Atico Continues to Intercept Bonanza Grades Including 6.8 Meters of 19.5g/t Au, 224g/t Ag, 12.2% Cu, and 3.7% Zn at La Plata VMS Project, Ecuador
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Atico Continues to Intercept Bonanza Grades Including 6.8 Meters of 19.5g/t Au, 224g/t
Ag, 12.2% Cu, and 3.7% Zn at La Plata VMS Project, Ecuador
Vancouver, August 05, 2020 -- Atico Mining Corporation (the “Company” or “Atico”) (TSX.V: ATY |
OTC: ATCMF) is pleased to report additional high grade drill results from its 10,000 m eter drilling
program on the La Plata property in Ecuador. Today's results are from 3 holes completed in the South
Block as the drill program continues to c onfirm and expand the La Plata mineralized footprint with
bonanza grades gold & copper intercepts encountered within larger massive sulfides lenses.
La Plata Drilling Highlights Include:
Hole From
(m)
To
(m)
Interval
(m)
Au
(g/t)
Ag
(g/t)
Cu
(%)
Zn
(%)
CMLP-20-107 242.49 248.15 5.66 4.14 137.11 1.07 6.10
Including 242.49 243.53 1.04 6.62 359.00 2.30 14.90
Including 243.53 245.20 1.67 7.32 224.00 1.34 5.64
CMLP-20-110 341.28 348.12 6.84 19.54 223.98 12.19 3.70
Including 341.28 344.00 2.72 45.51 478.86 17.34 3.71
True widths are dependent on uncertainties in the local strike and dip of the mineralization and are
estimated to be between 76% and 83% of the drill intercept.
Infill Drilling Program
The i nfill and step-out drilling program has been implement ed to upgrade and potentially expand
resources of the La Plata project. Two drill rigs are currently active on the project with one rig currently
starting to drill on the North Block in order to in-fill and potentially grow the La Plata resource.
The three diamond drill holes reported today successfully demonstrated the thickness and continuity of
the La Plata VMS lenses, as well as potential expansion of the mineralized envelope of the South Block.
• Hole CMLP-20-107 was collared above the known VMS envelope and reported good values of
precious and base metal grades within massive to semi -massive sulfides over a 5.66 meter
intercept mineralised mostly by sphalerite.
• Hole CMLP-20-108, drilled for infill purposes in the South Block, demonstrated continuity of
the mineralization with an intercept of 5.22 meters composed of both VMS and stockwork also
dominated by sphalerite.
• Hole CMLP-20-110, in addition to intercepting a high-grade VMS zone within the South
Body, cut a second intercept 10 meters below the main zone with 5.48 meters of mineralized
stockwork.
The Company also reports that it continues to intercept visible massive and semi-massive sulfide
mineralization as the ongoing drilling program continues, the core is currently being sent to the
lab for analysis and will be released in due course . This current step-out drilling is targeting
potential new zones that may lead to further extensio ns of the South Block mineralized
envelope. Additional drill holes are planned to continue testing VMS mineralization outside of
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the known envelope and along strike of the La Mina area . This includes stepping out towards
the north to further test the Guatuza target area which reported high grade values from the earlier
trenching program. The 2020 exploration program on the La Plata property, as well as the El
Roble drilling program are both fully fund ed from the highly profitable El Roble mining
operation in Colombia.
Infill Drill Program Assay Results:
True widths are dependent on uncertainties in the local strike and dip of the mineralization and are
estimated to be between 76% and 83% of the drill intercept.
La Plata Project
Gold-bearing sulphide mineralization at La Plata occurs as compositional banding composed of
chalcopyrite, sphalerite and pyrite laminae with barite occurring as clasts and also as layers. The
mineralised lenses have also been dislocated by a few faults and dolerite dikes cutting the body.
The La Plata project is amongst the highest-grade gold-copper VMS deposits in which base and
precious metal mineralization is interpreted to have formed as part of multiple volcanic episodes
that created a stacked volcanic-exhalite hydrothermal sequence considered favorable for hosting
additional VMS lenses. The recent drilling results in the southern portion of the deposit have
encountered deeper mineralisation, and an extension of mineralisation to the north has been
discovered by recent trenching results.
