textures. Higher-grade intervals are marked by finely banded green adularia. Gold distribution appears to be zoned within the quartz bearing structure. The structure appears to have 1.0 to 5.0 m thick, higher-grade core, where grades exceed 4.0 gpt Au. This high-grade core is contained within a much broader 10.0 m plus thick zone of mineralization that has a gold grades of greater than 0.2 gpt. Higher-grade structures appear continuous from section to section locally.
The optimum elevation for higher-grade mineralization at Zapote South appears to be between 710 m and 580 m elevation above sea level ('asl'). Quartz and quartz breccia zones become generally narrower and lower grade above this elevation. Immediately below the 580 m asl, the quartz bearing zones appear to broaden into wider, lower grades zones and may lack a higher-grade center, before thinning at depth. Silver appears to have an uneven distribution throughout the mineralized interval but, in general, highest-grade silver is associated with higher-grade gold.
Drilling has now moved to the Tahonitas road system to better target extensions of the Zapote South mineralized system.
Management Additions and Options Grant
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