Andrew Pollard, Blackrock Silver’s president and CEO, described the funding as “strategic” and a “validation of the potential of our Tonopah West silver-gold undertaking” within the Walker Lane pattern of western Nevada.
“With First Majestic’s latest entry into Nevada by means of their acquisition of the Jerritt Canyon mine and their deep technical bench-strength, they signify a great strategic investor as we proceed on our path in the direction of delivering our maiden useful resource estimate,” for its DPB goal, he stated in a press launch asserting the funding, including the funds “will permit us to scale up our exploration program.”
BlackRock’s exploration on the Tonopah West undertaking final yr consisted of 30,000 metres of reverse circulation and diamond drilling and this yr the corporate has 4 drill rigs and a deliberate program of a minimum of 40,000 metres centered on infill, growth and exploration at three targets; two core drills infilling the DPB goal, one core drill exploring alongside the Victor vein system; and one RC rig persevering with with step-out holes. It plans to finish its first useful resource estimate by the fourth quarter of this yr on its DPB goal.
The junior has recognized ten high-grade veins on the property ranging in measurement from 400 metres as much as 1.5 km in strike, virtually all of which stay open for growth, the corporate says.
In March, drilling intersected a brand new vein south of the recognized vein swarm on the DPB goal, with drillhole TW21-062 intersecting 3.1 metres grading 6.15 grams gold per tonne and 388 grams silver per tonne (1,003 grams silver-equivalent per tonne) ranging from 398 metres downhole, and drillhole TW21-058 returned 1.29 grams gold and 94.5 grams silver (223.5 grams silver-equivalent) from 317 metres.
In early Might, the junior explorer launched assays from its Victor goal, adjoining to the japanese border, with highlights together with drillhole TW21-077, which returned 3.075 grams gold per tonne and 310 grams silver per tonne (617.5 grams silver-equivalent) over 3 metres and seven.6 metres grading 2.139 grams gold per tonne and 230 grams silver per tonne (444 grams silver-equivalent).
During the last yr, Blackrock Silver has traded in a variety of C$0.21 and C$1.61 per share, and at presstime in Toronto have been altering palms at C$1.02.
The junior has about 123 million widespread shares excellent for a market cap of about C$125 million.
(This text first appeared in The Northern Miner)
