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Equity Metals announces significant increase in resource estimate at Silver Queen project

Equity Metals (TSXV: EQTY) reported that Kirkham Geosystems and P&E Mining Consultants have completed an updated independent resource estimate for the Silver […]

By Moosa Imran December 1, 2022 At 2:54 pm

The mining camp at Equity Metals’ Silver Queen project. Credit: Equity Metals

Equity Metals (TSXV: EQTY) reported that Kirkham Geosystems and P&E Mining Consultants have completed an updated independent resource estimate for the Silver Queen silver project in British Columbia.

The estimate features lateral and down-dip extensions of the previously modelled No. 3 and NG-3 veins, included in the 2019 estimate, and new, previously unmodelled mineralization from the camp and Sveinson targets. The estimate utilizes a net smelter return cut-off at $100/t with updated metal pricing. The new numbers have a 2.6-million-tonne increase in indicated resources to 3.46 million tonnes averaging 189 g/t silver, 2.13 g/t gold, 0.24% copper, 0.6% lead, and 3.5% zinc (565 g/t silver-equivalent or 6.9 g/t gold-equivalent) containing: 21.0 million oz. of silver; 237,000 oz. of gold; 18 million lb. of copper; 48 million lb. of lead; and 267 million lb. of zinc.

This equates to 62.8 million oz. silver-equivalent or 767,000 oz. of gold-equivalent and a 1.1 million increase in inferred resources to 1.9 million tonnes averaging 162 g/t silver, 0.80 g/t gold, 0.23% copper, 0.5% lead, and 2.0% zinc (356g/t silver-equivalent or 4.3g/t gold-equivalent) containing; 10.3 million oz. of silver; 50,000 oz. of gold; 10 million lb. of copper; 23 million lb. of lead; and 84 million lbs of zinc. This equates to 22.5 million oz. silver-equivalent or 273,000 oz. of gold-equivalent.

The updated resource estimate incorporates an additional 25,659 metres of core drilling completed in 2020-22 and updated metal recoveries and pricing.

President Joe Kizis commented, "At the time we assumed management of the company in Q3 of 2019, we felt there were clear opportunities to quickly add significantly to the 2019 MRE at Silver Queen, and we are proud to report our success at a very low cost of $0.15/oz. of added silver-equivalent or $11/oz of added gold-equivalent. The estimate remains open for additional delineation west of the camp target and within the Sveinson target. In addition, there are several targets that have only been tested by a few drill holes and remain very attractive areas for new discoveries and resource increase."

More information is posted at www.EquityMetalsCorporation.com.