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Silver Sands Resources Commences Phase III Drilling at the Virginia Silver Project
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 12, 2021) - Silver Sands Resources Corp. (CSE: SAND) (OTCQB: SSRSF) ("Silver Sands" or the "Company") is
About this update from Silver Sands Resources Corp.
[{"type":"text","content":" Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - October 12, 2021) - Silver Sands Resources Corp. (CSE: SAND) (OTCQB: SSRSF) (\"Silver Sands\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to report the commencement of its fully funded $US900k Phase III exploration program at its Virginia Silver Project in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Following up on a highly successful Phase I and Phase II program, Phase III comprises a total of 2685 metres in 16 holes targeting 7 different silver vein structures, plus the Santa Rita silver-gold prospect. Phase III drilling will continue to focus on gaps and extensions of principal veins and also includes testing some deeper vein extensions. Previous drilling has tested mineralization at depths from surface to only 150 meters deep. Phase I and Phase II drilling completed in 2020/2021 demonstrated the existence of significant silver mineralization that has not out cropped on the surface especially in the south and the south-east areas of the property. Drilling will focus on expanding high grade silver mineralization open along strike, and at depth, within the Ely, Martina and Julia vein structures that currently host conceptual open pits at Ely North, Ely Central, Martina and Julia South. The program will also include testing vein structures or mineralization at four other targets plus the Santa Rita silver-gold prospect 15 km to the north of the Virginia discovery. Santa Rita was previously explored by Mirasol in 2005-2007 including 2,048m of drilling. Surface sampling highlights included 340 g/t silver and 1.23 g/t gold and channel sample highlights included 309 g/t silver and 0.63 g/t gold over 4m. New drill targets have been developed at Santa Rita based on a reinterpretation of the exploration and drilling data and structure. In addition, the next block to the northeast of the Virginia Vein Field will be the focus of the extremely successful Pole Dipole Induced Polarization (PDP IP) survey. The PDP IP follows up the earlier gradient array IP to define and sharpen the linear chargeability anomalies that are yielding responses similar to the known vein structures within the Virginia Vein Field. Phase III Virginia Vein Field Drill Plan Ely Central Ely Central hosts a 580m gap between the Ely South and Ely North conceptual pits. Drilling along a 200m section of this during Phase I and Phase I...