Burlington, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 18, 2024) - Silver Bullet Mines Corp. (TSXV: SBMI) (OTCQB: SBMCF) ('SBMI' or 'the Company') is pleased to announce it has unexpectedly intercepted a historical mining tunnel, shaft and waste piles, during development of the Super Champ vein structure (Figure 1). There is no historical documentation on this tunnel or what was mined out of it. The Company's field team estimates this zone (the "Tunnel Zone") was mined by unknown persons at least over a century ago.
The historical adit is approximately 4 feet wide by 8 feet high and of unknown depth. It and the shaft were both intercepted under 12 feet of overburden as the Company exposed the known vein.
The discovery of extensive historical mining activities further validates SBMI's thesis for high grade silver and possibly gold production from Super Champ.
"This is a spectacular discovery," said A. John Carter, SBMI's CEO. "We already knew from prior assays this vein is richly mineralized. Finding the historical tunnel and shaft further validates that conclusion and teases what else could be here to find. Every day we are closer to revenue."
SBMI's field team reports visible silver in the Tunnel Zone. Material from this zone is close to surface and is expected to be relatively uncomplicated to extract.
SBMI took random samples from this newly intercepted potential high grade silver Tunnel Zone at the Super Champ Mine, the results of which were:
Sample 1 – 135.8 oz silver/ton (4,223.8 grams/ton)
Sample 2 – 137.0 oz silver/ton (4161.2 grams/ton)
Sample 3 – 1062.4 oz silver/ton (33,044.3 grams/ton)
Sample 4 – 1093.2 oz silver/ton (34002.3 grams/ton)
Sample 5 – 155.2 oz silver/ton (4,827.3 grams/ton)
Sample 6 – 91.6 oz silver/ton (2,849.1 grams/ton)
Sample 7 – 192.8 oz silver/ton (5,996.8 grams/ton)
Sample 8 – 178.6 oz silver/ton (5,555.1 grams/ton)
Sample 9 – 1049.0 oz/ton (32,627.5 grams/ton)
Sample 10 – 1090.0 oz/ton (32,902.8 grams/ton)
Samples 3, 4, 9 and 10 were taken directly off the width of the exposed vein. All others were bucket samples of material in the tunnel.
The Company also took random samples from the historical waste piles, which returned the following results:
Sample 1 – 77.6 oz silver/ton (2,413.6 grams/ton)
Sample 2 – 37.2 oz silver/ton (1157.0 grams/ton)
Sample 3 – 23.4 oz silver/ton (727.8 grams/ton)
Sample 4 – 11.2 oz silver/ton (348.3 grams/ton)
Sample 5 – 9.8 oz silver/ton (304.8 grams/ton)
The Company opened up the Tunnel Zone as part of the process of excavating the high grade silver vein for shipment of mineralized material to SBMI's mill in Globe, Arizona. As with every assay of the Super Champ material to date, all of the Tunnel Zone samples have been anomalous for silver (Picture 2). With the current material being processed at SBMI's mill, there is gold visible in the mill concentrates.
SBMI is continuing a detailed sampling program including further exposing the vein and taking channel, chip and grab samples to provide data as to the potential size and overall grade of the Tunnel Zone. Excavation of the Tunnel Zone is ongoing to provide details such as vein width and strike length. Depending upon the data received from that process, SBMI should take a bulk sample for processing at its proximate state of the art mill, and for a detailed analysis of grade, recovery, and concentration ratio. In management's opinion, and taking into account the gold and silver results disclosed on November 12, 2024, the Tunnel Zone has high potential of significantly increasing the overall head grade of the Super Champ material, or could be a separate high grade zone containing gold and silver.
Readers are cautioned the Tunnel Zone at the Super Champ is in early stage development and its potential is unknown at this stage. Samples are random by nature and may not be representative of the vein or this zone as a whole. Further work on the site is ongoing.
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In accordance with best practices SBMI will on a regular basis send check assays to a third party accredited lab for verification of grade and for multielement analysis.
All samples above were analyzed by SBMI at its facility near Globe, Arizona. They were processed through the Lab Jaw Crusher, Lab Hammer Mill and Splitter Box into an aliquot. Most of the pulverized aliquot was mixed with a flux and flour combination and melted in a crucible at 1,850 degree Fahrenheit, with the remainder being logged and archived. Upon cooling, the poured melt was in the form of a metal button and slag, following which a bone ash cupel was utilized to eliminate the lead in the button to form a bead. The bead was then weighed, following which a solution of 6 to 1 distilled water to nitric acid was utilized to dissolve the silver in the bead at approximately 175 degrees Fahrenheit. A much more detailed description of the process and a picture of the assay lab can be found at https://www.silverbulletmines.com/qaqcassaylab.
Mr. Robert G. Komarechka, P.Geo., an independent consultant, has reviewed and verified SBMI's work referred to herein, and is the Qualified Person for this release.
For further information, please contact:
John Carter Silver Bullet Mines Corp., CEO cartera@sympatico.ca +1 (905) 302-3843
Peter M. Clausi Silver Bullet Mines Corp., VP Capital Markets pclausi@brantcapital.ca +1 (416) 890-1232
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