Metalsource Starts Follow-up Drilling at Silver Hill to Test High-Grade Lead-Zinc Polymetallic Extensions

Published: Aug 11, 2026 09:13

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Metalsource Mining has started a new drilling phase at its Silver Hill Project in North Carolina, targeting strike and down-plunge extensions of polymetallic mineralisation intersected in Hole SH26-07. The hole previously returned 12.62m grading 3,786g/t silver equivalent, including 6.95m at 6,730g/t silver equivalent and 2.74m at 16,604g/t silver equivalent; the latter interval included 209.1g/t gold. The company said the results also showed notable silver, lead and zinc concentrations.

New drill platforms west of the current drilling area will test the interpreted deep extension of the polymetallic system and mineralisation along strike and at depth. Drilling will also shift temporarily to the eastern area to test the up-dip extension of gold-rich mineralisation between SH26-07, SH26-05 and SH25-02. Metalsource is working toward a first mineral resource estimate planned for early 2027, while stressing that the current data are preliminary, insufficient to define a mineral resource, and subject to further drilling and pending analytical results.

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