Highlander Silver Announces Commencement of Drilling at ALTA Victoria and Appointment of President & CEO
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HIGHLANDER SILVER ANNOUNCES COMMENCEMENT OF
DRILLING AT ALTA VICTORIA AND APPOINTMENT OF
PRESIDENT & CEO
September 20th, 2022 - Vancouver, British Columbia – Highlander Silver Corp. (CSE:HSLV)
(the “Company” or “Highlander”) is pleased to announce that drilling is under way at the Company´s
flagship Alta Victoria project. The programme will comprise a minimum of 1500 metres of diamond
core drilling. In addition, the Company has appointed David Fincham as the new President and Chief
Executive Officer and a director of Highlander. David is a geologist with diverse exploration and
management expertise and a Masters in International Business, who prior to joining Highlander was
Regional Head of Discovery, Americas with Anglo American Plc.
Alta Victoria Drilling
Over the past 18 months the Company has worked to define and prioritise drill targets at Alta Victoria.
The following three targets will be tested by drilling:
1. Adriana North : Historic al mining activity focused on stratigraphically controlled manto- style,
polymetallic mineralisation. This manto mineralisation occurs at the contact between Farrat
Formation quartz sandstones and overlying Pariahuanca Formation limestone. Highly anomalous
rock and soil samples are spatially associated with this lithologic contact and cross cutting
structures.
Surface sample results from Highlander´s work that help define the target include the following
rock chip values within a coincident Pb-Zn soil anomaly:
• 1.2 g/t Au, 155 g/t Ag, 6.1 % Pb, 0.8% Zn
• 2.0 g/t Au, 228 g/t Ag, 11.8 % Pb, 1.5 % Zn
• 0.1 g/t Au, 132 g/t Ag, 6.7 % Pb, 6.7 % Zn
2. Buena Estrella: Historic al mining comprises two underground workings that exploited
mineralisation occurring proximal to the Pariatambo F m upper and lower stratigraphic contacts.
The Jumasha Fm overlies the Pariatambo Fm and is an important host to major scale orebodies
in the belt including Uchucchacua and Antamina. Uchucchacua historically produced over 300
Moz of silver at an average grade of 12 ounces per tonne as Peru´s largest primary silver mine.
Antamina is the world’s largest Cu-Zn skarn with a significant silver credit.
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The target comprises a combination of geologic al, geochemical and geophysical features.
Mineralised, sub- vertical feeder structures with veins and breccia bodies form a northeast
trending structural corridor extending 500 metres to the Adriana North prospect area. Rock and
soil sampling define surface mineralisation along 200 metres of this corridor within the Jumasha
Fm. Manto style mineralisation is exposed in the underground workings where historic sampling
encountered high grade skarn, manto and vein minerali sation. Select rock chip sampling by
Highlander and previous historic underground rock sampling include the following values :
• 270 g/t Ag, 0.3 % Cu, 11.3 % Pb, 23.7 % Zn
• 239 g/t Ag, 0.5 % Cu, 10.7 % Pb, 31.0 % Zn
• 229 g/t Ag, 0.5 % Cu, 11.3 % Pb, 30.1 % Zn
• 225 g/t Ag, 0.07 % Cu, 10.2 % Pb, 4.6 % Zn
The two drill holes planned for Buena Estrella will target a discrete gravity anomaly localised
along the Pariatambo- Jumasha contact, coincident with a bleached zone within the lower
Jumasha Fm marking a thermal aureole associated with feldspar porphyry dykes and sills. These
dyke and sill margins are commonly mineralised in this area.
3. Santa Teresita : The drill holes planned for Santa Teresita will test zones of outcropping
mineralisation that were not drilled in the Phase I drilling programme of 2020.
Drilling will target silver-manganese mineralisation with highly anomalous lead and zinc seen in
outcrop as chimney-style replacements. Vertical zonation documented at the Uchucchacua mine
suggests that silver, lead and zinc values may increase with depth.
Additionally drilling will test structural zones cross -cutting the highly prospective Santa Teresita
fault, in an interpreted structural jog setting. Surface sampling along this fault has produced high
grade rock values with coincident multi-element soil anomalism.
Board and Management Changes
Through a Letter Agreement the company has engaged David Fincham to join Highlander as its new
President & CEO, as well as appointing him to the Company’s board of directors. Mr. Fincham is an
exploration geologist with over 25 years of worldwide experience, 19 years of which have been
focused in Latin America working for Anglo American Plc and Apex Silver. Current interim President
& CEO Phil Anderson commented “We are fortunate and very pleased with Dave´s decision to join
Highlander. He brings both exploration pedigree and valuable management experience to the
Company. I am personally looking forward to pushing ahead in the quest to build value for
shareholders under Dave´s leadership.” Mr. Fincham stated “ I am delighted to be joining the
Highlander team, and look forward to building on the team´s work to date to make a success of
Highlander for all stakeholders. We will be focused on advancing our current portfolio towards
discovery, as well as proactively seeking new high quality exploration opportunities.”
Phil Anderson will remain a director and assume the role of Exploration Manager of the Company.
The Company also announces that Hannah Jin has stepped down from the board of directors due to
other business commitments. The Company thanks Hannah for her valuable contributions and wishes
her well in her future endeavours.
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Qualified Person Statement
All scientific and technical information contained in this news release was prepared and approved
by Walter La Torre, (Qualified Person), MAusIMM (CP). Mr. La Torre has verified the scientific and
technical information disclosed in this news release by reviewing the sampling, analytical and
drilling data from the Property.
About Highlander Silver Corp.
Highlander Silver Corp. is a mineral exploration company focused on the exploration of silver -
polymetallic projects in central Peru, as well as targeting the acquisition of additional mineral projects
by leveraging the team’s significant experience in Peru and South America more widely. Additional
information about Highlander and its mineral projects can be viewed on the Company’s SEDAR
(www.sedar.com) profile at www.sedar.com and its website at www.highlandersilver.com
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) nor the Investment Industry Regulatory
Organization of Canada (IIROC) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news
release.
For further information, please contact:
David Fincham
Chief Executive Officer
Highlander Silver Corp.
(604) 283 7630
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Canadian securities legislation. This includes, but is not limited to, information or statements with
respect to the future exploration plans of the Company, permitting and timing of future exploration.
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business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties, the actual results of current
exploration activities, , changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, , accident,
labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry, and delays in obtaining governmental approvals
or financing. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause
actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward- looking
information, there may be other factors that could cause actions, events or results to differ from those
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