A drill rig at Hycroft Mining’s namesake project in Nevada. Credit: Hycroft Mining
The Northern Miner’s latest Drill Down features highlights of the top 20 silver assays of the year to June 30. Drill holes are ranked by silver grade times width.
Drilling in three far-flung parts of the world has returned the best silver assays.
Hycroft Mining (Nasdaq: HYMC) topped the results from its namesake past-producing site in Nevada. Aftermath Silver (TSX: SSRM) was second with results from its resource-stage Berenguela project in Peru. Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA) was third with results from its producing Zgounder mine in Morocco.
Hycroft Mining
Hole H24D-6018 at Hycroft’s site cut 21.2 metres grading 2,359 grams silver per tonne from 306.6 metres depth, for a grade times width value of 50,025, the company reported on Jan. 14.
The intersection, which pierced the Brimstone zone, was the best hole…
