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Highlights
Significant intercepts at the Santa Teresita target include:
AV 22-12: 4.0m of 153.2 g/t AgEq1 (0.08 g/t Au, 42.54 g/t Ag,0.96% Pb, 1.81% Zn)
AV 22-14: 7.9m of 231.63 g/t AgEq (0.79 g/t Au, 64.53 g/t Ag, 0.82% Pb, 1.82% Zn) including 3.8m of 316.22 g/t AgEq (1.02 g/t Au, 65.73 g/t Ag, 1.27% Pb, 2.75% Zn)
AV 22-17: 4.7m of 178.15 g/t AgEq (1.13 g/t Au, 13.18 g/t Ag, 0.25% Pb, 1.50% Zn)
The drilling results at Santa Teresita are interpreted to indicate that the top of a potentially significant mineral system has been recognised, analogous to the high grade Uchuccachua silver mine, located in the same mineral belt, some 90kms from
Alta Victoria . Further drilling is required to test this model.
CEO statement
Unfortunately, our drilling in the Pachas area did not return results that warrant follow up at this stage.
In addition, we are currently completing geochemical sampling and detailed mapping at our Poiltunche project, 15 kms to the southwest of
Finally, our generative program is now well underway comprising a systematic review of high potential mineral districts in the Central Andes which we are optimistic will yield attractive opportunities for acquisition over the coming months.
The program comprised 1,800.5m of diamond core drilling in 10 holes, andwas designed to achieve the following objectives:
Complete follow up drilling from the 2020 programme at the Santa Teresita target, and test depth extents of previously undrilled outcropping mineralisation (View here:2020
Scout Drill program Results);Complete first pass reconnaissance drilling in the Pachas area, testing the Adriana North and
Buena Estrella targets (View here:2022 drill targets defined).
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Fig 1. Alta Victoria Geology and Pb – Zn soil anomalies (>60th percentile) highlighting the Santa Teresita target and Pachas area (
Drilling successfully tested depth extents of outcropping breccias and replacement style mineralisation, returning significant intercepts in holes drilled in sections approximately 100 metres apart.
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Fig 2.
Drill hole AV22-12 returned 4.0m of 0.08 g/t Au, 42.54 g/t Ag, 0.96% Pb and 1.81% Zn for 153.2 g/t AgEq from 71.90m.
AV22-14, drilled in the same section, returned 7.9m of 0.79 g/t Au, 64.53 g/t Ag, 0.82 % Pb and 1.82% Zn for 231.63 g/t AgEq from 68.60m.
AV22-17 drilled approximately 100m to the South targeting the same mineralised trend returned 4.70m of 1.13 g/t Au, 13.18 g/t Ag, 0.25% Pb and 1.50% Zn for 178.15 g/t AgEq from 100.50m. AV22-17 also intersected a number of other mineralised intervals (see table 1) supporting the concept of potentially continuous mineralisation from that reported 100m to the North.
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Table 1. Drill Intercepts –
Discussion
The silver, gold, lead, zinc and manganese sulphide (alabandite) mineralisation drilled at Santa Teresita is analogous to the upper levels of several significant deposits in the Miocene Polymetallic Mineral Belt of central Perú. Many of these deposits sit on or near the regionally significant Alpamarca fault (see fig. 3). Particularly of note is the
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Fig. 3 Location map of the Central Peru Polymetallic Mineral Belt, highlighting the relative positions of
A comparison of the relative depths of emplacement of alabandite and base metal emplacement at these two mineral systems, and review of the mining levels at Uchucchacua indicates that significant potential remains at Alta Victoria some 100m to 300m below the current depth of drilling (see fig. 4).
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Fig. 4 Comparative models of theUchucchacuamine (section adapted from Petersen et al, 2004) and the Santa Teresita target (
Pachas Area –
Four drill holes totaling 708m tested silver, lead, zinc and gold manto-style mineralisation mapped and sampled at the Adriana North artisanal mine, and a northeast trending mineralised structural corridor (see News Release of
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Figure 4: Pachas area drilling with geology, geochemistry and area of geophysics coverage.
Two holes, AV22-08 and AV22-11 returned short (<2m) mineralised intercepts of note (see table 2), however the Company does believe that these results warrant follow up at this time, allowing for full focus on the Santa Teresita target.
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Table 2. Drill Intercepts – Pachas area.
Other areas of focus:
Politunche high grade silver – gold project
Following the purchase of Solitario Zinc´s Politunche data set (see Press Release of
Central Andes generative program
The Company recognises that current challenging market conditions are an opportunity to identify and acquire compelling projects that have the potential to yield economic discoveries in the near to medium term. As such, a systematic review of opportunities in the Central Andes region has begun and further news on this program is expected over the coming months.
Sampling Quality Control
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Silver and other elements are also determined by ICP methods. Samples of more than 10 g/t gold and 100 g/t silver exceeding the limits are re-analysed by fire assay with gravimetric finish by CERTIMIN. Samples with more than 10000 ppm of Cu, Pb, Zn and Mn are re-analysed by CERTIMIN by Atomic Absorption (AA).
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1 AgEq in this press release is calculated using the following parameters: Au=
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