Prime Mining Corp. (“Prime” or the
“Company”) (TSX-V: PRYM, OTCQB: PRMNF, Frankfurt:
04V3) announces additional Phase 2 drill results from 12 step out
drill holes at the Guadalupe East deposit. Guadalupe East is one of
eight known gold-silver deposits that comprise the current resource
at Los Reyes (see Figure 1).
Highlight Drill Intercepts
Guadalupe
East
- 22GE-53 has 4 intercepts - 61.99
grams per tonne (“gpt”) gold (“Au”) and 977.6 gpt silver (“Ag”)
over 3.6 metres (“m”) estimated true width (“etw”); and
- 9.67 gpt Au and 314.0 gpt Ag over
1.1 m etw;
- 3.01 gpt Au and 220.0 gpt Ag over
1.0 m etw;
- 5.90 gpt Au and 341.0 gpt Ag over
0.7 m etw.
- 22GE-48 has 9 intercepts - 2.93 gpt
Au and 61.6 gpt Ag over 6.1 m etw; and
- 4.29 gpt Au and 125.5 gpt Ag over
3.75 m etw;
- 1.78 gpt Au and 81.9 gpt Ag over
1.5 m etw;
- 3.19 gpt Au and 34.1 gpt Ag over
1.5 m etw;
- 3.68 gpt Au and 161.0 gpt Ag over
1.2 m etw;
- 2.31 gpt Au and 97.6 got Ag over
2.0 m etw;
- 1.62 gpt Au and 120.0 gpt Ag over
1.5 m etw;
- 1.16 gpt Au and 79.3 gpt Ag over
3.8 m etw;
- 1.24 gpt Au and 88.0 gpt Ag over
1.5 m etw.
- 22GE-45 - 12.79 gpt Au and 300.2 gpt Ag over 3.3 m etw.
- 22GE-51 - 3.01 gpt Au and 161.0 gpt Ag over 0.6 m etw; and
• 1.25 gpt Au and 26.9 gpt Ag over 1.5 m
etw.
- 22GE-46 - 1.95 gpt Au and 154.9 gpt Ag over 2.4 m etw.
Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Kunz commented,
“The high-grade drill results reported today will continue to
expand the resource potential at Guadalupe East considerably. We
are encouraged by multiple intercepts of high-grade gold-silver
mineralization being encountered in individual drill holes on the
west end of this area. We await assay results from more step out
drill holes and expect to report these results as soon as they
become available. Ongoing drilling has now defined the Guadalupe
East vein group length over 420 metres and the total strike length
of the Guadalupe East vein system now over 1,000 metres.”
Since the inception of the Company, Prime has
drilled approximately 75,002 m and completed 283 holes at Los
Reyes. As a result of greater efficiencies and operational
successes, the current phase 2 program, originally planned at
50,000 m, is going to be expanded significantly as crews have now
completed 49,350 m with drilling planned to continue until the end
of October. To date, 161 Phase 2 drill holes have been completed
and eight drills continue to operate. Including the drilling
results herein, 196 drill holes have been released and 87 are
pending.
Guadalupe East
Phase 2 drilling at Guadalupe East has been
highly successful in identifying significant potential to expand
the pit-constrained resource within the Estaca mineralized system.
To date, Phase 2 drilling has targeted only a small portion of the
over 1,000 m long Estaca Vein and a vertical height of at least 400
m. The vein mineralization is still open along strike and up dip to
the surface. A trail used by previous historic mining has been
identified using detailed LIDAR data that once restored can lead to
year-round drilling, shorter drill holes at Guadalupe East as well
as an improved angle into the orebody.
Twelve new drill holes are being released (see
Table 1 and 2), 10 of which successfully intersected the main
Estaca Vein system (see Figures 2, 3, and 4). Six drill holes
intersected high-grade gold and silver mineralization below the
current pit-constrained resource, while four holes were widely
spaced and drilled to the east of the pit-constrained resource (one
hole was abandoned at 30 m due to technical issues and redrilled
with slight change to direction and dip). All holes intercepted the
high-grade Estaca epithermal vein with 22GE-48 and 53 each
intercepting a vein group within the Estaca zone within and 50 m
below the pit-constrained resource.
The six drill holes (22GE-45, 46, 48, 51, 53 and
60) with high-grade mineralized intercepts below the
pit-constrained resource limits demonstrate strong potential for
near-pit resource expansion. The main intercepts in 22GE-53 started
50 m below the pit-constrained resource and encountered old
workings. It had a 11.2 m interval (474 to 485.2 m) that included
5.3 m of high-grade mineralization (no waste intervals) and 3
different stopes/workings totaling 5.0 m, with backfill encountered
in the first stope/working that returned 13.7 gpt over 1.7
m. Drill holes (22GE-50R, 52, 55R, 56R and 58) were
drilled 250 to 600 m east of the boundary of the pit-constrained
resource and up to 200 m east of the nearest drill intersection.
Drill hole 22GE-55R was abandoned at 30 m due to technical issues
on the drill rig and was redrilled with a slight change to
direction and dip (22GE-58).
Link 1 – PDF
FiguresLink 2 – PDF Drill Hole
Tables
QA/QC Protocols and Sampling
ProceduresDrill 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 diametre 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 163.0 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 in 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 focused on
unlocking the full potential of the high-grade Los Reyes
Gold-Silver Project in Mexico. Prime Mining has a well-planned
capital structure with significant team and insider ownership.
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) 428-6128email:
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 several 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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