Denarius Metals Corp. (“Denarius” or “the Company”) (TSXV: DSLV;
OTCQB: DNRSF) announced today that it has received complete assays
for nine additional infill drill holes, totaling 2,788 meters, from
the ongoing surface diamond drilling program on its polymetallic
Lomero-Poyatos Project in southern Spain. To date, Denarius has
completed approximately 12,500 meters of drilling, representing 53%
of the initial program, in 42 holes with three additional holes in
process. A third drill rig was added to the operation on March 2nd.
Key takeaways from the exploration work carried
out at the Lomero-Poyatos Project to date include:
- The new infill
drill results confirm that the massive and semi-massive sulfide
zones at Lomero-Poyatos are enriched in copper and significantly in
zinc and gold and largely validate the thickness and grades of
selected drill holes from previous drilling campaigns;
- Current infill
drilling has intersected several high-grade, thick intersections
over 200 meters strike length close to the bottom of the historical
mine in the eastern part of the deposit, demonstrating that
mineralization is continuous and open at depth. Infill drilling has
also shown that the known deposit is still open at the western end
of the permit, where it shows increasing zinc and gold grades in
progressively narrower massive to semi-massive intersections;
- Field mapping
has identified another shear zone in the southern sector of the
permit, in addition to the one discovered in the northern sector.
Both shear zones are sub-parallel to the shear zone that hosts the
Lomero-Poyatos massive sulfide deposit;
- Denarius has
engaged two geophysical consulting firms to conduct
helicopter-borne time-domain electromagnetic (“TDEM”) and
ground-based gravimetric surveys, to determine the extent of
mineralization along the strike length and projected extensions of
the two newly discovered shear zones, and to define drill targets
at depth in the Lomero-Poyatos deposit.
Serafino Iacono, Executive Chairman and CEO of
Denarius, commented, “We are very encouraged by these additional
drilling results and excited to be moving the exploration program
into the geophysical survey phase. Our drilling to date has
demonstrated that the Lomero-Poyatos deposit is still open along
strike to the west and at depth, and has high-grade gold and
polymetallic mineralization. The addition of a third rig to the
operation has allowed us to accelerate the drilling program and
gives us the flexibility to move a rig to test geophysical targets
as soon as results are available. We are confident that our
exploration campaign at the Lomero-Poyatos Project will continue to
be a key value driver for Denarius as we move forward".
This is the Company’s first diamond drill
campaign at its flagship project in Andalusia Region, southern
Spain, located within the Iberian Pyrite Belt. The Lomero-Poyatos
Project comprises a 100% interest in the P.I. Rubia, License Nº
14.977, that covers the areas occupied by the former Lomero-Poyatos
Concessions. The initial surface drilling program at the
Lomero-Poyatos Project, totaling 23,500 meters in 81 drill holes,
commenced in October 2021 and was designed with three objectives:
(1) 9 drill holes to validate selected historical holes drilled
within the existing mine, (2) 56 drill holes to carry out infill
drilling on a 50 m by 50 m spacing in the lower levels of the mine,
and (3) 17 drill holes for step out drilling. To date, 100% of the
Validation phase and 57% of the Infill phase have been
completed.
The Company has established COVID-19 safety
protocols for ensuring a secure work environment for its employees
and contractors.
Key Highlights
- The area tested
by drilling to date is over 1,000 m along strike and 300 m in
vertical depth and will continue to expand as the program
progresses. Most of the holes have intercepted massive to
semi-massive sulfide mineralization.
- New results from
three holes in the ongoing infill drilling phase largely validate
the thickness and grades of selected drill holes from previous
drilling campaigns as shown by the table below:
Surface Drilling |
Hole No. |
Phase |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Width (m) |
Cu % |
Pb % |
Zn % |
Agg/t |
Aug/t |
Min. Type |
LP21004BIS |
Infill |
265.05 |
267.90 |
2.85 |
0.20 |
0.26 |
0.77 |
7.78 |
0.91 |
SM |
TH-1 |
Out |
253.00 |
265.00 |
12.00 |
0.23 |
0.89 |
1.34 |
47.02 |
1.13 |
SM |
LM21008BIS |
Infill |
272.50 |
281.50 |
9.00 |
0.50 |
0.48 |
2.43 |
45.50 |
3.98 |
MS |
L01-4 |
CMR |
193.00 |
198.00 |
5.00 |
0.37 |
0.31 |
0.64 |
10.79 |
1.29 |
MS |
LM22019 |
Infill |
215.95 |
218.25 |
2.30 |
0.31 |
0.35 |
2.35 |
38.75 |
3.37 |
SM |
L03-47 |
CMR |
152.00 |
154.00 |
2.00 |
0.02 |
0.19 |
0.28 |
9.50 |
0.55 |
SM |
MS: Massive sulfidesSM: Semi-massive
sulfides
Out: OutokumpuCMR: Cambridge Mineral
Resources
- Drill hole
LM21010, along with drill holes LM21007, LM21009 and LM21014
(previously reported), was successful in confirming and better
delineating high-grade gold and polymetallic mineralization over
200 meters of strike length close to the bottom of the historical
mine in the eastern portion of the deposit, demonstrating that
mineralization is continuous and open at depth. The mineralization
is characterized by a polymetallic massive sulfide zone with drill
intersection widths of between 6.45 m and 17.70 m with maximum
grades of 2.51% copper, 3.28% zinc, 0.65% lead, 49.99 g/t silver
and 6.07 g/t gold. This zone transitions downwards to a zone of
stockwork mineralization at much lower polymetallic grades, while
gold grades persist with values up to 1.0 g/t over 2-3 m widths.
