Silver Viper Drills Expand The El Rubi Discovery with Additional High-Grade Gold and Silver Intercepts High Grade results include 196g/t Gold and 984g/t Silver over 0.5m
February 12th, 2020 TSX.V: VIPR, OTC:VIPRF
NEWS RELEASE
Silver Viper Drills Expand The El Rubi Discovery with Additional High-Grade Gold
and Silver Intercepts
High Grade results include 196g/t Gold and 984g/t Silver over 0.5m
▪ All Holes encountered zones of significant mineralization.
▪ Highest grade assay to date on the project.
▪ Strike-length extended an additional 90m and remains open along strike and at depth.
Vancouver, BC. Silver Viper Minerals Corp. (the “Company” or “Silver Viper”) (TSX-V: VIPR) is pleased
to announce the latest batch of results from ongoing drilling at the La Virginia Gold -Silver Exploration
Project, Sonora state, Mexico. The current campaign began in late November 2019 and expands upon the
Company’s 2018 initial test of the El Rubi target, a new gold-silver zone on the property . The El Rubi
mineralized structure has now been intercepted on five sections for a total 250m of strike extent.
The mineralized structure is open to the north, south and to depth. In addition, results to date indicate
the presence of adjacent, possible parallel mineralized structures. The current campaign was designed to
total 5,000m of diamond drilling in approximately 20 holes . Currently the Company has completed 10
holes for a total of 3100m. Silver Viper intends to expand the program should positive results continue to
be realized.
Mineralization at El Rubi is similar in character to other mineralized zones on the property such as La
Virginia, Con Virginia and Las Huatas. Gold and silver mineralization is hosted in quartz veins, stockworks
and breccias controlled along a north-northwest structural trend. The Phase I drilling at El Rubi comprised
5 drill holes on three 50m spaced sections, for a total strike-length of 100m. To date Phase II comprises 7
reported holes having tested both an additional 1 50m along strike and down -dip tests of previous
intercepts.
Drilling is ongoing and will continue to provide a systematic test along the structure on 50m sections .
Results from Phase II should provide sufficient data points to allow the calculation of a maiden resource
estimate encompassing all of the mineralized zones at La Virginia. Such a calculation would employ a
database of over 219 drill holes compiled from historical and newly completed work. In addition to work
at El Rubi, the program continues to advance prospective targets elsewhere on the property.
Silver Viper’s President and CEO Steve Cope states, “The ongoing results from La Virginia are exciting. We
believe that adding a second drill to target the new anomalies is warranted at this time. The second drill
will allow us to make initial tests of sev eral reconnaissance/exploration drill targets while maintaining
steady progress on the El Rubi discovery area. We expect to begin drilling around the end of February. El
Rubi is continuing to steadily grow both along strike and at depth. Hole LV20-215 reported the highest
silver-equivalent sample in the history of the project and the team is very encouraged with the progress
from the ongoing campaign.”
Significant intercepts returned from LV19-212 to LV19-215 are tabulated below.
HOLE From (m) To (m)
Downhole
Interval
(m)
Estimated
True
Width2
(m)
Au g/t Ag g/t Au g/t
equiv1
LV19-212 58.0 61.0 3.0 2.4 0.17 17.5 0.42
AND 72.0 76.0 4.0 3.2 0.68 40.3 1.25
AND 97.5 100.5 3.0 2.4 5.43 1.5 5.45
AND 182.5 187.0 4.5 3.6 1.85 20.1 2.14
including 184.5 185.5 1.0 0.8 7.03 44.6 7.67
AND 191.0 192.0 1.0 0.8 3.47 5.3 3.54
LV20-213 103.5 108.0 4.5 2.6 0.52 39.2 1.08
AND 129.0 130.0 1.0 0.6 0.51 46.0 1.16
AND 134.0 137.0 3.0 1.7 1.27 71.7 2.29
AND 147.0 162.0 15 8.6 0.84 36.5 1.37
including 157.0 158.0 1.0 0.6 2.52 70.7 3.53
AND 198.0 201.0 3.0 1.7 1.65 38.1 2.19
AND 205.5 214.5 9.0 5.1 0.31 5.5 0.39
AND 266.5 281.5 15.0 8.6 1.00 15.3 1.22
LV20-214 34.0 38.0 4.0 3.0 1.80 107.6 3.34
including 37.0 38.0 1.0 0.8 3.90 187.0 6.57
LV20-215 81.0 94.0 13.0 11.7 0.64 49.5 1.35
including 92.0 94.0 2.0 1.8 2.18 146.7 4.27
AND 116.0 119.0 3.0 2.7 1.16 47.4 1.84
AND 132.7 133.2 0.5 0.45 1.34 59.0 2.18
AND 188.0 195.0 7.0 6.3 14.4 85.9 15.6
including 193.9 194.4 0.5 0.45 196.3 984.0 210.4
AND 206.0 208.0 2.0 1.8 0.49 29.9 0.91
AND 225.5 227.0 1.5 1.35 0.41 24.2 0.76
AND 239.5 250.0 10.5 9.45 0.29 10.0 0.43
1 Gold Equivalent values were calculated using an Au:Ag ratio of 70:1, for example, Gold Equivalent grade = Au grade + (Ag grade / 70).
2 True widths are difficult to estimate at this early stage of exploration, estimated true widths are based on current geologic al interpretation of
the mineralized zones.
Drill holes LV19-212 and LV20-213 were drilled as down dip tests of previous drilling in the central portion
of the prospect. Drill hole LV20 -214 tested a new section 50m south from previous work and is the
southernmost drill test at El Rubi to date. Drill hole LV20-215 represents a nominal 50m step out to the
north on a new section. Subsequent drillholes will continue to push northward, testing for extension
along the El Rubi trend.
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 made with
two d istinct parties. Gold and silver mineralization at La Virginia occurs within breccias, veins and
stockworks hosted primarily by andesitic volcanics, often in close spatial association to, or cross-cutting
pre-mineral dacite dykes and controlled by fractures and faults that define the regional structural trend.
Originally 37,700 hectares in size, Silver Viper’s reconnaissance program has identified key targets and
trends which are of primary interest. The Company has filed reductions of the large concessions to better
focus efforts on the high priority trends.
Silver Viper’s Phase I drilling comprised work over five target areas totaling 4,753m in 20 drill holes. Phase
II is underway using the services of Hermosillo based drill contractor Globexplore Dri lling Corp and the
Company intends to drill at least 5,000m in the El Rubi area . A second drill has been contracted to test
surrounding targets and is set to commence work by the end of February. Drilling by the Company to date
builds upon a sizeable datab ase including 52,635m of drill core from 188 diamond drill holes generated
by the efforts of previous operators between 2010 and 2013. Silver Viper is expanding upon this work by
continuing exploration northward into prospective untested ground.
QA/QC
Analytical results herein represent samples of halved diamond drill core submitted by Silver Viper staff
directly to Bureau Veritas, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Samples were crushed, split and pulverized as per
Bureau Veritas method PRP70 -250, then analys ed for gold by lead collection fire assay fusion on a 30g
split with AAS finish, and for a multi-element suite including silver by multi-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 materials 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. Ongoing
verification of scientific and technical information is achieved by direct involvement in the exploration
work, requiring regular site visits by the Qualified Person.
About the Company
Silver Viper Minerals Corp., is a Canadian-based junior mineral exploration 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 has 100% ownership of the La Virginia concessions acquired from
most recent operator, Pan American Silver Corp. and has an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Rubi-
Esperanza group of claims internal to those concessions. 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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performance. The Company cautions that all forward -looking statements are inherently uncertain and
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