🕐03.03.11 - 19:54 Uhr
IMPACT Silver Announces Arrival Of Second Drill And Expanded Exploration Program
At Zacualpan-Mamatla
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Re: News Release - Thursday, March 03, 2011
IMPACT Silver Announces Arrival Of Second Drill And Expanded
Exploration Program At Zacualpan-Mamatla
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IMPACT Silver Corp.
("IMPACT" or "the Company") is pleased to announce
the arrival of a second surface drill at the large 623-square-kilometer
Royal Mines of Zacualpan and Mamatla Mineral Districts in Mexico to
enhance the exploration program and build mineral resources for its
growing production profile.
The completion of a $15 million financing
in late 2010 has enabled the Company to expedite construction of the
new Capire Mine and pursue greatly expanded exploration programs,
including 20,000 meters of drilling on several fronts.
CAPIRE PROJECT: SILVER-LEAD-ZINC VMS EXPLORATION AND MINE CONSTRUCTION
The Capire Silver-Lead-Zinc VMS Mine Development Project is located 16
kilometers southwest of the Companys operating Guadalupe processing
plant.
At Capire, IMPACT is planning initial open pit production in
late 2011 with construction of a 200-tpd (tonnes per day) pilot plant
and plans to expand that plant once production parameters are
established (see the Companys News Release dated February 1, 2011 for
the most recent NI43-101 Mineral Resources at Capire).
The Capire
operation represents first production from this new mining district and
the start of a second operating center in IMPACTs large mineral
holdings.
The first drill and an exploration team have recently been working at
the Capire Deposit.
To date, condemnation drilling has been completed
at the planned sites for the Capire processing plant, tailings dam and
rock waste piles in preparation for mine construction.
Mine permitting
is underway, and site preparation and surface stripping is anticipated
to commence in late summer.
During the coming months, the drill will
continue to test extensions of the Capire Deposit to the west, south
and east where the deposit remains open for expansion before moving on
to Phase One drilling on other nearby VMS exploration targets.
The
overall Capire Subdistrict drill program is anticipated to exceed
10,000 meters this year.
GUADALUPE PROJECT AREA: SILVER VEIN EXPLORATION
The second drill supported by an exploration team will continue to
drill and explore silver veins in the Royal Mines of Zacualpan
production centre to build additional mineral resources within short
trucking distance of the operating 500-tpd Guadalupe processing plant.
This will include continued drilling in the Guadalupe-Chontalpan
-Cuchara Sector ("GCC Sector").
Highlights from the GCC Sector drill
results to date include 419 g/t Silver across 2.4 m at Santa Lucia,
4,800 g/t silver across 1.25 m at Golondrinas and 402 g/t Silver across
2.14 m at Chontalpan (see IMPACT News Release dated January 20, 2011
for a full summary of 2010 GCC Sector drill results).
Currently, the
engineering staff is assessing the possibility of underground
production at Santa Lucia while additional drilling is planned on
Golondrinas and other targets.
IMPACT is also planning to contract an underground drill later this
year to carry out exploration of the Regenerador Vein Cluster in the
Guadalupe Mine, located beside the Companys processing plant.
Recent
mining in Guadalupe focused on the Lipton and Trinidad Vein Systems.
The Regenerador Veins further to the west, however, are in a much older
part of the mine.
Previously a significant portion of the Regenerador
Vein Cluster was on mineral concessions owned by another party and was
not mined.
Today IMPACT owns all these mineral concessions and upcoming
underground drilling will explore the full vein system.
Initial
underground sampling by IMPACT crews in the Regenerador Vein Cluster
included 830 g/t silver and 0.56 g/t gold across 0.8 m true width
exposed over a strike length of 50 m in nine samples, ranging up to
3,020 g/t silver and 0.13 g/t gold across 0.7 m true width from the
Santa Isabella Vein.
CARLOS PACHECO PROJECT AREA GOLD VEIN EXPLORATION
The Noche Buena area is located four kilometers west of the operating
Guadalupe processing plant.
Noche Buena began production in April 2010
on a silver breccia vein system but exploration crews have found
multiple Gold-Copper vein systems nearby including the Carlos Pacheco
Vein, where previous IMPACT drilling intersected 19.6 g/t Gold across
2.9 m and 11.3 g/t Gold across 2.1 m (see IMPACT News Release dated
December 4, 2008).
The Companys mine crews are currently
rehabilitating the extensive old mine workings at Carlos Pacheco to
more completely sample and assess the gold-copper system and IMPACT
exploration crews are preparing other nearby Gold-Silver Vein Systems
for Phase One drill programs in the coming months.
With a track record of successful exploration, rapid mine development
and more than 2,000 old mine workings, most not yet drilled, IMPACTs
long term vision sees potential for establishment of multiple
processing plants throughout the districts, each fed by multiple mines.
The building of a second production center at Capire in 2011 is the
next step to fulfilling this vision.
George Gorzynski, P.
Eng., Vice President and Director of IMPACT
Silver, and a Qualified Person under the meaning of Canadian National
Instrument 43 101, is responsible for the technical information in this
news release.
IMPACT Silver Corp.
is a profitable silver-focused mining and
exploration company operating in Mexico with a producing silver
operation at the 423-square-kilometer Royal Mines of Zacualpan District
and the adjacent 200-square-kilometer Mamatla Mineral District which is
host to the Capire Mine Development Project.
IMPACT also holds a
portfolio of projects with an operational processing plant at
Zacatecas.
Additional information on IMPACT and its projects can be
found on the Companys website at www.IMPACTSilver.com
On behalf of the Directors of IMPACT Silver Corp.,
"Frederick W.
Davidson"
President & CEO
For further information, please contact:
Sunny Pannu, Investor Relations
(604) 681 0172 or via email at
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as
that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements.
This IMPACT News Release contains certain
"forward-looking" statements and information relating to IMPACT that
are based on the beliefs of IMPACT management, as well as assumptions
made by and information currently available to IMPACT management.
Such
statements reflect the current risks, uncertainties and assumptions
related to certain factors including, but not limited to, without
limitations, exploration and development risks, expenditure and
financing requirements, title matters, operating hazards, metal prices,
political and economic factors, competitive factors, general economic
conditions, relationships with vendors and strategic partners,
governmental regulation and supervision, seasonality, technological
change, industry practices, and one-time events.
Should any one or more
risks or uncertainties materialize or change, or should any underlying
assumptions prove incorrect, actual results and forward-looking
statements may vary materially from those described herein.
IMPACT does
not assume the obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
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