Tier One Silver Commences Work at Curibaya and Hurricane Projects in Peru
Tier One Silver Commences Work at Curibaya and Hurricane Projects in
Peru
Vancouver, Canada – June 27, 2022 – Tier One Silver Inc. (TSXV: TSLV, OTCQB: TSLVF) (“Tier One”
or the “ Company”) is pleased to announce that it has restarted exploration work at the Curibaya
project in southern Peru and at the Hurricane project, located approximately 65 kilometres (km)
north of the city of Cusco (Figure 1).
The Company is advancing Curibaya toward its second phase of drilling, which is expected to consist
of approximately 2,000 – 4,000 metres (m), with pre-drilling surface work focusing on the Cambaya
target. Highlights from the first drill program at the project included 1.5 m of 1,129 g/t silver (Ag),
1.04 g/t gold (Au) in a larger interval of 7 m of 272 g/t Ag, 0.33 g/t Au (Figure 2).
At the Hurricane project, the Company will be conducting geochemical and geophysical surveys at
the Magdalena target area, where five mineralized vein corridors were identified with recent
channel sampling results includ ing 6 m of 239 g/t Ag, 1.21% Cu, 0.34% Pb, 0.15% Zn and 1 m of
605 g/t Ag, 0.26% Cu, 5.79% Pb, 0.21% Zn (Figure 4). In addition, at the copper-nickel-platinum-
palladium-silver prospects at Hurricane , which includes Ñañohuayco, San Cipriano and Morro
Culispata, where social access was recently obtained, the Company plans to initiate surface work to
define potential drill targets in preparation for permitting (Figure 5).
Corporate Update:
The Company announces that Ivan Bebek is now the Chair of the Board of Directors and that former
Co-Chair, Shawn Wallace, has retired from the Board and moved into an advisor role.
A Message from Peter Dembicki, President, CEO and Director:
“Following the highly successful phase I drill program at Curibaya and early-stage channel sampling
at Hurricane, we’re excited to restart our exploration programs and advance the significant
potential at the identified targets.”
“This second phase of exploration is exciting as it gives us the opportunity to expand on our initial
findings and further define a mineralized system . Curibaya is located on one of the most prolific
mining trends in the world and Hurricane demonstrates exceptional grade and has been vastly
underexplored. Collectively, these projects offer grade, scale and a pipeline for potential world-class
discoveries.“
“In addition, on b ehalf of Tier One Silver, I would like to thank Shawn for his contributions, which
started prior to the inception of the Company and led us to where we are now . He has helped to
position Tier One for exploration success and will continue to work with us cl osely as an advisor
while assuming his new role as CEO of Torq Resources. I look forward to continuing to work with
Ivan in his role as Chair.”
Exploration Program – Curibaya:
The exploration program at Curibaya has two primary focuses: defining the geometry of identified
ore shoots to refine high -grade precious metals targets, and geophysical surveying to define
potential porphyry targets (Figure 3) . The Company plans to conduct mapping and sampling
programs across the identified structural corridors, particularly focusing on the Cambaya and
Sambalay structural corridors where the best drill hole and channel samples have been identified
to date (Figure 2) . At the Cambaya target area , additional induced polarization (IP) lines wil l be
conducted to further refine drill targets. In the area of the dome complex, controlled-source audio-
frequency magnetotellurics (CSAMT) will be conducted with the aim of further defining the copper
porphyry target that was previously identified through vein geochemistry.
Exploration Programs – Hurricane:
The exploration programs at the Hurricane project will focus on the silver prospects, Magdalena and
Pampayeoc, and the copper-nickel-platinum-palladium-silver prospects , Ñañohuayco, San Cipriano
and Morro Culispata. The Magdalena silver -base metal veins ar e hosted in four parallel shear zones
occurring over an area of 1.2 km by 800 m (Figure 4) . Based on the extensive soil cover at the
Magdalena target area, Tier One’s technical team believes that additional silver -base metal veins will
be found through geochemical soil surveys, channel sampling and additional surface mapping. The
Pampayeoc silver-base metal vein corridor is located 4.2 km west -northwest of the Magdalena target
veins and represents the fifth mineralized silver-base metal vein corridor identified to-date on this part
of the property. Mapping, sampling and geophysical surveying will also be conducted at the
Pampayeoc target.
At the copper-nickel-platinum-palladium prospects, mapping and sampling programs , as well as a
review of historical geophysical targets, will be conducted to follow up on the successful historical 10-
hole (1,061 m) program at Ñañohuayco, which included 14 m of 2.59% copper, 0.62% nickel, 311 g/t
cobalt, 0.3 g/t platinum and 0.55 g/t palladium (Figure 5). Importantly, at both the Ñañohuayco and
San Cipriano targets there are untested chargeability and conductivity anomalies that the Company’s
technical team believes have the potential to correspond to copper -nickel-platinum-palladium
magmatic sulphide style of mineralization . Tier One’s technical team aims to define exploration
polygons that will form the basis of a submission for a drill permit to the Peruvian authorities.
