Silver Spruce Obtains SEMARNAT Approval for Informe Preventivo and Granted Permit to Drill El Mezquite Au Project, Sonora, Mexico
Silver Spruce Obtains SEMARNAT Approval for Informe Preventivo and Granted Permit
to Drill El Mezquite Au Project, Sonora, Mexico
April 20, 2021 - Bedford, NS - (TSXV:SSE) - Silver Spruce Resources Inc . ("Silver Spruce" or
the "Company") is pleased to announce the approval for its Informe Preventivo, the environmental
application required for drilling on the El Mezquite Project (“El Mezquite” or the “Property”) .
The permit was received and granted to the concession holder, Yaque Minerals S.A. de C.V.
(“Yaque”) by the Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources ( SEMARNAT) for
El Mezquite, a drill-ready precious metal project located 10 km northwest of the town of Tepoca,
and 170 km southeast of the capital city of Hermosillo, eastern Sonora, Mexico.
“We are very pleased to move forward from the permitting to the drilling activities for El Mezquite.
The environmental application for Yaque was very thorough and required no revisions for its
approval. The timely receipt of the permit speaks volumes to the high-quality technical report
prepared by Sr. Ruiz and his team at Green & Ceo ,” stated Greg Davison, Silver Spruce Vice-
President Exploration and Director . “The Company has completed the planning for the Phase 1
2,000 metre drill program and will select the drill contractor shortly. Mobilization of the rig and
geological team to the Property is planned during the first week of May.”
Figure 1. Looking north to principal gossan and alteration zones and El Mezquite Phase 1 drill targets;
easy access to ranch trail from Highway #16 crossing E-W in background.
Media Release
Silver Spruce contracted Green & Ceo, Asesorío Profesional y Securidad en Ambiente, of
Hermosillo, Sonora to manage the environmental permitting process.
The permit allows for fourteen (14) drill pads over the targets in the northern area of the concession
as tabulated below in Table 1.
Table 1. Proposed and permitted pads and collars for Phase 1 El Mezquite exploration drill program
Project Background
The 180-hectare Property is easily accessible from Mexican Highway #16 via a southerly-trending
unpaved road which traverses through the centre of the known gold mineralization (see Figure 1).
High voltage power lines are positioned along Highway #16.
The El Mezquite Project is located within the west-central portion of the Sierra Madre Occidental
Volcanic Complex within the prominent northwest -trending “Sonora Gold Belt” of northern
Mexico and parallel to the well -known, precious metals -rich Mojave -Sonora Megashear (see
Figure 2).
The Property is very well situated in terms o f logistics for exploration and is located only twelve
kilometres northwest of the Nicho deposit currently under mine development by Minera Alamos.
DDH Pad DDH Collar WGS 84 UTM E WGS 84 UTM N Azimuth Direction Elevation (m) Dip Depth (m)
M1 Mez-1 666240 3148405 270 W 747 45 100
Mez-2 666240 3148405 180 S 747 45 100
M2 Mez-3 666240 3148530 135 SE 755 45 100
Mez-4 666240 3148530 225 SW 755 45 175
Mez-5 666240 3148530 315 NW 755 45 100
M3 Mez-6 666305 3148240 135 or 90 SE or E 739 45 100
Mez-7 666305 3148240 180 S 739 45 100
M4 Mez-8 666355 3148460 270 W 748 45 100
Mez-9 666355 3148460 180 S 748 45 150
Mez-10 666355 3148460 135 SE 748 45 100
M5 Mez-11 666360 3148280 270 W 736 45 100
Mez-12 666360 3148280 180 S 736 45 100
M6 Mez-13 666315 3148380 225 or 270 SW or W 748 45 100
Mez-14 666315 3148380 135 SE 748 45 100
M7 Mez-15 666065 3148420 315 NW 753 45 100
Mez-16 666065 3148420 0 N 753 45 100
M8 Mez-17 666250 3148695 180 S 767 45 100
Mez-18 666250 3148695 135 SE 767 45 100
M9 Mez-19 666325 3148780 180 S 780 45 100
M10 Mez-20 666120 3148280 180 S 739 45 100
B1 Mez-21 666325 3148660 270 or 315 W or NW 766 45 100
B2 Mez-22 666275 3148855 180 S 798 45 100
Mez-23 666275 3148855 135 SE 798 45 100
B3 Mez-24 666135 3148580 135 SE 798 45 100
Mez-25 666135 3148580 180 S 760 45 100
B4 Mez-26 666345 3148530 135 or 180 S or SE 751 45 100
Mez-27 666345 3148530 225 SW 751 45 175
Total 2900
Figure 2. Location Map of El Mezquite Property and Mines of the Sierra Madre Occidental
Qualified Person
Greg Davison, PGeo, Silver Spruce VP Exploration and Director, is the Company’s internal
Qualified Person for the El Mezquite Project and is responsible for approval of the technical
content of this press release within the meaning of Nati onal Instrument 43 -101 Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101"), under TSX guidelines.
About Green & Ceo
Green & Ceo, Asesorío Profesional y Securidad en Ambiente (Professional Advisory and Safety
in the Environment), based in Hermosillo, Mexico, specializes in solving, optimally and
sustainably, all matters of Environmental Management, Safety and Hygiene, typical of current
Economic Development. Green & Ceo is a CEDES Accredited Service Provider (Prestador de
Servicios Acreditado por CEDES).
With its background of knowledge and more than 12 years of experience in this type of permit for
the mining industry, Green & Ceo takes investors hand in hand to obtain Authorizations, Licenses,
Permits, as well as the Environmental Management and Security of any economic venture
(www.green-ceo.com). In particular, the Permit has been developed by Sr. Saul Ruiz (Green Star)
who has a track record of more than twenty-seven years.
El Mezquite
About Silver Spruce Resources Inc.
Silver Spruce Resources Inc. is a Canadian junior exploration company which has signed
Definitive Agreements to acquire 100% of the Melchett Lake Zn -Au-Ag project in northern
Ontario, and with Colibri Resource Corp. in Sonora, Mexico, to acquire 50% intere st in Yaque
Minerales S.A de C.V. holding the El Mezquite Au project, a drill -ready precious metal project,
and 50% interest in Colibri’s early stage Jackie Au project, with both properties located only 12
and 6 kilometres west from Minera Alamos’s Nicho deposit , respectively. The Company also is
pursuing exploration of the drill -ready and fully permitted Pino de Plata Ag project, located 15
kilometres west of Coeur Mining’s Palmarejo Mine, in western Chihuahua, Mexico. Silver Spruce
Resources Inc. continues to investigate opportunities that Management has identified or that have
been presented to the Company for consideration.
Contact:
Silver Spruce Resources Inc.
Greg Davison, PGeo, Vice-President Exploration and Director
(250) 521-0444
Brian Penney, Chairman
(902) 430-8270
www.silverspruceresources.com
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