Prismo Metals Completes Trenching Program at Los Pavitos
Provides Update on Palos Verdes Assays
July 21, 2023 8:19 AM EDT | Source: Prismo Metals Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 21, 2023) - Prismo Metals Inc. (CSE: PRIZ) (OTCQB: PMOMF) ("Prismo" or the "Company") is pleased to report that the trenching program at Los Pavitos has been completed. A total of 347 samples from trenches have been submitted to the lab for assay, with results received for 303 samples to date. The trenching was generally focussed on areas with little outcrop along strike from areas with quartz veining and high-grade surface assays. In general, the best trench results are located in the Santa Cruz and Las Auras areas, as expected based on surface sampling results. The 5,289 hectare (20 square miles) Los Pavitos project is located in the well mineralized Alamos region of southern Sonora State, Mexico
Results show wide zones of mineralization, with the best being 4 meters with 10.3 g/t Au and 104 g/t Ag within a 19-meter-long mineralized interval at Las Auras and 7.8 meters with 2.31 g/t Au and 13 g/t Ag at Santa Cruz, along with several intervals of lower grade mineralization (Table 1).
Dr. Craig Gibson, President and CEO, commented: "Trench sampling at Los Pavitos has shown that in some areas the narrow high grade quartz veins defined in surface sampling are hosted by wider mineralized structures. Wider zones of gold mineralization near the surface could be important for future development of the property. We are looking forward to exploring these mineralized zones by drilling, planned to commence shortly."
Table 1. Highlight assays from Los Pavitos trenches
Trench | Location | Length (m) | Au_g/t | Ag g/t | ||
ZA1 | Auras | 6.4 | 0.1 | - | ||
ZA2 | Auras | 19.0 | 2.2 | 22.9 | ||
includes | 4.0 | 10.3 | 104.3 | |||
ZSC4 | Santa Cruz | 18.5 | 0.2 | - | ||
ZSC3-1 | Santa Cruz | 2.1 | 1.7 | - | ||
ZSC9 | Santa Cruz | 8.0 | 0.5 | - | ||
ZSC10 | Santa Cruz | 7.8 | 2.3 | 13.0 | ||
ZSC12 | Santa Cruz | 2.5 | 0.9 | 69.6 | ||
New Data | ||||||
ZSC1 | Santa Cruz | 2.00 | 0.95 | - | ||
2.30 | 0.50 | - | ||||
ZSC7 | Santa Cruz | 17.70 | 0.13 | - | ||
includes | 8.80 | 0.16 | - | |||
and | 2.90 | 0.25 | 35.2 | |||
ZSC13 | Santa Cruz | 2.00 | 0.22 | - | ||
ZE3 | Española | 1.40 | 0.74 | - |
The trenching program across the main mineralized trends on the Los Pavitos property is now complete. The cumulative length of trench samples is 698 meters in 25 trenches (Table 2). The best assays for individual samples are 20.4 g/t Au and 207 g/t Ag over 2 meters at Las Auras and 16.7 g/t Au and 48,2 g/t Ag over 1 meter at Santa Cruz. The main objective of the trenching program is to define the orientation and full width of the mineralized structures prior to starting the drill campaign, expected shortly.
