Jan 6 2011
ECU Silver Mining Inc. (TSX:ECU) and Golden Tag Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:GOG) has announced that a Phase 5 program of exploration has been authorized by the 50/50 joint venture Management Committee on the highly prospective San Diego Property in Durango, Mexico and will commence in the first quarter of 2011.
The partners have agreed upon a program of exploration of 10,000 to 15,000 metres of surface diamond drilling with an exploration budget of up to US$3,000,000.
ECU Silver and Golden Tag have resolved all outstanding issues related to the recent arbitration ruling so that work may re-commence on the property as soon as possible. The parties are presently in the process of selecting a third party operator who will manage the diamond drilling program and report to and be under the supervision of the JV Management Committee.
San Diego Property, Durango State, Mexico
Four phases of surface exploration have been previously undertaken by the JV on the San Diego Property. Successful exploration has identified a major new polymetallic Silver –Lead – Zinc – (Gold) [Ag-Pb-Zn-(Au)] mineral discovery on an extension of the Velardeña Mine trend. NI 43-101 compliant reporting in January 2009 [News Release: Jan 19th 2009] identifies combined Joint Venture Mineral Resources on the San Diego property of:
- Indicated Resources: 0.371 Million tonnes (MT) grading 245 grams silver per tonne (Ag g/t), 1.80 percent Pb (% Pb), 1.33 percent Zn (% Zn) and 0.339 grams gold per tonne (Au g/t); representing
- 4.25 Million Ounces of Silver-equivalent (oz.Ag EQ); and,
- Inferred Resources: 21.63 Million tonnes (MT) grading 110 Ag g/t, 1.84 % Pb, 2.21 % Zn and 0.134 Au g/t; representing an additional
- Micon International Inc. also estimated that the property remains highly prospective with additional mineral potential, on strike and at depth, of an additional estimated
- 173.5 to 389.5 Million oz.Ag EQ.
Source: ECU Silver Mining Inc.