More Drilling Success With Underground Exploration Drilling In Mexico
Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX:EXN) has intersected impressive silver graded in its underground expansion and exploration drilling programme at the Platosa Mine in Durango, Mexico.
The latest results have further defined and expanded the Rodilla, NE-1S and Pierna Mantos sections at Platosa.
Diamond drilling highlights include:
- 1,422 g/t silver equivalent (AgEq) over 8.9m (1,023 g/t Ag, 9.3% Pb, 4.5% Zn and 0.1 g/t Au) , including 4,623 g/t AgEq over 2.2 metres (3,499 g/t Ag, 29.7% Pb, 10.3% Zn and 0.1 g/t Au);
- 1,092 g/t AgEq over 2.4 metres (673 g/t Ag, 6.7% Pb and 7.1% Zn);
- 1,539 g/t AgEq over 1.6m (1,258 g/t Ag, 7.5% Pb, 2.4% Zn and 0.1 g/t Au); and
- 984 g/t AgEq over 4.0m (721 g/t Ag, 4.1% Pb and 4.5% Zn).
Senior Vice President Geology and Corporate Development, Ben Pullinger, said drilling is underway to define and discover new mineralisation in an area of the Platosa deposit that was never effectively drilled from surface – the Gap Zone – with 300m of potential mineralised strike to be explored.
“Initial drilling from the top of the Gap Zone has returned compelling high grade results,” Mr Pullinger said.
“This sub-vertical structure connects the 623 and NE-1S mantos and represents a significant opportunity to define additional mineralisation at Platosa. We also continue to define and add further tonnage around known manto mineralisation.”
Mr Pullinger said drilling from underground continues to define and expand known mineralization ahead of production at the Pierna, NE-1 and NE-1S Mantos.
Most significantly, drilling into the Gap Zone provides a significant opportunity to add additional mineralisation along a target approximately 300m along strike with a vertical extent of 30-40m.
This target will be a priority for the 2021 programme and remains open to the south of the deposit, where drilling from surface at the 10-20 target has intersected mineralisation beyond the current extent of the Platosa mineral footprint.
