Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Metalsource Mining (CSE: MSM) Locks Up More Ground At America's First Silver Mine District


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(MENAFN- Investor Ideas) newswire) Investorideas, a leader in mining investing news and home of theExploring Mining Podcast, issues a news and trading alert for Metalsource Mining Inc. (CSE: MSM ) (OTCQB: MSMMF) (FSE: E9Z).

Investorideas - Spot silver is trading above $61 US as Metalsource Mining Inc. (CSE: MSM ) (OTCQB: MSMMF) (FSE: E9Z) announces Silver Hill Expansion.

Metalsource Land package increases to approximately 1,300 acres, securing new prospective ground along strike and down dip of known mineralization while the Company advances plans to accelerate exploration through increased drilling capacity.

Metalsource Mining Inc. (CSE: MSM | OTCQB: MSMMF | Frankfurt: E9Z) announced the strategic expansion of its Silver Hill land package through the execution of option agreements covering three additional properties totaling approximately 141 acres. The acquisitions increase the Company's consolidated land position to approximately 1,300 acres and secures prospective areas interpreted to be along strike and down dip of known mineralization. The transactions represent another important step in Metalsource's strategy to systematically expand the Silver Hill district as ongoing drilling, geophysics and geological interpretation continue to strengthen management's understanding of the broader exploration opportunity.

Management will continue evaluating strategic land acquisition opportunities that align with its evolving geological model, strengthening the Company's ability to systematically explore and unlock the broader potential of Silver Hill.

Highlights
    Land position expanded to approximately 1,300 acres through option agreements covering three additional properties. Newly acquired ground is interpreted to be along strike and down dip of known mineralization and part of the evolving Silver Hill geological model. Expansion supports the Company's objective of evaluating the broader district scale potential beyond the historic mine footprint. Exploration continues across Silver Hill with multiple assays pending while management advances plans to increase drilling capacity.
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Joe Cullen, CEO of Metalsource Mining, commented:

What's Next
    Multiple assays pending from the current drill campaign, with results expected to continue advancing the Company's understanding of the Silver Hill system. Increasing drilling capacity as management advances plans to secure an additional drill rig to accelerate testing of both known mineralization and newly identified exploration targets. Testing the broader district through continued integration of drilling, IP geophysics and geological interpretation to prioritize additional targets beyond the historic mine footprint. Continuing strategic growth through evaluation of additional land opportunities that complement the Company's evolving district scale exploration strategy.
Why This Matters to Investors

The expansion of the Silver Hill land package reflects management's growing confidence in the broader exploration potential of the district. As drilling, geological interpretation and property scale geophysical surveys continue to refine the Company's understanding of the system, Metalsource is strategically securing prospective ground that may host mineralization and additional high priority exploration targets.

The newly acquired properties are expected to play an important role in the next phase of exploration. While the current drill program continues to systematically expand the known Silver Hill deposit, these acquisitions position the Company to evaluate a growing pipeline of prospective targets across the broader district as additional drilling capacity comes online.

With multiple drill holes pending, plans to accelerate exploration and an expanding portfolio of high priority targets, Metalsource believes it is transitioning from exploring a historic mine to systematically unlocking the broader district scale potential of one of America's most historically significant polymetallic mining camps.

Qualified Person

All scientific and technical information has been reviewed and approved by Darcy Vis, B.Sc., P.Geo., President of Tripoint Geological Services Ltd., a contractor of the Company, and a Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument ("NI") 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.

Silver Hill Project

Located in the Carolina Terrane, the property is underlain by volcaniclastic and volcano-sedimentary rocks predominantly of Neoproterozoic and Cambrian age. Current interpretations suggest this terrane is an extension of the Avalon Terrane. The property is 1,225 acres located in Davidson County, North Carolina. As the first significant discovery and first silver-producing mine in America, the property is supported by an extensive historic dataset, including drillhole data, underground mapping, historic dumps and underground chip samples. Currently known mineralization extends to 550m from surface, in a steeply trending series of lenses, which remain open in multiple directions.

Byrd-Pilot Mountain Project

The Byrd-Pilot Mountain Project is located in central North Carolina within the Carolina Terrane. Initial USGS surveys in the 1980s identified the area as a potential host for a porphyry gold-copper system. Subsequent exploration demonstrated broad gold mineralization in soils, trenches, and shallow RC drilling, coincident with strong self-potential anomalies. Geology shows intense quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration, high-sulfidation signatures, and high-alumina minerals (like Haile and Brewer deposits to the south), suggesting potential for a large epithermal or porphyry-related gold system. Geologic modelling of currently identified mineralization indicates an east-west trend open in multiple directions, with oxidation noted down to a depth of 30m. No drilling has tested the Meridian discovery zone since those 1980s campaigns, leaving potential for significant resource expansion through work commitments of the agreement.

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