The grades are higher when the massive sulfide zone is predominant.
The widths are drill intersections across the mineralized zones and
the true width is estimated to be approximately 80-90% of the drill
intersections.
- Drill holes
LM21008BIS, LM22019, LM22021 and LM22022, located at the
westernmost end of the permit, show an extension of the
mineralization to the west from Level 3 to 5 of the historical mine
along with a narrowing of the massive to semi-massive sulfide zone
that is offset by high-grade zinc and gold mineralization as shown
by CuEq grades and In-situ Rock Values (see table below).
- Field mapping
has discovered two other shear zones to the south and to the north
of the shear zone hosted Lomero-Poyatos deposit, both E-W trending.
The southern shear zone contains deformed jasper and
sericite-chlorite alteration, which generally occur near the
massive to semi-massive polymetallic sulfide zone in the
Lomero-Poyatos deposit. The footwall of the Alianza shear zone,
which is the northern shear-zone, has also been defined. This shear
zone hosts mineralization in the Alianza zone, where there is an
old mine shaft, that may continue at depth to the north.
- Denarius has
engaged NRG Europa to carry out a high-resolution helicopter-borne
time domain electromagnetic (“TDEM”) and magnetic survey (Xcite™)
on the Lomero-Poyatos Project. Xcite™, when compared to all other
technologies available on the market today, is the only system that
offers early time (near surface) resolution due to its very fast
transmitter pulse turn-off speed, coupled with late time (deep
penetrating) performance in a single pulse waveform. The streaming
data provides an along-line resolution of ~0.5m with uninterrupted
‘soundings’ from near surface to >300m depth of investigation.
No other airborne electromagnetic system can offer this level of
resolution laterally and vertically. Follow-up of the TDEM
anomalies will be carried out by a ground-based high-resolution
gravimetric survey that will be run by International Geophysical
Technology, S.L. (“IGT”).
The following table lists the key intercepts
from the ongoing Lomero-Poyatos drilling program received since the
Company’s previous press release issued on February 23, 2022:
Hole No. |
Phase |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Width (m) |
Cu % |
Pb % |
Zn % |
Ag g/t |
Au g/t |
CuEq (%) |
IRV* ($US/t) |
Min. Type |
LM21008BIS |
Infill |
272.50 |
281.50 |
9.00 |
0.50 |
0.48 |
2.43 |
45.50 |
3.98 |
4.71 |
368.88 |
MS |
including |
|
275.00 |
281.50 |
6.50 |
0.66 |
0.61 |
3.32 |
58.77 |
5.21 |
6.20 |
485.36 |
MS |
LM21016 |
Infill |
272.35 |
277.40 |
5.05 |
0.20 |
0.12 |
0.39 |
4.94 |
0.94 |
1.09 |
84.96 |
SM |
LM21010 |
Infill |
227.10 |
237.50 |
10.40 |
1.48 |
0.21 |
0.23 |
17.18 |
1.84 |
3.13 |
245.34 |
MS |
including |
|
227.10 |
235.60 |
8.50 |
1.78 |
0.18 |
0.14 |
19.02 |
2.07 |
3.59 |
281.04 |
MS |
LM21004BIS |
Infill |
265.05 |
267.90 |
2.85 |
0.20 |
0.26 |
0.77 |
7.78 |
0.91 |
1.21 |
96.63 |
SM |
LM22017 |
Infill |
238.15 |
244.15 |
6.00 |
0.17 |
0.12 |
0.05 |
11.09 |
1.07 |
1.16 |
87.62 |
SM |
LM22017 |
|
251.80 |
252.30 |
0.50 |
0.53 |
0.58 |
0.50 |
10.40 |
1.38 |
1.94 |
152.18 |
SM |
LM22019 |
Infill |
215.95 |
218.25 |
2.30 |
0.31 |
0.35 |
2.35 |
38.75 |
3.37 |
3.95 |
308.95 |
SM |
LM22020 |
Infill |
307.95 |
321.60 |
13.65 |
0.06 |
0.02 |
0.08 |
2.50 |
0.20 |
0.26 |
20.43 |
STK |
LM22021 |
Infill |
219.40 |
220.80 |
1.40 |
0.44 |
1.22 |
1.23 |
50.76 |
4.63 |
5.04 |
394.38 |
SM |
LM22021 |
|
233.15 |
233.95 |
0.80 |
0.57 |
1.59 |
5.57 |
29.80 |
1.68 |
4.08 |
319.57 |
SM |
LM22022 |
Infill |
186.65 |
187.45 |
0.80 |
0.27 |
2.33 |
6.47 |
81.25 |
3.62 |
6.19 |
484.15 |
SM |
*IRV: In-situ Rock Value
Notes:(1) The holes were drilled at -60 to -85
degrees from the horizontal. Grades are for semi-massive to massive
sulfide intersections and some stockwork zones. The width is the
sample length and is not necessarily the true width of the
intersection. The true width is estimated to be 80-90% of the
intersection length. All base and precious metal grades are uncut
and are not diluted to a minimum mining width.
