Denarius Metals Corp. (“Denarius Metals” or the “Company”) (TSXV:
DSLV; OTCQB: DNRSF) announced today that it has completed a maiden
Mineral Resource estimate (“MRE”) for its 100%-owned Zancudo
Project in Colombia prepared by SRK Consulting (U.S.), Inc. (“SRK”)
in accordance with the Canadian Institute of Mining Metallurgy and
Petroleum (“CIM”) Definition Standards incorporated by reference in
National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) with an effective date of
December 31, 2022. The Company also announced today that it has
rationalized its assets in Colombia through a mutual agreement with
Aris Mining Corporation (“Aris Mining”) to terminate the Guia
Antigua license within Aris Mining’s Segovia mining title.
Serafino Iacono, Executive Chairman and CEO of
Denarius, commented, “We are very excited about the potential for
our Zancudo Project in Colombia where we see an opportunity to
develop near-term production and cash flow through local contract
miners and long-term growth through exploration. Reminiscent of how
our group initiated operations in Segovia in 2010 after it was
acquired by Gran Colombia Gold, we are preparing the Zancudo
Project, which includes the former producing Independencia Mine, to
start up operations later this year with mining within the existing
mine workings and veins by a local contract miner while we will
carry out in-fill drilling to upgrade current resources and for
mine planning purposes. The maiden MRE we are announcing today
gives us a solid foundation on which to execute our strategy for
this project. ESG is an integral component of how we build our
projects and we are working with the local community to ensure we
incorporate them into this important project within the local
economy. The local contract miner has already commenced activities
to rehabilitate the mine workings and, with the decision to hand
the Guia Antigua Project back to Aris Mining, we have secured
approximately US$2.2 million of cash that will be used to fund our
initial investments already underway at the Zancudo Project related
to road construction, infrastructure rehabilitation and acquisition
and installation of onsite crushing equipment.”
Highlights of the maiden MRE include:
- Total Inferred Resources of 2.8
million tonnes grading 6.5 g/t gold and 112 g/t silver totaling
576,000 ounces of gold and 10.0 million ounces of silver.
- At a gold equivalent grade of 8.0
g/t, the Inferred Resources total 718,000 gold equivalent ounces
based on a 4 g/t cut-off grade over a 1.0 m minimum mining
width.
- Mineralization at the Zancudo
Project occurs in stacked mantos and steeply dipping veins that
have been exploited over a strike length of 3,500 m. The average
vein width is 0.35 m with a maximum width of 3.0 m. The known
vertical extent of mineralization is 400 m.
- A total of 40,100 m of diamond
drilling in 149 holes has been carried out at the Zancudo Project,
including 33 underground holes drilled in the Independencia
Mine.
- The principal veins that have been
drilled by Gran Colombia Gold and IAMGOLD from 2011 through 2021
are the steeply east dipping Santa Catalina Vein over 2,700 m
strike length, the high angle Porvenir Vein System and the low
angle Manto Antiguo, Manto Inferior and La Miel Vein.
- Gold and silver mineralization is
associated with intermediate sulfidation epithermal mineralization,
structurally controlled, and hosted within schists of the Arquia
Complex, sedimentary rocks of the Amagá Formation, and the Late
Miocene andesite porphyry intrusions. The mantos and veins have
early stage, base metal sulphides (pyrite, sphalerite, galena,
arsenopyrite) infilled by quartz or quartz-carbonate gangue, with
banded textures that are typical of epithermal veins.
- This initial MRE confirms the
historically significant high gold-silver grade potential of this
project, as it remains open for further expansion in all
directions.
- Mineralization still exists outside
the estimated block, but further exploration will be needed to
improve the geological confidence to a sufficient level to define
Mineral Resources.
The following table summarizes the maiden MRE
for the Zancudo Project:
Class |
Tonnes(kt) |
Grade |
Material Content |
Au(g/t) |
Ag(g/t) |
AuEq(g/t) |
Au(koz) |
Ag(koz) |
AuEq(koz) |
Inferred |
2,776 |
6.5 |
112 |
8.0 |
576 |
9,974 |
718 |
Notes:
- Mineral resources are not ore
reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability. All
figures rounded to reflect the relative accuracy of the estimates.
Gold and silver assays were capped where appropriate. Given
historical production, it is the Company’s opinion that all the
elements included in the metal equivalents calculation have a
reasonable potential to be recovered and sold.
- The Mineral Resources are reported
at an in-situ cut-off grade of 4.0 g/t AuEq over a 1.0 m mining
width, which has been derived using a gold price of US$1,800/oz and
silver price of US$24.0/oz, and suitable benchmarked technical and
economic parameters for underground mining (mining = US$105.0,
processing = US$42.0, G&A and selling costs = US$21.0,
Royalties = 3.2%).
- Gold (or Au) Equivalent is
calculated with the formula AuEq = (Au *Au Recovery (75%) * AuPrice
+ Ag *Ag Recovery (80%) * AgPrice)) / (Au Recovery (75%) *Au
Price)
- It assumed that the Zancudo Project
will produce a doré product based on assumed conventional gold and
silver processing recoveries of 75% Au, and 80% Ag from initial
preliminary metallurgical sampling and benchmarked projects within
the region.
