Key Highlights – Channel sampling at Reliquias
Drill Hole SMR152-23-PER (PER vein)
- 1.15 m @ 454 g/t Ag, 0.70% Pb, 1.41% Zn, 0.03% Cu and 2.32
g/t Au, including
- 0.30 m @ 1,600 g/t Ag, 2.55% Pb, 5.08% Zn, 0.10% Cu
and 8.00 g/t Au
Drill Hole SMR154-23-PER (PER vein)
- 1.15 m @ 354 g/t Ag, 1.56% Pb, 2.82% Zn, 0.13% Cu and 1.10
g/t Au, including
- 0.25 m @ 1,151 g/t Ag, 4.11% Pb, 3.76% Zn, 0.27% Cu
and 3.24 g/t Au
Drill Hole SMR151-23-VUL (PAS vein)
- 1.25 m @ 105 g/t Ag, 2.16% Pb, 1.35% Zn, 0.49% Cu and 0.24
g/t Au, including
- 0.35 m @ 324 g/t Ag, 6.55% Pb, 3.79% Zn, 1.53% Cu and 0.60
g/t Au
TORONTO, Oct. 12,
2023 /CNW/ - Silver Mountain Resources Inc.
("Silver Mountain" or "the Company") (TSXV: AGMR) (OTCQB: AGMRF)
announced the receipt of results from six additional drill holes
completed at its 100% owned Reliquias mine, central Peru. This is part of the Phase 2 of the 2023
drilling campaign, in which the Company has completed 12,043 metres
of diamond drilling from 43 holes. So far, results have been
received for 28 drill holes. Three underground drill rigs are
currently in operation at Reliquias.
Alvaro Espinoza, President and
CEO of Silver Mountain, expressed his enthusiasm: "The results from
the Perseguida vein continue to exceed our expectations. We are
seeing high grade precious metals and polymetallic values, proving
once again that the Reliquias mine has more surprises under its
sleeve. Our crews are working hard drilling, rehabilitating, and
sampling the workings at the Reliquias Mine - having readily
accessible tunnels and crosscuts will allow us to quickly restart
mine production and collect additional representative data points
to upgrade our resource in the future. As we move forward with our
drilling, mine rehabilitation and channel sampling programs, we
continue to see excellent silver grades in the known veins, as well
as promising high grade polymetallic values in newly identified
mineralized structures such as the Natividad vein. Reliquias
continues to deliver, and our strategy of simultaneously growing
the resource and working towards future production is bearing
fruit."
Discussion of 2023 Drilling Results
The Company has so far received results from drill holes on the
Sacasipuedes, Perseguida and Matacaballo-Pasteur vein systems from
four underground drill platforms: two from Sacasipuedes, one from
Perseguida and one from Matacaballo-Pasteur-Vulcano. Details on the
location of the underground drill platforms and drill traces are
found in Figure 1. Table 1 also shows a summary of the results
announced in this news release. Details from all drill holes
announced to date will be posted on the Company's website
(https://agmr.ca/)
Drill holes SMR152-23-PER and SMR154-23-PER targeted the central
portion of the Perseguida ("PER") vein, below the existing
workings. Results confirm that the PER vein hosts some of the
highest silver grades in the Reliquias mine, and confirms the
lateral and verticial continuity of this mineralization. Drill hole
SMR154-23-PER in particular, hit an area with little drilling
coverage – approximately 80 metres from the nearest intercept – and
confirms the continuity of high grades hit by earlier drilling
under the old workings. Drill holes SMR151-23-VUL and SMR156-23-VUL
were aimed at testing both the Pasteur ("PAS") vein, on the
easternmost sector of the ENE-WSW Matacaballo vein system, and
the Vulcano vein, a parallel structure located less than 100 metres
to the north of Pasteur. Results from Pasteur confirm the grades
seen in earlier drilling and will be incorporated in future
resource estimates. Results from Vulcano ("VUL") suggest that,
although the quartz vein mapped on surface extends at depth, the
segment tested in these drill holes host lower silver grades.
Additional drilling will test the lateral and vertical extensions
to confirm if this quartz vein hosts significant ore shoots.
Figures 2 and 3 show grade-thickness long sections of the PER and
PAS veins respectively
The 2023 drill program consists of two phases: an initial 3,500
metre phase using BQ diameter core (now completed); and a second
12,500 meter phase using NQ and HQ diameter core. Full results from
the BQ diameter drilling have now been announced (see also
March 29th and
July 19th news release at
https://agmr.ca/news/ ). The second phase of infill drilling
started in June 2023 and continues
with 3 rigs working in the upper levels of the MTC (Matacaballo),
MTS (Meteysaca), and SCS (Sacasipuedes) vein systems, where high
grade historical resource blocks remain outside of the current
resource estimate. The Company plans to incorporate these
high-grade blocks in future resource estimates. Results will be
announced as they become available.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of Silver Mountain Resources
Inc.
