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IMPACT Silver Drills 1,078G/T Silver Over 3.27 Meters at Noche Buena
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Re: News Release - Monday, December 07, 2009
IMPACT Silver Drills 1,078G/T Silver Over 3.27 Meters at Noche
Buena
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IMPACT Silver Corp.
("IMPACT") is pleased to announce further assays
from its drill program on the Noche Buena Vein System located four
kilometers southwest of IMPACTs Guadalupe processing plant in the
prolific Royal Mines of Zacualpan Silver and Gold District of central
Mexico.
Previous news releases included intersections of 204g/t silver
across 8.5 meters (see news release dated January 26, 2009), 280g/t
silver across 4.5 meters (see news release dated April 08, 2009),
158g/t silver across 13.5 meters (see news release dated July 21, 2009)
and production plans starting in 2010 (see news release dated September
24, 2009).
Drill holes reported here are located on the most northerly sections
drilled to date.
Exploration on this northerly trending, west dipping
Silver-Gold vein has consisted of holes drilled on a 50-meter by 50
meter drill pattern designed to systematically explore and build
tonnage.
To date drilling has defined the main zone over a strike
length of 400 meters, to a depth of 100 meters and an average width of
3 meters.
RECENT NOCHE BUENA DRILL INTERSECTIONS
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INTER-
DRILL Vein FROM TO SECTION SILVER GOLD
HOLE Name (m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t)
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SECTION 1400N
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Z09-39 Noche Buena 52.05 55.83 3.78 499 0.14
Including: 52.75 55.65 2.90 618 0.17
Z09-40 Noche Buena 91.50 95.55 4.05 116 0.09
Z09-40 "Other Vein" 72.80 77.00 4.20 186 0.11
Z09-41 Noche Buena 101.91 105.44 3.53 154 0.16
Including: 102.68 103.75 1.07 360 0.29
Z09-41 "Other Vein" 87.25 94.55 7.30 318 0.21
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SECTION 1450N
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Z09-42 Noche Buena 68.90 72.90 4.00 124 0.08
Z09-42 "Other Vein" 43.26 44.57 1.31 215 0.13
Z09-43 Noche Buena 74.46 77.43 2.97 240 0.08
Z09-43 "Other Vein" 46.23 49.50 3.27 1,078 0.48
Including: 48.55 49.50 0.95 2,460 0.99
Z09-43 "Other Vein" 86.32 91.87 5.55 132 0.10
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The "Other Vein" intersections listed in the table are various veins
intersected above and below the main Noche Buena Vein.
It is likely
that with more detailed production drilling some of these "Other Veins"
may contribute additional production tonnages to the Noche Buena Mine
operation.
Two additional holes drilled on Section 1500N returned low
assays; however, in a large old production size former mine working
located 100 meters north of Section 1500N, a continuation of the Noche
Buena Vein was encountered with elevated silver values.
Further
drilling is planned on the Noche Buena Vein which has been traced
through prospecting for an additional four kilometers to the south.
No
detailed field work has of yet been undertaken to determine its
northern extent.
A long section with all drill results to date for the
Noche Buena Zone will be posted on the company website at
www.IMPACTSilver.com.
NOCHE BUENA PRODUCTION PLANS
IMPACT recently announced a positive production decision at the Noche
Buena Vein System with initial commercial production expected in April
2010, subject to timely receipt of permits.
Initial production is
planned at 100 tonnes per day, to be increased incrementally.
IMPACTs
operating processing plant at Guadalupe, located a short hauling
distance away, is being upgraded through a modest capital expenditure
to accommodate the additional Noche Buena throughput.
The Noche Buena Project will be the third new mine that has been taken
from discovery to production by the technical team since 2004.
From
the time first assays were received from the discovery drill hole
(January 2009) to projected commercial production (April, 2010),
approximately 15 months will have elapsed.
This ability to fast track
new mines into production is a cornerstone of IMPACTs plans to rapidly
grow silver production in the Zacualpan-Mamatla Districts.
Brian Hall, P.
Geo., Wojtek Jakubowski, P.
Geo.
and Nigel Hulme, P.
Geo., Qualified Persons under the meaning of Canadian National
Instrument 43 101, are responsible for the technical content of 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 Royal Mines of Zacualpan, the adjacent
200-square-kilometer advanced Mamatla Mineral District and a portfolio
of projects with an option on a producing mill at Zacatecas.
On behalf of the Directors of IMPACT Silver Corp.,
"Frederick W.
Davidson"
President and Chief Executive Officer
For further information, please contact:
Darrell Rader, Corporate Development
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this news release.