Prime Mining Corp. (“Prime” or the
“Company”) (TSX-V: PRYM, OTCQB: PRMNF, Frankfurt:
04V3) announces continuing positive drill hole results from its
2021 Phase 1 drill program and its on-going Phase 2 drill program
at the Zapote South deposit. Zapote South is one of the eight known
gold-silver deposits at the Company’s wholly owned Los Reyes
project located in Sinaloa State, Mexico (the “Project”).
Being reported today are 20 new drill holes from
Zapote South, including 15 diamond drill and 5 reverse circulation
(“RC”) holes. Eleven of the holes represent final results of the
Zapote South Phase 1 program and 9 holes from the ongoing Phase 2
program (see Figures 1 and 2).
Highlights from the Zapote South Drill Program
Include:
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2.38 grams per tonne (“gpt”) gold (“Au”) and 43.4 gpt silver (“Ag”)
over 42.7 m (27.4 m estimated true width “etw”)
(22ZAP-55R);
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7.75 gpt Au and 56.8 gpt Ag over 8.0 m 5.8 etw
(22ZAP-45);
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2.68 gpt Au and 15.4 gpt Ag over 6.1 m (3.9 m etw)
(22ZAP-54R);
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2.91 gpt Au and 41.3 gpt Ag over 6.0 m (5.6 m etw
(21ZAP-37);
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2.73 gpt Au and 22.6 gpt Ag over 6.1 m (4.3 m etw) plus 1.49 gpt Au
and 19.9 gpt Ag over 13.7 m (8.8 m etw) and 1.49 gpt Au plus 6.7
gpt Ag over 1.53 m (1.1 m etw) (22ZAP-53R);
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7.10 gpt Au and 20.5 gpt Ag over 2.3 m (1.9 m etw)
(21ZAP-36);
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1.92 gpt Au and 42.3 gpt Ag over 7.50 m (5.3 m etw)
(21ZAP-43); and
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1.09 gpt Au and 32.2 gpt Ag over 28.3 m (18.2 m etw)
(21ZAP-32).
Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Kunz commented,
“Drilling continues to be highly successful at Zapote South as we
consistently encounter robust high-grade mineralization with an
expanding footprint. The Z-T structure is proving to be an area of
good continuity and remains open at depth below the Zapote pits and
the current Tahonitas drilling. Recent drilling represents our
deepest drilling at Zapote and has expanded mineralization a
further 200 metres deeper and significantly to the southeast.
Results now indicate that the ZT structure is mineralized over
three kilometres to a potential depth of over 300 m below
surface.”
Executive Vice President of Exploration, Scott
Smith commented, “Hole 22ZAP-55R contains one of the widest and
deepest intercepts drilled to date and this new discovery opens the
opportunity for the entire Z-T Structure at depth. The RC hole
ended in mineralization at 406 metres above sea level and was
terminated due to encountered water. The intercept is over 200 m
below the bottom of the current resource with a width of 42.7 m
(27.4 m etw) and grades of 2.38 gpt Au and 43.4 gpt Ag.”
Phase 2 Exploration Update
Nine drill rigs are currently operating at Los
Reyes in the Phase 2 program and have completed 30,000 m (106
holes) of the planned 50,000 m program. Five drills are operating
on Guadalupe East, two on the Central Structure, one on the Z-T
Structure and one on other generative targets. Considerable
progress has been made on the previously experienced assay backlog
with assay turnaround has been reduced to approximately five
weeks.
Zapote South
The Zapote South deposit is part of the
Zapote-Tahonitas (“Z-T”) major northwest-southeast trending
structure, as such it remains open along strike and at depth. To
date the Company has defined this structure over three kilometres
in length.
The majority of higher-grade mineralization
encountered to date has been found between 710 and 480 metres above
sea level (“masl”). However, 22ZAP-55R, at the north end of Zapote
South, encountered significant widths of mineralization at 400 masl
along the margins of a large rhyolite intrusive.
