- Published: 27 January 2015
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Gold Resource Corporation Intercepts Multiple High Grade Parallel Veins at Switchback Including 1.71 Meters Of 13.45 G/T Gold, 860 G/T Silver, 1.81% Copper, 3.52% Lead And 7.18% Zinc
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO January 27, 2015 / Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE MKT: GORO) (the "Company") today provided an update with new Switchback drill highlights at its El Aguila Project in Mexico. Gold Resource Corporation is a gold and silver producer with operations in Oaxaca, Mexico and exploration in Nevada, USA. The Company has returned over $102 million to shareholders in monthly dividends since commercial production July 1, 2010, and offers shareholders the option to convert their cash dividends into physical gold and silver and take delivery.
Highlights of the latest round of Switchback drill results include Hole 414067, which returned 6.12 meters grading 5.53 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 76 g/t silver, 0.15% copper, 0.41% lead and 4.15% zinc. Hole 414067 also intercepted a second vein returning 19.34 meters grading 2.56 g/t gold, 129 g/t silver, 0.62% copper, 1.28% lead and 3.84% zinc; including 1.71 meters grading 13.45 g/t gold, 860 g/t silver, 1.81% copper, 3.52% lead and 7.18% zinc (see table below).
Hole 514057 intercepted three separate Switchback veins. The first vein returned 2.60 meters grading 0.17 g/t gold, 119 g/t silver, 0.04% copper, 1.34% lead and 6.23% zinc; the second vein returned 1.96 meters grading 1.21 g/t gold, 133 g/t silver, 0.41% copper, 2.25% lead and 8.24% zinc; while the third vein returned 3.15 meters grading 0.44% gold, 234 g/t silver, 0.86% copper, 0.99% lead and 3.24% zinc (see table below).
Four additional drill holes are reported from the latest results in the table below, all of which intercepted polymetallic mineralization containing gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc. Each reported drill intercept contains significant percentages of zinc, ranging from 2.97% to 21.30%. Base metals have the potential to off-set precious metal production costs by creating by-product credits when sold to the Company's concentrate purchaser. The table also includes previously released Switchback drill results from 2014 and 2013.
The Switchback discovery, announced in June 2013, is located on the Company's El Aguila Project approximately 500 meters northeast of the Company's producing La Arista polymetallic (gold, silver, and base metals) underground mine (see maps below). The Company made a decision mid-2014 to drift approximately 250 meters towards the Switchback mineralization to shorten the drill distance to the mineralized area and to provide the drill better angles to intercept the veins. This latest round of drilling focused on infill drilling the previously defined 450 meter strike by 450 meter depth mineralized horizon.
Mr. Barry Devlin, Vice President of Exploration, stated, "It is exciting to see continued high-grade polymetallic intercepts at Switchback. This latest round of infill drilling continues to define multiple meters of both precious and base metals within multiple parallel vein structures. Our immediate plan is to continue infill drilling at Switchback to further delineate these vein structures with a goal of moving Switchback to a near term development decision."
"These multiple high-grade vein intercepts at Switchback are reminiscent of early drill results at the Company's currently producing Arista deposit," observed Gold Resource Corporation's CEO and President, Mr. Jason Reid. "The latest Switchback results confirm multiple en echelon high-grade polymetallic veins similar to those being mined 500 meters away at our Arista deposit. We not only look forward to additional Switchback drill results, but towards a future Switchback production decision. We believe the Switchback discovery, coupled with our Arista deposit, speaks to the growing potential of our high-grade epithermal vein system."
About GRC:
Gold Resource Corporation is a mining company focused on production and pursuing development of gold and silver projects that feature low operating costs and produce high returns on capital. The Company has 100% interest in six potential high-grade gold and silver properties at its producing Oaxaca, Mexico Mining Unit and exploration properties at its Nevada, USA, Mining Unit. The Company has 54,179,369 shares outstanding and no warrants. Gold Resource Corporation offers shareholders the option to convert their cash dividends into physical gold and silver and take delivery. For more information, please visit GRC's website, located at www.Goldresourcecorp.com and read the Company's 10-K for an understanding of the risk factors involved.
Cautionary Statements:
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CONTACTS:
Corporate Development
Greg Patterson
303-320-7708
www.Goldresourcecorp.com
