Category: Exploration and Development

“We continue to be very encouraged by the results of the ongoing drill program in the South-East Deeps zone” said Dale Andres, CEO of Gatos Silver. “These drill intercepts, which are from areas outside of our current mineral reserve, further support our target of extending the mine life by the third quarter of 2024. Definition drilling is identifying high-grade zones within the broader inferred resource. We are prioritizing these zones for potential conversion to reserves.”

Fred Davidson, President & CEO stated, “This is a tremendous milestone for our Company as we embark on our next phase of growth. When we bought the Plomosas mine earlier this year, we remained steadfast in our ability that we could bring the asset back into production on time and on budget. I would like to thank our exceptional technical team for a job well done.”

“Initial due diligence was completed to get a sense for the area, to quicky see those results yield high values for gold and silver showcases the true potential beyond Pilar.” stated Brodie Sutherland, CEO. “Not only are we seeing an extension of the Pilar mineralized system immediately to the north of the previous boundary, we are seeing significant gold values well beyond with excellent indications in the geochemistry that there is more to be discovered.”

“To finalize this agreement is a major milestone for the Company, completely changing our trajectory towards becoming a producer with significant resource potential.” Stated Brodie Sutherland, CEO. “To now be able to explore a much larger area primed for new discoveries and provide immediate expansion potential to Pilar itself gives our shareholders added upside.”

“These encouraging drill results expand our knowledge as we continue to push the boundaries of the mineralized horizons along the Santa Cruz vein. Given the widths and grades of the intersections near existing development, this work is expected continue Guanacevi’s history of growth and reserve replacement,” stated Dan Dickson, Chief Executive Officer.

“We are very pleased to see such excellent high-grade results in the first holes ever into just one of several multi-kilometer structural trends we’ve identified cutting across the property. These structures have seen extensive prospecting and very small-scale mining, but the system has never been explored with a large-scale perspective and we are excited to see what the other structures reveal”, Dr. Craig Gibson, President and CEO commented.

Kootenay’s President & CEO, James McDonald states, “these are important holes because they increase the volume of mineralization in the D Vein shoot with impressive grades and widths.”

Commenting on the PEA, Richard Lock stated: “This is a significant start to the process of evaluating Santo Tomas. The PEA firmly demonstrates the economic viability of the Santo Tomas Project and justifies its continued development. The combination of excellent infrastructure, simple metallurgy, a cohesive and consistent grade distribution, and a low strip ratio, along with the identification of several existing opportunities for resource expansion, provide additional strength and certainty to the Project.”

“The completion of the zinc circuit in the SART is important as it expected to generate approximately $500,000 per month for cash flow, which will pay back the $2M capex quickly. We believe it will improve the metallurgical recoveries of gold and silver on the material which we are processing currently, so we expect to see production increase once commissioning is completed,” said Brad Langille, President and CEO.

Drilling is expected to be conducted in two stages and has been permitted for a total of 28 drillholes and 4200 m, commencing with a first stage in late 2023. The second stage of the drilling program will be designed subject to the results of the initial stage of RC drilling.