Sonoro Completes Phase TWO Drill Program at Cerro Caliche
SONORO COMPLETES PHASE TWO DRILL PROGRAM AT CERRO CALICHE
VANCOUVER, Canada, July 3, 2019, Sonoro Metals Corp., (TSXV: SMO | OTCQB: SMOFF | FRA: 23SP), (“Sonoro”
and the “Company”), reports that assays for the fina l 15 holes of the initial two-phase drill program a t Cerro
Caliche have been received, bringing the total drilled by Sonoro to 10,328 meters over 96 holes. The program
has confirmed gold mineralization identified by prior operators and substantially increased the dimensions of
all the mineralized zones
Within the Central Zone, drilling has demonstrated a sector measuring 1.3 km long by up to 0.6 km wide,
comprised of Japoneses, Chinos NW, Cuervos and Buena Vista, with shallow, gold mineralized zones and gold
grades and intervals similar to operating heap leac h mines in the region. The Cabeza Blanca-El Colorad o-
Guadalupe zone located 750 meters west of the Central Zone demonstrates similar mineralization over a 1 km
strike length. An additional 7 mineralized zones have been drilled within a 1.5 km radius of the Centr al Zone,
at Abejas, Rincon, Gloria, Veta de Oro, Chinos Altos, La Espanola and Buena Suerte, with all showing potential
for expansion.
“The successful conclusion to the Phase Two drillin g program has enabled Sonoro to proceed with the
commissioning of an NI 43-101 technical report by a team of independent geologists, to estimate the resource
potential for Cerro Caliche,” said Kenneth MacLeod, P resident and CEO of Sonoro. “Following receipt of t he
contemplated technical report, Sonoro plans to conduct a comprehensive review of the data to determine the
scope and scale of a Phase Three drill program.”
Assays from the final 15 drill holes continued the expansion of the gold and silver mineralization in and around
the previously identified Central Zone at Japoneses, Chinos NW, and Buena Vista and confirmed the continuity
of mineralization between these zones and in areas within these zones not previously drilled.
To view a map of all the drill holes, please click here and to view a map of the drill holes in the Centra l Zones
please click here or visit the Sonoro website at www.sonorometals.com
Highlights from the last 15 holes of the 10,328 m program reported here include:
- Infill hole SCR-094 returned 1.154 g/t AuEq over 12.19 m in NW end of Japoneses zone
- Infill hole SCR-095 returned 0.791 g/t AuEq over 19.81 m in north end of Japoneses zone
- Infill hole SCR-089 returned 0.657 g/t AuEq over 22.86 m in Chinos NW zone
- Infill hole SCR-083 returned 0.747 g/t Au Eq over 22.86 m in west side of Japoneses zone
- Infill hole SCR-084 returned 0.704 g/t AuEq over 15.24 m in north Japoneses zone
Drill holes SCR-081, 082, 083, 092, 093, and 094 were completed along the western side of Japoneses toward
the northwest region of the zone. Holes SCR-093 and 094 were paired holes from the same drill site inc lined
45 degrees in opposite directions with SCR-093 containing 4.57 m with 0.436 g/t AuEq and SCR-094 reporting
12.9 m with 1.154 g/t AuEq. SCR-093’s end of hole o verlaps SCR-095’s end of hole making these three dri ll
holes, including SCR-094, aligned in the cross sect ion. Click here to view the Japoneses cross section. These
holes are at the northern terminus of the Japoneses gold mineralized zone that remains open and which Sonoro
plans to test by future drilling.
Drill hole SCR-084 was completed in the north-centr al part of the Japoneses zone with 15.24 m of 0.704 g/t
AuEq intercepted, including a vein showing 1.53 m of 2.93 g/t Au and 33.6 g/t Ag. Drill holes SCR-085 , 088,
089, 090 and 091 drill-tested the area between Japon eses and Chinos NW zones, showing the mineralization
continuing between the two zones. SCR-086 and 087 were drilled to infill the connection between the
Japoneses and Cuervos zones which show shorter intervals.
This drilling program has shown that the mineralized zones have good continuity along strike and these zones
are open for extension potential. The strike length of Japoneses through the Cuervos zone is over 1,100 meters
and with the inclusion of Boluditos and Chinos NW, it is approximately 1,300 meters long by 400 meters wide.
