Silver Spruce Confirms High Grade Gold Mineralization at Cocula Advanced Gold Project
Silver Spruce Confirms High Grade Gold Mineralization at Cocula
Advanced Gold Project
July 30, 2019 - Bridgewater, NS - (TSXV:SSE) – Silver Spruce Resources Inc. ("Silver Spruce"
or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received assays from due diligence samples
taken from the Timmins Gold (“Timmins”) (now Alio Gold) reverse circulation (RC) drill program
stored at the project and assays from new surface samples taken by the independent Qualified
Person preparing the maiden NI 43-101 report on the Cocula project in Jalisco State, Mexico.
The reverse circulation drill samples for due diligence purposes were selected to confirm the grades
reported previously by Timmins , focusin g both on individual, isolated samples as well as
continuous intervals in order to confirm the grades and tenors originally reported . The first set of
fifteen samples was selected by ProDeMin crews under the direction and supervision of Dr. Craig
Gibson, Ph.D., CPG, Qualified Person . A second set of twelve samples including eight surface
exposures and four samples of RC drill cuttings was selected by the independent Qualified Person
(“QP”) that is preparing the NI 43 -101 report for Silver Spruce. The samples of RC cuttings
returned assay results that are generally correlated with the results reported by Timmins.
Cocula Project Drill Sample Comparisons
Samples Selected by ProDeMin
Drill Sample Assays
Reported by Timmins Gold Re-Assayed Results
Hole ID Sample Au_ppm Sample Wt. kg Au ppm
RCC-01 17001 22.51 17001 1.5 23.70
RCC-02 17076 1.09 17076 2.2 0.94
RCC-03 17115 0.77 17115 6.6 0.3
RCC-03 17116 0.28 17116 4.82 0.31
RCC-03 17117 0.81 17117 3.18 0.6
RCC-03 17118 0.77 17118 2.84 0.93
RCC-03 17119 1.86 17119 3.8 1.57
RCC-03 17120 0.89 17120 2.9 1
RCC-03 17122 1.12 17122 2.34 1.05
RCC-09 17490 0.70 17490 6.44 0.42
RCC-09 17491 0.47 17491 6.5 0.48
RCC-09 17493 3.79 17493 2.88 3.66
RCC-09 17497 0.99 17497 5.6 0.61
RCC-09 17498 0.52 17498 3.22 0.58
RCC-17 17911 6.45 17911 4.44 8.44
Media Release
Eight rock chip channel samples that were taken by the independent QP during his requisite field
visit for the NI 43-101 report show the presence of gold mineraliza tion at surface of up to 16.65
grams per tonne (“g/t”) gold (“Au”), or 0.54 ounces per tonne gold.
“We are satisfied with the correlative assay results of check samples from the Timmins drill
program. We are also quite encouraged by the high grades of gold that were sampled at surface
from a trench across the mineralized breccia target,” stated Karl Boltz, President & CEO of
Silver Spruce.
Cocula Mineralization
Channel sampling by Timmins across the outcrop of the Cocula breccia returned 136 m with 2.39
g/t Au, 19 g/t Ag, 1.07% Pb and 0.12% Zn. High grades of up to 25 g/t Au were reported for
individual samples.
In 2008, Timmins drilled 27 RC holes (1,974 m) and confirmed the continuity of the Cocula
breccia along 800 m of strike, open in all directions. Some example intercepts are:
COCULA Technical Report sampling July 2019
Qualified Person Drill Sample Re-Assays
Drill Sample Timmins Re-assayed
Sample Type Au ppm Au ppm
17532 RC cuttings 0.393 0.41
17537 RC cuttings 0.153 0.19
17538 RC cuttings 0.259 0.08
17540 RC cuttings 0.363 0.33
COCULA Technical Report sampling July 2019
Qualified Person Channel Samples
SAMPLE TYPE WIDTH (m) DESCRIPTION Au g/t
13359 CHANNEL 0.6 Small dig 3x3x1.7m, east wall, red color breccia, Az 50° -75°. weak to moderate
silicified, barite,specularite, iron oxides, minor secondary Cu. 0.97
13360 CHANNEL 1 Small dig 3x3x1.7m, west wall, red to light red color, breccia, Az 50° -60°, weak to
moderate silicification, barite, specularite, hematite and minor Cu. 1.42
13361 CHANNEL 0.7 0.20m quartz vein taken in 4x1.5x1.7 trench, low angle Az 270° -19°, light color, minor
iron stained and hematite, mo sulphides vissible. 0.10
13362 CHANNEL 1.5 Sample taken in 10m long main trench, south extreme, breccia, texture well not
observed due to alteration, barite, specularite, hematite. 7.61
13363 CHANNEL 0.7
Sample taken in the middle portion of main trench, reddish color, breccia, weak to
moderate silicified, barite, specularite, sometimes leached apparience, hematite and
minor Cu stained.
