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Radius Gold defines two new targets at Plata Verde
2021-02-03 09:29 ET - News Release
Mr. Bruce Smith reports
RADIUS GOLD DEFINES NEW DRILL TARGETS AT PLATA VERDE SILVER PROJECT
Radius Gold Inc. has published the results of recent geophysical surveys completed at the company's Plata Verde silver project located in Chihuahua, Mexico. New IP/resistivity sections show significant structural zones extending to depth directly below the known large-scale historic silver mines. The structural zones are clearly connected with the historic mines and are possibly feeders zones for the silver mineralizing system. Radius has now defined two priority targets:
- Extensions and repetitions of the shallow dipping large scale silver rich breccias, stockworks and disseminated silver mineralization exposed within the historic mines; and
- Subvertical feeder zones below the historic silver mines.
At Plata Verde, Radius geologists rediscovered an undocumented large-scale underground bulk mining operation where, in the late 1800s, historic miners hand excavated an extensive series of anastomosing mines, producing silver bars at an associated smelter operation. The project was unexplored since the historic miners ceased operations. Initial phases of rock chip sampling by Radius geologists returned widespread silver mineralization between five and 1,070 grams per tonne silver over a 200-metre by 500-metre area within the historic mines. Two hundred fifty five rock chip and panel samples have been collected from the mines and average 156 g/t silver, detailed in Radius's press release July 22, 2020. The silver mineralization is hosted within a shallow dipping basaltic andesite exposed in a deeply incised drainage with principal extensions covered by rhyolitic agglomerates. The silver mineralization is best exposed in the mines which extend horizontally up to 180 metres under rhyolitic cover.
Plata Verde geophysics
Radius has recently completed sampling and processing geophysical programs at Plata Verde, consisting of a 7.5-line-kilometre magnetic survey and a 4.5-line-kilometre IP/resistivity survey conducted by consultants, Geofisica TMC. The program was designed to locate potential feeder systems below the historic silver mines and successfully identified compelling drill targets below the known mines. All relevant data and sections from the geophysical surveys are available on the Radius website.
Geological model, silver mineralization and exploration targets
Radius's geological team has completed detailed underground mapping and sampling of the historic Mina Real and Mina Mojonera. Three distinct mineralization styles have been defined within the basaltic andesite volcanic host rock:
- Multiple large-scale breccia zones with chimney-type structures up to 75 metres diameter and sampled on multiple mine levels. The breccias are cemented by massive to crustiform banded barite calcite with silver chlorides, sulphosalt minerals and native silver;
- Fracture fill and stockwork silver mineralization occurs as massive to crustiform banded barite calcite with silver chlorides, sulphosalt minerals and native silver; and
- Disseminated style mineralization with fine silver sulphosalts disseminated within the volcanic host with little to no brecciation, veining or fracture fill.
In general the silver mineralization is covered by the overlying rhyolitic volcanics and is only exposed within the historic mines and at surface in a few areas along the length of a small creek.
The barite/silver chloride mineralization appears to be a late-stage low-temperature mineralizing event with the source and feeder systems an attractive exploration target. Barite and silver chloride are often part of the upper levels or supergene zone around large silver deposits. The solubility of barite and silver chlorides is low, and hence the source zone is likely to be close by. Extensions of the known mineralization below the ignimbrite cover to the north, east and west are open. Potential feeder structures have been clearly defined by the recent geophysics. Radius has completed an environmental study in support of drill permits which have been recently filed. The company looks forward to drill testing the compelling targets once drill permits are granted.
The agreement
Radius can earn a 100-per-cent interest in the project by making staged payments to the property owner totalling $800,000 (U.S.) over four years with a final payment of $400,000 due at the end of year four. A total of $16,000 has been paid to date. The owner retains a 1-per-cent net smelter returns royalty which Radius can buy back for $1-million (U.S.).
Technical information
Bruce Smith, MSc (geology), a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists, is Radius's qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 -- Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Mr. Smith has worked in the field at Plata Verde, and prepared and approved the technical information contained in this news release.
Quality assurance and quality control
Reported assays are rock chip and channels samples taken by Radius geologists and trained sampling teams. Sample intervals are generally two-metre chip channels or two-metre by two-metre panels producing samples of between two kilograms to nine kilograms. Reported samples were delivered to SGN Laboratories in Paral, Chihuahua. The samples were crushed and pulverized. Two 100-gram splits were taken. Radius geologists removed and stored the excess and a 100-gram split at the Radius offices. SGN proformed initial silver and gold analysis. The second split was subsequently sent to the ALS Geochemistry laboratory facilities in Chihuahua, Mexico, and was analyzed for Ag and multielements using method code ME-ICP61 following a four-acid digestion. Overlimits are analyzed using an appropriate method. All assays reported above 30 g/t Ag have been analyzed by ALS Geochemistry. Radius routinely inserts multielement geochemical standards and blanks into the sample stream to monitor laboratories performance. Quality control samples submitted were returned within acceptable limits. Comparisons between sample splits demonstrate acceptable accuracy and precision.
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Abstract
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