VIZSLA
DRILLS
1,544
G/T
SILVER EQ.
OVER
8.2
METRES IN NEW DISCOVERY AT PANUCO PROJECT, MEXICO
Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada -- June 24, 2020 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire
-- Vizsla
Resources Corp. (TSX-V:
VZLA) ("Vizsla"
or the "Company")
is pleased to announce
the
first
drilling results from the Napoleon Vein Corridor
at
the
Panuco silver-gold
district
in Mexico. Five
holes
have been completed to date and results
have been received for the mineralized intervals of two
holes,
NP-20-02 and NP-20-03, with high grade
intercepts returned. The company
has
restarted exploration and currently has two drill rigs operating on
the property.
Drilling
Highlights
NP-20-02
-
1,544
g/t
silver equivalent (738.9
grams per tonne
("g/t")
silver
and
11.06
g/t
gold)
over
8.2 metres
("m")
from 108.6m including;
-
3,348 g/t
silver equivalent (1,527.5
g/t
silver and
24.9
g/t
gold)
over
2.0m
from
108.6m
NP-20-03
-
1,133
g/t
silver equivalent
(453.8 g/t
silver and
9.20
g/t
gold) over 2.5m from
76.0m. And,
-
905
g/t
silver equivalent (309.3
g/t
silver and
8.00
g/t
gold),
2.22% lead and
4.75%
zinc over
5.1m from 102.4m
including;
-
1,375
g/t
silver equivalent (186.3 g/t
silver and
15.63 g/t
gold),
1.12% lead and
7.73%
zinc over
1.8m
from 103.5m
Note:
All
numbers are rounded and widths represent downhole lengths.
True widths are estimated at between 46-66%
of downhole lengths. All calculations
assume 94% recovery for silver and 96% recovery for
gold. Silver equivalent is
calculated using the following
formula:
Silver-equivalent =
(0.94 * silver grade) +(80 * (0.96 * gold grade).
"This
news can't come at a better time as silver and gold have been
breaking out and the Napoleon results mark our first major
high-grade discovery at Panuco. The broad high-grade mineralization
in drill hole NP-20-02
attest
to the significant potential at the underexplored district. The
Company is now fully financed with
over C$6 million in the bank and has two drill rigs turning at the
project with more results pending. stated President and
CEO, Michael Konnert
Vice
President of Exploration Charles Funk commented "These
results are a very exciting discovery for Vizsla with multiple
veins intersected in drilling containing very high-grade silver,
gold and base metals. These holes are the first ever drilled
on the Napoleon vein which extends over more than 2 km of strike
and hosts multiple small-scale mines and mineralized outcrops.
Drilling is ongoing with two deeper holes and a hole in progress
60m to the north of NP-20-03, all which have each intersected
veins.
Vizsla is continuing to step out to expand and define the footprint
of mineralization at Napoleon"
The
Napoleon Vein Corridor is located almost entirely on concessions
optioned from Rio Panuco which Vizsla has the right to purchase
100% of including the 500 tonne per day El Coco mill, tailings
facility, roads, power and
permits for a total of US$23,000,000.
Complete
table of drillhole
intersections
Drillhole
|
FROM
|
To
|
Width
|
Silver Equivalent
|
Silver
|
Gold
|
Lead
|
Zinc
|
Comment
|
(m)
|
(M)
|
(m)
|
(g/t)
|
(g/t)
|
(g/t)
|
(%)
|
(%)
|
NP-20-02
|
99.80
|
116.80
|
17.0
|
769.2
|
369.1
|
5.50
|
0.70
|
1.28
|
Includes
dilution
between
veins
|
Incl.
|
99.80
|
101.80
|
2.0
|
145.1
|
72.5
|
1.00
|
0.32
|
0.40
|
Footwall
Vein
|
And
|
108.60
|
116.80
|
8.2
|
1,544.2
|
738.9
|
11.06
|
1.34
|
2.38
|
Hangingwall
Vein
|
Incl.