Mineralization at Zapote South consists
primarily of white to grey crystalline to chalcedonic quartz,
quartz breccia and stockwork exploiting 45-degree southwest dipping
fault structures within or along the margins of rhyolite dykes that
intrude both andesitic tuffs and rhyolite. Quartz is massive to
crustiform, locally displaying colliform to bladed replacement
textures. Higher-grade intervals are marked by finely banded green
adularia. Gold distribution appears to be zoned within the quartz
bearing structure, having a 1.0 to 5.0 m thick higher-grade section
of over 4.0 gpt Au enveloped by a broader zone of over 10.0 m of
lower-grade mineralization. Higher-grade structures appear
continuous along strike.
Link 1 – PDF Figures
Link 2 – PDF Drill Hole
Tables
QA/QC Protocols and Sampling
Procedures
Drill core at the Los Reyes project is drilled
in predominately HQ size (63.5 millimetre “mm”), reducing to NQ or
BQ size ranges (47.6 mm and 36.5 mm respectively) when required.
Drill core samples are generally 1.50 m long along the core axis
with allowance for shorter or longer intervals if required to suit
geological constraints. Each entire hole is split, and one half is
submitted for assay. RC drilling returns rock chips and fines from
a 133.35 mm diameter tricone bit. The returns are homogenized and
split into 2 halves, one submitted for analysis and the other
stored.
Sample QA/QC measures of unmarked certified
reference materials, blanks, and field duplicates as well as
preparation duplicates are inserted into the sample sequence and
make up approximately 8% of the samples submitted to the lab for
each drill hole.
Samples are picked up from the Project by the
laboratory personnel and transported to their facilities in Durango
or Hermosillo Mexico, for sample preparation. Sample analysis is
carried out by Bureau Veritas and ALS Labs, with fire assay,
including over limits fire assay reanalysis, completed at their
respective Hermosillo, Mexico laboratories and multi-element
analysis in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Drill core
sample preparation includes fine crushing of the sample to at least
70% passing less than 2 mm, sample splitting using a riffle
splitter, and pulverizing a 250-gram split to at least 85% passing
75 microns.
Gold in diamond drill core is analyzed by fire
assay and atomic absorption spectroscopy of a 30 g sample (code
FA430 or Au-AA23). Multi-element chemistry is analyzed by 4-Acid
digestion of a 0.25-gram sample split (code MA300 or ME-ICP61) with
detection by inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometer for a
full suite of elements.
Gold assay techniques FA430 and Au-AA23 have an
upper detection limit of 10 ppm. Any sample that produces an
over-limit gold value via the initial assay technique is sent for
gravimetric finish via method FA-530 or Au-GRA21. Silver analyses
by MA300 and ME-ICP61 have an upper limit of 200 ppm and 100 ppm,
respectively. Samples with over-limit silver values are reanalyzed
by fire assay with gravimetric finish FA530 or Au-GRA21.
Both Bureau Veritas and ALS Labs are ISO/IEC
accredited assay laboratories. Drill core assay results range from
below detection to 93.80 gpt gold and 4,955.0 gpt silver. Composite
intervals use a cut-off grade of 0.20 gpt gold.
Qualified Person
Scott Smith, P.Geo., Executive Vice President of
Exploration, is a qualified person for the purposes of National
Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical
content in this news release.
Los Reyes Gold and Silver
Project
Los Reyes is a rapidly evolving high-grade, low
sulphidation epithermal gold-silver project located in Sinaloa,
Mexico, within the prolific Sierra Madre mining region. Historic
operating results indicate that an estimated 1 million ounces of
gold and 60 million ounces of silver were recovered from five
separate operations at Los Reyes between 1770 and 1990. Prior to
Prime’s acquisition, recent operators of Los Reyes had spent
approximately USD 20 million on exploration, engineering, and
prefeasibility studies. The Project remains underexplored as only
40% of the known structures have been systematically drilled,
leaving 10 kilometres of untested strike length. Los Reyes holds
potential for additional discovery and resource expansion.