16.65
13364 CHANNEL 2.3
Sample taken in north portion in main trench, reddish color, brecciated, Az 300,
mostly vertical, weak silicified, leached apparience, barite, specularite, iron stained,
hematite.
10.85
13365 CHANNEL 1.5 Sample taken in 1.7x1.5x8m adit, E-NE strike, fault zone?, strongly fractured, clays,
gouge, hematite stained and filling fractures. 0.35
13366 CHANNEL 1.1 SE portion of Project, small 1.5x1.7x3.0m adit, breccia, moderate to strong silicified,
minor barite and specularite, weak iron stained. 0.47
• Drill hole RCC-01 returned 7.5 m of 5.8 g/t Au within a longer interval of 37 m of 1.3 g/t
Au, 13 g/t Ag, and 1.1 % Pb from the surface,
• Drill hole RCC-09 cut 10.5 m with 1.76 g/t Au and 13.5 m with 1.37 g/t Au within a larger
interval of 54 m with 0.72 g/t Au, 8.9 g/t Ag, and 0.96% Pb, and
Drill hole RCC-10 has an intercept of 37.5 m with grades of 1.2 g/t Au; 13 g/t Ag and 1.34 % Pb
that includes two narrow intervals of 3.0 m with 6.3 g/t Au and 7.5 m of 3.0 g/t Au.
Surface Agreements Signed
Surface agreements assuring access to the project for exploration and drilling have been signed by
representatives with power of attorney for three families that own the ranches at the Cocula project.
The Company has the “green light” to continue its due diligence process and a final purchase
decision will be made by the Company, in due course, under its six month Right of First Refusal.
Silver Spruce should have its drill permit approved shortly and is preparing a drilling strategy to
evaluate the current mineralization and exploration targets.
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Samples by Silver Spruce and for the NI 43-101 report were analyzed by ALS Global, a worldwide
analytical testing laboratory well -known in the exploration and mining community. Samples
submitted to ALS consisted of RC drill cuttings and rock chip-channel samples that were analyzed
for gold by the Au -AA26 method, consisting of a 50 g fire a ssay with an AA finish. No blind
control samples were submitted as these are duplicates, but the laboratory uses standards and
blanks as part of its routine QA-QC program.
The original sample assays of Timmins were completed by International Plasma Labs (IPL) of
Richmond, B.C. Gold assays by IPL were completed by fire assay and AA spectroscopy on a 30
gm sample aliquot. For the IPL samples, those with Au values of 1 g/t or more or Ag values of
100 g/t or more were reanalyzed by fire assay and gravimetric methods.
Qualified Person
Dr. Craig Gibson, Ph.D., CPG, Qualified Person, is responsible for the technical content of this
press release.
About Silver Spruce Resources Inc.
Silver Spruce Resources Inc. is a Canadian junior exploration company pursuing development of
the Pino d e Plata project, located in the prolific Sierra Madre Occidental region of western
Chihuahua State in Mexico. The Company has signed a binding Letter of Agreement to acquire
100% of the advanced Cocula gold project in Jalisco State, Mexico. Silver Spruce Resources Inc.
continues to investigate opportunities that Management has identified or that have been presented
to the Company for consideration.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release. The company seeks Safe Harbour.
Contact:
Silver Spruce Resources Inc.
Karl Boltz, President/CEO/Director
(866) 641-3397
www.silverspruceresources.com