MONTREAL, July 7, 2021 /CNW/ - Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSX: AYA)
("Aya" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce additional
high-grade silver results from its 2021 drill exploration program
that extend mineralization along strike and at depth of the new
Zgounder East Zone in the Kingdom of Morocco.
Key Highlights (all intersections are in core
lengths)
- Extension of the mineralisation at depth to the granite contact
within the exploration target with ZG-21-21, which
intersected 2,887 grams per tonne ("g/t") Ag over 5.5m, including
-
- 5,920 g/t Ag over 0.5m
- 3,120 g/t Ag over 0.5m
- 8,800 g/t Ag over 0.5m
- 8,160 g/t Ag over 0.5m
- Continuation of the mineralized system and definition of the
new eastern zone with
ZG-21-22, which intersected 1,010 g/t Ag over
5m, including
-
- 4,320 g/t Ag over 0.5m
- 2,560 g/t Ag over 0.5m
- 1,608 g/t Ag over 0.5m
- Continuation of high-grade mineralization below current mine
workings with
ZG-SF-21-12, which intersected 1,879 g/t Ag over
6.0m, including
-
- 6,422 g/t Ag over 0.5m
- 3,929 g/t Ag over 0.5m
- 3,249 g/t Ag over 0.5m
- 2,871 g/t Ag over 0.5m
- Extension of on-strike mineralization with
-
- T28-21-2100-142, which intersected 1,931 g/t Ag over
4.8m
- T28-21-2100-144, which intersected 2,553 g/t Ag over
1.2m
- Mineralization remains open on strike and at depth
"Today's high-grade results confirm continuity and expand
mineralization along strike and down dip of the recently discovered
eastern zone at Zgounder. The addition of intersection ZG-21-22 to
our inventory of mineralized zones and the delineation of
additional zones bring us closer to achieving our mineral resource
target to support our feasibility study and the expansion of
Zgounder," said Benoit La Salle,
President & CEO.
Assay results were received for eight surface core holes, five
underground core holes, and 13 T28 electric percussion holes, which
continue to confirm the mineralized potential at depth as well as
in the eastern extension of the Zgounder Mine (see Figure 1). For a
comprehensive summary of today's results from the 2021 drill
program, please refer to Appendix 1 of this press release for
surface results and Appendix 2 for underground results.
Table 1 – Significant Intercepts from Drilling at Zgounder
(core lengths)
Hole
No.
|
From
(m)
|
To
(m)
|
Length1
(m)
|
Ag2
(g/t)
|
Surface
|
ZG-21-21
|
306.50
|
312.00
|
5.50
|
2,887
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
5,920
|
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
3,120
|
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
8,800
|
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
8,160
|
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
3,520
|
|
331.00
|
333.50
|
2.50
|
510
|
|
351.00
|
355.50
|
4.50
|
306
|
ZG-21-22
|
162.50
|
164.50
|
2.00
|
345
|
167.00
|
169.00
|
2.00
|
91
|
258.00
|
263.00
|
5.00
|
1,010
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
4,320
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
2,560
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
1,608
|
Underground
|
ZG-SF-21-12
|
1.50
|
7.50
|
6.00
|
1,879
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
1,964
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
2,493
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
2,871
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
3,249
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
6,422
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
3,929
|
8.50
|
9.00
|
0.50
|
91
|
54.50
|
56.50
|
2.00
|
117
|
77.00
|
79.00
|
2.00
|
120
|
T28-21-2100-142
|
21.60
|
26.40
|
4.80
|
1,931
|
T28-21-2100-144
|
12.00
|
13.20
|
1.20
|
2,553
|
1 Holes were drilled at various
angles; true widths are not known at this time.
|
2 All
assay results are above the cut-off grade of 75 g/t
Ag.
|
2021 Exploration Program
To date, over 26,800m of the
41,000m drilling program scheduled in
2021 have been carried out on Zgounder, of which 15,000m were drilled at surface. Eight diamond
drilling rigs are currently turning on the property.
Quality Assurance
For core drilling, all individual samples represent
approximately one meter in length of core, which was halved. Half
of the core is kept on site for reference, and its counterpart is
sent for preparation and assaying to African Laboratory for Mining
and Environment in Marrakech, Morocco. All samples are analysed for silver,
copper, iron, lead, and zinc using Aqua regia and finished by
atomic absorption spectroscopy ("AAS"). Samples grading above
200 g/t Ag are reanalysed using fire assaying.
