Golden Minerals Discovers New Vein and Intersects Excellent Gold and Silver Grades at its Yoquivo Project in Chihuahua, Mexico
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G O L D E N M I N E R A L S C O M P A N Y
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Golden Minerals Discovers New Vein and Intersects Excellent Gold and
Silver Grades at its Yoquivo Project in Chihuahua, Mexico
GOLDEN, CO - /GLOBE NEWSWIRE/ - January 27, 2021 – Golden Minerals Company (NYSE American and TSX: AUMN)
(“Golden Minerals”, “Golden” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce it has received assay results from its recent
3,400-meter, 15-hole drill campaign at the Company’s Yoquivo gold-silver district-scale property in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Highlights include the following:
• YQ_20_001 Pertenencia Vein
o 1.3m grading 5.69 g/t Au and 223 g/t Ag (650g/t AgEq) within
o 4.2m grading 2.34 g/t Au and 190 g/t Ag (365 g/t AgEq)
• YQ_20_002 Pertenencia Vein
o 0.6m grading 1.14 g/t Au and 423 g/t Ag (509 g/t AgEq) within
o 1.9m grading 0.45 g/t Au and 150 g/t Ag (184 g/t AgEq)
• YQ_20_006 Esperanza Vein
o 1m grading 5.0 g/t Au and 118 g/t Ag (524 g/t AgEq) within
o 3.6m grading 1.77 g/t Au and 49 g/t Ag (190 g/t AgEq)
• YQ_20_007 Esperanza Vein
o 0.4m grading 8.76 g/t Au and 60 g/t Ag (717 AgEq) within
o 2.8m grading 1.2 g/t Au, 65 g/t Ag (155 g/t AgEq)
• YQ_20_010 New Vein
o 0.2m grading 15.4 g/t Au and 1150 g/t Ag (2305 g/t AgEq) within
o 5.4m grading 1.9 g/t Au and 135 g/t Ag (278 g/t AgEq)
• YQ_20_011 New Vein
o 3.0m grading 4.2 g/t Au and 734 g/t Ag (1049 g/t AgEq) within
o 12.3m grading 1.3 g/t Au and 225 g/t Ag (323 g/t AgEq)
• YQ_20_012 New Vein
o 0.3m grading 135.5 g/t Au and 7480 g/t Ag (17,643 g/t AgEq) within
o 1.2m grading 34 g/t Au and 1895 g/t Ag (4445 g/t AgEq)
Warren Rehn, President and C hief Executive Officer of Golden Minerals, commented, “These excellent drill results from
Yoquivo highlight its potential to host economic gold-silver mineralization. This recent drilling has identified multiple veins
with potentially economic gold -silver grades, including a newly discovered vein without previous historic mining within
our district scale property holdings. We plan to follow with a second phase drill program which could start in the next few
months.”
Yoquivo covers a large , low-sulfidation epithermal vein system with limited historic production . The Company has
identified four separate vein systems in which surface sampling has returned grades up to 4,050 g/t silver and 27.7 g/t
gold from surface. See Golden Minerals’ press release dated Oct. 31, 2018 for details: AUMN Identifies High-Grade Gold
and Silver Veins at Yoquivo.
