Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
24 Oct 2023drilling result▲ Good
Five holes found another new structure, El Molino, 250 metres west of Copala and between the Napoleon and Copala resource areas, close to surface: 2,066 g/t silver-equivalent over 1.65 metres true width in NP-23-359 and 1,110 g/t over 1.70m in NP-23-407.
Thirteen holes expanded La Luisa about 350 metres south and confirmed shallow mineralisation 500 metres to the north, on 764 g/t silver-equivalent over 11.20 metres true width in NP-23-395 including 0.64m at 10,485 g/t (102 g/t gold).
Eleven holes at the south end of Napoleon returned 646 g/t silver-equivalent over 10.00 metres true width in NP-23-388 and 1,568 g/t over 1.90m in NP-23-391, with sub-intervals carrying 26.7% zinc.
Twenty expansion holes stretched Copala about 370 metres southeast and 50 metres north. Grades were lower and wider than earlier Copala rounds - 445 g/t silver-equivalent over 18.50 metres true width in CS-23-297, 760 g/t over 5.05m in CS-23-290 - with one narrow 7,512 g/t over 1.00m in CS-23-294.
Five holes took the La Luisa footprint to 350 metres long by 450 metres down dip, best 916 g/t silver-equivalent over 3.05 metres true width in NP-23-362. Surface mapping also picked out a shallow target 600 metres further northwest.
Sixteen expansion holes carried Copala about 150 metres further southeast, on 1,591 g/t silver-equivalent over 5.89 metres true width in CS-23-265 and 2,743 g/t over 2.14m in CS-23-254.
Six holes at the south end of Napoleon returned 1,085 g/t silver-equivalent over 4.00 metres true width in NP-22-343 and a broader 863 g/t over 6.10m carrying 7.88% lead and 6.63% zinc - base metals doing more of the work here than at Copala.
Seven holes pushed La Luisa about 150 metres down dip from the October 2022 discovery hole, on 4,227 g/t silver-equivalent over 2.30 metres true width in NP-22-332, including 0.47m at 18,950 g/t (11,502 g/t silver and 120.5 g/t gold).
Fourteen infill holes in the south-central part of Copala returned 1,548 g/t silver-equivalent over 15.00 metres true width in CS-22-246 and 787 g/t over 20.60m in CS-22-248 - thick, continuous grade in the part of the deposit that would be mined first.
Year in review: over 121,000 metres drilled in 2022, a maiden resource in March and an updated one in January 2023 with materially more ounces and higher grade. The 2023 plan is 90,000 metres of infill and discovery drilling.
Nineteen step-out and infill holes pushed Copala past the boundary of the resource announced three weeks earlier, on 892 g/t silver-equivalent over 6.00 metres true width in CS-22-225 and 1,920 g/t in CS-22-220.
Ten months of drilling roughly doubled the resource: indicated up 71% from 61.1 to 104.8 million ounces silver-equivalent and inferred up 150% from 45.6 to 114.1 million ounces, with indicated grade up 14% to 437 g/t and inferred up 42% to 491 g/t. Copala alone accounts for 51.1 million indicated ounces, a 701% increase, which is what the 2022 drilling was aimed at.
Nineteen holes at Copala and Cristiano returned 2,640 g/t silver-equivalent over 5.30 metres true width in CS-22-205 and a broad 561 g/t over 15.50m in CS-22-210, with the deposit still open to the north and southeast.
Seven holes on the Napoleon hangingwall vein at the southern end returned 2,305 g/t silver-equivalent over 1.55 metres true width in NP-22-320, driven by 24.01 g/t gold and 7.58% zinc rather than silver, plus a broader 446 g/t over 6.70m.
Twelve holes found new mineralisation at La Luisa, 700 metres west of Napoleon: 404 g/t silver-equivalent over 6.13 metres true width in NP-22-305, including 0.68m at 2,567 g/t (27.50 g/t gold). The company reads it as the shallow, gold-rich level of the same system.
