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Pinnacle Discovers Silver-Lead-Zinc Mineralization Following up on LiDAR Survey at El Potrero
(TheNewswire) HIGHLIGHTS Follow up mapping and prospecting of the 3 shafts, ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Pinnacle Discovers Silver-Lead-Zinc Mineralization Following up on LiDAR Survey at El Potrero\n(TheNewswire)\n\n\nHIGHLIGHTS\n\n\n\n\nFollow up mapping and prospecting of the 3 shafts, 14 adits and 22\npits interpreted from the recent LiDAR survey\non the Maria Fernanda 2 block of the Potrero Project has validated the\nexistence of the majority of these historic workings  \n\n\n\nA\nseries of breccia veins with pyrite-sphalerite-galena\nmineralization hosted in porphyritic andesite and extending\napproximately 650 metres along strike has\nbeen discovered in the south-central part of the block \n\n\n\nIndividual assays up to 266 g/t silver, 4.39% lead and 2.89%\nzinc were obtained from initial sampling,\nwith additional results pending \n\n\n\nNew polymetallic mineralization may be related to the Topia\nDistrict, only 4 kilometres away \n\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, BRITISH\nCOLUMBIA, March 17, 2026 – TheNewswire\n- (TSXV:\nPINN, OTC: PSGCF, Frankfurt: P9J) – Pinnacle Silver and Gold\nCorp. (\"Pinnacle\" or the\n“Company\") is pleased to announce that it\nhas discovered previously unknown silver-lead-zinc (Ag-Pb-Zn)\nmineralization on the southern block of the high-grade El Potrero\ngold-silver project in Durango, Mexico.  The discovery was made\nduring the first few weeks of a mapping and prospecting program\ndesigned to follow up on shafts, adits and prospecting pits\ninterpreted from the airborne LiDAR survey recently completed over the\nproperty. \n\n\nAs announced on January 6,\n2026, the LiDAR survey was flown over\nthe entire 1,074 hectare property and confirmed known structural\ntrends, outlined previously unknown structures, and identified a total\nof 6 shafts, 64 adits and 51\nprospecting pits on the two claim blocks\ncomprising the project (Figure 1). Follow up field work began in early\nFebruary on the southern Maria Fernanda 2 (‘MF2’) claim block\n(Figure 2), where 3 shafts, 14 adits and 22 pits were interpreted\nacross the concession.  \n\n\nOn the first pass of follow up work, several outcrops\nwith silver-lead-zinc sulphides in silicified breccia veins hosted by\nporphyritic andesite were observed and sampled.  Individual assays up\nto 266 g/t silver, 4.39% lead and 2.89% zinc\n(see Table 1 below) were obtained from channel samples up to 0.9\nmetres in le...