Exploration
Over 200,000 metres of historic drilling has occurred at the Zona Baja and Echandia properties to date.
In February 2019 a drilling program was designed to provide enough tonnes and grade in the Measured and Indicated categories to support a Preliminary Feasibility Study for an underground operation in the newly discovered Lower Mine, which was completed in July 2020.
A post PFS drill program that started in May 2020 confirmed the Main Zone (MZ) area of the Lower Mine remained open at depth and the discovery of a high-grade New Zone (NZ) and Fortaleza Zone. Drilling has been successful in proving high-grade mineralization over broad widths and suggest the potential to significantly increase the mine life of the Lower Mine project ahead of construction.
“Notable recent intersections of 63 metres at 5.7 g/t Au, and an extension of the Main Zone along strike by more than 300 metres”
--SRK (March 2020)