Ms. Letitia Cornacchia reports
WILDCAT ANNOUNCES DRILL RESULTS INCLUDING 20.0 METRES OF 329.8 GRAMS PER TONNE SILVER
Wildcat Silver Corp. is releasing the results for
five additional holes (four step-out holes) completed on the company's
Hermosa property located in Santa Cruz county, Arizona, United States. The company
continues to focus on increasing the width and length of the current
resource and these results further support the extension of
mineralization.
A complete list of drill intercepts, location map and 3-D model of the
Hermosa mineralization are available on the company's website.
Step-out holes
HDS-136 lies east of the American fault zone and intersected high-grade
silver on the down-dropped side east of the fault. The hole
intersected 20.0 metres that averaged 329.8 grams per tonne silver, 3.81 per cent lead and 2.83 per cent
manganese. Within this zone, a high-grade intersection of 6.9 metres averaged
839.8 g/t silver, 7.12 per cent lead and 8.17 per cent manganese. This hole represents
the easternmost drilling on Wildcat's patented claims, indicating the
Hermosa mineralization continues east of the American fault and remains
open to the east on the company's unpatented claims.
HDS-137 is located to the north and intersected three zones of
significant manganese mineralization. These intercepts extend the
north-south-trending skarn zone to the east and indicate the zone
remains open to the east. The most noteworthy intersection in this
hole was a 39.2-metre section which averaged 87.2 g/t silver, 16.89 per cent manganese, 1.41 per cent lead and 2.22 per cent zinc, which included a 12.2-metre section with average grades of 156.5 g/t
silver, 8.34 per cent manganese, 2.73 per cent lead and 1.50 per cent zinc.
HDS-146 and HDS-149 are located in the western portion of the Hermosa
patented claim block. These holes intersected moderate silver
mineralization over narrow intervals, but have been successful in
extending the Hermosa zone to the west. Drill hole HDS-146 intersected 131.5 g/t silver and 10.86 per cent manganese over 4.6 metres. HDS-149 intersected three narrow zones of mineralization, the most
noteworthy of which was 4.6 metres averaging 114.1 g/t silver.
Infill holes
HDS-129 is an infill hole between two widely spaced holes in the north-south-trending deep sulphide skarn zone. This drill hole intersected
two thick zones of strong base metals mineralization with moderate
levels of silver and moderate-to-strong manganese mineralization that
shows continuity between earlier drilling. The upper zone intercepted
25.6 metres averaging 89.1 g/t silver, 6.61 per cent manganese, 8.79 per cent zinc,
7.04 per cent lead and 0.19 per cent copper. The lower zone intercepted 10.5 metres
averaging 57.5 g/t silver, 3.34 per cent manganese, 6.12 per cent zinc, 4.97 per cent lead and
0.18 per cent copper.
A summary of the drill results is provided in the table.
Hole From (m) To (m) Interval (m) Ag g/t Mn % Zn % Pb % Cu %
HDS-129 509.8 535.4 25.6 89.1 6.61 8.79 7.04 0.19
HDS-129 582.9 593.4 10.5 57.5 3.34 6.12 4.97 0.18
HDS-136 209.3 229.3 20.0 329.8 2.83 0.50 3.81 0.12
HDS-136 incl. 218.3 225.2 6.9 893.8 8.17 0.83 7.12 0.24
HDS-137 211.0 250.2 39.2 87.2 16.89 2.22 1.41 0.07
HDS-137 incl. 211.0 223.2 12.2 156.5 8.34 1.50 2.73 0.11
HDS-137 268.9 279.0 10.1 59.7 15.42 2.96 3.80 0.13
HDS-137 326.8 364.9 38.1 69.9 12.16 5.70 3.40 0.17
HDS-146 80.8 85.4 4.6 131.5 10.86 0.48 0.13 0.03
HDS-149 74.7 76.2 1.5 107.66 2.17 0.07 0.23 0.01
HDS-149 105.2 109.8 4.6 41.49 0.66 0.10 0.02 0.01
HDS-149 173.8 178.4 4.6 114.06 0.33 0.11 0.28 0.01
Wildcat has expanded its current drill program and now plans to drill
approximately 30,000 metres through to the third quarter of 2011. The company will continue to focus on step-out drilling in the north and
east directions and enough infill drilling to achieve the objective of
significantly expanding the size and quality of the current resource.
Wildcat has four drills operating on the property (two core and two
reverse circulation).
Qualified person
The results of Wildcat's drilling results have been reviewed, verified
and compiled by Don Taylor, MSc, PG, vice-president of exploration for
Wildcat Silver, a qualified person as defined by National Instrument
43-101 (NI 43-101). Mr. Taylor has more than 25 years of mineral
exploration and mining experience and is a licensed professional
geologist in several states.
Assays and quality assurance/quality control
To ensure reliable sample results, Wildcat has a rigorous QA/QC program
in place that monitors the chain of custody of samples and includes the
insertion of blanks, duplicates and certified reference standards in
each batch of samples. Core is photographed and split in half with
one-half retained in a secured facility for verification purposes.
Sample preparation (crushing and pulverizing) is performed at Skyline
Laboratories, an ISO/IEC accredited lab located in Tucson, Ariz.
Skyline Laboratories prepares two pulps of all samples and completes
analysis of one pulp sample by ICP for copper per cent, lead per cent, zinc per cent and manganese per cent. The second pulp is shipped to Inspectorate
Labs, an ISO: 9001-2008 accredited laboratory in Reno, Nev., where
the duplicate pulp is analyzed for gold and silver. Silver
values are determined by fire assay (one AT) with an AA finish. For all
samples that assay greater than 200 parts per million Ag, the sample is rerun using
fire assay (one AT) with a gravimetric finish. In certain holes Skyline
also completes analysis of the pulps for Au (FA/AAS) and Ag (by aqua
regia digestion and AA finish). If over 150 g/t, all silver assays are
redone using FA/grav finish at one AT.
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