The La Plata independent Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) dated March 30th 2019,
was prepared pursuant to National Instrument 43 -101 (“NI 43 -101”) and reports the La Plata
inferred resources at 1.9 million tons at an average grade of 4.1 g/t Au, 49.4g/t silver, 3.3% Cu,
4.5% Zn, 0.6% Pb as available on SEDAR.
The La Plata project consists of two concessions covering a total area of 2,300 hectares along
its 9 -kilometer length, which contains known mineralization in two VMS lenses and nine
priority exploration targets.
Intercept*
Hole ID Azimuth
(°)
Dip
(°)
Total
Length
(m)
From
(m)
To
(m)
Interval
(m)
Au
(g/t)
Ag
(g/t)
Cu
(%)
Pb
(%)
Zn
(%)
CMLP-20-107 318 -57 254.97 242.49 248.15 5.66 4.14 137.11 1.07 2.20 6.10
Including 242.49 243.53 1.04 6.62 359.00 2.30 4.33 14.90
Including 243.53 245.20 1.67 7.32 224.00 1.34 1.37 5.64
CMLP-20-108 285 -67 388.00 381.34 386.56 5.22 3.99 77.99 0.22 0.88 2.18
Including 381.34 382.96 1.62 9.15 200.00 0.61 2.24 6.02
CMLP-20-110 308 -74 370.00 341.28 348.12 6.84 19.54 223.98 12.19 0.33 3.70
Including 341.28 344.00 2.72 45.51 478.86 17.34 0.55 3.71
and 357.40 362.88 5.48 0.43 5.35 1.03 0.03 0.65
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The Company has a binding option agreement with a private Ecuadorean company to earn up
to 75% in the La Plata project, of which the first option to acquire the initial 60% ownership has
been exercised. Please refer to the Company’s MD&A for t he year ended December 31, 2019
for further details.
Quality Assurance & Quality Control
Before sampling, a centreline, representing bottom of hole (or a reference line when this is not
known) is marked on the drill core. The core is cut and sampled, always sampling the right-hand
side of the drill core. Samples are selected based on logged geological features, such as rock
type, mineralization, alteration, veining etc. Sample length does not exceed 2.5 m nor is smaller
than 20 cm. A total of 10% of the samples submitted are certified blanks and standards and field
duplicates with, as a minimum, one blank submitted at the beginning of each sample batch.
Certified standards are submitted at an average of 6% of the samples submitted. Field duplicates
are taken at a rate of 1 in 20 of the samples taken. For all drill holes, analysis was completed by
ALS Chemex in North Vancouver with sample preparation completed in Quito. The lab is
accredited with International Standards ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and ISO 9001:2015.
All major ALS Geochemistry analytical laboratories are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for
specific analytical procedures.
Qualified Person
Dr. Michael Druecker, CPG, is a qualified person under NI 43 -101 standards and independent
of the company, is responsible for ensuring that the information contained in this news release
is an accurate summary of the original reports and data provided to or developed by Atico
Mining Corporation. Dr. Druecker has approved the scientific and technical content of this news
release.
About Atico Mining Corporation
Atico is a growth -oriented Company, focused on exploring, developing and mining copper and gold
projects in Latin America. The Company generates significant cash flow through the operation of the El
Roble mine and is developing it’s high -grade La Plata VMS project in Ecuador. The Company is also
pursuing additional acquisition of advanced stage opportunities. For more information, please visit
www.aticomining.com.
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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Fernando E. Ganoza
CEO
Atico Mining Corporation
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legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein, without limitation the use of
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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the Company ’s expectations include
uncertainties relating to interpretation of drill results and the geology, continuity and grade of mineral deposits;
uncertainty of estimates of capital and operating costs; the need to obtain additional financing to maintain its
interest in and/or explore and develop the Company’s mineral projects; uncertainty of meeting anticipated
program milestones for the Company’s mineral projects; the world -wide economic and social impact of COVID -
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heading “Risk Factors” in the prospectus of the Company dated March 2, 2012 filed with the Canadian securities
regulatory authorities on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com