Viscount Mining Corp (TSX-V:VML, OTCQB:VLMGF) unveiled a new high-grade silver and gold sample from the Star target at its Cherry Creek project in Nevada.
Viscount’s partner on the project, mining major Centerra Gold Inc, is currently conducting a geological mapping and sampling program on the property.
Analysis of the samples returned results as high at 8,710 grams per ton (g/t) silver and 61.4 g/t gold, according to Viscount.
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In total, 166 rock samples and 236 soil samples were collected from the target area. Viscount told investors that 14 rock samples returned results greater than or equal to 2 g/t gold, while 17 rock samples were over 100 g/t silver.
The Star area comprised nearly 373 acres or 151 hectares.
Geological mapping and geochemical sampling is continuing now on the property through the rest of the field season, Viscount told shareholders. First pass mapping and sampling was completed over large portions of the property, but some fieldwork remains, it added.
Centerra has also staked 278 new lode claims in 2021, bringing the total number of unpatented lode claims to 578, including 17 patented lode claims. “These new claims strengthen our position in the district and cover permissive lithologies, known mineralization as well as mineralized projections,” Viscount said in a statement.
The company added: “After a short hiatus, we recently resumed our IP geophysics work; on the Western Anomaly before returning to the Ti-Cup area. This work is still in progress.”
Vancouver-based Viscount Mining is a project generator and an exploration company with a portfolio of silver and gold properties in the Western United States, including Silver Cliff in Colorado and Cherry Creek in Nevada.
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