Trinity One Metals (TSX-V:TOM) has compiled historic drilling records from its Silver-1 Mine in Ecuador,
The company recovered six diamond core drill holes completed by the United Nations in 1978, approximately 11 years before underground mining commenced at Silver-1 in 1989. Historical mining continued until around 1994 and reached a maximum depth of approximately 90m.
The newly compiled records revealed ‘high-grade’ silver intercepts at depths exceeding previous mining operations.
These records include ‘high-grade’ silver-lead-zinc intersections at calculated vertical depths exceeding the reported maximum depth of historical mining operations.
Ocashuaico hole SB-18 returned 2.6m @ 1,240g/t silver (Ag), 1.57% lead (Pb), and 3.08% zinc (Zn) from 152.15m downhole, including 0.25m @ 8,002g/t Ag, 7.8% Pb, and 11.7% Zn from 154.5m.
SB-19 returned 0.5m @ 2,076g/t Ag, 1.66% Pb, and 5% Zn from 48.20m; and 5.3m @ 182g/t Ag, 0.69% Pb, and 1.44% Zn from 55.00m.
Meanwhile, SB-20 intersected 5.45m @ 217g/t Ag, 0.35% Pb, and 1.35% Zn from 38.35m, including 0.97m @ 754g/t Ag, 0.82% Pb, and 3.80% Zn.
“These holes were drilled more than a decade before mining commenced and reveal exceptional silver-lead-zinc mineralisation at calculated vertical depths exceeding the approximately 90m depth reportedly reached by historical mining,” CEO Thomas Wood says.
“SB-18 is particularly significant. It intersected 2.60m grading 1,240g/t silver, including 0.25m grading 8,002g/t silver, from a downhole depth of 152.15m.”
The company’s geological team recovered the records through a systematic review and digitisation of original paper drill logs held in the archives of Ecuador’s Geological and Energy Research Institute.
TOM has not independently verified the results through resampling of original drill core or confirmation drilling.
Available records do not identify the analytical laboratory, analytical methods, or complete drilling procedures information. The company considers the records relevant and sufficiently reliable to guide ongoing geological interpretation and exploration planning.
Trinity One Metals is an Ecuador-focused silver explorer advancing the Silver-1 Mine and building a portfolio of precious and base metals projects.
Write to JC Villarba at Mining.com.au
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