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Strong Metallurgical Test Results at El Tigre
HALIFAX, NS / ACCESSWIRE / August 24, 2023 / Silver Tiger Metals Inc. (TSXV:SLVR)(OTCQX:SLVTF) (...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Strong Metallurgical Test Results at El TigreHALIFAX, NS / ACCESSWIRE / August 24, 2023 / Silver Tiger Metals Inc. (TSXV:SLVR)(OTCQX:SLVTF) (\"Silver Tiger\" or the \"Corporation\") is pleased to report gold and silver extraction results from initial scoping-level metallurgical test work from its high-grade silver-gold El Tigre Project in Sonora, Mexico (the \"El Tigre Project\"). The Corporation also expects to release an updated and expanded mineral resource estimate and Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) in Q3 2023.METALLURGICAL TEST WORKPreliminary metallurgical work demonstrates excellent recoveries of silver, gold, copper, zinc and lead in the Sulphide and Black Shale Zones with silver equivalent recoveries of 95.7% and 98.1%, respectively. The newly discovered, high-grade Sulphide and Black Shale Zones have been the focus of recent drilling and they show great exploration potential being open both laterally and at depth.Previous drilling of the Surface Stockwork Zone has indicated a mineralized zone in excess of 100 meters true width. With high recoveries of 78.1% silver equivalency in column testing, simulating a heap leaching process, the Corporation sees the potential for an open pit low-cost heap leach process. This open pit heap leach process will be defined as part of the upcoming PEA.Results reported in this news release pertain to test work conducted by SGS Lakefield in Ontario in 2022 and 2023 on the Au-Ag mineralization from the Surface Stockwork Zone and Ag-Au-Zn-Cu-Pb mineralization from the Black Shale, Sulphide Zones and High-Grade Silver Veins. An updated and expanded mineral resource estimation and PEA for the El Tigre deposit is expected to be released during Q3 2023.Highlights Include:Preliminary rougher flotation tests of the Black Shale Zone recovered 91.1% copper, 98.2% lead, 98.8% zinc, 91.9% gold, and 98.4% silver. Overall Silver Equivalent Recovery - 98.1%Preliminary rougher flotation tests of the Sulphide Zone recovered 94.2% copper, 95.3% lead, 97.6% zinc, 79.6% gold, and 96.0% silver. Overall Silver Equivalent Recovery - 95.7%Surface Stockwork Zone column test extractions recovered - 83.1% Gold, 64.3% Silver at 3/8-in crush size (leach profile shown in Figure 3) with no requirement for agglomeration indicated in these tests. Overall Silver Equivalent Recovery - 78.1%Also notable is the low cy...