Oleblue
1 week ago
Hercules Silver Showcases 2023 Deep-Seeking Geophysics in Advance of 2024 Drilling
Tue, Apr 9, 2024
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 9, 2024) - Hercules Silver Corp. (TSXV: BIG) (OTCQB: BADEF) (FSE: 8Q7)("Hercules Silver" or the "Company") is pleased to showcase the results of its 2023 deep-seeking 3D induced polarization ("IP"), direct current resistivity and drone magnetic geophysics over the area to be drill tested in 2024, revealing multiple prospective targets, coincident with the direction of increasing copper porphyry grades seen in the initial 2023 deep discovery holes drilled at its Hercules Property in western Idaho ("Hercules" or the "Property").
Highlights
Conductivity anomaly below historical mining at the Belmont Zone.
High grade cores of porphyry copper systems can often have highly conductive copper sulfide vein networks, making Belmont a potential target for a high grade core at depth.
High grade chalcocite, typical of the porphyry enrichment blanket, was recently found on historical waste dumps at Belmont, indicating 1870's mine tunnels may have reached the top of the porphyry system.
Kilometers of prospective chargeability from Belmont to Grade Creek.
The high-grade core of a porphyry will typically have ~1-3% copper sulfide with moderate chargeability values, surrounded by a highly chargeable halo of up to 10% disseminated pyrite.
Moderate chargeability anomaly near surface at the Big Cut Skarn provides an additional satellite drill target.
3D magnetic inversion reveals magnetic highs potentially associated with a potassic core.
Soil sampling, mapping, and prospecting planned to cover extensions of newly identified geophysical targets.
Preparations underway for commencement of the 2024 drill program. The Company plans to provide updates once mobilization of drill rigs begins.
Chris Paul, CEO and Director of the Company, noted: "We're pleased to showcase the much-anticipated results of our 2023 deep-seeking geophysics in advance of the upcoming drill campaign. We now recognize that the initial 2022 IP survey covered just a small portion of a much larger system which shows the potential for multiple porphyry centers. We see patterns in the magnetics, conductivity, and chargeability that are consistent with typical zoning of a large porphyry system, including a magnetic and conductive core surrounded by a strong chargeability halo. In 2023, we found the copper grades to be increasing towards what we now see as the most prospective targets on the Property. We're excited to test these new high priority targets for the first time, as we expand our search for the potential high-grade core."
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hercules-silver-showcases-2023-deep-110000536.html
Oleblue
4 weeks ago
Hercules Silver Reports Broad Intervals of Silver Including 112.2 Meters of 193 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, 0.4% Zn at the Hercules Adit and Belmont Zones
Newsfile Corp.
Wed, Feb 28, 2024
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 28, 2024) - Hercules Silver Corp. (TSXV: BIG) (OTCQB: BADEF) (FSE: 8Q7) ("Hercules Silver" or the "Company") is pleased to report strong silver-lead-zinc results from shallow holes drilled into the Upper Plate above the new Leviathan porphyry copper discovery at its Hercules Silver Property located in western Idaho ("Hercules" or the "Property").
These results showcase the presence of a significant silver system above and potentially related to the Leviathan porphyry copper discovery. Grade and continuity are seen to increase to the northwest, toward the Hercules Adit Zone, in a similar pattern to the underlying porphyry copper system.
HER-23-17 extended the high-grade Hercules Adit footwall shoot down plunge, with 11.3 Meters of 1,660 g/t Ag, 0.7% Pb, 1.75% Zn, one of the best silver intercepts on the Property, within an overall 112.2 Meters of 193 g/t Ag, 0.2% Pb, 0.4% Zn.
HER-23-19 intersected a potentially new mineralized shoot at the hanging wall contact of the Hercules Adit Zone, returning 15.3 Meters of 359 g/t Ag, 0.4% Pb, 0.4% Zn.
HER-23-13 intersected 100.1 Meters of 64 g/t Ag, 0.14% Pb, 0.49% Zn including 6.1 Meters of 413 g/t Ag, 1.1% Pb, 1.7% Zn.
HER-23-09 intersected 32.2 Meters of 167 g/t Ag, 0.17% Zn.
HER-23-22 intersected 58.8 Meters of 140 g/t Ag, 0.43% Pb, 0.69% Zn including 13.7 Meters of 280 g/t Ag, 0.3% Pb, 0.8% Zn.
HER-23-23 intersected 43.9 Meters of 138 g/t Ag, 0.37% Pb, 0.32% Zn including 1.5 Meters of 1,450 g/t Ag, 1.06% Pb, 0.17% Zn.
The highest silver grades are concentrated at the Hercules Adit Zone, indicating a strengthening trend to the north, in alignment with the copper mineralization observed in the underlying porphyry copper system (Refer to the Company's January 22, 2024 News Release).
The Hercules Adit Zone continues to remain open down plunge, extending towards a potential porphyry copper target.
Planning for the 2024 drill campaign is underway, with the program scheduled to commence when weather conditions permit. Additional details regarding the drill plan will be disclosed as targets are finalized.
In a similar pattern to the increasing copper grades reported in the Lower Plate, the silver grades also appear to increase in a northerly direction, with the most promising grades found at the Hercules Adit Zone (Refer to Figures 2 and 3). This correlation suggests a potential relationship between the two mineralization styles, possibly representing different levels within a porphyry system.
Large porphyry systems are often characterized by successive episodes of mineralization. In the later stages of certain systems, shallow silver mineralization may migrate up vertical structures above the porphyry center, and extend laterally across favorable host units, such as the Hercules Rhyolite. It's possible that the gently dipping silver within the Hercules Rhyolite may originate from a vertical feeder structure above a porphyry center.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hercules-silver-reports-broad-intervals-130000356.html