Marc-Antoine Audet, Ph.D. P. Geo,
Geological Consultant, is Aya Gold
& Silver's Qualified Person and has reviewed this press release
for accuracy and compliance with National Instrument 43-101.
About Aya Gold & Silver
Inc.
Aya Gold & Silver Inc. is a
rapidly growing, Canada-based
silver producer with operations in the Kingdom of Morocco.
The only TSX-listed pure silver mining company, Aya operates the
high-grade Zgounder Silver Mine and is exploring its properties
along the prospective South-Atlas Fault, several of which have
hosted past-producing mines and historical resources. Aya's
Moroccan mining assets are complemented by its Tijirit Gold Project
in Mauritania, which is being
advanced to feasibility.
Since its appointment in mid-2020, Aya's new management team has
been focused on maximising shareholder value by anchoring
sustainability at the heart of its production, resource,
governance, and financial growth plans.
For additional information, please visit Aya's website at
www.ayagoldsilver.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain statements that constitute
forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable
securities laws ("forward-looking statements"), which reflects
management's expectations regarding Aya's future growth and
business prospects (including the timing and development of new
deposits and the success of exploration activities) and other
opportunities. Wherever possible, words such as "plans", "expects",
"does not expect", "deliver", "plan", "scheduled", "trends",
"indications", "potential", "estimates", "predicts", "anticipate",
"to establish", "does not anticipate", "believe", "intend",
"ability to" and similar expressions or statements that certain
actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might",
"will", or are "likely" to be taken, occur or be achieved, have
been used to identify such forward-looking information. Specific
forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are
not limited to, statements and information with respect to the
exploration and development potential of Zgounder and the
conversion of Inferred Mineral Resources into Measured and
Indicated Mineral Resources, future opportunities for enhancing
development at Zgounder, and timing for the release of the
Company's disclosure in connection with the foregoing. Although the
forward-looking information contained in this press release reflect
management's current beliefs based upon information currently
available to management and based upon what management believes to
be reasonable assumptions, Aya cannot be certain that actual
results will be consistent with such forward-looking information.
Such forward-looking statements are based upon assumptions,
opinions and analysis made by management in light of its
experience, current conditions, and its expectations of future
developments that management believe to be reasonable and relevant
but that may prove to be incorrect. These assumptions include,
among other things, the closing and timing of financing, the
ability to obtain any requisite governmental approvals, the
presence of artisanal miners, obtaining regulatory permits for on
site work, importing goods and machinery and employment permits,
the accuracy of Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource Estimates
(including, but not limited to, ore tonnage and ore grade
estimates), the price of silver, the price of gold, exchange rates,
fuel and energy costs, future economic conditions, anticipated
future estimates of free cash flow, and courses of action. Aya
cautions you not to place undue reliance upon any such
forward-looking statements.
The risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking
statements include, among others: the inherent risks involved in
exploration and development of mineral properties, including
government approvals and permitting, changes in economic
conditions, changes in the worldwide price of silver gold and other
key inputs, changes in mine plans (including, but not limited to,
throughput and recoveries being affected by metallurgical
characteristics) and other factors, such as project execution
delays, many of which are beyond the control of Aya, as well as
other risks and uncertainties which are more fully described in
Aya's 2020 Annual Information Form dated March 31, 2021, and in other filings of Aya with
securities and regulatory authorities which are available on SEDAR
at www.sedar.com. Aya does not undertake any obligation to update
forward-looking statements should assumptions related to these
plans, estimates, projections, beliefs, and opinions change.
Nothing in this document should be construed as either an offer to
sell or a solicitation to buy or sell Aya securities. All
references to Aya include its subsidiaries unless the context
requires otherwise.
Appendix 1 – Mineral Intercepts from Surface Drilling at
Zgounder (core lengths)
Hole
No.
