Prime Mining Corp. (“Prime” or the
“Company”) (TSX-V: PRYM, OTCQB: PRMNF, Frankfurt:
04V3) announces further results from five key drill holes in the
Z-T area as the Company delineates and expands its
multi-million-ounce Los Reyes high-grade gold-silver project
“Project”). The Project is centered on an underexplored,
500-year-old mining district of Sinaloa State, Mexico that has a
mineralized footprint of over 15 square kilometres. The Company’s
current drill programs are focused on expanding the Guadalupe,
Central and Z-T deposit areas that make up the core of this
district.
Today’s results are from 5 step-out drill holes
at the southern end of the Z-T deposit (see Figure 1).
Specifically, these drill holes were designed to demonstrate
mineralization continuity between Zapote South and Tahonitas.
Drilling continues to successfully delineate and expand open-pit
resources and has identified additional potential for underground
resources. Two new high-grade mineralized chutes have been
discovered between the previously reported Zapote South and
Tahonitas pit shells outlined in the Technical Report dated April
2, 2020. Both mineralized chutes are open for expansion down
plunge.
Highlight Drill Intercepts
Z-T
Deposit Area
- 2.36 grams per tonne (“gpt”) gold
(“Au”) and 177.8 gpt silver (“Ag”) over 20.5 metres (“m”) (13.2 m
estimated true width (“etw”) and 0.91 gpt Au and 139.0 gpt Ag over
11.5 m (7.4 m etw) and 1.39 gpt Au and 12.7 gpt Ag over 6.0 m (3.9
m etw) (22TA-39);
- 3.86 gpt Au and 88.5 gpt Ag over
11.2 m (5.6 m etw), including 9.24 gpt Au and 223.0 gpt Ag over
4.25 m (2.1 m etw), and 2.70 gpt Au and 333.04 gpt Ag over 1.5 m
(0.8 m etw) (22TA-32);
- 1.17 gpt Au and 207.4 gpt Ag over
8.3 m (5.3 m etw) (22TA-40);
- 0.97 gpt Au and 30.3 gpt Ag over
10.5 m (5.2 m etw) (22TA-35); and,
- 0.72 gpt Au and 61.0 gpt Ag over
5.8 m (4.3 m etw), including 1.35 gpt Au and 119.3 gpt Ag over 1.4
m (1.0 m etw) (22TA-33).
Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Kunz commented,
“The drill results reported today continue to increase the known
strike length of the Z-T structure and have extended mineralization
200 metres deeper (vertically, from 700 to 500 metres above sea
level) at the southern end of Z-T. We will continue to aggressively
target these previously undrilled zones between the known pit
shells. Connecting the pits along the Z-T structure would have a
material impact on our mineral resource estimate. We also highlight
that the high-grade gold and silver mineralization in these newly
discovered chutes, especially those with materially increased
silver grades, is an exciting development and provides new,
significant resource expansion potential in the Z-T structure at
Los Reyes.”
Figure 1 is a longitudinal, gold grade shell
section that highlights the previously undrilled region between the
pit shells where ongoing drilling is continuing. Access to the
southern end of the Z-T deposit area was recently improved
considerably allowing the ongoing drilling to successfully identify
deeper mineralization.
Five drills have continued to operate during the
current rainy season successfully completing 70,590 metres to date
with Phase 2 drilling planned to continue until the end of October.
To date, 243 Phase 2 drill holes have been completed including the
drilling results herein while results from 93 holes remain
pending.
Link 1- PDF
FiguresLink 2 – PDF Drill Hole
Table
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. After logging intervals are identified to
be sampled and 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,
with one half submitted for analysis and the other half stored.
Sample QA/QC measures include 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 laboratory
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 re-analysis, completed at their
respective Hermosillo, Mexico laboratories and multi-element
analysis completed in North Vancouver, 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 re-analyzed
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 200.0 gpt gold and 4,955.0 gpt silver.
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.
About the Los Reyes Gold and Silver
Project
Los Reyes is a rapidly evolving high-grade, low
sulphidation epithermal gold-silver project located in Sinaloa
State, Mexico. 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 US$20 million on exploration,
engineering, and prefeasibility studies. The Project remains
underexplored and holds potential for additional discovery and
resource expansion.
Since acquiring Los Reyes in 2019, Prime has
spent approximately US$30 million on direct exploration activities
and is nearing completion of two phases of comprehensive drilling
totaling over 96,260 metres and growing. Results to date suggest
the three known main deposit areas, Guadalupe, Central and Z-T, are
much larger than previously reported. Potential also exists for new
discoveries outside of the currently defined resource areas.
About Prime Mining
Prime is managed by an ideal mix of successful
mining executives, strong capital markets personnel and experienced
local operators all focused on unlocking the full potential of the
Los Reyes Project. The company has a well-planned capital structure
with significant management 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
Scott HicksExecutive Vice
PresidentPrime Mining Corp.710 – 1030 West Georgia StreetVancouver,
BC, V6E 2Y3Telephone: +1 (604) 428-6128 officeemail:
scott.hicks@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, and the
Company’s exploration and development plans in Mexico.
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 April 22, 2022, 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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