The Mineral Resource estimation process was
completed by SRK using the initial geological models provided by
Zancudo geological staff and refined by SRK. The Company provided
SRK with an exploration database with logging indicating the main
geological features and units. In addition to the database, SRK has
worked with the preliminary geological interpretations, which SRK
has made minor alterations accordingly to incorporate additional
intersections.
The resource estimation methodology involved the
following procedures:
- Database compilation and
verification;
- Construction of wireframe models
for the fault networks and centerlines of mining development per
vein;
- Definition of resource
domains;
- Data conditioning (compositing and
capping) for statistical analysis, geostatistical analysis;
- Variography;
- Block modeling and grade
interpolation;
- Resource classification and
validation;
- Assessment of “reasonable prospects
for economic extraction” and selection of appropriate reporting
cut-off grades (CoG); and
- Preparation of the Mineral Resource
estimate.
SRK has completed the geological modelling and
Mineral Resource estimate using Seequent Leapfrog. The procedure
involved construction of wireframe models for the fault networks,
key geological/mineralization domains, data conditioning
(compositing and capping) for statistical analysis, geostatistical
analysis, variography analysis, block modeling and grade
interpolation followed by validation. Grade was estimated using
inverse distance weighted (power 2) estimates for gold and silver.
Grade estimation has been based on parent block dimensions of 20 m
x 20 m x 20 m, for the 2022 model. The block size reflects
potential size variations for any underground smallest mining
units, but the blocks have been subcelled to reflect the relatively
narrow nature of the mineralization with a minimum block size of
0.3215 m. Classification has been limited to estimates within 125 m
of the closest single hole, located in either vein or manto
domains, and by more than two drillholes.
The resource evaluation work was completed by
Mr. Benjamin Parsons, MAusIMM (CP#222568), according to CIM
Definition Standards, who undertook a site inspection in January
2023. The MRE will be supported by a NI 43-101 independent report
which will be published and filed on the Company’s website and
SEDAR profile within 45 days. Mr. Parsons is a Qualified Person as
defined by NI 43-101. The NI 43-101 report will include detailed
information on the key assumptions, parameters and methods used to
estimate the mineral resources.
Guia Antigua Project Update
In conjunction with the RTO Transaction in
February 2021, Denarius Metals had acquired a license giving the
Company the right for exploration, mining and processing operations
and the commercialization of mineral products from the Guia Antigua
Project, a 386-hectare area located northeast of Medellin within
the Segovia mining title owned by Aris Mining in the Department of
Antioquia, Colombia. In 2021 and 2022, the Company carried out an
exploration campaign at the Guia Antigua Project, including
approximately 6,700 m of drilling in 37 holes. Although the Guia
Antigua Project continues to look promising, the Company concluded
its potential would be enhanced if it is developed in conjunction
with the neighboring mines in Aris Mining’s Segovia mining title.
Based on this conclusion, the Company and Aris Mining agreed to
terminate the license agreement effective February 22, 2023. Aris
Mining has reimbursed the Company for exploration expenditures
incurred by the Company in the amount of COP 10,692,000,000
(equivalent to approximately US$2.2 million) in cash.
About Denarius Metals
Denarius Metals is a Canadian junior company
engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and eventual
operation of polymetallic mining projects in high-grade districts,
with its principal focus on the Lomero Project in Spain. The
Company signed a definitive option agreement with Europa Metals
Ltd. in November 2022 pursuant to which Europa has granted Denarius
Metals two options to acquire up to an 80% ownership interest in
the Toral Zn-Pb-Ag Project, Leon Province, Northern Spain. The
Company’s 100%-owned Zancudo Project in Colombia provides an
opportunity to develop near-term production and cash flow through
local contract miners and long-term growth through exploration.
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.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking
Information
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Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release contains "forward-looking
information", which may include, but is not limited to, statements
with respect to the MRE and mineralization outside the MRE, the
potential to commence mining operations at the Zancudo project, the
potential to expand the MRE through exploration and other business
plans or strategies. Often, but not always, forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of words such as "plans",
"expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates",
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that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would",
"might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of Denarius to be materially different from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements are described under the caption "Risk
Factors" in the Company's Annual Information Form dated November
23, 2022 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
statements whether as a result of new information, results, future
events, circumstances, or if management's estimates or opinions
should change, or otherwise. There can be no assurance that
forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual
results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, the reader is
cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.
Cautionary Statement on Mineral
Resources
Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and
do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate of
mineral resources may be materially affected by environmental,
permitting, legal, title, socio-political, marketing, or other
relevant issues. In particular, the quantity and grade of reported
inferred mineral resources are uncertain in nature and there is
insufficient exploration to define these inferred mineral resources
as an indicated or measured mineral resource in all cases. It is
uncertain in all cases whether further exploration will result in
upgrading the inferred mineral resources to an indicated or
measured mineral resource category.
For Further Information,
Contact:
Michael DaviesChief Financial Officer(416)
360-4653investors@denariusmetals.com
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