Table 2. Sampled trenches at Los Pavitos
Coord start | WGS84 | Coord end | WGS84 | ||||
Trench | Location | Length | Azim | Easting | Northing | Easting | Northing |
ZA1 | Las Auras | 31.50 | 348 | 674,686 | 3,003,774 | 674,681 | 3,003,803 |
ZA2 | Las Auras | 44.50 | 335 | 674,770 | 3,003,795 | 674,752 | 3,003,833 |
ZSC1 | Santa Cruz | 67.85 | 320 | 676,997 | 3,001,638 | 676,954 | 3,001,688 |
ZSC2 | Santa Cruz | 40.30 | 153 | 676,766 | 3,001,823 | 676,802 | 3,001,805 |
ZSC3-1 | Santa Cruz | 28.70 | 322 | 676,754 | 3,001,728 | 676,739 | 3,001,749 |
ZSC3-2 | Santa Cruz | 13.00 | 313 | 676,731 | 3,001,754 | 676,723 | 3,001,762 |
ZSC4 | Santa Cruz | 35.20 | 325 | 676,721 | 3,001,708 | 676,703 | 3,001,734 |
ZSC5 | Santa Cruz | 43.30 | 322 | 676,487 | 3,001,431 | 676,515 | 3,001,400 |
ZSC6 | Santa Cruz | 40.00 | 308 | 676,092 | 3,001,434 | 676,122 | 3,001,410 |
ZSC7 | Santa Cruz | 28.50 | 320 | 676,950 | 3,001,695 | 676,932 | 3,001,714 |
ZSC8 | Santa Cruz | 18.20 | 155 | 677,323 | 3,002,231 | 677,331 | 3,002,216 |
ZSC9 | Santa Cruz | 38.20 | 231 | 676,790 | 3,001,997 | 676,828 | 3,001,994 |
ZSC10 | Santa Cruz | 21.20 | 273 | 676,813 | 3,001,939 | 674,794 | 3,001,942 |
ZSC11 | Santa Cruz | 24.20 | 335 | 676,844 | 3,001,869 | 676,835 | 3,001,888 |
ZSC12 | Santa Cruz | 14.30 | 328 | 676,914 | 3,001,680 | 676,908 | 3,001,690 |
ZSC13 | Santa Cruz | 16.90 | 320 | 676,589 | 3,001,359 | 676,579 | 3,001,369 |
ZSC14 | Santa Cruz | 10.20 | 295 | 676,873 | 3,001,652 | 676,866 | 3,001,656 |
ZE1-1 | Española | 22.15 | 306 | 675,334 | 3,002,793 | 675,318 | 3,002,806 |
ZE1-2 | Española | 7.40 | 298 | 675,314 | 3,002,806 | 675,309 | 3,002,809 |
ZE2 | Española | 31.20 | 335 | 675,375 | 3,002,842 | 675,388 | 3,002,815 |
ZE3 | Española | 28.70 | 242 | 675,387 | 3,002,811 | 675,363 | 3,002,798 |
Figure 1. Trench locations at Los Pavitos.
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Palos Verdes Assays Update
The Company is in the process of completing a 2,500-meter drill program on the Palos Verdes project. The drill program is designed to test the areas of the Palos Verdes vein system in areas where there previously was no drill access, mainly along the northeastern extension of the vein system and certain areas in the southwestern portion where previous drilling occurred. Eight holes have been completed for a total of about 1,500 meters of HQ core drilled for the current program. Assay data from the first seven holes have been received from the lab and evaluation is in progress. The Company now expects to announce those results next week.
Photo of core from hole PV-23-25 showing multistage vein mineralization with locally abundant sulfide minerals from about 150,3m to 154.2 meters. This hole was drilled in the center of the vein system under the previous drilling and near hole PV-11 that was drilled at a steeper angle from closer to the vein outcrop.
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QA/QC
Rock samples taken by Prismo were analyzed by multielement ICP-AES and MS methods by ALS Group, an internationally recognized analytical service provider. Gold is analyzed as part of the ICP package using a 25-gram aqua regia digestion. Ag, Pb and Zn over 1% and Au values over 1 g/t are re-analyzed by the by an overrange ICP method. Certified Reference Materials including standard pulps and coarse blank material were inserted in the sample stream at regular intervals.
Dr. Craig Gibson, PhD., CPG., a Qualified Person as defined by NI-43-01 regulations and President, CEO and a director of the Company, has reviewed and approved the technical disclosures in this news release.
About Prismo
Prismo (CSE: PRIZ) is mining exploration company focused on two precious metal projects in Mexico (Palos Verdes and Los Pavitos) and a copper project in Arizona (Hot Breccia).
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Prismo Metals Inc.
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