Drilling at Aftermath Silver’s Berenguela deposit in Peru. Credit: Aftermath Silver
Canadian explorer Aftermath Silver (TSXV: AAG) said drilling at its Berenguela silver-copper-manganese deposit in Peru intersected shallow mineralization, paving the way for an updated resource estimate.
Hole AFD129 cut 12.35 metres of 302 grams per tonne silver, 0.66% copper and 10.64% manganese from 2.4 metres downhole, Aftermath said Monday in a statement as it disclosed 16 assays.
Hole AFD130, meanwhile, intercepted 35.55 metres of 322 grams silver, 0.58% copper and 6.88% manganese from surface. This included 7.1 metres at 1,174 grams silver, 0.8% copper and 11.14% manganese from 24.4 metres downhole.
Vancouver-based Aftermath is in the second stage of an 82-hole, 5,200-metre program of diamond core drilling at Berenguela. Assay results for the final 11 holes will be released shortly, the company…
