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Magellan Gold Signs Letter of Intent on Silver-Gold Exploration Property in Peru
Magellan Gold Signs Letter of Intent on Silver-Gold Exploration Property in Peru.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nMagellan Gold Signs Letter of Intent on Silver-Gold Exploration Property in Peru\n\n\n\n\n\nMagellan Gold Signs Letter of Intent on Silver-Gold Exploration Property in Peru\nPR Newswire\nRENO, Nevada, July 5, 2016\n\n\n\nRENO, Nevada, July 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --\n\nMagellan Gold Corporation (OTCQB:  MAGE) (\"Magellan\" or \"the Company\") today announced it had signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (\"LOI\") with Rio Silver Inc. (\"Rio Silver\") (TSX.V: RYO) pursuant to which Magellan is granted the option to earn an undivided 50% interest in the Niñobamba Silver-Gold Property (\"Niñobamba\"), located 330 kilometers southeast of Lima in the Department of Ayacucho, Peru. The parties intend to replace the LOI with a definitive agreement containing industry standard terms following a 45-day due diligence period.\n\n\"Mineralization at Niñobamba demonstrates the exploration potential for a large, bulk-tonnage disseminated silver-gold deposit\", said Dr. Pierce Carson, CEO. \"The property is located in a historic silver district with well-developed infrastructure and in a mining-friendly jurisdiction. This acquisition represents an excellent opportunity for Magellan to add a quality precious metals asset.\"\n\nThe Niñobamba claim block covers 900 hectares (2,160 acres) and is adjacent to claims owned by Southern Peru Copper and by Newmont. Niñobamba was originally explored by AngloGold Peru SAC (\"Anglo\") in 2001. Anglo focused on an area of intense hydrothermal alteration and drilled five widely spaced core holes totaling 861 meters. Highlights from two of Anglo's holes included assay results of 87.0 g/t silver over a drilled interval of 130 meters starting from a depth of 9 meters, and 54.0 g/t silver over a drilled interval of 96 meters from a depth of 23 meters. In 2003 Bear Creek Mining drilled an additional eight holes. Results of these limited drilling programs identified two open-ended parallel zones of silver mineralization 400 meter apart.\n\nIn 2012 Rio Silver excavated and channel-sampled seventeen trenches. Highlights from three trenches included 56 meters of 1.03 g/t gold and 98.9 g/t silver, 42 meters of 131 g/t silver, and 108 meters of 62.4 g/t silver. During the trenching program Rio Silver discovered a new and separate distinctively mineralized gold-silver zone. The last 21.8...