Outcrop Announces 2022 Exploration Plans Including Maiden Compliant Resource FOR Santa Ana
OUTCROP ANNOUNCES 2022 EXPLORATION
PLANS INCLUDING MAIDEN COMPLIANT
RESOURCE FOR SANTA ANA
VANCOUVER, BC
,
Jan. 25, 2022
/CNW/ -
Outcrop Silver & Gold Corporation
(TSXV: OCG)
(OTCQX: OCGSF) (DE: MRG1)
("Outcrop")
is pleased to announce that drilling at
El Dorado
vein
system commenced on
January 8, 2022
, and as a result of the successful regional exploration work
that generated seven new vein targets last year, plans to add a second drill-rig in February to
accelerate the definition of additional high grade shoots is underway. In late March, Outcrop plans
to bring in a third drill rig to focus on delineation drilling of potential resource areas from eight shoots
that cumulatively totals 2,100 metres long by 350 metres projected depth. Outcrop is working
towards defining twelve shoots in total to provide a potential resource area of over 3,000 metres by
350 metres projected depth, adequate for a maiden resource report to be released before the end
of 2022.
Highlights
Outcrop is guiding an initial resource between 45 and 55 million ounces equivalent silver at
grades between 550 and 750 grams equivalent silver per tonne.
18,000 metres of drilling is planned for this year to complete the discovery of 12 high-grade
shoots and up to another 8,500 metres for definition drilling in preparation of the maiden
compliant resource.
One drill-rig will remain in the north to explore
El Dorado
, Naranjos and
Alaska
targets and a
second rig will be deployed to the south to explore La Isabela, Espiritu Santo, Las Maras, and
California
veins.
In parallel with drilling, Outcrop will continue advancing regional-scale exploration south to the
Frias Mine Group (Frias, Plaza, and Calamonte mines in three parallel vein zones) where it
expects to generate numerous additional drill targets.
Outcrop will expedite prospecting, mapping, and sampling activities between El Cristo mine and
Baroyeca Silver's La Ye vein system which projects to the northeast and southwest onto
Outcrop concessions. The El Cristo to La Ye vein system provides a new target zone 2.5
kilometres long.
The resource may be upscaled as new shoots are discovered and delineated on the
Santa Ana
project. The maiden resource is expected to represent less than 25% of the veins mapped and
projected from only 6,000 hectares of the entire 36,000 hectare property.
"Success in defining eight high-grade shoots and generating seven high-grade targets to the north
and south of the historic mines of
Santa Ana
, demonstrates the exceptional geologic potential of the
district and reinforces Outcrops goal to identify a total of twelve shoots in preparation for a maiden
resource report by year end," commented
Jesus Velador
, Vice President of Exploration.
"
Santa Ana
is quickly maturing towards the next important stage of the project, where a significant,
high-grade discovery provides a robust initial resource," adds
Joseph Hebert
, Chief Executive
Officer.
Near-term targets and geologic potential
Seven near-term targets were generated last year within a radius of 2.5 km from the historic mines
of
Santa Ana
. Outcrop plans to complete its phase four program of 18,000 metres for exploration
drilling and up to another 8,500 metres for potential resource delineation. Exploration drilling by
target ranking may extend to Baroyeca Silver's La Ye vein that project onto Outcrop claims, and
further south to the Frias Mine Group. Outcrop will prioritize exploration drilling along 16 kilometres
of veins with the objective to define and delineate a total a minimum of four new shoots for a total of
twelve shoots minimum.
The veins commonly outcrop or sub-crop as vein boulders. Veins uniformly show surface samples
that exceed 1,500 g eq Ag/t and veins within target areas can be traced by mapping and or
trenching, or gridded soil sampling. The seven targets show high values of 5,224 g Ag/t and 64 g
Au/t.
Guidance for Geologic Resources
Outcrop is providing guidance for an upward scalable maiden compliant resource by the end of 2022
of between 45,000,000 and 55,000,000 silver equivalent ounces with grades between 550 to 750 g
eq Ag/t. Minimum vein widths will be appropriate to potential mining with resue or modified resue
stopes. Grade and tonne models for each shoot are estimated using an estimation module in Leap
Frog software. Grade and volume limiting vein surfaces are created using a wire-frame 3D model
based on geologic logs from drilling. A minimum vein width of 0.25 metres is used, and grades are
estimated from drill-hole assay composites using a projection ellipsoid oriented to the preferential
trend of shoot mineralization. No grade capping or external dilution was applied.
The guidance is conceptual in nature, there has been insufficient drilling to define a compliant
resource, and there is no certainty that a resource will be defined.
Forward-looking geologic resource estimates anticipate success from a significant amount of
additional drilling and achieving a success rate comparable to drilling to date. An anticipated success
rate is derived from measuring the cumulative length of the eight shoots discovered to date as a
proportion of vein length, the relatively consistent spacing or periodicity of these shoots, the
cumulative length of drilled veins, the calculated true widths of veins, and the weighted average silver
equivalent grades of 110 drill intercepts of 1,380 g eq Ag/t across all shoots as future prediction of
as of yet undiscovered shoot grades.
