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Permitting Update for Southern Empire's Oro Cruz Project
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 19, 2021 / Southern Empire Resources Corp. ("Southern ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Permitting Update for Southern Empire’s Oro Cruz ProjectVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / November 19, 2021 / Southern Empire Resources Corp. (\"Southern Empire\"); (TSX-V:SMP) is pleased to announce continued progress in exploration permitting for its Oro Cruz Project located in Imperial County, southeastern California.Southern Empire submitted an Exploration Plan of Operations (EPO) for the Oro Cruz Project to the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on September 28, 2020. The BLM have now completed their procedural review of the EPO and, effective November 16, 2021, determined it to be administratively and technically complete and consistent with U.S. federal regulations.Southern Empire's proposed surface exploration at Oro Cruz, as set forth in the EPO, includes:The establishment of as many as 65 surface drill pads for Reverse Circulation (RC) and core drillingThe establishment of surface laydown facilities for underground rehabilitation, exploration and developmentConstruction of approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) of new, temporary access roadsImprovement of approximately 3.2 kilometres (2.0 miles) of existing access roadsThe BLM decision regarding the EPO is a key step forward in Southern Empire's plans to confirm and expand known gold-mineralized zones at Oro Cruz, a brownfields site with a long history of mining dating up to 1996, where historical exploration operations yielded significant drill intercepts* including:10.7 meters of 20.9 grams gold per tonne (g Au/t) (35 feet (ft) of 0.611 oz gold/ton (opt)11.4 meters of 10.1 g Au/t (37.5 ft of 0.294 opt)12.2 meters of 13.4 g Au/t (40 ft of 0.391 opt)6.9 meters of 23.1 g Au/t (22.5 ft of 0.675 opt)8.4 meters of 17.9 g Au/t (27.5 ft of 0.523 opt)7.6 meters of 15.9 g Au/t (25 ft of 0.465 opt)* Please refer to Southern Empire's NI 43-101 technical report by Hrdy, dated September 30, 2019, as filed on SEDARDale Wallster, CEO of Southern Empire, commented: \"Receiving this crucial BLM decision is an important milestone for us in the exploration and development of Oro Cruz. I thank the BLM, our technical team and our consultants for their diligent archaeological, cultural and environmental permitting efforts to date.\"The BLM decision does not constitute authorization for Southern Empire to implement its exploration plans immediately;...