Southern Empire Resources Corp. (Southern Empire; TSX-V: SMP; Frankfurt:5RE; OTC:SMPEF) announces that detailed Synchrotron radiation micro-X-Ray Fluorescence (Synchrotron Micro-XRF or SR-micro-XRF) mineralogical studies of gold-enriched drill core samples from its Pedro Gold Project in Durango, Mexico, reveal certain, specific mineralogical similarities to the unique ore mineralization of the world-class Carlin gold deposits in north-central Nevada.
Although preliminary in nature, this mineralogical work together with many other noted geological similarities supports the possibility that a new belt of Carlin-style gold deposits, named the 'Mapimi Gold Corridor' by Southern Empire, may exist in north-central Mexico.
The idea that there could be a metallogenic trend of bulk-minable, sediment-hosted gold deposits in north-central Mexico makes for a very compelling exploration strategy,' explained Dale Wallster, Southern Empire's CEO adding, 'Now, with the Synchrotron Micro-XRF analyses of Pedro drill core specimens, we have strong mineralogical evidence that further supports the classification of the Pedro gold mineralization as 'Carlin-style', an important concept that will be applied to our exploration modelling.'
Also herein, Southern Empire provides a summary of its 2022 north-central Mexico exploration strategies, property acquisitions, and an update regarding option agreement amendments with Commander Resources Ltd. (Commander).
Pedro Gold Project: Drill Core Synchrotron Micro-XRF Mineralogical Study
Detailed mineralogical studies were conducted at the U.S.A. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory Advanced Photon Source (APS) in Chicago, one of the most technologically complex research facilities in the world, by Dr. Lisa Van Loon of LISA CAN Analytical Solutions Inc. (LISA CAN) in collaboration with Dr. Neil Banerjee of Western University.
In the Carlin-type gold deposits of north-central Nevada, a ubiquitous suite of 'pathfinder' or 'indicator' trace elements, which include arsenic (As), mercury (Hg), thallium (Tl) and antimony (Sb), often occurring together with submicron-sized gold (Au) particles in As-rich rims (a chemical zonation feature referred to as 'fuzzy' rims) that formed around unmineralized pyrite cores during ore-mineralizing processes (Longo, Cline and Muntean, 2009; Palenik et al, 2004 & Barker et al, 2009; cited in Gopon et al, 2019).
The initial LISA CAN SR-micro-XRF mineralogical study further supports Southern Empire's hypothesis that gold mineralization at Pedro is potentially Carlin-style. A summary of this study follows:
SR-micro-XRF analyses were conducted on representative pyrite grains in sample SER-2B.
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