Vizsla Silver is Honored to Welcome Mining Hall of Fame Member Eduardo Luna to Its Board of Directors
VIZSLA SILVER IS HONORED TO WELCOME
MINING HALL OF FAME MEMBER EDUARDO
LUNA TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NYSE: VZLA TSX-V: VZLA
VANCOUVER, BC
,
Nov. 15, 2023
/CNW/ -
Vizsla Silver Corp.
(TSXV: VZLA) (NYSE: VZLA)
(
Frankfurt
: 0G3) ("
Vizsla Silver
" or the "
Company
") is pleased to announce that Mexican mining
legend,
Eduardo Luna
, has agreed to join the Board of Directors of Vizsla Silver. Eduardo has over
40 years of experience in the mining industry and has recently retired from the board of Wheaton
Precious Metals.
"
We are extremely honored to welcome
Eduardo Luna
to the Vizsla board
," stated President and
CEO,
Michael Konnert
. "
Eduardo is one of the most accomplished and experienced miners in all of
Mexico
. He was instrumental in unlocking value for Luismin, Goldcorp and Silver Wheaton at the
world-class
San Dimas
mine, which continues to be one of the Country's top producers of silver
and gold. With
San Dimas
representing a direct analogue to
Panuco
, located only 80 kilometers to
the north, Eduardo brings a wealth of applicable experience and wisdom to support the next phase
of development at the
Panuco
district
."
"
I am looking forward to working with the Vizsla team in the development of the Company and
especially in the
Panuco
project, which will very likely be a world class mine
," commented
Eduardo
Luna
.
Mr. Luna has spent over forty years in the precious metals mining industry and has held prior senior
executive and board positions at several companies including Industrial Peñoles, Goldcorp Inc.,
Luismin SA de CV, Wheaton River Minerals Ltd., Alamos Gold Inc., Dyna Resource, Inc. and
Primero Mining Corporation.
He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rochester Resources Ltd., a junior natural
resources company with assets in
Mexico
. He formerly served as a member of the Board of
Directors of Wheaton Precious Metals Corporation. Mr. Luna is the former President of the Mexican
Mining Chamber and a former President of the Silver Institute.
He is an inductee in the Mexico Mining Hall of Fame and serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board
of the Faculty of Mines at the University of
Guanajuato
where he received a degree in Mining
Engineering.
Corporate Update
Vizsla has granted 400,000 stock options ("Options") at an exercise price of
$1.36
to a director and
a consultant of the Company, pursuant to the Company's Omnibus Equity Incentive Compensation
Plan. The Options are exercisable for a period of five years and will vest over the next two years.
The Options are subject to the approval and policies of the TSX Venture Exchange and the NYSE
American.
About the Panuco Project
The newly consolidated
Panuco
silver-gold project is an emerging high-grade discovery located in
southern
Sinaloa, Mexico
, near the city of Mazatlán. The 7,189.5-hectare, past producing district
benefits from over 86 kilometres of total vein extent, 35 kilometres of underground mines, roads,
power, and permits.
The district contains intermediate to low sulfidation epithermal silver and gold deposits related to
siliceous volcanism and crustal extension in the Oligocene and Miocene. Host rocks are mainly
continental volcanic rocks correlated to the Tarahumara Formation.
The Panuco Project hosts an estimated in-situ indicated mineral resource of 104.8 Moz AgEq and an
in-situ inferred resource of 114.1 Moz AgEq. An updated NI 43-101 technical report titled "Technical
Report on the Mineral Resource Estimate Update for the Panuco Ag-Au-Pb-Zn Project, Sinaloa
State,
Mexico
" was filed on SEDAR on
March 10, 2023
, with an effective date of
January 19, 2023
was prepared by Allan Armitage, Ph. D., P. Geo., Ben Eggers, MAIG, P.Geo. and Yann Camus,
P.Eng. of SGS Geological Services.
About Vizsla Silver
Vizsla Silver is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company headquartered in
Vancouver, BC
, focused on advancing its flagship, 100%-owned
Panuco
silver-gold project located
in
Sinaloa, Mexico
. To date, Vizsla Silver has completed over 310,000 metres of drilling at
Panuco
leading to the discovery of several new high-grade veins. For 2023, Vizsla Silver has budgeted
+90,000 metres of resource/discovery-based drilling designed to upgrade and expand the mineral
resource, as well as test other high priority targets across the district.
Information Concerning Estimates of Mineral Resources
The scientific and technical information in this news release was prepared in accordance with NI 43-
101 which differs significantly from the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"). The terms "measured mineral resource", "indicated mineral resource" and
"inferred mineral resource" used herein are in reference to the mining terms defined in the Canadian
Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Standards (the "CIM Definition Standards"), which
definitions have been adopted by NI 43-101. Accordingly, information contained herein providing
descriptions of our mineral deposits in accordance with NI 43-101 may not be comparable to similar
information made public by other U.S. companies subject to
the United States
federal securities laws
and the rules and regulations thereunder.