The historic Cabeza Blanca zone is now shown to have a strike length of 1,000 meters including the El Colorado
zones of veins, some of which have higher grades. The width of the Cabeza Blanca zone is approximatel y 20
meters with some additional mineralized areas along side the zone in the Guadalupe vein. The potential to
expand this area of mineralization is believed to be high with open extensions north and south.
A total of 10,328 meters has been drilled and assaye d to date in the two phases of the program with 96 drill
holes for an average drill hole length of 107.6 met ers, all inclined. The combination of historic and current
exploration drilling now totals 23,679 meters in 212 drill holes in addition to more than 6,000 surface samples.
Mineral intercepts presented for the final 15 drill holes are shown in the table below.
CERRO CALICHE PROJECT, HOLES COMPOSITES WITH CUTOFF 0.15 g/t Au
Hole Target
From To Interval Au Ag AuEq
(meters) g/t g/t g/t
SCR-081 JAPONESES
4.57 13.72 9.15 0.319 3.7 0.371
and 56.39 60.96 4.57 0.181 0.5 0.188
and 80.77 88.39 7.62 0.77 1.1 0.786
and 112.78 117.35 4.57 0.144 1.6 0.167
SCR-082 JAPONESES
15.24 22.86 7.62 0.176 9 0.305
and 42.67 47.24 4.57 0.286 2.1 0.317
and 56.39 59.44 3.05 1.243 4.2 1.303
and 62.48 67.06 4.58 0.161 1.3 0.18
and 73.15 77.72 4.57 0.262 1.4 0.283
and 82.3 91.44 9.14 0.336 1 0.35
and 114.3 117.35 3.05 0.839 1.7 0.863
SCR-083 JAPONESES
24.38 47.24 22.86 0.506 16.9 0.747
includes 36.58 38.1 1.52 3.16 36.4 3.68
and 50.29 54.86 4.57 0.151 1 0.165
and 59.44 77.72 18.28 0.201 1.8 0.226
and 80.77 83.82 3.05 0.291 0.5 0.298
SCR-084 JAPONESES 64.01 79.25 15.24 0.51 13.6 0.704
includes 65.53 67.06 1.53 2.93 33.6 3.41
SCR-085 JAPONESES
0 1.52 1.52 1.505 13.5 1.698
and 13.72 22.86 9.14 0.257 2.4 0.291
and 28.96 50.29 21.33 0.383 7.1 0.485
and 54.86 64.01 9.15 0.616 1.8 0.643
includes 59.44 60.96 1.52 2.18 1.3 2.199
CERRO CALICHE PROJECT, HOLES COMPOSITES WITH CUTOFF 0.15 g/t Au
Hole Target
From To Interval Au Ag AuEq
(meters) g/t g/t g/t g/t
SCR-086 JAPONESES 50.29 53.34 3.05 0.277 0.9 0.29
and 57.91 60.96 3.05 0.209 0.4 0.215
SCR-087 JAPONESES 45.72 50.29 4.57 0.258 1.2 0.275
and 57.91 60.96 3.05 0.166 3 0.208
SCR-088 JAPONESES 21.34 28.96 7.62 0.238 0.6 0.247
SCR-089 CHINOS NW
0 22.86 22.86 0.566 7.1 0.657
includes 7.62 10.67 3.05 1.822 13.1 2.01
and 32 35.05 3.05 0.177 2.9 0.218
SCR-090 CHINOS NW
4.57 13.72 9.15 0.427 7.5 0.534
includes 16.76 27.43 10.67 0.248 2.3 0.281
and 56.39 64.01 7.62 0.251 1.4 0.271
SCR-091 JAPONESES
0 4.57 4.57 0.178 2.2 0.209
includes 9.14 15.24 6.1 0.3 3.7 0.353
and 54.86 57.91 3.05 0.16 4.3 0.222
SCR-092 JAPONESES
3.05 6.1 3.05 0.274 2.4 0.307
and 9.14 13.72 4.58 0.215 1.8 0.241
and 27.43 30.48 3.05 0.23 0.7 0.24
and 92.96 96.01 3.05 0.373 1.2 0.39
and 109.73 112.78 3.05 0.192 1.4 0.212
and 117.35 124.97 7.62 0.359 3.4 0.407
SCR-093 JAPONESES 59.44 64.01 4.57 0.432 0.3 0.436
SCR-094 JAPONESES
50.29 60.96 10.67 0.307 1 0.321
and 64.01 70.1 6.09 0.292 0.7 0.302
and 73.15 77.72 4.57 0.141 0.4 0.146
and 82.3 94.49 12.19 1.128 1.8 1.154
includes 86.87 89.92 3.05 2.665 2.2 2.696
SCR-095 JAPONESES 36.58 56.39 19.81 0.664 8.8 0.791
includes 36.58 38.1 1.52 4.47 17.6 4.721
Quality Assurance/Quality Control (“QA/QC”) Measures and Analytical Procedures
Drill samples are collected with an airstream cyclo ne and passed into a splitter that divides each sam ple into
quarters. The quartered samples are then bagged and sealed with identification. The sample group has blanks,
standards and duplicates inserted into the sample s tream. ALS-Chemex collects the samples and transpo rts
them directly to the preparation laboratory in Hermosillo, Sonora.
