Silver Viper Announces Balance of 2018 Drill Results, Outlines 2019 Exploration Activities At The La Virginia Gold‐Silver Project, Sonora, Mexico.
February 15, 2019
Silver Viper Announces Balance of 2018 Drill Results, Outlines 2019 Exploration Activities At The La
Virginia Gold‐Silver Project, Sonora, Mexico.
Vancouver, BC. Silver Viper Minerals Corp. (the “Company” or “Silver Viper”) (TSX‐V: VIPR) is pleased
to provide drill results representing the balance of the 2018 diamond drilling at the La Virginia Gold‐Silver
Project, (“La Virginia”), Sierra Madre, eastern Sonora, Mexico. The Company commenced the exploration
program in late September 2018, and by mid‐December had completed 4,753m in 20 drill holes, over five
distinct prospect areas, distributed along 11km of the prospective structural trend. Results contained
herein relate to the fifth and final target of 2018, the Con Virginia target area.
Silver Viper’s 2018 diamond drilling program was designed largel y a s a n e x p l o r a t o r y t e s t o f s e v e r a l
undrilled or lightly tested targets within the La Virginia property. The results from Con Virginia, tabulated
below, range from no significant results in holes LV18‐205 and 206, up to a series of four gold‐silver
mineralized intervals in LV18‐208. The reported results comple te the balance of samples from the 2018
drilling.
The highlight of 2018 was El Rubi, a never‐before drilled showing, located some 1.5km north of any
previous drilling. El Rubi returned a best result of 6m true w idth (13.3m core length) averaging 3.16g/t
gold and 228g/t silver for a gold equivalent1 grade of 6.42g/t Au.
S i l v e r V i p e r ’ s P r e s i d e n t a n d C E O S t e v e C o p e s t a t e s , “W e a r e v e r y p l e a s e d w i t h t h e s u c c e s s o f o u r f i r s t
drilling campaign at La Virginia. Of the areas tested in this program, the discovery at El Rubi clearly stands
out and it is the prospect area where the next phase of drillin g will be focused. The 100m long portion of
El Rubi we have drilled is only a small segment of the larger t arget area which lies north of La Virginia. El
Rubi is located on a discrete mesa, generally along trend from La Virginia, and has seen very little previous
exploration work. Our field crews are actively following up geochemical anomalies, both along trend and
along parallel structures identified in 2018.”
Results below represent mineralized intervals from the four fin al drill holes, testing the southern portion
of the Con Virginia target area. An updated drill collar plan i s a v a i l a b l e o n t h e C o m p a n y ’ s w e b s i t e ,
www.silverviperminerals.com. In addition to follow up geochemi stry and prospecting, Silver Viper is in
the process of completing reconnaissance geological mapping of the area, superseding previous mapping
on that portion of the property.
Diamond Drilling Results LV18‐204 through LV18‐208
HOLE ID From
(m) To (m) Interval
(m)
True Width2
(est m) Au (g/t) Ag (g/t) Au Equiv 1 (g/t)
Con Virginia
LV18‐205 NSR
LV18‐206 NSR
LV18‐207 155 157 2 1.7 0.52 10 0.66
LV18‐208 77 78 1 0.85 0.44 85 1.65
And 89 91 2 1.7 1.07 158 3.33
And 117 119 2 1.7 0.95 107 2.49
And 178 180 2 1.7 1.02 55 1.81
1 Gold Equivalent calculated using an Au:Ag ratio of 70:1, Au Equivalent = Au grade + (Ag grade/ 70)
2 Estimated true widths from Con Virginia drilling estimated at 85% of core length
3 NSR – No Significant Results
El Rubi
A clear highlight revealed by the 2018 work, is the discovery at El Rubi, a newly identified mineralized zone
comprising quartz veining, stockwork and breccia, located approximately mid‐way between La Gloria and
the historical drill area of Campo Santos. The 2018 drilling t argeted and intersected a 100m long section
of the mineralized trend, open in both directions and ready for follow‐up work. Silver Viper considers this
target area to be the northern extension of the La Virginia min eralized system, offset by faulting up to
400m eastward when compared to the main mineralized zone.
