Mr. Steve Williams reports
PASINEX'S DRILLING SUCCESS AT PINARGOZU ZINC-LEAD PROJECT, TURKEY,
CONFIRMS CONTINUITY OF HIGH-GRADE MATERIAL
Pasinex Resources Ltd. has provided an
update on exploration drilling at its Pinargozu zinc mine in Adana province, Turkey, where
Pasinex has a 50/50 joint venture with Turkish mining company Akmetal AS in the Horzum AS
joint venture company.
Steve Williams, chief executive officer of Pasinex Resources, stated: "This is an exciting time for Pasinex. Drill
results from our Pinargozu mine project continue to cut high-grade zinc mineralization. Several
holes intercepted mineralization ranging between 19.5 per cent up to 36.5 per cent zinc. What is particularly
encouraging is that these intercepts are all emerging as a new northeast extension, where
drilling previously cut 35.5 metres of 37.7 per cent zinc (see news release from March 25 earlier this year).
We now have a number of intercepts in this area that enable us to start to work in-house on
estimating a resource in this area. In the meantime, drilling continues on Pinargozu and most
importantly on the nearby Akkaya exploration project which also lies along the main mineralizing
trend. We expect to report on Akkaya during the summer months."
Since the last news release in this regard (March 25, 2015), Horzum AS has completed 14
diamond bore holes at the Pinargozu mine for an aggregate of 1,534 metres of drilling.
Underground development at the Pinargozu mine continues with the objective of ramping up
production. Mine production of high-grade direct shipping material has continued through all of
2015. The production rate for 2015, through to end of April, averaged 29 tonnes per day or approximately
2.4 million pounds of zinc, year to date. The mined material has all been moved from the mine
site to a warehouse in Adana (owned by Akmetal AS). There, it is crushed, sized and stored
pending final sale. The joint venture company Horzum AS (50/50 Pasinex and Akmetal AS)
has increased the work force at the Pinargozu mine site this year from around 35 people on site
to over 50 people. The staff increase will assist with production from the underground mine. The
immediate task is to carry out more drifting underground and mine development in general that
will open up more galleries to access, mine and then transport the mined direct shipping
material for ultimate sale. All of this work will feed into a maiden and compliant resource report
that will be made available later next quarter.
The results of this drilling are summarized in the attached tables.
PINARGOZU SURFACE DIAMOND DRILL HOLE STATUS
Hole No. From (m) To (m) Interval (m) Zn % (SGS) Recovery (%)
PPS15-007 113 117.8 4.8 21.67 90
123.2 126.3 3.1 3.97 94
133.5 135.3 1.8 5.93 86
159.7 161 1.3 7.30 100
PPS15-008 No significant results
PPS15-009 No significant results
PPS15-010 113.5 116.5 3 30.96 16
118.5 124 5.5 13.56 63
PPS15-011 57.2 62.2 5 7.49 93
126.6 129.5 2.9 8.86 97
PPS15-012 60.8 63.6 2.8 36.01 73
65.8 73 7.2 19.54 62
PPS15-013 72 74 2 36.50 85
89 91 2 35.35 96
93.7 106 12.3 26.57 69
FURTHER PINARGOZU UNDERGROUND DIAMOND DRILL HOLE STATUS
Hole No. From (m) To (m) Interval (m) Zn % (SGS) Recovery (%)
PPU15-005 No significant results
PPU15-006 No significant results
PPU15-006B No significant results
PPU15-007 No significant results
PPU15-008B No significant results
PPU15-009 Narrow mineralized intervals -- XRF results
PPU15-010 No significant results
The following conclusions are drawn from the results of this drilling:
- Mineralization intersected in recent boreholes has confirmed continuation of high-grade
zinc mineralization to the northeast and to the north at Pinargozu, which is accessible
from existing workings.
- Continuity of mineralization identified in boreholes PPS15-010 to PPS15-013 is very
important since these holes were targeting the mineralized zone from a different angle
and from a different drill site than that used for previous holes.
- From a total of seven surface drill holes completed since the previous press release, five
intersected inferred extensions of the mineralized zone previously reported for
PPS15-004 and PSS14-008 and situated to the northeast of recent underground
development at Pinargozu mine.
- Results listed in the attached tables include a 12.3-metre intersection in borehole PPS15-013 grading
26.6 per cent zinc and 19.5 per cent zinc over a 7.2-metre interval in PPS15-012 and a 4.8-metre intersection
grading at 21.7 per cent zinc in borehole PSS15-007.
Clinton Smyth, PGeo, vice-president of exploration for Pasinex, is the qualified person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101, who has verified the written disclosure of all scientific and technical
information in this news release.
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