Workers at First Majestic’s Santa Elena mine. Credit: First Majestic.
First Majestic Silver (TSX, NYSE: AG) expanded the high-grade mineralization of its Navidad deposit in northwestern Mexico as it announced a second gold-silver discovery in a year in the Santo Niño vein at the nearby Santa Elena mine. Shares rose.
Drillhole EWUG-25-050 at Navidad cut 6.8 metres grading 14.8 grams gold per tonne and 642 grams silver from about 703 metres downhole, Vancouver-based First Majestic said Wednesday. That hole included 5.9 metres at 11.1 grams gold and 215 grams silver from a depth of 569 metres. The project is about 150 km northeast of Hermosillo, the capital of the State of Sonora.
“In our view, the higher-than-expected grades results obtained in the resource conversion drilling program supports the case and potential for mine life extension and production scalability,” Scotia Capital mining analyst…
