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Southern Silver Intersects 6.5m (est. TT) Grading 737g/t Ag, 8.6% Pb, and 21.8% Zn (1814g/t AgEq; 51.2% ZnEq) at Cerro Las Minitas; Extends High-Grade Blind Shoulder Mineralization
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - March 20, 2017) - Southern Silver Exploration Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SSV)(OTCQB:SSVFF)(FRANKFURT:SEG1)(SSE:SSVCL) ("Sout
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[{"type":"text","content":"VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - March 20, 2017) - Southern Silver Exploration Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SSV)(OTCQB:SSVFF)(FRANKFURT:SEG1)(SSE:SSVCL) (\"Southern Silver\") reported today assay results from the Winter 2017 core drilling program on the Cerro Las Minitas project, Durango State, Mexico. Drilling continues to intersect intervals of heavily disseminated to massive sulphide mineralization on the Blind Shoulder zone. Highlights from core holes 17CLM-095 and 17CLM-094 include: a 7.3m down hole interval (6.5m est. true thickness) averaging 737g/t Ag, 8.6% Pb and 21.8% Zn (1814.3g/t AgEq; 51.2% ZnEq) from 17CLM-095, including a higher grade 3.4m interval (3.0m est. TT) averaging 981g/t Ag, 11.7% Pb and 26.4% Zn (2327.9g/t AgEq; 65.7% ZnEq); and a 14.1m down hole interval (9.9m est. true thickness) averaging 48.6g/t Ag, 0.3% Pb and 3.6% Zn (186.1g/t AgEq; 5.3% ZnEq) from 17CLM-094 These mineralized intercepts remain open laterally and reflects a flattening of the Blind Zone mineralization from a sub-vertical-orientation near surface, to a gently to moderately southwest-dipping horizon below 600m depth. Current drilling has now identified significant intervals of mineralization throughout an approximate 350m x 300m zone within the originally targeted 600m x 400m area. With approximately 4,280 metres now completed of the planned 10,000 metre US$2 million exploration program, further drilling with two core rigs will focus on continuing the systematic expansion of the Blind Shoulder mineralized zone. Mineralization in drill hole 16CLM-095 is a continuation of earlier reported mineral intercepts in the Blind Shoulder zone and significantly, contains much higher silver grades than earlier drilling in this part of the deposit. Further drilling to delineate this high-grade silver zone is planned for this target area. The mineralization in drill hole CLM-095 is open both down-dip to the southwest and along strike to the north and northwest and represents a 90 metre step-out from previously reported mineralization in hole 17CLM-091 (15.2 metres of 39.4g/t Ag, 0.1% Pb and 10.2% Zn; see NR- 01-17, January 19, 2017) a 190m offset from hole 13CLM-066 (9.3 metres averaging 9.4g/t Ag, 0.13% Cu and 13% Zn; see NR-10-13, July 16, 2013), and a 300 metre step-out from hole 16CLM-088 (30.4 metres averaging 107g/t Ag, 0.4% Cu, 1.1% Pb, and 2...