Category: Exploration and Development

Riverside’s President and CEO, John-Mark Staude, stated: “We are pleased to move forward with Sinaloa Resources in the La Silla precious metal district in Sinaloa, Mexico. The last exploration and drilling program at La Silla intersected high grades and we look forward to operating and collaborating with our partner to build on historical success in this district.”

This small initial program follows our successful 2018 sampling program and allows IMPACT to test potential continuity of veins we first encountered over a decade ago at much lower gold prices. Given the proximity of the project to IMPACT’s operation mills, potential large enough tonnage of gold and copper could warrant near-term production prospects.

Silver Viper’s President and CEO Steve Cope states, “We are very pleased with the success of our first drilling campaign at La Virginia. Of the areas tested in this program, the discovery at El Rubi clearly stands out and it is the prospect area where the next phase of drilling will be focused. The 100m long portion of El Rubi we have drilled is only a small segment of the larger target area which lies north of La Virginia. El Rubi is located on a discrete mesa, generally along trend from La Virginia, and has seen very little previous exploration work. Our field crews are actively following up geochemical anomalies, both along trend and along parallel structures identified in 2018.”

“The maiden drill program at Cerro Cascaron successfully intersected gold mineralization at both the Serpiente Dorada and San Pedro areas,” commented Stewart Harris, VP of Technical Services. “Drilling at Serpiente Dorada delineated a significant corridor of alteration containing local high-grade gold mineralization. Meanwhile, drilling at San Pedro encountered a competent quartz vein within a broad stockwork containing moderate gold grades and epithermal textures, suggesting a deeper target may exist. Drilling continues to test both areas for additional gold mineralization.”

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. is pleased to report that the Federal Attorney’s Office for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA) has completed its investigation into the overflow of the contingency pond at the dry stack tailings facility at the San Jose Mine on October 8, 2018, which was caused by heavy seasonal rains. PROFEPA’s final report confirms that the overflow did not contaminate soil, and therefore no remediation is required.