You are cautioned not to assume that any part or all of mineral resources will ever be converted into
reserves. Pursuant to CIM Definition Standards, "inferred mineral resources" are that part of a
mineral resource for which quantity and grade or quality are estimated on the basis of limited
geological evidence and sampling. Such geological evidence is sufficient to imply but not verify
geological and grade or quality continuity. An inferred mineral resource has a lower level of
confidence than that applying to an indicated mineral resource and must not be converted to a
mineral reserve. However, it is reasonably expected that the majority of inferred mineral resources
could be upgraded to indicated mineral resources with continued exploration. Under Canadian rules,
estimates of inferred mineral resources may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility
studies, except in rare cases. Investors are cautioned not to assume that all or any part of an
inferred mineral resource is economically or legally mineable. Disclosure of "contained ounces" in a
resource is permitted disclosure under Canadian regulations; however, the SEC normally only
permits issuers to report mineralization that does not constitute "reserves" by SEC standards as in
place tonnage and grade without reference to unit measures.
Canadian standards, including the CIM Definition Standards and NI 43-101, differ significantly from
standards in the SEC Industry Guide 7. Effective
February 25, 2019
, the SEC adopted new mining
disclosure rules under subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K of the United States Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "SEC Modernization Rules"), with compliance required for the first fiscal year
beginning on or after
January 1, 2021
. The SEC Modernization Rules replace the historical property
disclosure requirements included in SEC Industry Guide 7. As a result of the adoption of the SEC
Modernization Rules, the SEC now recognizes estimates of "measured mineral resources",
"indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources". Information regarding mineral
resources contained or referenced herein may not be comparable to similar information made public
by companies that report according to U.S. standards. While the SEC Modernization Rules are
purported to be "substantially similar" to the CIM Definition Standards, readers are cautioned that
there are differences between the SEC Modernization Rules and the CIM Definitions Standards.
Accordingly, there is no assurance any mineral resources that the Company may report as
"measured mineral resources", "indicated mineral resources" and "inferred mineral resources" under
NI 43-101 would be the same had the Company prepared the resource estimates under the
standards adopted under the SEC Modernization Rules.
Website:
www.vizslasilvercorp.ca
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release includes certain "Forward
Looking Statements" within the meaning of the United
States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward
looking information" under
applicable Canadian securities laws. When used in this news release, the words "anticipate",
"believe", "estimate", "expect", "target", "plan", "forecast", "may", "would", "could", "schedule" and
similar words or expressions, identify forward
looking statements or information. These forward
looking statements or information relate to, among other things: the exploration, development, and
production at
Panuco
, including plans for resource/discovery-based drilling designed to upgrade and
expand the mineral resource.
Forward
looking statements and forward
looking information relating to any future mineral
production, liquidity, enhanced value and capital markets profile of Vizsla, future growth potential for
Vizsla and its business, and future exploration plans are based on management's reasonable
assumptions, estimates, expectations, analyses and opinions, which are based on management's
experience and perception of trends, current conditions and expected developments, and other
factors that management believes are relevant and reasonable in the circumstances, but which may
prove to be incorrect. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things, the price of
silver, gold, and other metals; no escalation in the severity of public health crises; costs of
exploration and development; the estimated costs of development of exploration projects; Vizsla's
ability to operate in a safe and effective manner and its ability to obtain financing on reasonable
terms.
These statements reflect Vizsla's respective current views with respect to future events and are
necessarily based upon a number of other assumptions and estimates that, while considered
reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive,
political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Many factors, both known and unknown, could
cause actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from the results,
performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward
looking
statements or forward-looking information and Vizsla Silver has made assumptions and estimates
based on or related to many of these factors. Such factors include, without limitation: the Company's
dependence on one mineral project; precious metals price volatility; risks associated with the
conduct of the Company's mining activities in
Mexico
; regulatory, consent or permitting delays; risks
relating to reliance on the Company's management team and outside contractors; risks regarding
mineral resources and reserves; the Company's inability to obtain insurance to cover all risks, on a
commercially reasonable basis or at all; currency fluctuations; risks regarding the failure to generate
sufficient cash flow from operations; risks relating to project financing and equity issuances; risks
and unknowns inherent in all mining projects, including the inaccuracy of reserves and resources,
metallurgical recoveries and capital and operating costs of such projects; contests over title to
properties, particularly title to undeveloped properties; laws and regulations governing the
environment, health and safety; the ability of the communities in which the Company operates to
manage and cope with the implications of public health crises; the economic and financial
implications of public health crises to the Company; operating or technical difficulties in connection
with mining or development activities; employee relations, labour unrest or unavailability; the
Company's interactions with surrounding communities and artisanal miners; the Company's ability to
successfully integrate acquired assets; the speculative nature of exploration and development,
including the risks of diminishing quantities or grades of reserves; stock market volatility; conflicts of
interest among certain directors and officers; lack of liquidity for shareholders of the Company;
litigation risk; the ongoing military conflict in
Ukraine
; general economic facts; and the factors
identified under the caption "Risk Factors" in Vizsla Silver's management discussion and analysis and
other public disclosure documents. Readers are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to
forward
looking statements or forward-looking information. Although Vizsla Silver has attempted to
identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other
factors that cause results not to be anticipated, estimated or intended. Vizsla Silver does not intend,
and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward
looking statements or forward-looking
information to reflect changes in assumptions or changes in circumstances or any other events
affecting such statements or information, other than as required by applicable law.
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