Prime Mining acquired Los Reyes is 2019,
completed initial data compilation that included 51,000 metres of
historical drilling, field mapping and trenching in 2020, and in
2021, executed a Phase 1 exploration program that included 25,650
metres of drilling. Results suggest the eight known deposits are
much larger than previously reported and potential exists for new
discoveries outside of current defined resource areas. The Company
is currently undertaking a 50,000 metre Phase 2 exploration
program.
About Prime Mining
Prime Mining, a member of the TSX Venture 50, is
an ideal mix of successful mining executives, strong capital
markets personnel and experienced local operators who have united
to undertake exploration drilling to expand the known gold-silver
resource at the historically productive Los Reyes project in
Mexico. Prime Mining has a well-planned capital structure with
significant team and insider ownership.
The TSX Venture 50 is a ranking of the top
performers in each of 5 industry sectors on the TSX Venture
Exchange over the last year.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Daniel KunzChief Executive
Officer
For further information, please contact:
Daniel KunzChief Executive
Officer and DirectorPrime Mining Corp.1307 S. Colorado Ave.Boise,
Idaho 83706Telephone: 1-208-926-6379 officeemail:
daniel@primeminingcorp.ca
Andrew BoweringExecutive Vice
President and DirectorPrime Mining Corp.710 – 1030 West Georgia
StreetVancouver, BC, V6E 2Y3Telephone: (604) 428-6128Facsimile:
(604) 428-6430E: andy@primeminingcorp.ca
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Forward Looking Information
This news release contains certain
“forward-looking information” and “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation as may be
amended from time to time, including, without limitation,
statements regarding the perceived merit of the Company’s
properties, including additional exploration potential of Los
Reyes, potential quantity and/or grade of minerals, the potential
size of the mineralized zone, metallurgical recoveries, the timing
and results of permitting and the Company’s exploration and
development plans in Mexico and expectations on the potential
extension of the expired mineral concessions and granting of new
mineral concessions with respect to El Rey. Forward-looking
statements are statements that are not historical facts which
address events, results, outcomes or developments that the Company
expects to occur. Forward-looking statements are based on the
beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company’s management on the
date the statements are made, and they involve a number of risks
and uncertainties. Certain material assumptions regarding such
forward-looking statements were made, including without limitation,
assumptions regarding the price of gold, silver and copper; the
accuracy of mineral resource estimations; that there will be no
material adverse change affecting the Company or its properties;
that all required approvals will be obtained, including concession
renewals and permitting; that political and legal developments will
be consistent with current expectations; that currency and exchange
rates will be consistent with current levels; and that there will
be no significant disruptions affecting the Company or its
properties. Consequently, there can be no assurances that such
statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Forward-looking statements involve significant known
and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual
results to differ materially from those anticipated. These risks
include, but are not limited to: risks related to uncertainties
inherent in the preparation of mineral resource estimates,
including but not limited to changes to the cost assumptions,
variations in quantity of mineralized material, grade or recovery
rates, changes to geotechnical or hydrogeological considerations,
failure of plant, equipment or processes, changes to availability
of power or the power rates, ability to maintain social license,
changes to interest or tax rates, changes in project parameters,
delays and costs inherent to consulting and accommodating rights of
local communities, environmental risks, title risks, including
concession renewal, commodity price and exchange rate fluctuations,
risks relating to COVID-19, delays in or failure to receive access
agreements or amended permits, risks inherent in the estimation of
mineral resources; and risks associated with executing the
Company’s objectives and strategies, including costs and expenses,
as well as those risk factors discussed in the Company's most
recently filed management's discussion and analysis, as well as its
annual information form dated August 31, 2021, available on
www.sedar.com. Except as required by the securities disclosure laws
and regulations applicable to the Company, the Company undertakes
no obligation to update these forward-looking statements if
management’s beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors,
should change.
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