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Mining Project

Cerro León - Joaquin

Address
Santa Cruz
Stage
Advanced exploration
Minerals
Lead · Silver · Gold · Zinc
Employment
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Cerro León - Joaquin

General Information

Address
Santa Cruz

Description

• Cerro León includes the Pingüino, Conserrat and Sierra Blanca veins districts - 100% Unico Silver. It is located 130 km northwest of the port city of San Julián and is centered on the same geological trend that hosts the Cerro Vanguardia mine.
• The Pingüino prospect is made up of six targets to drill (Tranquilo, Karina, CSS, Marta NW, Ivonne Sur, and Marta Sur).
• Conserrat consists of high-grade veins adjacent to the Cerro Vanguardia mine.
• A drilling plan started at Cerro León in November 2024, which will extend until a total of 10,000 meters of Reverse Circulation and Diamond drilling is completed.
• Next steps: Increase Cerro León’s mineral resources to >150 Moz of silver equivalent.
• Next steps for Joaquin: Upon completion of the Cerro León drilling program, it is planned to continue with a program of 7,000 to 10,000 meters of Diamond drilling at the Pingüino project. The company is currently updating the respective IIA for Joaquin and Cerro Puntudo.

Resources & Reserves

  • 16.46 Mt at 172 g/t Silver Eq (77 g/t Silver, 0.65 g/t Gold, 0.84% Zinc + 0.57% Lead) for 92 Moz Silver Equivalent (Indicated and Inferred Resources
  • Joaquín: : 16,7 Mt at 136 g/t Silver equiv (126 g/t Silver, 0,12 g/t Gold) for 73.4 Moz Silver Equivalent (Measured, Indicated and Inferred Resources)

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Investor

  • UNICO SILVER100%