From the high-level metrics and internal shoot modeling described above, Outcrop estimates that
each kilometre of vein zone can provide a geologic potential of up to 4.9 million silver equivalent
ounces and undiscovered shoots will have a predictable spacing based on structural controls
observed in the veins.
Figure 1. Map showing inferred veins within a 2.5-km radius of the historic Santa Ana mines. The
veins are in red and the length of known shoots in burgundy. The shoots are labeled with white
callouts and the near-term drilling targets with yellow callouts. (CNW Group/Outcrop Silver & Gold
Corporation)
Figure 2. Regional map showing the approximately 6,000-hectare titles, near-term targets (red dots)
and vein trends (red lines). The dashed circle represents the 2.5 km-radius that includes the seven
near-term targets around the historic mines of Santa Ana: 1- El Dorado, 2-Naranjos, 3-Alaska, 4-
Isabela, 5-Maras, 6-Espiritu Santo, and 7-California. (CNW Group/Outcrop Silver & Gold
Corporation)
Figure 3: Location of Figure 2 map with respect to the entire property. Outcrop guidance in this
release is limited to vein trends within the yellow outline. Four other vein zones are identified. At least
three vein zones to the northwest will also be explored. (CNW Group/Outcrop Silver & Gold
Corporation)
QA/QC
Core samples are sent to either Actlabs in
Medellin
or ALS Chemex in
Medellin
for preparation and
then to ALS Chemex in
Toronto
or
Lima, Peru
for analysis. In line with QA/QC best practice,
approximately three control samples are inserted per twenty samples (one blank, one standard and
one field duplicate). The samples are analysed for gold using standard fire-assay on a 50-gram
sample with a gravimetric finish. Multi-element geochemistry is determined by ICP-MS using either
aqua regia (ME-MS41) or four acid (ME-MS61) digestion. Comparison to control samples and their
standard deviations indicates acceptable accuracy of the assays and no detectible contamination.
About
Santa Ana
The 100% owned
Santa Ana
project comprises over 36,000 hectares located in northern Tolima
Department,
Colombia
, 190 kilometres from
Bogota
. The project consists of five or more regional
scale parallel vein systems across a trend 16.5 kilometres wide and 30 kilometres long. The
Mariquita silver-gold belt contains the highest-grade primary silver in
Colombia
, with historic silver
grades reported to be among the highest in
Latin America
from dozens of mines dating back to
1585. Historic mining depths support a geologic and exploration model for composite mesothermal
and epithermal vein systems having mineralization that likely extends to great depth. At
Santa Ana
it
is unlikely that there is sharp elevation restriction common to high-grade zones in many epithermal
systems with no mesozonal component.
Within the current area of focus of
Santa Ana
project, located at the northern extent of just one of
the regional vein systems controlled by Outcrop, seven high grade shoots have been discovered –
La Ivana hanging-wall and footwall (La Porfia vein system);
San Antonio
,
Roberto Tovar
,
San Juan
(Royal Santa Ana vein systems);
El Dorado
(
El Dorado
and El Paraiso vein systems) and Megapozo
(El Paraiso vein system). Each zone commonly contains multiple parallel veins. The veins can show
both high-grade silver and high-grade gold mineralization and low angle veins appear to connect
more common high angle veins.
Outcrop drilling indicates that mineralization extends from surface or near surface to depths of at
least 300 metres. Cumulatively, over 60 kilometres of mapped and inferred vein zones occur on the
Santa Ana
project. The Frias Mine on the south-central part of the project, 12 kilometres south of
the Royal Santa Ana Mines produced 7.8 million ounces of silver post-production in the Spanish
colonial era at a recovered grade of 1.3 kg Ag/t. The Frias Mine is considered an analogue to each
of the seven shoots discovered to date by Outcrop. Outcrop has advanced numerous target areas
to the north, including north
Eldorado
that comprises the northern extension of seven Royal Santa
Ana veins for over 1 kilometre. The north
Eldorado
shows high values over 3.0 kg Ag/t. Between the
Royal Santa Ana mines and Frias, veins have been extended 2.8 kilometres to the south providing
strong drill targets in the Espiritu Santo, Maras, and El Christo veins that show high values up to 5.5
kg AgEq/t. These veins show widths up to 2.8 to 4.0 metres.
About Outcrop
Outcrop is rapidly advancing exploration on five silver and gold exploration projects with world-class
discovery potential in Colombia. Outcrop is currently drilling and expanding the Santa Ana historic
high-grade silver district. These assets are being advanced by a highly disciplined and seasoned
professional team with decades of experience in Colombia.
Qualified Person
The technical information in this news release has been approved by Joseph P Hebert, a qualified
person as defined in NI43-101 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Outcrop.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joseph P Hebert, Chief Executive Officer
Mars Investor Relations
+1 775 340 0450
+1 647 557 6640
www.outcropsilverandgold.com
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