Twelve holes on footwall splays at the south end of Napoleon returned 2,767 g/t silver-equivalent over 1.00 metre true width in NP-22-316 but several intervals in the 359 to 446 g/t range - narrow high grade rather than the thick zones Copala was giving.
Thirteen holes on Cruz Negra, west of Napoleon, gave modest results - the best was 541 g/t silver-equivalent over 2.09 metres true width in NP-22-274, well below what Copala and Napoleon were returning. The company also bought two claims linking the ends of Cruz Negra, adding about 400 metres of untested vein strike.
Nine holes pushed Copala roughly 100 metres north of the March 2022 resource boundary, on 2,093 g/t silver-equivalent over 10.20 metres true width in CS-22-193, including a 0.38m sample at 23,058 g/t silver and 205 g/t gold.
Fourteen holes on the Cristiano vein inside the Tajitos-Copala area outlined a northwest-plunging high-grade shoot about 500 metres long and 250 metres deep, on 2,913 g/t silver-equivalent over 1.46 metres true width in CS-22-182. The other reported holes were much weaker, at 426 to 427 g/t.
Twenty-six holes stretched Copala's high-grade footprint to 900 metres by 400 metres, on 1,011 g/t silver-equivalent over 12.52 metres true width in CS-22-191 and 826 g/t over 14.46m in CS-22-173, with one 1.26m sample at 12,690 g/t (11,053 g/t silver).
Nine more holes at the south end of Napoleon added 100 metres of vertical extent to the high-grade footprint, on 1,241 g/t silver-equivalent over 3.90 metres true width in NP-22-300.
Seven holes pushed the San Antonio vein on the Cordon del Oro corridor more than 100 metres beyond the maiden resource boundary along strike and down dip, on 992 g/t silver-equivalent over 6.40 metres true width in CO-22-51. The company also bought an inset claim giving it the whole 1,800-metre length of the vein.
Twenty-four holes on Copala alone took the high-grade footprint to 600 metres along strike by 400 metres down dip, on 1,030 g/t silver-equivalent over 20.45 metres true width in CS-22-169, with a 0.85m sample at 9,880 g/t and a further 900 g/t over 14.50m in CS-22-155.
Eighteen holes extended Napoleon south: 2,098 g/t silver-equivalent over 4.30 metres true width in NP-22-258, including 1.11m at 7,213 g/t (3,850 g/t silver and 40.6 g/t gold), plus a broader 677 g/t over 7.00m in NP-22-271.
Ten holes into a vein splay at the north end of Tajitos, in the footwall of the low-angle Copala vein, returned 3,513 g/t silver-equivalent over 2.65 metres true width (2,461 g/t silver, 13.16 g/t gold) in CS-22-161 and 3,286 g/t over 1.70m in CS-22-154.
Nineteen holes on the Animas corridor found a new zone, Cuevillas, running near-perpendicular to the Rosarito zone that was in the maiden resource: 1,088 g/t silver-equivalent over 1.26 metres true width in AM-22-42 and a wider 261 g/t over 5.66m.
Filed the technical report behind Panuco's first mineral resource estimate, effective 1 March 2022, prepared by Tim Maunula with process work by Ausenco. The maiden estimate was 61.1 million ounces silver-equivalent indicated at 383 g/t and 45.6 million ounces inferred at 345 g/t.
Fifty-three holes along the Napoleon corridor stretched the vein to 2,500 metres of strike and more than 500 metres below surface, on 1,803 g/t silver-equivalent over 4.00 metres true width in NP-21-210 and a wider 484 g/t over 9.42m in NP-21-260. Napoleon, Napoleon Hangingwall and Josephine all carry grade.
Five holes on the Cruz Negra vein, 250 metres west of the Napoleon resource, found a new vein: 1,169 g/t silver-equivalent over 3.2 metres downhole in NP-21-236 and 1,889 g/t over 1.7m in NP-21-232. Part of a fully funded 120,000-metre program.