“The Bulk Sample process has been extremely important to the understanding of the surface expression of mineralization at Pilar along with defining a path towards optimal gold and silver recovery.” Stated Brodie Sutherland, CEO. “We are encouraged by the strong heap leach results for gold where the data suggests recovery can be improved through increased leaching solution flowrate over a consistent and longer leaching period.”

Commenting on these results, Chairman and CEO, James Anderson said, “For 40 years Industrias Penoles, the largest mining company in Mexico, mined the Argentina vein at Topia. Remarkably, the vein was not pursued to the east of the district, past a significant fault structure; we are very encouraged by these initial results that indicate production potential within 2km of our mill facility from this long-lived precious metals vein system.”

“Infill and expansionary drilling targeting the southern extent of Napoleon continues to intersect high silver and gold grades on both the main vein and its overlapping splay structures,” commented Michael Konnert, President and CEO. “We have now identified several splay veins branching off the main Napoleon structure located within both the footwall and hanging wall that remain open for future expansion.”

“We’re happy with the results from our additional hundred drill holes in the Main zone at Los Ricos South since our initial July 2020 Mineral Resource Estimate, including todays results. We believe they will prove to be quite impactful on our upcoming updated Resource and Preliminary Economic Assessment,” said Brad Langille, President and CEO.