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Heliostar Samples 1,428 g/t AgEq Over 1.2 Metres, Expands District by 1,100% and Discovers New Veins at Oso Negro, Mexico
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 3, 2021) - Heliostar Metals Limited (TSXV:...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Heliostar Samples 1,428 g/t AgEq Over 1.2 Metres, Expands District by 1,100% and Discovers New Veins at Oso Negro, MexicoVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - June 3, 2021) - Heliostar Metals Limited (TSXV: HSTR) (OTCQX: HSTXF) (FSE: RGG1) (\"Heliostar\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce results from its 2021 exploration mapping and sampling program at Oso Negro in northern Sonora, Mexico.Program Highlights at Oso NegroMultiple high grade channel samples define drill targets at the Prospecto Vein Zone including;1,428 grams per tonne (\"g/t\") silver equivalent (\"AgEq\") over 1.2 metres588 g/t AgEq over 1.8 metres362 g/t AgEq over 2.4 metres360 metres of strike with an average width of 1.3 metres and weighted average grade of 420 g/t silver equivalentStaking of a new claim, Angel de Plata 2, increases land position by 1,100% to 120 square kilometres at Oso NegroDiscovery of two new vein corridors on the new claim with mine dump samples from historic workings up to 1,810 g/t AgEq Heliostar CEO, Charles Funk, commented, \"We now have over 360 metres of continuous, high silver and gold grades at the main Prospecto vein at Oso Negro and have defined drill targets on all three previously known veins on the property. In addition, the company has increased the land holding by over ten times and discovered two new silver-bearing veins. The Fresnos vein is locally up to 70 metres wide and may represent the shallow levels of a system. The Hebilla vein zone has many small, historic workings. Grab samples from these locales contained high silver and gold grades. We are thrilled with these results and look forward to getting our team back onto the project with a plan to complete a maiden drill program once we wrap up our current work program at Unga.\" Oso Negro DetailsThe Oso Negro district is a historic mining area with multiple zones of outcropping veins. Even though the veins contained some historic workings, they remain undrilled. The company completed a detailed mapping and sampling program on the claims purchased in 2020 and also recently completed a reconnaissance program of stream sediments, mapping and sampling on the newly acquired Angel de Plata 2 claim (Fig. 1) .The systematic sampling of the main claim has defined drill targets on four veins (Fig. 2):Prospecto Vein: Continous channel and representative grab sa...