Stroud Resources Announces Commencement of Drill Program
February 18 2021 - 7:00AM
Stroud Resources Ltd. (TSXV-SDR) (“
Stroud” or the
“
Company”) is pleased to announce that its
drilling permit application has been approved by the Mexican Mining
Authority for its Santo Domingo Silver Property (“Santo Domingo” or
the “Property”), located in Hostotipaquillo Region of Jalisco,
Mexico.
The Company expects to start drilling the week of March 1,
2021.
The Drilling Permit covers 13 drill pad locations encompassing
50 planned drill holes across the Property. The first phase of the
drilling program will see 12 drill holes completed on three of the
drill sites. These are expected to confirm our geological and
mineral resource modelling of the Property. Geological modelling of
Santo Domingo had identified additional mineralized zones running
parallel to the previously announced Mineral Resource Estimate.
(see Company news release dated November 20, 2017).
The current planned drilling program will also reach deeper into
the hillside to sample the vein mineralization beyond where
historical Spanish miners were active. It is our expectation that
the grades of silver and gold in these zones should be higher as
they have never been accessed. A second phase of drilling is also
planned which will use the remaining drill sites to expand the
mineral resources by drilling an additional 38 holes. The Company
expects to prepare a new National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”)
Technical Report and a Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”)
following the drill programs.
Should the initial Phase 1drill holes confirm the expected
mineralization on the Property, the Company anticipates starting
the second drill program in Q2 2021.
The Company had issued an NI 43-101 Mineral
Resource Estimate and Technical Report on the Santo Domingo
Property on November 20, 2017. This report is available online at
SEDAR and on the Company’s website.
Highlights from the technical report
include:
- Measured and Indicated Mineral Resources increased to 25.74M
silver equivalent ounces from 15.05M.
- Inferred Mineral Resources increased to 13.39M silver
equivalent ounces from 10.68M.
- La Rayas vein indicates a mineralized zone that is 35 metres
wide by 300 metres down dip and over 700 metres along strike.
- Guadalupe vein is typically 15 to 30 metres wide.
- Five additional veins have been identified which are part of
the new drilling program, deeper into the hillside.
The Report confirms Measured and Indicated, and
Inferred Mineral Resources as set out in the table below:
A table accompanying this announcement is
available
at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/ee2b7f30-8181-40b4-a326-c1e2c9572af7
Cut-off grade was 45 grams per tonne silver
equivalent over a three metre true width and a gold-silver ratio of
72:1 Continuity of mineralization was established by drilling on 50
metre centres, and using a specific gravity of 2.65
The Santo Domingo Property is located in the
Hostotipaquillo region of Jalisco, which is steeped in a rich
mining history. The Property falls directly along structure at the
Santo Domingo Vein system and is representative of a host of old
mining operations that are spread throughout the region.
Original workings of the Spanish dot the
landscape throughout the Hostotipaquillo region, with numerous old
workings, tunnels and adits found on the Santo Domingo Silver
Property. These reach to a depth of 80 - 100 metres as the 16th
century Spanish miners were limited by their technology.
Investigation of these mine workings confirms how the adits were
simply followed to only take the central high-grade ore. Historical
reporting from around the region details the nature of the vein
exposures. The early reporting suggests that mine cut off grades
were in the order of 1 kilogram per tonne silver.
Stroud’s exploration of the two main mineralized
zones has drilled through many of the workings. These zones; La
Rayas and Guadalupe, are a series of banded to breccia style
epithermal quartz carbonate vein systems represented with
miargyrite, galena, sphalerite, argentite and native silver and
gold. La Rayas is 30 to 35 metres wide and Guadalupe is 15 to 30
metres wide. Both are parallel structures with greater than a
700-metre strike length and about 300 metre depth.
Stroud has drilled 44 holes on these two
mineralized zones, with every hole encountering mineralization,
which make up the existing 39M silver equivalent ounce mineral
resource. The La Rayas and Guadalupe zones are within 150 meters of
surface, and every indication suggests open pit capability for
mining the ore.
The Property has not been explored very much
beyond 100 metres from surface. Investigation of the old Spanish
workings on the Property have pointed toward the presence of five
additional mineralized zones running parallel to La Rayas and
Guadalupe, deeper into the hillside. The Qualifying Technical
report summarizes the drilling over the La Rayas and the Guadalupe
zones, which are close to surface and were heavily mined by the
Spanish miners.
Stroud management is excited by the new drilling
program designed to explore beyond what the Spanish miners were
able to reach. The program is designed to confirm the presence of
the additional veins and verify the higher grades we anticipate are
there.
Dr. Derek McBride, P. Eng. is the qualified
person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible
for the technical information of this release.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation
Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the
TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this news release.
About Stroud Resources Ltd.
Stroud Resources is a TSXV listed company focused on the
exploration and development of its Santo Domingo epithermal
silver-gold project in central Mexico.
For more information, please
visit www.stroudsilver.com or contact Mirsad Jakubovic,
Chief Financial Officer, Stroud Resources Ltd., Tel: (416)
888-8731, mirsad@cpamba.ca
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