(2) Copper equivalent grade (CuEq %) and In situ
Rock Value (IRV) were calculated using prices of US$1,800/oz gold,
US$25/oz silver, US$3.55/lb copper, US$1.00/lb zinc and US$0.90/lb
lead. No adjustments were made for recovery as the project is at an
exploration stage and metallurgical data to allow for estimation of
recoveries is not yet available.
(3) MS: massive sulfides; SM: semi-massive
sulfides; STW: stockwork.
Please refer also to the attached illustrative
maps showing the location of drill holes, a longitudinal section
showing intercept locations, a sketch of the location of the main
shear-zones and two sections with drill holes LM21010 and drill
holes LM21008 BIS to LM22022, respectively.
Qualified Persons Review
Dr. Stewart D. Redwood, PhD, FIMMM, FGS, Senior
Consulting Geologist to the Company, is a qualified person as
defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure or
Mineral Projects and prepared or reviewed the preparation of the
scientific and technical information in this press release.
Verification included a review of the quality assurance and quality
control samples, and review of the applicable assay databases and
assay certificates.
Quality Assurance and Quality
Control
The Lomero-Poyatos samples were prepared and
assayed by AGQ Labs (ISO/IEC 17025) at their laboratory in
Burguillos, Seville, Spain. Gold was assayed by 30 g fire assay
with ICP-OES finish, while silver and base metals were analyzed in
a multi-element package by aqua regia digestion and ICP-OES finish.
Blank, standard and duplicate samples were routinely inserted and
monitored for quality assurance and quality control.
About Denarius
Denarius is a Canadian junior company engaged in
the acquisition, exploration, development and eventual operation of
mining projects in high-grade districts, with its principal focus
on the Lomero-Poyatos Project in Spain and the Guia Antigua Project
in Colombia. The Company also owns the Zancudo Project in Colombia
which is currently being explored by IAMGOLD Corp. pursuant to an
option agreement for the exploration and potential purchase of an
interest in the project.
Additional information on Denarius can be found
on its website at www.denariusmetals.com and by reviewing its
profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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This news release contains "forward-looking
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with respect to anticipated business plans or strategies, including
exploration programs, expected exploration results and mineral
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Factors" in the Company's Filing Statement dated as of February 18,
2021 which is available for view on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date
of this press release and Denarius disclaims, other than as
required by law, any obligation to update any forward-looking
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should change, or otherwise. There can be no assurance that
forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual
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anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, the reader is
cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.
For Further Information,
Contact:
Christopher HaldaneVice President, Investor
Relations(416) 360-4653investors@denariusmetals.com
Attachment 1 – Drill
hole location
maphttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/300dc318-c880-4726-a62b-283a0d9739fd
Attachment 2 – 3D Longitudinal section
showing intercept
locationshttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/7bb62efc-958e-439c-a273-4700d4648e73
Attachment 3 –
Shear-zones and old mines location
maphttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a3e166f7-be4d-400f-8667-d0ea92aef913
Attachment 4 – 3D Cross section for Hole
LM22010 showing the high-grade gold and polymetallic mineralization
zone outlined close to the bottom of the historical
minehttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/433a0287-cbb7-418d-a7e8-4579ee69d97f
Attachment 5 – 3D Cross section for
holes LM22017-19-21-22 showing an extension of the mineralization
to the west for levels 3 to 5 of the historical
minehttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a37bf66f-44ef-4be7-b11d-2d1228c2316a
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