Figure 1: Illustrates the locations of the Curibaya and Hurricane projects in Peru.
Figure 2: Illustrates channel sampling and phase I drilling highlights from the Curibaya project.
Figure 3: Illustrates the conceptual porphyry target at the Curibaya project.
Figure 4: Illustrates highlights from the Company’s reconnaissance channel sampling program at the Magdalena silver
prospect.
Figure 5: Illustrates the historical ten-hole drill program at the Ñañohuayco prospect at Hurricane with highlighted
results.
Christian Rios (SVP of Exploration), P.Geo, is the Qualified Person who has reviewed and assumes
responsibility for the technical contents of this press release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TIER ONE SILVER INC.
Peter Dembicki
President, CEO and Director
For further information on Tier One Silver Inc., please contact Natasha Frakes, Vice President of
Communications at (778) 729-0600 or [email protected].
About Tier One
Tier One Silver is an exploration company focused on creating value for shareholders and stakeholders through the discovery
of world-class silver, gold and base metal deposits in Peru. The Company’s management and technical teams have a strong
track record in raising capital, discovery and monetization of exploration success. The Company’s exploration assets in Peru
include: Curibaya, Hurricane Silver, Coastal Batholith and Corisur. For more information, visit www.tieronesilver.com.
Curibaya Drilling
Analytical samples were taken by sawing HQ or NQ diameter core into equal halves on site and sent one of the halves to
ALS Lab in Arequipa, Peru for preparation and then to Lima, Peru for analysis. All samples are assayed using 30 g nominal
weight fire assay with atomic absorption finish (Au-AA25) and multi-element four acid digest ICP-AES/ICP-MS method (ME-
MS61). Where MS61 results were greater or near 10,000 ppm Cu, 10,000 ppm Pb or 100 ppm Ag the assay were repeated
with ore grade four acid digest method (Cu, Pb, Ag-OG62). Where OG62 results were greater or near 1,500 ppm Ag the
assay were repeated with 30 g nominal weight fire assay with gravimetric finish (Ag-GRA21).
QA/QC programs for 2021 core samples using company and lab duplicates, standards and blanks indicate good accuracy
and precision in a large majority of standards assayed.
True widths of mineralization are unknown based on current geometric understanding of the mineralized intervals.
Channel Sampling - Curibaya
Analytical samples were taken from each 1-metre interval of channel floor resulting in approximately 2-3 kg of rock chips
material per sample. Collected samples were sent to ALS Lab in Arequipa, Peru for preparation and then to Lima, Peru
for analysis. All samples are assayed using 30 g nominal weight fire assay with atomic absorption finish (Au -AA25) and
multi-element four acid digest ICP-AES/ICP-MS method (ME-MS61). Where MS61 results were greater or near 10000 ppm
Cu, 10000 ppm Pb or 100 ppm Ag the assay were repeated with ore gra de four acid digest method (Cu, Pb, Ag -OG62).
Where OG62 results were greater or near 1500 ppm Ag the assay were repeated with 30 g nominal weight fire assay with
gravimetric finish (Ag -GRA21). QA/QC programs for 2021 channel samples using internal standar d and blank samples;
field and lab duplicates indicate good overall accuracy and precision.
Channel Sampling – Hurricane
Analytical samples were taken from each 1-metre interval of channel floor resulting in approximately 2-4 kg of rock chips
material per sample. Collected samples were sent to ALS Lab in Lima, Peru for preparation and analysis. All samples are
assayed for gold, platinum and palladium using 30 g nominal weight fire assay with ICP -AES finish method (PGM-ICP27)
and for multi -element using four acid digest ICP -AES/ICP-MS method (ME -MS61). Where MS61 results were greater or
near 10,000 ppm Cu, 10,000 ppm Pb, 10,000 ppm Zn or 100 ppm Ag the assays were repeated with ore grade four acid
digest method (Cu, Pb, Zn, Ag -OG62). QA/QC progra ms for 2021 channel samples at Hurricane using internal standard
and blank samples; field and lab duplicates indicate good overall accuracy and precision.
Cautionary Note Regarding Historical Drilling, Grab, Chip and Stream Sediment Samples and Related Matters:
Hurricane Historical Drilling (2010)
Historical drill samples were taken by sawing HQ diameter core into equal halves on site with one half being sent to ALS
lab in Arequipa, Peru for preparation and then to Lima, Peru for analysis. Preparation included crushing core samples to
70% < 2mm and pulverizing 250 g of crushed material by more than 85% < 75 microns. All samples were assayed using
30 g nominal weight fire assay with ICP-MS finish for gold, platinum and palladium (PGM-MS23). Where MS23 results were
> 1 g/t Au, Pt or Pd the assays were repeated with ore grade 30 g nominal weight fire assay with ICP -AES finish (PGM -
ICP27). Silver and base metals were analyzed as part of the multi-element aqua regia digest ICP-AES/ICP-MS method (ME-