Tocvan Ventures Corp. (CSE:TOC) reported good progress with its trenching program at the Pilar gold-silver project in Mexico ahead of a planned drill campaign.
In a statement, the Calgary-based resource company said it had completed four trenches to date at the 4-Trench, North Hill and Main Zone targets.
Tocvan is planning up to seven trenches totaling 140 meters at the targets.
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The company said that the trench at 4-Trench is complete and will be used for structural analysis and future drill targeting.
Oxide mineralization at North Hill Prospect with secondary copper
Another two trenches at Main Zone are complete and the material will be used for column leach studies and detailed structural analysis, it added. Channel sample results from trenches are expected in January 2022 followed by the submission of bulk sample material for metallurgical test work.
Drilling to follow up on Phase II drill program targets is scheduled to begin within the next week, added the company.
“Trenching is well underway and we look forward to starting drilling in the next few days,” Tocvan’s vice president exploration Brodie Sutherland said in a statement.
“Our trench program at Pilar will assist in guiding future drill programs as well as provide bulk sampling material across our oxide targets for more advanced metallurgical test work scheduled to be completed in the New Year.”
Tocvan is earning into the Pilar gold-silver project and the El Picacho gold-silver project in Sonora, Mexico.
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