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AbraSilver Discovers New Silver Mineralization Beyond JAC Zone, Intersecting 1,042 g/t Silver Over 12 Metres
(TheNewswire) Discovery Located +900m Beyond Limit of Current Mineral Resource Esti...
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[{"type":"text","content":"AbraSilver Discovers New Silver Mineralization Beyond JAC Zone, Intersecting 1,042 g/t Silver Over 12 Metres\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Discovery Located +900m Beyond Limit of Current Mineral\nResource Estimate & ~100m Northwest of JAC\n \n \n \n \n \n Toronto,\n \n \n \n \n ON\n \n \n \n \n -\n \n \n \n \n TheNewswire\n-\n \n \n \n \n August 09, 2023 -\n \n \n \n \n AbraSilver Resource\nCorp.\n \n \n \n \n (TSX.V:ABRA\n \n \n \n \n )\n \n \n \n \n (\n \n \n \n \n OTC:ABBRF)\n \n \n \n \n (“\n \n \n \n \n AbraSilver\n \n \n \n \n ” or\nthe “\n \n \n \n \n Company\n \n \n \n \n ”)\n \n \n \n is pleased to announce the latest assay\nresults from the Phase III diamond drilling program on the Company’s\nwholly-owned Diablillos property in Salta Province, Argentina\n(“Diablillos” or the “Project”).\n \n \n \n \n Diamond drill holes DDH 23-055, DDH\n23-056 and DDH 23-064 were step out holes drilled to the northwest of\nthe JAC zone, which coincides with a northeast-to-southwest magnetic\nanomaly.  The new holes intersected\n \n \n a promising\nnew silver zone, called the ‘JAC North zone’\n \n \n .  Key takeaways include:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hole\n \n \n DDH 23-064\n \n \n intersected a high-grade interval of\n \n \n 12 metres at 1,042 g/t Ag\n \n \n in oxides\nstarting at a\n \n \n down-hole depth of only 69 metres\nand including a 6 metre interval grading 1,880 g/t Ag.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The three reconnaissance holes were drilled to test one\nof several remaining untested targets indicated by magnetic anomalies\nlocated southwest of Oculto.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The newly discovered JAC North zone is located over 900\nmetres beyond the limit of the conceptual open pit that defines the\ncurrent Mineral Resource estimate at Oculto and approximately 100\nmetres northwest of the high-grade JAC zone.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The new JAC North zone has the same geological\ncharacteristics as the JAC zone, namely that silver mineralisation is\nconcentrated in a highly fractured zone with pervasive alunite\nalteration and associated manganese oxides and follows a parallel\nstructural trend.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n The initial drill intercepts of this newly identified\nz...