Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 8, 2017) - Arizona Silver Exploration Inc. (TSXV: AZS) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling at the Ramsey Silver Project, La Paz County, Arizona.
H1 2017 Exploration Program
The Company has commenced drilling at the Ramsey Silver Project, having permitted and contracted for 2,000 meters of reverse circulation ("RC") drilling in a total ten holes for the upcoming drilling program. Eight holes in two fans of four holes each located 150 metres apart are planned to test the large coincident magnetic, VLF-EM, and IP anomaly that lies beneath alluvial cover on unpatented mining claims immediately to the north of the old Ramsey Mine workings. The northern end of the Ramsey Mine workings terminated in a fault zone, and the large coincident geophysical anomalies are interpreted to be the offset main body of the Ramsey Mine mineral system. In addition, two holes will test the southern end of the old workings, where underground assay data and core drilling completed in late 2016 indicated the silver mineral system continues down-dip and to the south of the old workings.
The drilling program is expected to take most of the month of May to complete, with assay results expected in June. Drill samples will be picked up on site by ALS Minerals personnel under strict chain of custody and transported to the ALS Minerals sample preparation facility in Tucson, Arizona, where they will be dried, crushed, split and pulverized and from whence a representative sample split of pulps will be sent to the ALS Minerals analytical facility in Vancouver, B.C. for 33 element ICP analyses.
Successful drilling results will be followed by any necessary permit amendments and continued drilling.
Greg Hahn, President and CEO and a Certified Professional Geologist (#7122) is the Qualified Person under NI43-101 responsible for preparing and reviewing the technical data contained in this press release.
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