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Golden Minerals completed the phase one drill program in December 2020 (see related press release here), and drilled
15 holes tota lling approximately 3,400 meters exploring the four known vein systems exposed on the property. The
exploration program was designed to target the Pertenencia, San Francisco and Esperanza vein systems to better
understand the nature and distribution of the gold-silver mineralization. Of substantial interest is the discovery of a new
vein parallel to and east of the Pertenencia vein. While the other principal veins have been partially mined from surface
to the water table (up to 130 meters) in the case of San Francisco and Pertenencia, and over a much less extensive vertical
interval in the case of El Dolar and Es peranza, the new vein is unmined from surface. Summary assay results from the
2020 drill program are shown as follows:
Hole_ID From To Interval Au (g/t) Ag (g/t) AgEq (g/t) Target
YQ_20_001 111.6 115.8 4.2 2.34 190 365 Pertenencia
including 114.4 115.8 1.3 5.69 223 650
YQ_20_002 192.2 194.1 1.9 0.45 150 184 Pertenencia
including 192.3 192.8 0.6 1.14 423 509 Pertenencia
YQ_20_003 165.0 165.6 0.6
YQ_20_003 169.6 170.0 0.4 2.56 228 420 Pertenencia FW
YQ_20_004 72.0 74.0 2.0 Pertenencia
YQ_20_005 66.1 74.0 7.9 0.27 101 121 Esperanza
including 67.7 70.3 2.6 0.16 149 161
YQ_20_005 71.7 72.1 0.4 1.44 62 170 Esperanza
YQ_20_006 91.9 95.5 3.6 1.77 49 182 Esperanza
including 91.9 92.9 1.0 5.00 118 493 Esperanza
YQ_20_007 92.3 95.0 2.8 1.20 65 155 Esperanza
including 93.2 93.5 0.4 8.76 60 717 Esperanza
YQ_20_008 San Francisco
YQ_20_009 36.5 41.0 4.5 0.42 115 147 New Vein
YQ_20_009 200.3 201.8 2.2 0.76 240 297 Pertenencia
including 200.7 201.3 0.6 1.71 527 655 Pertenencia
YQ_20_010 75.5 77.6 2.1 1.30 30 128 New Vein
YQ_20_010 131.0 136.4 5.4 1.90 135 278 New Vein
including 131.0 131.2 0.2 15.40 1,150 2,305
YQ_20_010 173.7 195.2 21.5 0.50 71 109 Pertenencia
including 187.0 193.0 6.1 0.70 118 171
YQ_20_010 208.8 210.0 1.2 0.44 85 118 Pert_FW
including 209.6 210.0 0.4 0.81 144 205
YQ_20_011 117.8 130.1 12.3 1.30 225 323 New Vein
including 117.8 120.8 3.0 4.20 734 1,049
YQ_20_012 47.3 48.5 1.2 34.00 1,895 4,445 New Vein
including 47.3 47.6 0.3 135.50 7,480 17,643
YQ_20_013 Dolar
YQ_20_014 San Francisco
YQ_20_015 170.0 174.0 4.0 0.74 137 193 Esperanza
including 170.0 170.9 0.9 2.30 39 212
Drill-hole intersected old workings
Drill-hole intersected old workings
No Significant Results
No Significant Results
No Significant Results
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Notes:
•Estimated true widths range from 65% to 90% of drilled widths depending on dip of the vein and inclination of the hole.
•AgEq calculations for reported drill results are based on USD $20.00/oz Ag, $1,500/oz Au. The calculations assume 100%
metallurgical recovery and are indicative of gross in-situ metal value at the indicated metal prices.
•Intervals have been simplified to one decimal place.
The following map displays the drill program’s drill-hole locations and Yoquivo’s principal veins:
Additional information and images with hole-specific data from the drill campaign may be found by accessing the
Company’s website at https://www.goldenminerals.com/projects/yoquivo/.
About Yoquivo
Golden holds an option to purchase seven concessions that comprise the Yoquivo property, totalling 1 ,974.8 hectares
located in western Chihuahua State in northern Mexico, for payments totalling $0.75 million over four years and subject
to a 2% net smelter return royalty on production capped at $2 million. The claims cover an underexplored epithermal
precious metals district that shows similar mineralization to the adjacent Ocampo mining district, and the Company,
through systematic exploration, hopes to identify significant high-grade mineralization.
Review by Qualified Person and Quality Control
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The technical contents of this press release have been reviewed by Aaron Amoroso, a Qualified Person for the purposes
of NI 43 -101. Mr. Amoroso has over 13 years of mineral exploration and mining industry experience and is a Qualified
Person member of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America (QP Geology & Ore Reserves, 01548QP).
To ensure reliable sample results, Golden Minerals uses a quality assurance/quality control program that monitors the
chain of custody of samples and includes the insertion of blanks, duplicates, and reference standards in each batch of
samples. Core is photographed and sawn in half with one half retained in a secured facility for verification purposes.
Sample preparation (crushing and pulverizing) is performed 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, Colorado. The Company is primarily focused on 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 forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended and Section 21E of th e Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and applicable Canadian securities
legislation, including statements regarding expectations surrounding the geologic potential of the Yoquivo property and
its anticipated profitability, and the anticipated tim ing of the second phase drill program at the property. These
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including changes in interpretations of geological, geostatistical,
metallurgical, mining or processing information; interpretations of the info rmation resulting from exploration, analysis
or mining and processing experience ; fluctuations in exchange rates and changes in political conditions, tax, royalty,
environmental or other laws in Mexico; fluctuations in silver or gold prices; and the timing duration and overall impact of
the COVID -19 pandemic, including the potential future re -suspension of non -essential activities in Mexico, including
mining. Golden Minerals assumes no obligation to update this information. Additional risks relating to Gold en Minerals
may be 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