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Silver Elephant Mined and Delivered 22,669 tonnes at Paca Grading 193 g/t Silver for August 2024

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (TSX: ELEF) (OTCQB: SILEF) (FSE: 1P2) announces in August 2024, the Company mined a total of 22,669 tonnes of Paca Silver Project oxide materials (731 tonnes per day) with an average grade of 193 g/t silver and trucked the Products to Andean Precious Metals Corp. in Potosi department in Bolivia.

 

August production was slowed compared to July Production due to a brief Bolivian national labour strike and planned overburden removal. The Company has mined and shipped 176,803 tonnes of silver-bearing oxide materials grading 180 g/t silver, which is 965,531 oz of silver based on reported government tax records, with no lost time incidents since Paca’s operation began in October 2023.

 

In addition to the Paca oxide operation, Silver Elephant initiated the Paca phase one sulphide operation in August (refer to the Company’s news release dated July 8, 2024). The Company expects revenue generation from the sulphide operation by year end of 2024.

 

 

Paca Production by Month
Month Tonnes Grade g/t
Oct-23 4,501 243
Nov-23 7,264 156
Dec-23 19,074 145
Jan-24 4,283 146
Mar-24 15,809 182
Apr-24 20,894 195
May-24 25.992 180
Jun-24 29,280 175
July-24 27,039 185
Aug -24 22,669 193
Total 176,803 180

 

 

Pursuant to the sales and purchase agreement and master services agreement detailed in the news release dated September 12, 2023, Silver Elephant plans to sell and deliver up to 800,000 tonnes of Paca oxide materials to Andean for a total of between US$5 million and US$7 million depending on the silver price. At the current silver price and production run rate, the Company expects to receive US$2.5 million before January 31, 2025. In addition, Andean has also agreed to reimburse Silver Elephant for operating expenses under the sales and purchase agreement.

 

The Paca project hosts a high grade silver resource according to a technical report by Mercator Geological Services, dated effective October 13, 2020 titled “Mineral Resource Estimate Technical Report for the Pulacayo Project, Potosi Department Antonnio Quijarro Province Bolivia”. The mineral resource estimate from the Technical Report is as follows:

 

Paca Zone Category Tonnes Ag g/t Ag Moz Zn% Pb %
Phase 1 Oxide In Pit Indicated 800,000 231 5.9
Inferred 235,000 159 1.2
Phase 2 Sulfide In Pit Indicated 1,810,000 256 14.9 1.22 1.22
Inferred 190,000 338 2.1 0.61 0.98

 

 

Oxide resources are based on a Pit-constrained estimate using a 90 g/t Ag cutoff. Sulfide resources are based on a pit-constrained estimate using a 200 g/t Ag Eq cutoff. Ag Eq = Silver Equivalent (Recovered) = (Ag g/t*89.2%) +((Pb%*(US$0.95/lb. Pb/14.583 Troy oz./lb./US$17 per Troy oz. Ag) *(10,000*91.9%)) +((Zn%*(US$1.16/lb. Zn/14.583 Troy oz./lb./US$17 per Troy oz. Ag) *(10,000*82.9%)). Sulphide zone metal recoveries of 89.2% for Ag, 91.9% for Pb, and 82.9% for Zn were used in the Silver Equivalent (Recovered) equation and reflect metallurgical testing results disclosed previously for the Pulacayo Deposit. Matthew Harrington P. Geo. is the independent Qualified Person for the resource estimate.

 

The Technical Report was filed on October 26, 2020 and is available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. This news release includes an estimate of mineral resources as disclosed in the Technical Report. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.

 

About Pulacayo-Paca

 

The Paca project is part of the Company’s Pulacayo project with a total indicated resource of 106.7 million oz silver, 1.4 billion pounds of zinc and 690 million pounds of lead published in the Technical Report and tabulated below. Silver Elephant and its subsidiaries have spent over $35 million on Pulacayo and Paca, which is considered to be an advanced project with over 96,000 meters of drilling, and a historic feasibility study.

 

 

Combined Pulacayo and Paca Indicated Mineral Resources
Tonnes Ag g/t Pb % Zn %
Oxide 2,185,000 155
Sulfide 45,855,000 65 0.69 1.37

 

 

Combined Indicated Mineral Resources includes Pulacayo pit-constrained and out-of-pit plus only Paca pit-constrained resources. Oxide resources use a 50 g/t Ag cutoff. Sulfide resources use a 100 g/t Ag Eq cutoff. Ag Eq = Silver Equivalent (Recovered) = (Ag g/t*89.2%)+((Pb%*(US$0.95/lb. Pb/14.583 Troyoz./lb./ US$17 per Troy oz. Ag)*(10,000*91.9%))+((Zn%*(US$1.16/lb. Zn/14.583 Troy oz./lb./US$17 per Troy oz. Ag)*(10,000*82.9%)). Sulphide zone metal recoveries of 89.2% for Ag, 91.9% for Pb, and 82.9% for Zn were used in the Silver Equivalent (Recovered) equation and reflect metallurgical testing results disclosed previously for the Pulacayo Deposit. Matthew Harrington P. Geo. is the independent Qualified Person for the resource estimate.

 

A subsidiary of Silver Elephant entered into a Mining Production Contract with Corporación Minera de Bolivia, a branch of the Bolivian Ministry of Mining and Metallurgy on October 3, 2019. The MPC grants the Company’s subsidiary an exclusive right to develop and mine at the Pulacayo and Paca concessions for up to 30 years.

 

The Pulacayo Project is at the center of a major silver mining district in Bolivia and is within 250 km driving distance to the San Cristobal mine, the Cerro Rico mine, Pan American’s San Vicente mine, Eloro’s Iska Iska project, and New Pacific’s Silver Sands project.

 

Qualified Person

 

The technical contents of this news release have been prepared under the supervision of Carlos Zamora, who is not independent of the Company in that he is employed by it. Mr. Zamora is a qualified person as defined by the guidelines of NI 43-101.

 

About Silver Elephant Mining Corp.

 

Silver Elephant is a silver mining company, with its flagship Pulacayo-Paca silver project in production since October 2023 in Bolivia.

 

 

Posted September 19, 2024

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