“Silver Spruce is building its grassroots exploration portfolio in a very productive, mining-friendly region only two kilometres from our El Mezquite property, adjacent to Minera Alamos’ Santana project, and closer to their Nicho gold deposit currently on track for development,” said Greg Davison, Silver Spruce Director and VP Exploration.

Capitan’s CEO, Alberto Orozco, stated: “We are very excited to receive the first batch of drill hole assays from our program on Capitan Hill at the Peñoles Project. This first batch of drill holes demonstrates strong continuity of gold-silver mineralization, particularly down- and up-dip; and they are also showing silver mineralization at depth to be more significant than previously thought.”

“The maiden drill holes at the El Refugio target have shown the area to be part of a large hydrothermal system. The broad quartz breccia zones punctuated with high grade gold-silver veins has been drill tested over 300m and is building the model of a large gold-silver system that is characterised by extensive surface alteration and rhyolite dome intrusions.”

“The start of earth moving on site marks another important milestone in the development of Camino Rojo made possible through the collective efforts of our team and stakeholders,” stated Jason Simpson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Orla. “Project advancement continues in a controlled manner as we focus on maintaining the health and safety of our personnel.”