MAG Silver Starts Drill Program and Adds 50,000 Hectare Claim at La Esperanza Silver Project in Durango and Zacatecas States, Mexico
Canasil Resources Inc. is pleased to report that MAG Silver Corp. has started the planned diamond drill program at the La Esperanza silver-lead-zinc project in Durango and Zacatecas States, Mexico. The drill program is planned for up to 5,000 metres in 16 drill holes to test two of the veins in the project area, including extensions of the La Esperanza vein previously drill tested by Canasil with encouraging results. MAG is earning a 60% interest in the property from Canasil under an option agreement dated August 19, 2010. Expenditures on the project reported by MAG up to September 30, 2011, were $831,681.