|
From
(m)
|
To
(m)
|
Length1
(m)
|
Ag2
(g/t)
|
ZG-21-16
|
193.00
|
194.50
|
1.50
|
135
|
240.00
|
241.50
|
1.50
|
290
|
205.00
|
206.00
|
1.00
|
84
|
259.50
|
261.00
|
1.50
|
289
|
ZG-21-17
|
1.50
|
2.50
|
1.00
|
184
|
5.50
|
6.50
|
1.00
|
84
|
16.00
|
17.50
|
1.50
|
180
|
23.50
|
26.50
|
3.00
|
578
|
169.50
|
172.50
|
3.00
|
284
|
186.50
|
187.50
|
1.00
|
116
|
229.00
|
230.00
|
1.00
|
240
|
245.00
|
250.50
|
5.50
|
303
|
258.00
|
259.00
|
1.00
|
360
|
ZG-21-18
|
283.50
|
285.00
|
1.50
|
92
|
289.50
|
290.00
|
0.50
|
128
|
ZG-21-19
|
187.00
|
188.50
|
1.50
|
120
|
|
193.50
|
195.50
|
2.00
|
142
|
ZG-21-20
|
180.00
|
181.00
|
1.00
|
84
|
264.50
|
265.50
|
1.00
|
196
|
ZG-21-21
|
306.50
|
312.00
|
5.50
|
2,887
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
5,920
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
3,120
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
8,800
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
8,160
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
3,520
|
331.00
|
333.50
|
2.50
|
510
|
351.00
|
355.50
|
4.50
|
306
|
ZG-21-22
|
162.50
|
164.50
|
2.00
|
345
|
167.00
|
169.00
|
2.00
|
91
|
258.00
|
263.00
|
5.00
|
1,010
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
4,320
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
2,560
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
1,608
|
ZG-21-25
|
172.50
|
173.00
|
0.50
|
2,048
|
1 Holes were drilled at various
angles, true widths are not known at this time.
|
2 All
assay results are above the cut-off grade of 75 g/t
Ag.
|
Appendix 2 - Mineral Intercepts from Underground Drilling at
Zgounder (core lengths)
Hole
No.
|
From
(m)
|
To
(m)
|
Length1
(m)
|
Ag2
(g/t)
|
ZG-SF-21-08
|
8.50
|
10.00
|
1.50
|
476
|
42.50
|
45.00
|
2.50
|
130
|
ZG-SF-21-09
|
0.00
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
76
|
10.00
|
11.00
|
1.00
|
151
|
13.50
|
15.00
|
1.50
|
80
|
22.50
|
26.00
|
3.50
|
206
|
67.00
|
70.00
|
3.00
|
112
|
96.50
|
98.00
|
1.50
|
84
|
ZG-SF-21-10
|
16.00
|
17.50
|
1.50
|
180
|
19.50
|
20.50
|
1.00
|
128
|
31.50
|
35.00
|
3.50
|
302
|
65.00
|
66.00
|
1.00
|
76
|
ZG-SF-21-12
|
1.50
|
7.50
|
6.00
|
1,879
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
1,964
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
2,493
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
2,871
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
3,249
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
6,422
|
|
including
|
0.50
|
3,929
|
8.50
|
9.00
|
0.50
|
91
|
54.50
|
56.50
|
2.00
|
117
|
77.00
|
79.00
|
2.00
|
120
|
ZG-SF-21-13
|
9.50
|
11.50
|
2.00
|
259
|
|
21.00
|
24.00
|
3.00
|
271
|
T28-21-2030-125
|
0.00
|
2.40
|
2.40
|
586
|
T28-21-2030-127
|
6.00
|
7.20
|
1.20
|
149
|
T28-21-2030-129
|
6.00
|
8.40
|
2.40
|
522
|
25.20
|
26.40
|
1.20
|
142
|
T28-21-2030-130
|
14.40
|
19.20
|
4.80
|
493
|
20.40
|
25.20
|
4.80
|
89
|
T28-21-2030-134
|
4.80
|
6.00
|
1.20
|
83
|
T28-21-2100-141
|
12.00
|
14.40
|
2.40
|
772
|
T28-21-2100-142
|
21.60
|
26.40
|
4.80
|
1,931
|
T28-21-2100-144
|
8.40
|
9.60
|
1.20
|
258
|
12.00
|
13.20
|
1.20
|
2,553
|
16.80
|
18.00
|
1.20
|
292
|
T28-21-2100-144bis
|
12.00
|
14.40
|
2.40
|
522
|
T28-21-2100-147
|
12.00
|
13.20
|
1.20
|
78
|
T28-21-2100-167
|
0.00
|
3.60
|
3.60
|
552
|
T28-21-1975-151
|
7.20
|
8.40
|
1.20
|
79
|
16.80
|
20.40
|
3.60
|
103
|
T28-21-1975-157
|
0.00
|
6.00
|
6.00
|
303
|
10.80
|
13.20
|
2.40
|
89
|
16.80
|
19.20
|
2.40
|
96
|
Holes were
drilled at various angles, true widths are not known at this
time.
|
2 All
assay results are above the cut-off grade of 75 g/t
Ag.
|
SOURCE Aya Gold & Silver
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