High Grade Silver and Zinc intersected at the Plata Project, Yukon
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VANCOUVER, Jan. 19, 2012 /CNW/ - Silver Predator Corp.
(the 'Company') is pleased to announce results from its seventeen hole 2011 drilling program at the Plata Project, located in central-east Yukon. A total of 2,565 m of angled NTW-sized core tested for the continuation of structure and grade in three Zones: Aho, Etzel and P2. One hole was drilled into an untested Zone, P12, to delineate a source for surface rock samples carrying high grades of silver and lead.Significant results include:
-- PL11-59 with 12.61 m of 151 g/t silver from a depth of 31.39m;
-- PL11-62 with 20.86 m of 86.6 g/t silver from a depth of 49.91m;
-- PL11-63 with 5.47 m of 215 g/t silver from a depth of 41.15m;
-- PL11-66 with 2.35 m of 453 g/t silver and 17.46% zinc from a
depth of 53.54m; and
-- PL11-68 with 31.86 m of 31 g/t silver, 10.25% zinc from a depth
of 29.35m.
A complete table of results, including a more comprehensive geological discussion and location map can be found on the Company's website at
http://www.silverpredator.com/documents/SPD-NR01-12-Plata-drill-Results-2011.pdf
2011 Plata Drill Program Summary
The Company's 2011 drilling program targeted two known mineralized Zones (Etzel and P2) and tested for mineralization along two structures (P12 and Aho).
Plata Project
The Plata project lies within the Selwyn Basin in east-central Yukon and is 140 km west of the Keno Hill Silver District, the second largest historic silver producer in Canada. From 1976 to 1984, high-grade mineralized veins were intermittently mined from a number of shallow open pits on the Plata property, resulting in a reported 9,020 kg (290,000 oz.) of silver being extracted from approximately 2,041 tonnes of hand-sorted mineralized rock. Mineralization is found as silver-rich galena, freibergite and sphalerite within a quartz-siderite gangue in three host rock settings: 1) along structural and competency contrasts between quartz rich sediments of the Hyland Group and carbonaceous shale of the Earn Group; 2) within calcareous units of the Earn Group; and 3) within Cretaceous felsic dykes related to the Tombstone Suite. Fault/vein trends on the property vary from east-west trending low angle faults to steeply dipping northeast trending normal and strike-slip faults.
Background on the Plata Project
There are 19 known mineralized zones hosting 30 showings within the historic confines of the 288 claim Plata Project (58 km(2)). In addition, much of the property has not been adequately explored with a thorough regional mapping and sampling program on the newly expanded portion of the land package staked in late 2010. This recent expansion has increased the size of the property to a total of 847 claims (178 km(2)). Current and historic work at the Plata project has seen detailed exploration on only 5 of the 19 mineralized zones. Regional prospecting outside of these known zones has identified numerous coloured gossans that require further investigation by reconnaissance geology and sampling traverses, now planned for the 2012 field season. Investigation at one of these anomalies returned 7.1 g/t silver in soil and 0.27% zinc from a white precipitate.
The Plata property is located 190 km east of Mayo and 165 km north of Ross River. Both communities are accessible by the Yukon Highway system and have maintained gravel airstrips. There is also a 110 km winter road connecting the property to the North Canol road. The Plata property itself is located 11 km north of a gravel airstrip and has a network of unimproved roads connecting the major zones.
Sampling Methodology, Chain of Custody, Quality Control and Quality Assurance
All sampling is conducted under the supervision of the Company's project geologist and the chain of custody from the drill to the sample preparation and logging facility is continually monitored. Core is cut on site and one half is sent to the lab for analysis. A blank, quarter core duplicate or certified reference material was inserted approximately every twelfth sample. Samples are shipped to the lab by qualified couriers or Company personnel under locked bags with independent identification lock numbers. Excluding QA/QC, 1,181 samples were submitted to ALS Mineral's ISO 9001 certified preparation facility in Whitehorse where they were crushed and pulverized. A barren wash was inserted between each pulverized sample. The pulps were then shipped to ALS Mineral's ISO 9001 certified laboratory in Vancouver, where they were digested by 4-acids and analyzed for 35 elements by ICP-MS (ME-ICP61a) and 30-gram fire-assay for gold and silver (ME-GRA21). Lead and zinc values over 100,000 ppm are re-assayed by method PB-OG62 and Zn-OG 62 respectively.
Data verification of the analytical results includes a statistical analysis of the duplicates, standards and blanks that must pass certain set parameters for acceptance to insure accurate and verifiable results. All assays are reported as drilled intervals and are not to be interpreted as true widths.
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Farrell Andersen, PGeo, the Company's Yukon Exploration Manager and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43‐101.
About Silver Predator Corp.
Silver Predator Corp.'s corporate mandate is to explore and develop commercially viable silver resources in the leading silver districts of Yukon, Canada and Nevada, USA. Working within stable geopolitical jurisdictions, Silver Predator is focused on silver‐dominant bulk tonnage and/or high grade opportunities. Proven management plus access to unparalleled geological talent in the Yukon and extensive experience in Nevada provides the ability to maximize shareholder value from the quality asset base.
No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. This press release contains projections and forward‐looking information that involve various risks and uncertainties regarding future events. Such forward‐looking information can include without limitation statements based on current expectations involving a number of risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. There are numerous risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and Silver Predator's plans and objectives to differ materially from those expressed in the forward‐looking information. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. These and all subsequent written and oral forward‐looking information are based on estimates and opinions of management on the dates they are made and are expressly qualified in their entirety by this notice. Except as required by law, Silver Predator assumes no obligation to update forward‐looking information should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change.
Silver Predator Corp.
CONTACT: William M. Sheriff
Chairman & CEO
(604) 648‐4653
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