Prophecy Commenced Drilling At Pulacayo Paca Silver Project
Prophecy Commenced Drilling At Pulacayo Paca Silver
Project
Vancouver, British Columbia, September 30, 2019 – Prophecy Development Corp.
(“Prophecy” or the “Company”) (TSX:PCY, OTCQX: PRPCF, Frankfurt:1P2N) is pleased to
announce a 5,000-meter diamond drilling at its Pulacayo Paca silver-zinc-lead deposit in Bolivia
has started with first set of assay results expected in early November, 2019. Pictures of core
samples are available at www.prophecydev.com.
Michael Doolin, CEO of Prophecy states, “We are very excited to restart the development of our
100% controlled Pulacayo-Paca silver deposits in the prolific silver-mining Potosi department in
Bolivia. Pulacayo is a large system in a well-known silver district that is ripe for additional
discoveries.”
Phase 1 drilling will be comprised of surface drilling to expand the NI43-101 compliant Paca
resource (see Company’s press release dated November 22nd, 2017) in the northern and eastern
directions where previous drill holes encountered high grade surface intercepts, including PND-
062, which included 42 meters of 406 g/t Ag located on the edge of the resource envelope. The
Company will also evaluate upgrading the Paca resource from an Inferred category to Measured
and Indicated categories through infill drilling. Some of the high grade zone extensions being
explored are shown below:
hole Nº from - to (m) int (m) Ag
(g/t)
Pb
(%) Zn %
PND008 18.0 – 33.5 15.5 314 1.0 0.4
PND029 12.0 – 22.3 10.3 436 0.0 0.0
PND062 10.0 – 52.0 42.0 406 0.8 0.1
ESM2 0.0 – 38.0 38.0 411 1.4 1.2
About Paca Deposit
The Paca deposit is located in southwestern Bolivia approximately 7 km north of the Pulacayo
deposit approximately 20 kilometers from the town of Uyuni by paved highway. Water, local skilled
workforce and power are readily available onsite.
The 2017 mineral resource estimate prepared by Mercator for the Paca deposit outlined an
Inferred resource of 2.54 million tonnes at a weighted average grade of Ag 256 g/t, Pb 1.03%, Zn
1.10% (Ag Eq. 342 g/t) (from technical report effective October 20th, 2017 “UPDATED MINERAL
RESOURCE ESTIMATE TECHNICAL REPORT for the PULACAYO PROJECT” available on
SEDAR). The contained metal content estimated by the Company of the inferred category
resources is 20.9 million ounces of silver, 57.7 million pounds of lead and 61.6 million pounds of
zinc.
The geology of the Paca deposit includes a core zone of feeder-style mineralization associated
predominantly with brecciated andesite, plus additional zones of shallowly dipping mantos-style
mineralization that are hosted by the surrounding volcano-sedimentary sequence. The Paca
deposit remains open at depth and along strike.
The Paca mineralization starts from surface, and the deposit may be amenable to open-pit mining
which will be evaluated in the future.
Phase 2 Drilling
Phase 2 Pulacayo surface drilling is scheduled to commence in November, 2019. The plan is to
expand the Pulacayo resource base along strike from 1km to 3km and at depth from 300m to
600m. There will also be infill drilling to confirm the geological model and test continuity of shallow
high grade indicated resource blocks that are near the San Leon tunnel and accessible through
the existing adit. Some of the high grade zone extensions being explored are shown below:
hole Nº from - to (m) int (m) Ag
(g/t)
Pb
(%) Zn % Distance
from adit (m)
PUD005 96.2 – 108.0 11.9 689 1.9 1.4 -67.5
PUD007 70.0 – 96.8 26.8 517 2.3 4.2 -44.5
PUD057 374.0 – 378.0 4.0 1,184 0.8 2.3 -137.5
PUD069 281.0 – 294.0 13.0 624 2.1 4.2 -46.0
PUD109 293.6 – 298.4 4.8 3,607 3.8 4.1 -30.4
PUD118 174.0 – 184.0 10.0 1,248 1.7 2.6 -93.9
PUD134 128.2 – 151.5 23.3 514 1.3 1.9 -55.7
PUD150 290.0 – 302.0 11.2 882 0.4 0.6 -75.2
PUD159 343.0 – 354.0 11.0 790 0.6 0.6 -116.6
PUD170 237.0 – 239.0 2.0 3,163 0.1 0.9 -32.5
About Pulacayo Deposit
A 2017 mineral resource estimate prepared by Mercator for the Pulacayo deposit based on 400
AgEq cutoff, outlined 2.08 million tonnes at a weighted average grade of Ag 455 g/t, Pb 2.18%,
Zn 3.19% (Ag Eq. 594 g/t) in the Indicated category and 0.48 million tonnes at a weighted average
grade of Ag 406 g/t, Pb 2.08%, Zn 3.93% (Ag Eq. 572 g/t) in the Inferred category (from technical
report effective October 20th, 2017, “UPDATED MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE TECHNICAL
REPORT for the PULACAYO PROJECT” available on SEDAR).
Based on the resource statement, the contained metal content of the the indicated resources are
30.4 million ounces of silver, 100.0 million pounds of lead and 146.3 million pounds of zinc. The
contained metal content of the inferred category resources are 6.3 million ounces of silver, 22.0
million pounds of lead and 41.6 million pounds of zinc.
The Mercator study superceded the previous 2013 feasibility study by TWP Sud America that
outlined an historic resource starting from surface of 20.7 million tonnes grading 100g/t at a lower
cut off grade, containing 70 million oz of silver. The TWP study is now considered historic in nature
and should not be relied up on.
Past Pulacayo production was predominantly from the Tajo Vein System (TVS) which extends
over a strike length of more than 2.5 km and to a depth of at least 1,000 meters. Prior resource
drilling only covered approximately 30% of the (TVS) strike length. With additional drilling,
Prophecy feels that there is great potential to discover additional resources along the TVS
structure.
Prophecy’s wholly owned Bolivian subsidiaries (acquired from Apogee Silver Ltd in 2015) have
invested over US$25million in Pulacayo-Paca since 2005 which included over 80,000 meters of
drilling. The Company is developing and operating at Pulacayo with full local community support.
Qualified Person and Technical Notes
The technical contents of this news release have been prepared under the supervision of Danniel
Oosterman, VP Exploration. Mr. Oosterman is not independent of the Company in that he is
employed by the Company. Mr. Oosterman is a Qualified Person (“QP”) as defined by the
guidelines in NI 43-101. AgEq cutoffs discussed in this release are based on the following formula:
AgEg. (g/t) = Ag (g/t)*89.2% + (Pb% *(US$0.94/lb. Pb /14.583 Troy oz./lb./US$16.50 per Troy oz.
Ag)*10,000*91.9%) + (Zn% *(US$1.00/lb. Zn/14.583 Troy oz./lb./US$16.50 per Troy oz.
Ag)*10,000*82.9%). Metal prices used in the silver equivalent calculation are US$16.50/Troy oz.
Ag, US$0.94/lb Pb and US$1.00/lb Zn.
About Prophecy
Prophecy is developing Pulacayo silver project in Bolivia and Gibellini vanadium project in
Nevada. Further information on Prophecy can be found at www.prophecydev.com.
PROPHECY DEVELOPMENT CORP.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“Michael Doolin”
Chief Executive Officer
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