|
108.60
|
110.60
|
2.0
|
3,348.2
|
1,527.5
|
24.90
|
1.46
|
2.14
|
|
NP-20-03
|
76.00
|
110.25
|
34.25
|
260.5
|
106.4
|
2.10
|
0.49
|
1.35
|
Includes
dilution
between
veins
|
Incl.
|
76.00
|
78.50
|
2.5
|
1,133.4
|
453.8
|
9.20
|
0.80
|
1.77
|
|
And
|
82.50
|
84.45
|
1.95
|
400.0
|
262.2
|
2.00
|
0.69
|
7.15
|
|
And
|
89.50
|
92.05
|
2.55
|
98.9
|
69.6
|
0.44
|
0.17
|
0.17
|
|
And
|
102.40
|
107.50
|
5.10
|
905.3
|
309.3
|
8.00
|
2.22
|
4.75
|
Hangingwall
Vein
|
Incl.
|
103.50
|
105.30
|
1.8
|
1,375.4
|
186.3
|
15.63
|
1.12
|
7.73
|
|
Table 1:Downhole
drill intersections from the holes
completed
at the
Napoleon
Vein,
Panuco.
Note:
All
numbers are rounded and widths represent downhole lengths.
True widths are estimated at between 46-66%
of downhole lengths. All calculations
assume 94% recovery for silver and 96% recovery for
gold. Silver equivalent is
calculated using the following
formula: Silver-equivalent =
(0.94 * silver grade) +(80 * (0.96 * gold grade). The company is
disclosing results on a silver equivalent basis due to the overall
silver dominant nature of mineralization at the Panuco
project.
Drilling
detail
The
Napoleon corridor is
hosted in
weakly magnetic fine-grained diorite and trends approximately
north –
south. The structure hosts two main quartz veins that are
separated by some 10 to 20m metres
and
appears to dip very steeply to sub-vertical.
So far it has been mapped
along
strike for over 2,000
m.
Between the two main veins are a series of smaller splay veins with
variable orientations, that are related to dilation
along the
structure under strike slip movement.
Figure 1:Plan
map showing location
of drillholes,
mapped veins and surface and underground sampling at
Napoleon. The over 2,000
metre long corridor
has never previously been drilled.
The two
main veins are multi-episodal
quartz
veins, with sections of
massive white to greyish quartz as well as local brecciation with
clasts of grey quartz, white vein quartz and / or wallrock
pieces. The greyish quartz is grey due to the
presence
of
the
very
fine-grained silver rich sulphide
mineral argentite. A
later breccia cuts these earlier phases comprising
grey
quartz supporting polymictic clasts of grey and white quartz along
with strong chlorite and common to
abundant, fine to medium
grained pyrite, sphalerite and galena.
The main
high-grade hangingwall
vein
intersected in holes NP-20-02 and NP-20-03 has a true width of
between 3.4-5.3 metres. Other
veins
intersected require further
drilling to confirm true widths as they may equally represent
parallel veins or high angle structures to the hanging wall
vein.
Hole
NP-20-01 failed to reach the target depth when it intersected a
void that is likely a decline built at the southern end of the
historic Napoleon Mine. The mine workings are inaccessible
preventing present day sampling; however, the mine is believed to
have been worked up to a depth of 50m below surface.
Hole
NP-20-02 was drilled at a steeper angle and was the first
intersection of the Napoleon veins. Hole NP-20-03 was angled
to the north and intersected the veins 30 metres to the north of
hole NP-20-02. Results from both veins are reported in this
new release.
Hole
NP-20-04 is a steeper vein beneath hole NP-20-03 and intersected
the veins ~20-25m down dip. Hole NP-20-04 is a steeper vein
beneath hole NP-20-02 and intersected the veins
at
~12-20m
down dip as the vein steepened more than expected. Samples
from both holes have been submitted for analysis and assays are
pending.
The
drill rig has been moved
north and is drilling beneath the old Napoleon mine in hole
NP-20-06. The hole is currently in progress and has
intersected veins 60m to the north of hole NP-20-03.
Figure
2:Cross
section through holes NP-20-03 and NP-20-04 with
intersections labelled.