T h e E l R u b i s t r u c t u r e a p p e a r s t o b e l a t e r a l l y e x t e n s i v e , r e m i n iscent of and very likely related to
mineralization emplaced at La Virginia. Alteration of host rock and sulphide content at El Rubi are
o b s e r v e d t o b e s l i g h t l y i n c r e a s e d , w h e n c o m p a r e d t o t h e i n t e r c epts from the Las Huatas zone. This
prospective structure is interpreted to continue for up to 2km northward, and appears to extend up to
1km southward, and is expected to connect with dyke/veining of a newly identified prospect, Macho Libre.
Very preliminary work at Macho Libre includes contour soil sampling and a follow‐up reconnaissance chip
sample result of 3.62g/t Au from the 2018 routine fieldwork.
Drilling at El Rubi was initially designed to test a 100m portion along the trend. Mineralization was
encountered in all holes, indicating exploration potential to t he north and south. Silver Viper currently
has a field crew collecting surface geochemical samples and pro specting on the northern and southern
extensions of this new discovery.
Con Virginia
Con Virginia represents the northern continuation of the zone known as Las Huatas, as described in
previous communications. Former prospectors at this location accessed the mineralized zone by way of a
crosscut driven to intersect the structure, followed by drifting along the main mineralized zone. The
historical workers appear to have targeted a high‐grade selvage along the flanks of a broad mineralized
quartz‐stockwork zone, emplaced within dacitic dyke and andesit e host rocks. Approximately 150m of
underground tunnels accessing the main structure are still open today. Best results from 2018 came from
hole LV18‐208, which encountered multiple intervals of mineralization up to 1.7m in true width.
About the Project
La Virginia is located 220km east‐northeast of Hermosillo, Sonora. It is a large exploration property,
primarily prospective for fault controlled, low‐sulphidation epithermal precious metal mineralization. The
property and historical exploration database were acquired by way of option agreements with two distinct
parties. Gold and silver mineralization at La Virginia occurs w ithin breccias, veins and stockworks hosted
primarily by andesitic volcanics, often in close spatial associ ation to or cross‐cutting pre‐mineral dacite
dykes, and controlled by fractures and faults that define the r egional structural trend. The property is
currently 37,700ha in size and covers 40km of prospective mineral trend. During 2018, Silver Viper
undertook reconnaissance prospecting throughout the property and is working on claim reduction of the
larger, mature claims that lack mineral potential. The propert y has strong evidence of
intrusive/epithermal activity along the main structural trend.
Analytical results herein repres ent samples of halved diamond d rill core submitted by Silver Viper staff
directly to Bureau Veritas, Hermosillo, Sonora. Samples were cr ushed, split and pulverized as per Bureau
Veritas method PRP70‐250, then analysed for gold by lead collec tion fire assay fusion on a 30g split with
AAS finish, and for a multi‐element suite including silver by m ulti‐acid digestion with ICP‐ES/MS finish.
Samples triggering precious metal over‐limit thresholds of 10g/ t Au or 200g/t Ag were retested by Lead
collection fire assay fusion with a gravimetric finish. Silver Viper monitors QA/QC using commercially
sourced standards and locally sourced blank material inserted within the sample sequence at regular
intervals.
Dale Brittliffe, P.Geo., Vice President of Exploration is the ‘ Qualified Person’ under National Instrument
43‐101, and has approved the scientific and technical information contained in this news release.
About the Company
Silver Viper Minerals Inc. is a Canadian‐based junior mineral e xploration company focused on precious
metals exploration in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. The Company currently operates the La
Virginia Gold‐Silver Project. Silver Viper is entitled to earn a 100% ownership of the La Virginia concessions
recently acquired from Pan American Silver Corp., and has an op tion to acquire a 100% interest in the
Rubi‐Esperanza group of claims internal to those concessions. The property was most recently operated
by Pan American Silver Corp. Silver Viper is under management provided by Belcarra Group Management
Ltd., which is comprised of highly qualified mining professionals.
On behalf of the board of directors,
Steve Cope
President and CEO
For Further Information please contact, please contact Silver Viper Minerals Corp. at (604) 687‐8566,
email [email protected] or visit our website at www.silverviperminerals.com
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