Tocvan Ventures Corp. (CSE:TOC) has announced surface sample results from its Pilar gold-silver project in Mexico, which included 9.2 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 279 g/t silver from the expanded Main Zone.
The company said the sampling defined several new target areas yet to be drilled.
“We have now defined a 1.2 km corridor of gold-silver mineralization at Pilar, half of which has seen no drilling,” Tocvan Ventures CEO Brodie Sutherland said in a statement.
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“We plan to test these target areas with systematic drilling during the Phase III drill program currently underway. 2022 will be an important year for the advancement of Pilar as we look to better understand the extent of the mineralized system,” Sutherland added.
A total of 59 samples were collected during the surface exploration program that followed up on target areas identified earlier in 2021, with 21 samples returning values greater than 0.5 g/t gold.
Tocvan also noted the 4-T Trend has been extended to the southeast by 100 meters with gold and silver values that included 6.6 g/t gold and 433 g/t silver hosted in a strongly silicified fault.
It added that a new vein corridor identified by several artisanal workings and shafts over a 200-meter strike has returned high-grade silver values that included 524 g/t silver.
The company also said mineralization has been identified 300 meters to the south, with samples that included 3.1 g/t gold and 27 g/t silver.
Tocvan Ventures is earning into the Pilar gold-silver project and the El Picacho gold-silver project in Sonora, Mexico.
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