The dry-stack tailings system at the Avino silver mine. Credit: Avino
Avino Silver & Gold Mines (TSX, NYSE-A: ASM) reported exceptionally rich-grade twin-hole assays from the La Gloria and Abundancia veins at its La Preciosa project in Durango, Mexico.
The best intercept was from hole PMLP-25-03, beginning at 106.4 metres downhole, Avino said Monday. It cut 7.9 metres true width, grading 1,638 grams silver per tonne and 1.92 grams gold. This included 0.37 metre at 15,352 grams silver. A second hole, PMLP-25-04, returned 6.42 metres true width grading 544 grams silver and 0.46 gram gold from 183.83 metres, including 0.66 metre at 1,739 grams silver.
“The intercept grades are significantly higher than the average grades outlined in our current resource,” President and CEO David Wolfin said in a news release.
The results boost company plans to source near-term underground feed as it advances the…
