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Silver Spruce Mobilizes Phase 1 Exploration on Jackie Au-Ag Property, Sonora, Mexico
BEDFORD, NS / ACCESSWIRE / January 18, 2021 / (TSXV:SSE) - Silver Spruce Resources Inc. ("Si...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Silver Spruce Mobilizes Phase 1 Exploration on Jackie Au-Ag Property, Sonora, MexicoBEDFORD, NS / ACCESSWIRE / January 18, 2021 / (TSXV:SSE) - Silver Spruce Resources Inc. (\"Silver Spruce\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce mobilization and commencement of its Phase 1 program on the 1,130-hectare Jackie Au-Ag property, an early-stage precious metal project located 175 km east of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. The Company signed a Definitive Agreement (Press release November 30, 2020) with Colibri Resource Corp. to acquire 50% interest in the Jackie Project (the \"Property\").\"Silver Spruce now has experienced boots on the ground at our large grassroots property in a very productive region only two kilometres from our El Mezquite property and adjacent to Minera Alamos' Santana project. We have maintained technical continuity in our Sonora-based geological team which started working this past week on the Jackie property,\" said Greg Davison, Silver Spruce VP Exploration. \"Jackie has seen very little structured exploration and we look forward to developing pristine targets for the Company in a strong gold and silver market.\"Phase 1 Exploration ProgramThe Company, with a four-person team (two senior geologists and two samplers) and all necessary logistical support, is undertaking a first pass exploration program, including prospecting, rock, soil and stream silt/sand sampling, initial geological mapping of areas exhibiting significant alteration or mineralization and collection of structural data. The team will focus on identifying and sampling readily accessible areas of interest, confirming areas for future detailed mapping and providing a geochemical baseline map for vectoring toward potential Phase 2 targets. Phase 1 will have a planned duration of three weeks after which the team is expected to continue the mapping program at El Mezquite.All aspects of the exploration program will be conducted with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols for personal safety.The work program will include a QA/QC program with standards, blanks and duplicates to accompany the in-house programs at ALS Global (\"ALS\"). Samples will be delivered to the ALS sample preparation facility in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Splits will be sent to ALS in North Vancouver, BC for gold by fire assay and to ALS in Reno, NV for hyperspectral analysis using...