Alvaro Espinoza, Chief Executive
Officer
Qualified Person
Antonio Cruz Bermudez, , P. Geo.
Registered Member MAIG is an independent consultant of the
Company and the Qualified Person (within the meaning of NI 43-101)
responsible for the MRE, has reviewed and approved the scientific
and technical information contained in this news release.
About Silver
Mountain
Silver Mountain Resources Inc. is a silver explorer and mine
developer planning to restart production at the Reliquias
underground mine and undertake exploration activities at its
prospective silver camps at the Castrovirreyna Project in
Huancavelica, Peru.
For additional information in respect of the Castrovirreyna
Project, please refer to the Company's technical report, titled NI
43-101 Technical Report Mineral Resource Estimate for the Reliquias
Mine, Huancavelica- Peru, dated
March 27, 2023, effective date
March 18, 2023, available at
https://sedar.com.
For further information about our drill program, including cross
sections of the main veins with drill hole locations, please refer
to our corporate presentation, available on our website at
www.agmr.ca
Silver Mountain's subsidiary Sociedad Minera Reliquias S.A.C.
owns 100% of its concessions and holds more than 60,000 hectares in
the district of Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica, Peru.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture
Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of
this release.
Sampling, QA/QC, and Analytical
Procedures
Silver Mountain follows systematic and rigorous sampling and
analytical protocols which meet industry standards. These protocols
are summarized below.
All drill holes are diamond core holes with BQ, HQ or NQ core
diameters. Drill core is collected at the underground drill site
where recovery measurements are taken before the core is
transported by truck to the core logging facility at the Caudalosa
Grande mine camp, where it is photographed and geologically logged.
The core is then cut in half with a diamond saw blade with half the
sample retained in the core box for future reference and the other
half placed into a pre-labelled plastic bag, sealed with a plastic
zip tie, and identified with a unique sample number. The core is
typically sampled over a 1 - 2 metre sample interval unless the
geologist determines the presence of an important geological
contact. The bagged samples are then stored in a secure area
pending shipment to a certified laboratory sample preparation
facility.
Rock channel samples were collected with an electric percussion
hammer and do not exceed 1.0 m in
length. Channels are broken at obvious geologic boundaries to
correctly separate rock types and mineralization styles. The sample
bags were sealed with a plastic zip tie and identified with a
unique sample number, pending shipment to a certified laboratory
sample preparation facility.
Samples are sent by batch to the ALS or Certimin laboratories in
Lima for assay. Silver Mountain
independently inserts certified control standards, fine and coarse
blanks, and duplicates into the sample stream to monitor data
quality. These standards are inserted "blindly" to the laboratory
in the sample sequence prior to departure from the core storage
facilities. At the laboratory, samples are dried, crushed, and
pulverized and then analyzed using a fire assay-AA finish analysis
for gold and a full multi-acid digestion with ICP-AES analysis for
other elements. Samples with results that exceed maximum detection
values for the main elements of interest (Ag, Zn, Pb, Cu) are
re-analyzed using precise ore-grade ICP analytical techniques,
while high gold values are re-analyzed by fire assay with a
gravimetric finish.
Forward Looking
Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements and
forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian
securities legislation (collectively, "forward-looking
statements") that relate to Silver Mountain's current
expectations and views of future events. Any statements that
express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs,
plans, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance
(often, but not always, through the use of words or phrases such as
"will likely result", "are expected to", "expects", "will
continue", "is anticipated", "anticipates", "believes",
"estimated", "intends", "plans", "forecast", "projection",
"strategy", "objective" and "outlook") are not historical facts and
may be forward-looking statements and may involve estimates,
assumptions and uncertainties which could cause actual results or
outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in such
forward-looking statements. No assurance can be given that these
expectations will prove to be correct and such forward-looking
statements included in this news release should not be unduly
relied upon. These statements speak only as of the date of this
news release.
Forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions
and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of
which are beyond Silver Mountain's control, which could cause
actual results and events to differ materially from those that are
disclosed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the
factors set forth under "Forward-Looking Statements" and
"Risk Factors" in the Company's final prospectus dated
January 26, 2022, and other
disclosure documents available on the Company's profile at
www.sedar.com. Silver Mountain undertakes no obligation to update
or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be
required by law. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is
not possible for Silver Mountain to predict all of them or assess
the impact of each such factor or the extent to which any factor,
or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially
from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Any
forward-looking statements contained in this news release are
expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary
statement.
SOURCE Silver Mountain Resources Inc.