Tocvan Ventures was the sole company to present results from drilling campaigns in Mexico during the week.

The company released results from reverse circulation drilling (RC) at its 100% controlled  Gran Pilar project in Sonora, adjacent to the Pilar project held in conjunction with Colibri Resources. Tocvan highlights the “broadest silver zone ever intersected at Gran Pilar” on its news release. Notoriously anomalous values in copper (6 m @ 0.29% Cu) were found above a mining void, and of lead (up to 0.12%) and zinc (up to 0.15%) below it, but these were not included in the new release’s assays table.

According to the company, “The results suggest a structurally controlled epithermal system with disseminated and vein-hosted gold and silver. The variation in grade and width across holes indicates potential for both bulk-tonnage and high-grade vein targets”. Tocvan also states that “The results are consistent with a low-sulfidation epithermal gold-silver system…”. Without having been to the property, it seems that the Pilar and Gran Pilar mineralization described on previous press releases and on this one have a better fit with an intermediate to low sulfidation epithermal system distal to a porphyry copper center. Alternatively, it could be that a low sulfidation system is superimposed on an intermediate sulfidation system distal to a porphyry center.

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