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Blackrock Silver Commences Drilling at Tonopah West
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 30, 2024) - Blackrock Silver Corp. (TSXV: BR...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nBlackrock Silver Commences Drilling at Tonopah WestVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 30, 2024) - Blackrock Silver Corp. (TSXV: BRC) (OTCQX: BKRRF) (\"Blackrock\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced at the Company's Tonopah West (\"Tonopah West\") project located immediately adjacent to Tonopah, Nevada, United States within the Walker Lane gold and silver mineral trend.The fully-funded drill program at Tonopah West consists of 20,000 metres of drilling, with 50 drillholes planned utilizing two core and one reverse circulation (\"RC\") drill rig and is anticipated to be completed by the end of the year. All three drill rigs are currently fully operational. Andrew Pollard, the Company's President and CEO, stated, \"Drilling is now underway on what is poised to be a very consequential program as we look to grow and de-risk our mineral inventory. With 50 drillholes planned over the next 5 months this is our most aggressive campaign in two years. In-fill drilling, on 25-metre centers, is anticipated to convert inferred resources located in the shallower portions of the Bermuda and Merten vein systems into measured and indicated resources, both systems projected to be the first structures encountered in a conceptual mining plan. Expansion drilling is targeting prospective mineralization in a gap along the vein corridor that spans 1,000-metres. Drilling is anticipated to link up our DPB and NW Step-out resource areas together.\"Figure 1: Tonopah West Project Drillhole Location Map (July 30, 2024)To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/676/218163_24f9b6f2a430ab28_003full.jpgThe RC drill is expected to complete fifty pre-collar holes ranging from 50-metres to 300-metres deep. The core drills will use the pre-collars holes to finish core tails to the target depth. The core tails will range from 80-metres to 450-metres below the pre-collar depth.The drill program will have two main objectives over the next six months. The first objective will be to convert approximately one million tonnes of high-grade silver and gold from the inferred resource category to the measured and indicated resource category. This program will target high grades within the Bermuda and Merten vein systems which are located at the southern end of the DPB are...