Category: Exploration and Development

David Coburn, Gainey Capital’s CEO stated, “We are confident this processing partnership will allow Gainey to establish a longer term tolling strategy utilizing our 300 TPD gravity/ flotation mill. Positive cash flow generated from a potential agreement will allow the company to move forward more aggressively on exploration projects we are currently considering.”

“We are pleased that our recent exploration program confirms our geological model that the Veta Grande vein continues to pinch and swell along strike. IP and drilling have delineated a coincident target with strong potential to host a virgin silver shoot,” stated Peter J. Hawley, President and CEO. “While it is still in its early days, this proves that the Veta Grande’s potential continues along its 4.4km of strike length yet to be tested. We are excited with the target and look forward to drilling it.”

Allan Barry Laboucan, president and chief executive officer of Alset Minerals, said: “We have completed first-pass leach testing of composite sediment samples from our salars that show, with dilute acid, we can recover between 79 per cent and 97 per cent of the lithium in a matter of hours. Cinvestav has completed the advanced leaching analysis that needs to be carried out prior to pilot plant testing. This work will provide key data for various water temperatures, leaching times and acid amounts, which are important in understanding the low-cost potential of lithium recovery from our salars. With the help of Dr. Perez Garibay and his team at the Cinvestav lab in Saltillo, we can complete the work required to establish these low costs. This work will be potentially transformative for the company, and we are excited to move ahead. Once we have signed this collaborative agreement, we will report on the findings from the advanced leaching analysis completed by Cinvestav.”

Carlos Silva, COO of Santacruz, stated “The expansion of the Veta Grande Project diamond drill program to include the Armados vein will allow us to better delineate a mine plan on this vein in anticipation of the inminent expansion of the Veta Grande mill capacity.” Mr. Silva continued “The mill expansion activities are in line with our budget and commissioning of the new ball mill is scheduled to start by the end of the first quarter aiming to achieve designed efficiencies during the month of April.”

Jim Culver, CEO of VVC said, “We are excited by the results of the sampling campaign and the new interpretation of the geology and potential of the La Tuna project. The limited sampling on the property and in the old artisanal mines confirmed high grade gold mineralization is present and gave us a new vision for the property. I encourage readers of this news release, particularly those who have a technical interest, to go to the VVC website and view our presentation that shows the geology and potential of the property”.

Kootenay Silver Inc. is pleased to report that Aztec Minerals Corp. today announced results of 3 additional holes from its phase I drill program totaling 3,000 meters, currently underway at Kootenay’s Cervantes Project, located in Sonora State, Mexico.

Robert Willis, San Marco’s CEO stated; “The IP survey has generated a classic “textbook” porphyry-style geophysical target. These geophysical results add additional support to our theory of significant vertical extent below the large surface footprint. Drill hole collars are expected to be located at or near copper/gold/moly mineralization, which has been locally, identified right at surface. Each new layer of data that has been generated at 1068 has simply strengthened the target potential.”

Joey Wilkins, CEO of Aztec, commented: “The first eight drill holes have tested about half of the 750 m long, +0.5 gpt gold soil anomaly at California. Mineralization intersected to date starts at surface in most holes and averages more than 100 m thick.”

N. Eric Fier, CPG, P.Eng and CEO, remarked, “The delivery of this maiden resource estimate is a major milestone for SilverCrest Metals as we continue to systematically expand high-grade mineralization in the district and fast-track the advancement of Las Chispas. In late 2017, we were targeting a total resource number around 40 to 50 million ounces AgEq grading an estimated 500 gpt AgEq but with the recent multiple high-grade intercepts in Area 51, this target has been exceeded. Area 51 (near-surface Babicanora Vein extension) alone has an estimated 32.2 million contained AgEq ounces, grading an impressive 7.43 gpt Au and 469 gpt Ag, or 1,026 gpt AgEq and is open for potential expansion. The Area 51 resource is similar to the 1800s historic production from the adjacent Las Chispas Vein which was approximately 30 million ounce AgEq grading an estimated 15 gpt Au and 1,700 gpt Ag. With continued drilling success, the Company intends to complete an updated resource and plans to prepare a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) in H2 2018. Congratulations to our SilverCrest team, contractors, consultants and associated communities for making this impressive high-grade precious metal discovery and maiden resource possible.”

“Recent drilling continues to expand the footprint of Zone 120,” stated Darren Blasutti, President and CEO of Americas Silver Corporation. “These results have increased our confidence that Zone 120 will become an important part of the Company’s near-term future. We expect that evaluation of development scenarios will start immediately after all new drilling data has been incorporated into an improved mid-year resource estimate.”