The Company is processing material that has been stockpiled at Velardeña since the mines last operated in 2015. The material was only partially processed during past operations and a gold and silver bearing pyrite concentrate has not previously been separated from the material.
The drilling encountered wide zones of classic low sulphidation epithermal alteration, high level chalcedonic silica, banded stockwork and massive quartz veining, and breccias with gold mineralization, but not significant high grade mineralization. Given the unexpected flat dip of the target breccia to the east and the significantly lower gold assays in hole 8, pursuing the breccia body down dip is not justified at this time.
“This transaction fills in two key strategic gaps in the large land package East of the Palmarejo mine which unlocks significant potential in areas unencumbered by the existing Franco-Nevada gold stream. Once complete, our land holdings outside the gold stream-encumbered areas will increase by nearly 20% and the overall Palmarejo complex will consist of a single nearly contiguous district spanning over 70,000 acres of highly prospective and underexplored ground in the heart of the prolific Sierra Madre Occidental,” said Mitchell J. Krebs, Coeur President and Chief Executive Officer.
“We are excited about the latest assays from the drilling program at ELG Underground as the high grade intercepts continue to validate the long-term potential of this evolving orebody. Importantly, as our understanding of the structural controls matures, so does our confidence in our ability to continue to replace reserves and resources and to significantly grow the overall mineral endowment of the ELG Cluster.”
This maiden drill program will consist of 10 to 12 HQ core holes totaling approximately 1,500 metres. This portion of the Buenavista vein-breccia structure was sampled at surface and underground during the last sampling program and returned a number of high-grade gold and silver intervals with assays as high as 239.9 g/t Au and 1390 g/t Ag.
“The amendment to the MIA is the last environmental approval required for the operational phase of the Media Luna Project and allows us to move forward with the deposition of tailings into the mined-out Guajes open pit. The switch to in-pit tailings deposition from filtered and dry-stacked tailings will coincide with the planned commissioning of the copper and iron sulphide flotation circuits as well as concentrate filtering and handling facilities.”
Heliostar CEO, Charles Funk, commented, “Ana Paula continues to outperform our expectations. The Company’s improved understanding of the gold mineralization led to the recent recognition of a new Parallel Panel only 50 metres north of the High Grade Panel. Today’s results are wide, with high-grade mineralization.”
Prime Mining Corp. Chief Executive Officer Daniel Kunz commented, “The drill results released today continue to extend the high-grade plunge at the south-east end of the Z-T Area, known as Tahonitas. Today’s results, along with previously released holes in this area, have extended mineralization approximately 250m down-dip from the May 2023 resource pits. We are excited by how the mineralization in this area is developing and continue to drill Z-T as part of our success-based drill program.”
Gregory K. Liller states, “I am extremely pleased with the results of the new mineral resource estimation. This study validates our belief that La Guitarra has a significantly overlooked resource base. Since April, our staff has been working on validating the project-wide database, incorporating historical data, auditing the previously mined areas, and refining the geologic interpretation of the vein and models. The next step to re-opening the Guitarra mine will be a Mine and Restart Plan due in the first quarter of 2024; consisting of a capital and operating cost study, the results of which will be used to evaluate the economic potential of the mine.”
Scott Emerson, President, commented: “These results, together with the previously announced assays from Soledad SE, indicate the presence of significant silver mineralization over a distance of approximately 1.6 kilometers of the Soledad structure.”
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