Program Commencement At The Selena CRD Project
VANCOUVER - Ridgeline Minerals Corp. announced the commencement of the Company's diamond core drill program at the Selena project. Selena is host to a silver (Ag) - gold (Au) - lead (Pb) - zinc (Zn) carbonate replacement (CRD) style discovery located in White Pine County, Nevada.
The drill program has been designed to follow-up on bonanza grade CRD intercepts drilled at the Chinchilla zone in 2022, with highlights including 6.1 meters (m) grading 480 grams per tonne (g/t) Ag, 12.0% Pb, 6.4% Zn, and 0.1 g/t Au in SE22-045 and 0.5 m grading 1,793 g/t Ag, 2.2% tungsten (W) and 0.5% copper (Cu) in SE22-039. The program will complete up to six (6) core holes for a total of 3,000 m with results to be released as they are received.
Mike Harp, Vice President, Exploration, said, "Last year's program delivered the best intercepts in the project's history. It also confirmed our theory that core drilling would significantly upgrade historical reverse circulation assay results, indicating substantial upside as we convert historically drilled RC intercepts to core. Our 2023 program will build off that success and focus on expanding the high-grade mineralization at two known "chimney" or feeder structures that make up the core of the Chinchilla Zone. We will also drill the lower half of the Guilmette Limestone host rocks, which we believe have potential to host multiple stacked CRD horizons adjacent to known chimney structures."
Selena is located in White Pine County, Nevada, approximately 64 kilometers ("km") north of the town of Ely, NV.