Southern Silver Exploration (SSV.V) is showing why it was so interested in acquiring the Puro Corazon claims that were surrounded by the existing Cerro Las Minitas project in Mexico’s Durango State. After releasing initial drill results in 2025, the company has reported on an additional four holes that were drill-testing the Puro Corazon claims.
The highlight is a 10.4 meter interval with an average grade of 743 g/t silver-equivalent (with approximately half of the equivalent grade represented by silver), including a 3.9 meter interval with an average grade of 1490 g/t silver-equivalent. This interval was encountered in a 65 meter step-out from a previously released drill hole 203, which returned 10.5 meters of 1,115 g/t silver-equivalent.
Other assay results weren’t nearly as impressive (as shown in the bullet points above) but with for instance 5.3 meters of 221 g/t silver-equivalent and 7.3 meters of 305 g/t silver-equivalent, there’s little doubt the cutoff grade for mining operations will be met (given the cutoff grade used in the PEA and resource calculations).
The company has now completed 16 of the 21 drill holes for a total of just over 6,800 meters, and drilling has now resumed. We should see more drill results throughout the next few months, and are looking forward to seeing the results of holes 215 and 207, which are drilled below the high-grade intervals in holes 203 and 205.
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