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Zacatecas Silver Receives Permits for 30 Drill Pads at El Cristo
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Zacatecas Silver Receives Permits for 30 Drill Pads at El Cristo\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n \n VANCOUVER, BC\n \n \n ,\n \n \n May 6, 2022\n \n \n /CNW/ - Zacatecas Silver Corp. (\"Zacatecas Silver\" or the \"Company\", (TSXV: ZAC) (OTC: ZCTSF) (FSE:7TV) is pleased to provide an update on the El Cristo Vein System (\"El Cristo\") located within the Zacatecas Property.\n \n \n \n Highlights:\n \n \n \n \n \n The Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources of\n \n Mexico\n \n (\"SEMARNAT\") has approved 30 drill permits at El Cristo which will allow drill targeting throughout the extensive silver rich vein system.\n \n \n \n \n Multiple oxidized, silver-base metal mineralized veins now defined over a strike length of at least 4 km significantly extending the previous reported strike length of 2.5 to 3.0 km.\n \n \n \n \n Total of\n \n 2500m\n \n of diamond drilling in this initial phase of drilling at El Cristo.\n \n \n \n \n Drilling is ongoing at Panuco North area with multiple assays pending.\n \n \n \n \n \n El Cristo Vein System\n \n \n \n El Cristo is in the central part of the Zacatecas Property. It is the northwest extension of the well-known\n \n Veta Grande\n \n vein which has reported, but unverified, historical production of 200 Moz AgEq.  The veins at El Cristo show similar characteristics to those at\n \n Veta Grande\n \n , have a similar orientation, and are part of the same sigmoidal zone of dilation.\n \n \n \n Dr.\n \n Chris Wilson\n \n , Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Zacatecas Silver comments \"The approval of 30 drill pads at El Cristo will allow the Company to drill test multiple veins within a zone of dilation that is almost 4 km long and up to\n \n 600 m\n \n wide.  The approved pads will allow the near surface depth extensions of veins to be tested, a strategy that has worked extremely well at Panuco North where the company is currently drilling. Of particular interest at El Cristo are those parts of the veins that have historical shafts and...