At the laboratory, part of each sample is reduced through crushing, splitting and pulverization from which 200
grams is sent to the ALS-Chemex assay laboratory in Vancouver. Thirty grams undergoes fire assay for gold with
the resulting concentrated button of material produ ced is dissolved in acids, and the gold is determine d by
atomic absorption. Another quantity of the sample is dissolved in four acids for an ICP multi-element analysis.
Geologic Description
Cerro Caliche is located 45 kilometers east southea st of Magdalena de Kino in the Cucurpe-Sonora Mega-
district of Sonora, Mexico. Multiple historic underg round mines were developed in the concession includ ing
Cabeza Blanca, Los Cuervos, Japoneses, Las Abejas, Bolu ditos, El Colorado, Veta de Oro and Espanola.
Mineralization types of the Cucurpe-Sonora Mega-district include variants of epithermal low sulfidation veins
and related mineralized dikes and associated volcan ic domes. Local altered felsic dikes cut the minera lized
meta-sedimentary rock units and may be associated w ith mineralization both in the dikes and meta-
sedimentary rocks.
Host rocks include Jurassic-Cretaceous meta-sedimen tary rock units including argillite, shale, quartzite ,
limestone, quartz pebble conglomerate and andesite. Younger intrusive rock consisting of medium coarse-
grained granodiorite-granite is present in the westerly parts of the concessions near the historic Cabeza Blanca
mine. It is apparent that veining cuts and pervasiv ely alters the intrusive stock. Rhyolite occurs i n irregular
bodies distributed in higher elevations in the northerly part of the concession, including the Rincon area, where
it occurs as flows, sills, dikes and rhyolite domes. Part of the rhyolite is mineralized and appears to be related
to epithermal gold mineralization throughout the property.
Stephen Kenwood, P. Geo., a director of Sonoro, is a Qualified Person within the context of National Instrument
43-101 and has read and approved this news release. Readers are cautioned that the presence of
mineralization on historic mines adjacent to or on Cerro Caliche is not necessarily indicative of gold
mineralization in the concessions held by the company.
About Sonoro Metals Corp.
Sonoro Metals Corp. is a publicly listed exploratio n and development company with two exploration stag e
precious metal properties in Sonora State, Mexico. T he company has highly experienced operational and
management teams with proven track records for the discovery and development of natural resource deposits.
On behalf of the Board of SONORO METALS CORP.
Per: “Kenneth MacLeod”
KENNETH MACLEOD
President & CEO
For further information, please contact:
Sonoro Metals Corp. - Corporate Communications:
Bill Campbell – Tel: (604) 565-5609
Email: [email protected]
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securities legislation, relating to, among other th ings, the Company's plans for the drilling of the a bove-described Cerro Caliche
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on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Compa ny's management on the date the statements are made and they involve a number of
risks and uncertainties, including the possibility of unfavourable interim exploration results, the lack of sufficient future financing to carry
out exploration plans, and unanticipated changes in the legal, regulatory and permitting requirements for the Company’s exploration
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