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The Salvador Project |   |
The Salvador and the contiguous Zacatecas property are located approximately 5 km southeast of the Veta Grande processing plant. Vein outcroppings and old workings indicate that the primary vein within the Salvador property can be traced for greater than 1 km. The central 400 m long section consists of open pits that trace a very well defined 2 to 5 m wide structure with a secondary vein nearby. Along the length of the vein there are three main shafts, one glory hole at a presumed vein intersection and another outside the principal vein area presumably for ore extraction, access and services. Each of the main shafts has an estimated depth of 60 m to the water table, but the true depth of the workings is unknown.
Along the length of the vein there are dumps of run of mine material of various sizes. Due to past mining activity and the resulting poor access, the principle vein has not been sampled at this early stage of assessment. Results from the sampling done to date of the main dumps are as follows:
Sample
number | Sample
description | Ag
g/t | Ag
Oz/Ton | Au
g/t | Pb
% | Zn
% |
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| DUMP #1 |
| 400198 | random material | 109.0 | 3.17 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.34 |
| 400199 | selected material | 947.0 | 27.62 | 0.73 | 0.64 | 1.93 |
| DUMP #2 |
| 400200 | random material | 288.0 | 8.40 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.36 |
| 399701 | selected material | 265.0 | 7.73 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
| DUMP #3 |
| 399703 | random material | 199.0 | 5.80 | 0.33 | 0.19 | 0.37 |
| 399704 | selected material | 976.0 | 28.47 | 0.62 | 0.52 | 0.43 |
| DUMP #4 |
| 399705 | random material | 276.0 | 8.05 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.28 |
| 399706 | selected material | 922.0 | 26.89 | 0.14 | 0.40 | 0.46 |
| DUMP #5 |
| 399707 | random material | 82.0 | 2.39 | 0.16 | 1.24 | 0.42 |
| 399708 | selected material | 159.0 | 4.64 | 0.57 | 1.42 | 2.95 |
| DUMP #6 |
| 399709 | random material | 201.0 | 5.86 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 0.14 |
| 399710 | selected material | 683.0 | 19.92 | 0.35 | 0.33 | 0.86 |
SALVADOR DRILL RESULTS(PHASE 1)
Of the seven holes drilled within the Salvador property two (SZ-02 and SZ-06) were lost due to poor ground conditions; in each case the replacement hole for the two lost holes was drilled to intersect the vein at a greater depth. It appears that the veins are at a higher elevation in the mineralizing system than previously understood. Local faulting was seen in several holes and this
may have an effect on the mineralization. The deeper mineralization has a much higher base metal content. The significant intervals include:
DDH |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Length (true) |
Silver (g/t) |
Zinc (%) |
Lead (%) |
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SZ-01 |
90.85 |
91.5 |
0.75 m (0.65) |
22.0 |
2.50 |
0.19 |
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SZ-03 |
74.4 |
75.4 |
1 .0 m (0.5) |
382 .0 |
0.40 |
0.20 |
ZACATECAS DRILL RESULTS (PHASE 1)
Five holes were drilled to test the Zacatecas property. Drilling has shown that at least three veins are better developed at the extreme north of the property and appear to continue towards the south. Local narrow sulphide-rich veins intersected resulted in high grade intervals such as in SZ-09, which intersected 416.0 g/t silver and 2.1% zinc over a core length of 25 centimetres. Other significant intervals include:
DDH |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Length (true) |
Silver (g/t) |
Zinc (%) |
Lead (%) |
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SZ-08 |
102.0 |
102.7 |
0.7 m (0.61) |
273 .0 |
0.60 |
0.17 |
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SZ-10 |
107.1 |
109.65 |
2.55 m (1.08) |
34 .0 |
3.19 |
0.50 |
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