VANCOUVER,
BC, March 4, 2024 /CNW/ - GR Silver
Mining Ltd. ("GR Silver Mining" or the "Company")
(TSXV: GRSL) (OTCQB: GRSLF) (FRANKFURT: GPE) –announces that it has
advanced negotiations and entered into commercial agreements with
private local operators (mining and milling operators) in the
Rosario Mining District, in Sinaloa, Mexico, to explore
opportunities related to the following aspects of the Plomosas
Project:
- Advance mine preparation to extract bulk sample material to
collect information for future use in engineering reports ("Bulk
Sampling Test Mining" or "BSTM Program") and metallurgical
testing of Ag-Au rich Pb concentrates.
- Use existing permits and infrastructure to allow the Company to
access mineralized material through small test bulk sampling
operations, up to 4,500 tonnes per month for metallurgical sampling
from historical mine sites, San
Juan and La Colorada.
- Use existing and available third-party privately-owned mill
operations located near the historical mine sites with a capacity
of up to 140 tonnes per day to process the BSTM Program material,
obtaining monthly producing small batches of Ag-rich concentrate
for metallurgical characterization.
- Explore cost savings strategies, where with low capital
expenditures, the company can advance the exploration of the
Plomosas Project and gain additional knowledge related to
high-grade modeling & targeting, grade reconciliation, and
mineral deposit modeling to define new drill targets in the
vicinities of the existing historical mines.
The company has successfully started the BSTM
Program at the San Juan and
La Colorada sites, Figure 1.
The following activities using private local
operators have been achieved since January
2024.
- Underground development and geotechnical assessment of ground
conditions to support the BSTM Program.
- Detailed sampling and definition of areas for the BSTM Program
at the San Juan mine.
BTSM activities have commenced with the extraction of 2,800 tons
of bulk sample from the San Juan
mine to date. Sampling and assaying have returned the following
results.
Table 1 – Assays Results San Juan Mine Bulk
Sampling Test Mining – January
2024
Sample
ID
|
East (m)
|
North (m)
|
RL
(m)
|
Mass
(Kg)
|
Ag g/t
|
Au g/t
|
Pb %
|
Zn %
|
Ag Eq
g/t
|
73502
|
448104.85
|
2550658.63
|
871
|
2.67
|
358
|
0.27
|
0.34
|
0.39
|
374
|
73503
|
448104.85
|
2550658.63
|
871
|
2.75
|
312
|
0.36
|
1.00
|
1.28
|
390
|
73504
|
448173.014
|
2550595.61
|
873
|
2.94
|
1,333
|
0.56
|
0.12
|
0.20
|
1271
|
73505
|
448173.014
|
2550595.61
|
873
|
2.84
|
109
|
0.10
|
0.12
|
0.32
|
125
|
73507
|
448173.014
|
2550595.61
|
873
|
2.5
|
335
|
0.07
|
0.13
|
0.22
|
323
|
73508
|
448150.17
|
2550614.07
|
870
|
2.75
|
137
|
0.21
|
0.10
|
0.19
|
154
|
73509
|
448173.014
|
2550595.61
|
873
|
2.31
|
140
|
0.08
|
0.28
|
0.42
|
158
|
73511
|
448131.26
|
2550632.51
|
874
|
2.5
|
135
|
0.14
|
0.45
|
0.44
|
164
|
73512
|
448104.85
|
2550658.63
|
871
|
2.59
|
144
|
0.50
|
1.70
|
0.56
|
242
|
73513
|
448173.014
|
2550595.61
|
873
|
2.17
|
353
|
0.136
|
0.70
|
0.37
|
367
|
73514
|
448136.24
|
2550629.99
|
874
|
2.33
|
288
|
0.08
|
0.47
|
0.86
|
314
|
73516
|
448173.014
|
2550595.61
|
873
|
2.88
|
227
|
0.17
|
0.45
|
0.65
|
257
|
73517
|
448150.17
|
2550614.07
|
870
|
2.83
|
161
|
0.24
|
0.43
|
0.34
|
192
|
73518
|
448173.014
|
2550595.61
|
873
|
2.45
|
408
|
0.36
|
0.24
|
0.35
|
422
|
73519
|
448104.85
|
2550658.63
|
871
|
4.95
|
324
|
0.455
|
0.31
|
0.42
|
357
|
73520
|
448173.014
|
2550595.61
|
873
|
2.87
|
75
|
0.06
|
0.07
|
0.21
|
84
|
73521
|
448173.014
|
2550595.61
|
873
|
2.43
|
233
|
0.36
|
0.20
|
0.36
|
264
|
73522
|
448173.014
|
2550595.61
|
873
|
2.98
|
212
|
0.166
|
0.48
|
0.36
|
234
|
Numbers may be rounded.
