Fortuna Drills High-Grade Silver At Trinidad North

Monday March 10, 2014 8:38 AM

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (TSX:FVI) drilled high-grade silver at its Trinidad North deposit, located next to its San Jose mine in Oaxaca, Mexico. Highlights include 2,762 grams per ton silver and 14.46 g/t gold over 4.2 meters, 1,503 g/t silver and 7.76 g/t gold over 6.5 meters and 1,190 g/t silver and 8.45 g/t gold over 10.2 meters, the company says. "The results of the step-out drilling at Trinidad North confirm the continuation of a very robust mineralized system with mineralization being present in two sub-parallel vein systems, Bonanza Vein and Trinidad Vein, and commonly in the form of stockwork zones between the two structures,” says Thomas I. Vehrs, vice president of exploration at Fortuna. “The mineralization remains open to the north and to depth as well as vertically above the 1,200 meter level." Drilling is currently being carried out from two underground drill stations located at the 1,300 meter level with preparations underway to advance the underground access a further 300 meters to the north to allow for further testing of the strike extension of the mineralized system, the company says.