Figure
3:Drillcore
photos
of the
Napoleon hangingwall
vein
in hole NP-20-02. Photographs
are of
selected intervals
and
are
not
necessarily representative of the mineralization hosted on the
property.
Prospect
|
Drillhole
|
Easting
|
NORTHING
|
ELEVATION
|
DIP
|
Azimuth
|
HOLE DEPTH
|
Comment
|
Napoleon
|
NP-20-01
|
403286.0
|
2587344.0
|
470.0
|
-45
|
106
|
59.2
|
Hole
lost
in old
workings prior to target depth
|
|
NP-20-02
|
403286.0
|
2587344.0
|
470.0
|
-55
|
105.3
|
169.5
|
|
|
NP-20-03
|
403286.0
|
2587344.0
|
470.0
|
-55
|
80
|
144
|
|
|
NP-20-04
|
403286.0
|
2587344.0
|
470.0
|
-60
|
80
|
147
|
|
|
NP-20-05
|
403286.0
|
2587344.0
|
470.0
|
-60
|
106
|
151.5
|
|
|
NP-20-06
|
403355.0
|
2587420.0
|
489.0
|
-60
|
258
|
In
Progress
|
|
Table
2:Drill
hole details. Coordinates in WGS84, Zone 13.
About
the Panuco project
Vizsla
has an option to acquire 100% of the newly-consolidated
9,386.5
Ha Panuco district in southern Sinaloa, Mexico, near the city
of Mazatlán.
The
option allows for the acquisition of over 75 km of total
vein extent, a 500
tpd
mill,
35 kms of
underground mines, tailings
facilities, roads, power and permits.
The
district contains intermediate to low
sulfidation epithermal silver and gold deposits related to
siliceous volcanism and crustal extension in the Oligocene and
Miocene. Host rocks are mainly continental volcanic rocks
correlated to the Tarahumara Formation.
Quality
Assurance / Quality Control
Drill
core and rock
samples
were shipped to ALS Limited in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico
and in
North Vancouver, B.C. Canada for sample
preparation and for analysis at the ALS laboratory in North
Vancouver. The ALS Zacatecas and
North Vancouver facilities are ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 17025
certified. Silver and base metals were analyzed using a four-acid
digestion with an ICP finish and gold was assayed by 30-gram fire
assay with atomic absorption ("AA") spectroscopy finish.
Overlimits
analyses
for silver, lead and zinc were re-assayed using an ore-grade
four-acid digestion with AA finish.
Control
samples comprising certified reference samples, duplicates and
blank samples were systematically inserted into the sample stream
and analyzed as part of the Company's quality assurance / quality
control protocol.
Qualified
Person
Panuco's
disclosure of
technical or scientific information in this press release has been
reviewed and approved by Stewart Harris, P.Geo.,
an independent consultant for the Company. Mr.
Harris is
a
Qualified Person as defined under the
terms of National Instrument
43-101.
Contact
Information: For more information
and to sign-up to the mailing list, please contact:
Michael
Konnert, President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel:
(604) 838-4327
Email:
michael@vizslaresources.com
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TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
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NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
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meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" under applicable
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These forward-looking statements or information relate to, among
other things: the development of Panuco, including potential
drill targets; future mineral
exploration,
development and production
including
the identification of
drill targets and commencement of
drilling; and
completion of a
maiden drilling program
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mineral production, liquidity, enhanced value and capital markets
profile of Vizsla, future growth potential for Vizsla and its
business, and
future
exploration
plans
are
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management's reasonable assumptions, estimates, expectations,
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and perception of trends, current conditions and expected
developments, and other factors that management believes are
relevant and reasonable in the circumstances, but which may prove
to be incorrect. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other
things, the price of silver, gold and other metals; costs of
exploration and
development; the estimated costs
of development of exploration
projects;
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ability to obtain financing on reasonable terms.
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applicable conditions to closing of the Acquisition including,
without limitation, receipt of all necessary approvals or consents
and lack of material changes with respect to Vizsla and Canam and
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Acquisition not being realized; business integration risks;
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and the factors identified under the caption "Risk Factors" in
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Vizsla
has
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results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause
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