Excellon Doubles Ground Position at Silver City
TORONTO, March 15, 2021 /CNW/ - Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX: EXN), (TSX: EXN.WT); (NYSE: EXN); (FRA: E4X2) ("Excellon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the expansion of the Silver City Project in Saxony, Germany.
Highlights
- Silver City Project more than doubled to 34,150 hectares with the addition of the Frauenstein Mohorn and Oederan exploration licenses
- Historical records document centuries of high-grade silver production to shallow depths, with recent confirmation samples assaying multi-kilo silver and significant gold
- Excellon continues to be a first mover on silver exploration in Saxony, with an unparalleled ground position covering historical high-grade silver mines on an epithermal silver belt that has never seen modern exploration for precious metals
"Over the past year, Saxony has become an important jurisdiction for Excellon," stated Ben Pullinger, SVP Geology & Corporate Development. "We permitted the first drilling program for precious metals in modern times on the Bräunsdorf license, smoothly initiated the program, struck a major epithermal silver system over 12 kilometres, confirmed high-grade silver species and discovered high-grade silver veins. Based on our ongoing review of historical archives, we have added new licenses that cover additional areas of historical high-grade silver production with no modern exploration."
The three exploration licenses added to the Silver City Project are as follows:
Frauenstein (5,700 hectares)
Silver mining in this area has been documented as early as the 13th century. Records indicate significant production of silver ranging from the early 1700s until closure in 1884. Operations seldom exceeded 50 metres below surface. Recent analysis conducted by the MSAG (Mineral Systems Analysis Group, TU Freiberg and Helmholtz Institute Freiberg) confirmed silver grades up to multiple kilograms per tonne and significant gold values.
Mohorn (5,700 hectares)
Production of silver on the Mohorn license dates back to the early 1700s with records indicating high grade silver production at up to 3,400 g/t Ag from 1770 to 1883, when the Erzengel Michael mine, the largest historical mine on the license, ceased production. Geophysical surveys conducted in the 1950s confirmed the continuity of these veins along strike and documented workings terminate at 150 metres below surface. Primary mining of lead and zinc continued until 1969 at Halsbrucke, with mining reaching up to 559 metres below surface and historical mineral reserves remaining at depth.
Oederan (6,300 hectares)
The Oederan license extends the Bräunsdorf trend southward and encompasses numerous poorly documented historical mines dating back to medieval times, the most significant of which was Hilfe Gottes, which ceased production in 1855.
The Silver City District was mined for high-grade silver from the 11th until the late 19th century, when Germany left the silver standard in 1873 and the gold:silver ratio collapsed. Records from the project indicate high-grade silver production over substantial widths throughout the district. Excellon has embarked on the first modern day exploration program focused on precious metals, with high-grade silver intersections from the initial holes of the first program on the Bräunsdorf license including:
- 1,043 g/t silver equivalent ("AgEq") over 1.3 metres (954 g/t Ag, 0.1 g/t Au, 0.7% Pb and 2.0% Zn) at Grauer Wolf; and
- 1,042 g/t AgEq over 0.45 metres (911 g/t Ag, 0.4 g/t Au, 2.8% Pb and 0.9% Zn) at Peter Vein.
The Frauenstein, Mohorn and Oederan exploration licenses were granted to the Company following applications to the Sächsisches Oberbergamt (Saxon Mining Authority). Excellon also holds an option to acquire a 100% interest in the Bräunsdorf license on the Silver City Project from Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. (TSX: GMX) (OTCQX: GLBXF) and (FRA: G1MN).
Qualified Person
Mr. Ben Pullinger, P.Geo., Senior Vice President Geology & Corporate Development, has acted as the Qualified Person, as defined in NI 43-101, with respect to the disclosure of the scientific and technical information contained in this press release.
Filing of Q4 and 2020 Financial Results
The Company expects to announce financial results for the three- and 12-month periods ending December 31, 2020 prior to market open on March 17, 2021.
About Excellon
Excellon's vision is to create wealth by realizing strategic opportunities through discipline and innovation for the benefit of our employees, communities and shareholders. The Company is advancing a precious metals growth pipeline that includes: Platosa, Mexico's highest-grade silver mine since production commenced in 2005; Kilgore, a high quality gold development project in Idaho with strong economics and significant growth and discovery potential; and an option on Silver City, a high-grade epithermal silver district in Saxony, Germany with 750 years of mining history and no modern exploration. The Company also aims to continue capitalizing on current market conditions by acquiring undervalued projects.
Additional details on Excellon's properties are available at www.excellonresources.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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SOURCE Excellon Resources Inc.
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