Giant Mining (CSE:BFG) has expanded its engagement with integrated mining technology solutions RESPEC with the latter to incorporate silver assays from the recent and historical drilling for the Majuba Hill Copper-Silver-Gold Project in Pershing County, Nevada.
CEO David Greenway says continuing and expanding the engagement with RESPEC is a critical step in advancing Majuba Hill.
“By integrating the silver assays along with the latest core data, we are refining the geological model and unlocking new layers of potential at a time when silver prices have surged to approximately US$50 per ounce, representing a compound annual growth rate of roughly 35% over the past year,” Greenway says.
“This work provides a clear path for future drilling, metallurgical studies, and target evaluation, all essential steps toward realising Majuba Hill’s full potential as a significant copper-silver-gold asset in Nevada – a top-tier US mining jurisdiction.”
Building on its mandate, RESPEC’s updated interpretation and technical review of Majuba Hill is incorporating results from the company’s most recent drill program, including core data from drillholes MHB-30 through MHB-36.
Silver will also be added into the company’s internal project model. This work will refine the geometry of breccia bodies, evaluate the impact of new findings on project potential, and help advance the geologic controls for copper mineralisation.
The review will guide the strategy for further drilling, determine the timing of metallurgical studies, and support the evaluation of new target zones.
The updated interpretation will provide Giant Mining with a stronger technical foundation for future economic potential while highlighting the potential of new target zones across the Majuba Hill property.
These results will support the broader strategy of advancing Majuba Hill as a key domestic source of copper and silver at a time of heightened US demand for secure, reshored supply chains.
Giant Mining says notably, Majuba Hill has previously delivered ‘high-grade’ silver intercepts, including 74 feet of 30.1 grams per tonne of silver within 218 feet averaging 73.4g/t Ag and 1.35% copper (drillhole MHB-27), “underscoring the polymetallic strength of the system and its potential to generate significant byproduct value alongside copper and gold”.
These silver results will be integrated into the new 3D model and help quantify the contribution of silver mineralisation to overall project economics.
Jeffrey M Bickel, Principal Geologist at RESPEC, says the ongoing work at Majuba Hill focuses on refining the geological and structural models to integrate new drilling data with advanced geostatistical and 3D modeling techniques.
“Incorporating silver assay data – alongside copper and gold, and including the high-grade silver intervals reported in 2024, allows us to map silver distribution within breccia bodies and vein arrays, evaluate its correlation with copper, and better constrain domaining and grade continuity,” Bickel says.
“This refinement supports Giant Mining’s efforts to prioritise step-outs, plan metallurgical testwork that addresses silver recovery, and advance delineation of the copper–silver–gold system at Majuba Hill.”
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