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Silver and copper found in paused South32/Silver Bull drilling

Results from a paused initial drilling programme under South32’s option agreement at Silver Bull Resources’ (TSXV: SVB) Sierra Mojada project in Mexico have provided “valuable knowledge” for future work, the junior said.

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 Previous drilling at Silver Bull Resources’ Sierra Mojada project in Mexico

Previous drilling at Silver Bull Resources’ Sierra Mojada project in Mexico

Highlights from the first 11 holes included 2.25m at 198g/t silver and 1.66% copper, within 17.1m of oxide mineralisation grading 120g/t silver and 0.43% copper from 135.2m.

Silver Bull temporarily suspended all work at the project a week ago due to an "illegal blockade" linked to a long-running legal battle over royalties over part of the deposit and wage claims.
 
President and CEO Tim Barry said on Friday the drilling programme remained paused due to the blockade but the results were "invaluable" for targeting additional holes going forward.

The initial 8,000m drilling programme had been increased to 12,000m and was targeting four historical mining areas at the property, three of which had never previously been drilled.

Sierra Mojada has a global resource containing 5.35 billion pounds of zinc and 87.4 million ounces of silver.

South32 (ASX: S32) has a US$100 million option to joint venture agreement over Sierra Mojada, struck in June 2018, with a minimum $10 million to be spent on exploration during the four-year option period.

Silver Bull had about $1.9 million in cash and equivalents at August 31.

Its shares touched a 52-week low of C7.5c on Friday and closed at 9c to capitalise it at $21.3 million (US$16 million).

South32 shares are also trading near a 52-week low, about A$2.41 in morning trade capitalising it about $12 billion (US$8 billion).

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