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Southern Silver Mobilizes Second Drill to Cerro Las Minitas; Targeting Ag-Au Epithermal Vein Systems
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 19, 2018) - Southern Silver Exploration C...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Southern Silver Mobilizes Second Drill to Cerro Las Minitas; Targeting Ag-Au Epithermal Vein SystemsVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 19, 2018) - Southern Silver Exploration Corp. (TSXV: SSV) (\"Southern Silver\") reported today an expansion of the exploration program at the CLM West portion of its Cerro Las Minitas project in Durango, Mexico with the mobilization of a second core drill to begin the next phase of the current US$3 million, 2018 exploration program on the project. The second drill will focus on the discovery and delineation of major Ag-Au quartz vein systems within the more recently acquired CLM West claim. The identification of a significant vein system at CLM West would greatly enhance the overall dynamic of the Cerro Las Minitas project through the addition of more precious-metal-enriched (Au-Ag) mineral systems to complement the existing base-metal-enriched (Zn-Ag-Pb) Mineral Resources currently identified on the project and targeted for expansion in the ongoing 2018 drill program. Initially, 2000 metres of core drilling will test multiple Ag-Au quartz vein targets throughout the CLM West claim group which was acquired at modest cost through staking in 2017 as an addition to the main claims previously purchased by Southern Silver and which contain a mineral resource detailed below. The targets which were identified through a comprehensive sampling program of over 6000 float and rock chip samples, mapping and ground geophysics throughout much of the previous 12 months occur throughout a +10 kilometre x 5 kilometre north-south trending corridor underlying the 207 square kilometre CLM West claim package. Initial drilling will target exposed quartz veins in the northern part of the claims. Previous sampling of these veins returned strongly anomalous pathfinder values (As-Sb-Hg) indicative of the upper levels of a low sulphidation epithermal vein system. Drilling will test to initial depths of over 200 metres in order to evaluate both the depth extent of the veins and the potential of transitioning into a more precious-metal-enriched part of the mineral system. Numerous other target areas are identified by extensive float sampling in the largely gravel covered property and form distinct clusters or linear trends of sometimes strongly anomalous metal values of gold (0.25 to 1.46g/t Au), silver (13....