Viscount Mining Corp has announced the results of its exploration drill targets on Passiflora in Silver Cliff, Colorado.
“There is immense potential at the Passiflora as drilling identified widespread silver mineralization over 170 meters per hole on multiple drill holes,” said Viscount CEO Jim MacKenzie in a statement. “We are currently pinpointing next steps to unlock the potential for Passiflora resources and will have further info in upcoming news releases."
In November 2020, Viscount drilled their first NI 43-101 compliant drill hole (20-05) in the Passiflora target, and the hole displayed detectable silver and gold concentrations for nearly the entire bored depth (over 170 meters), including a 1.5-meter (m) interval at 84.5 grams per ton (g/t) silver and 0.414 g/t gold.
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The hole also showed anomalous pyrite and abundant silica and clay alteration, especially towards the bottom of the hole. The encouraging results prompted Viscount to do additional field mapping and plan future drilling.
In April of 2021, during the second phase of the program, Viscount drilled another three holes in the Passiflora (21-08, 21-09 & 21-10).
Drill holes 21-09 and 21-10, which are distanced over 800m apart from each other, both have sections with grades above cut-off, with 21-09 showing 10.4m at 0.262 g/t gold and 21-10 displaying detectable amounts of silver and gold for its entire 183-meter depth, including 1.8m at 142.3 g/t silver. The strong results from Phase 2 encouraged Viscount to further explore the southwest area of the Passiflora.
During Viscount's most recent drill program, in September of 2021, a final two holes were drilled in the Passiflora target (21-24 & 21-25). Both holes exhibited significant concentrations of silver, with hole 21-25 showing the most significant interval yet observed by Viscount in the Passiflora. From the depth of 68.9m to 107.0m, drill hole 21-25 encountered 40.1m testing at 43.2 g/t silver.
While the presented concentrations are of merit, Viscount said the underlining potential could lie just a bit deeper. In each of the six holes drilled in the Passiflora target, evident phyllic alteration and associated metal concentration increases were observed throughout the entirety of the drilled depth.
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