Results are uncut and undiluted. ("AgEq") calculations using
US$22.00/oz Ag, US$1,750/oz Au, US$1.10/lb Pb, US$1.30/lb Zn and
US$4.20/lb Cu, with metallurgical recoveries of Ag – 74%, Au – 86%,
Pb – 69%, Zn – 75%.
|
To date, 2,100 tonnes of BTSM material have
been processed from the San Juan Mine, from which 26 tonnes of
concentrate have been produced with assays as summarized in Table
2.
Table 2 – Concentrate Assay Results–
January 2024
Sample ID
|
Ag g/t
|
Au g/t
|
Pb %
|
Zn %
|
San Juan
Concentrate
|
12,715
|
12.85
|
6.9
|
8.6
|
The current activities are concentrated in the
San Juan and La Colorada sites due to the proximity of the
target areas to the surface and third-party owned processing
plants. Bulk Sampling Test Mining at the historical mines is
expected to continue through 2024. The Program has the potential to
unveil valuable geological information to better define high-grade
Ag mineralized zones in these locations. This will allow low-cost
preparation of sites for future drilling, aiming to continue
resource growth in the Plomosas Project.
GR Silver Mining's Plomosas Project (Figure 1)
exploration programs in 2023 and earlier, included detailed
underground mapping, which defined geological structures without
surface expression but with evidence of high-grade Ag
mineralization. Current BSTM Program activities in the Project's
historical mines could provide the Company with a low-cost platform
for the definition of new targets for drilling, discovery and,
potentially, resource expansion.
QA/QC Procedures
The Company has implemented QA/QC procedures,
including inserting blank, duplicate, and standard samples in all
sample lots sent to Act Labs de México, S.A. de C.V. laboratory
facilities in Sonora, Mexico, for
sample preparation and assaying. The analytical methods are four
acid Digest and Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission
Spectrometry with Lead Fusion Fire Assay with gravimetric finish
for silver above over limits. For gold assays the analytical
methods are Lead Fusion and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Lead
Fusion Fire Assay and gravimetric finish for gold above over limits
(>10 ppm).
Qualified Person
The Qualified Person under National Instrument
43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects for this news
release is Marcio Fonseca, P. Geo.,
President & COO for GR Silver Mining, who has reviewed and
approved its contents.
About GR Silver Mining
Ltd.
GR Silver Mining is a Canadian-based,
Mexico-focused junior mineral
exploration company engaged in cost-effective silver-gold resource
expansion on its 100%-owned assets, located on the eastern edge of
the Rosario Mining District, in the southeast of Sinaloa State,
Mexico. GR Silver Mining controls
100% of two past producer precious metal underground and open pit
mines, within the expanded Plomosas Project, which includes the
integrated San Marcial Area. In conjunction with a portfolio of
early to advanced stage exploration targets, the Company holds 734
km2 of concessions containing several structural
corridors totaling over 75 km in strike length.
GR Silver Mining Ltd.
Eric Zaunscherb, Chair &
CEO
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SOURCE GR Silver Mining Ltd.