Golden Minerals Drills 24m Grading 6.7 g/t Au at its Rodeo Gold Project, Durango, Mexico
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GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY
350 Indiana Street – Suite 650 – Golden, Colorado 80401 – Telephone (303) 839‐5060
Golden Minerals Drills 24m Grading 6.7 g/t Au at its Rodeo Gold Project,
Durango, Mexico
GOLDEN, CO ‐ /GLOBE NEWSWIRE/ ‐ August 26, 2020 – Golden Minerals Company (“Golden Minerals”, “Golden” or
the “Company”) (NYSE American and TSX: AUMN) today announced it has received a second set of assay results
from its resource definition drill program at the Rodeo gold‐silver project located in Durango State, Mexico.
Assay results from an additional 11 diamond drill holes show wi de zones of high‐grade near‐surface gold
mineralization. Mineralized material consists of highly silicified epithermal veins and breccias hosted in felsic volcanic
r o c k s . S i g n i f i c a n t r e s u l t s a r e s u m m a r i z e d i n t h e t a b l e b e l o w , with complete results available on the Company
website. [link]
Hole ID Dip Azimuth
Hole
Length
(m)
From
(meters)
To
(meters)
Interval
(meters) Au (g/t) Ag (g/t)
RDO_20_010 ‐55 240 40 12.8 28.9 16.1 2.91 8.3
including 19.7 28.9 9.2 4.05 12.6
RDO_20_011 ‐70 60 40 13.3 23.4 10.1 5.51 9.3
RDO_20_012 ‐55 240 35 8 32.5 24.5 6.66 13.9
including 15 23 8.6 9.3 14.9
RDO_20_13a* ‐55 240 55 12 42 30 2.99 19.6
including 19.6 33 13.4 4.47 25.1
RDO_20_014 ‐55 240 50 10 33.5 23.5 5.87 27.5
including 12.5 25.4 12.9 8.83 38
RDO_20_015 ‐55 240 35 7.3 22 14.7 3.06 10.5
RDO_20_016 ‐60 240 40 9.4 26.8 17.4 1.08 5.7
RDO_20_017 ‐55 240 40 12.7 34.2 21.4 2.85 10.7
including 23 29 6 5.1 15
RDO_20_018 ‐55 240 40 13.3 34.4 21.1 1.76 7.7
including 15 19 4 4.06 5.9
RDO_20_019 ‐50 240 30 13 16.5 3.5 3.98 2.7
RDO_20_020 ‐55 60 30 9 12.4 3.4 1.05 6.4
Note: Intervals in the table represent drilled length. It is expected that true thickness is approximately 80% of drilled
length as drill holes were drilled at a high angle to the gold mineralization that dips at approximately 25 degrees to
the northeast. Intervals and grades have been rounded to 1 decimal place.
* Drill hole RDO_20_013 was lost at 19m depth, and drill‐hole R DO_20_013a was drilled adjacent to it and reached
target depth.
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GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY
350 Indiana Street – Suite 650 – Golden, Colorado 80401 – Telephone (303) 839‐5060
The objectives of the drill progra m are to provide greater deta il on the gold mineralization at Rodeo by infill and
limited step‐out drilling and to provide additional material for metallurgical and geotechnical test work. Confirmation
of continuity of the gold grades in the heart of the deposit is an important step towards the future development of
the Rodeo project outlined in the recent Preliminary Economic Assessment published on May 28, 2020 (link).
Warren Rehn, President and Chief Executive Officer of Golden Minerals, commented, "We continue to intersect thick
intervals of near‐surface, high‐grade gold mineralization at Rodeo. The results of this infill drilling program are
showing an improvement in gold grades on average compared to pr evious drill hole results. This further supports
our plan to develop the project and process this high‐grade material in our oxide plant at Velardeña.”
Rodeo Drill Hole Locations
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GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY
350 Indiana Street – Suite 650 – Golden, Colorado 80401 – Telephone (303) 839‐5060
About Rodeo
Rodeo is an 1,866‐hectare gold project located in Durango State , Mexico approximately 80 kilometers west of the
Company's Velardeña Properties and processing mills. Golden acquired the Rodeo property subject to a royalty
interest due to La Cuesta International in the second quarter 2 015, prior to which exploration by other companies
identified a gold‐bearing system exposed at surface. Golden conducted a 2,080‐meter core drilling program in 2016
and outlined a potentially open pit minable, high‐grade resource as reported in a NI 43‐101 Technical Report dated
January 26, 2017:
Classification Cut‐off Tonnes (Mt) Au g/t Ag g/t Au (Koz) Ag (Koz)
Indicated 0.83 0.4 3.3 11 46 200
Notes:
(1) Cut‐off grade and Au equivalent calculated using metal pric es of $1,220 and $17 per troy ounce of Au and Ag,
recoveries of 77% and 90% Au and Ag;
(2) Mineral resources have been pit‐shell constrained using the Lerch Grossman algorithm with cost inputs per tonne
of $7.50 mining, $10 trucking and $20 processing. A breakeven c ut‐off including trucking and processing costs per
block was applied to a block model within the optimized shell;
(3) Metal prices do not exceed three‐year trailing average as of the end of December 2016, per SEC guidance; and
(4) Reported indicated mineral resources are equivalent to mineralized material under SEC Industry Guide 7.
Cautionary Note to United States Investors Regarding Estimates of Indicated Mineral
Resources
This press release uses the terms "mineral resources" and "indi cated mineral resources" which are defined in, and
required to be disclosed by, Canadian National Instrument NI 43 ‐101 (“NI 43‐101”). We advise U.S. investors that
these terms are not recognized under SEC Industry Guide 7. Accordingly, the disclosures regarding mineralization in
this news release may not be comparable to similar information disclosed by Golden Minerals in the reports it files
with the SEC. The estimation of measured resources and indicated resources involves greater uncertainty as to their
existence and economic feasibility than the estimation of proven and probable reserves. U.S. investors are cautioned
not to assume that any or all mineral resources are economically or legally mineable or that these mineral resources
will ever be converted into mineral reserves. In addition, the SEC normally only permits issuers to report
mineralization that does not constitute SEC Industry Guide 7 co mpliant “reserves” as in‐place tonnage and grade
without reference to unit amounts. U.S. investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our Form 10‐K for
the year ended December 31, 2019 and other SEC filings.
Review by Qualified Person and Quality Control
The technical contents of this press release have been reviewed b y M a t t h e w B o o t h , a Q u a l i f i e d P e r s o n f o r t h e
purposes of NI 43‐101. Mr. Booth has over 17 years of mineral e xploration experience and is a Qualified Person
member of the American Institute of Professional Geologists (CPG 12044).
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GOLDEN MINERALS COMPANY
350 Indiana Street – Suite 650 – Golden, Colorado 80401 – Telephone (303) 839‐5060
To ensure reliable sample results, Golden Minerals uses a quali ty assurance/quality control program that monitors
the chain of custody of samples and includes the insertion of b lanks, duplicates and reference standards in each
batch of samples. Core is photographed and sawn in half with on e half retained in a secured facility for verification
purposes. Sample preparation (crushing and pulverizing) is perf ormed at an independent ISO 9001:2001 certified
laboratory in Chihuahua or Zacatecas, Mexico. Prepared samples are direct‐shipped to an ISO 9001:2001 certified
laboratory in Canada.
About Golden Minerals
Golden Minerals is a Delaware corporation based in Golden, Color a d o . T h e C o m p a n y i s p r i m a r i l y f o c u s e d o n
advancing its Rodeo and Velardeña properties in Mexico and, through partner‐funded exploration, its El Quevar
silver property in Argentina, as well as acquiring and advancing mining properties in Mexico, Argentina and Nevada.
Forward‐Looking Statements
This press release contains forwa rd‐looking statements within t he meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and applicable Canadian
securities legislation, including statements regarding expectat ions surrounding the geologic potential of the Rodeo
project. These statements are subject to risks and uncertaintie s, including the reasonability of the economic
assumptions at the basis of the results of the Rodeo project Preliminary Economic Assessment and technical report;
changes in interpretations of ge ological, geostatistical, metal lurgical, mining or processing information; and
interpretations of the information resulting from exploration, analysis or mining and processing experience. Golden
Minerals assumes no obligation to update this information. Addit i o n a l r i s k s r e l a t i n g t o G o l d e n M i n e r a l s m a y b e
found in the periodic and current reports filed with the SEC by Golden Minerals, including the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10‐K for the year ended December 31, 2019.
For additional information please visit http://www.goldenminerals.com/ or contact:
Golden Minerals Company
Karen Winkler, Director of Investor Relations
(303) 839‐5060
SOURCE: Golden Minerals Company