Orex Minerals Reports High-grade Silver at Sandra Escobar Project

Orex Minerals Inc. (TSXV:REX) released assay results from an additional five diamond drill holes completed at the Mexico-based Sandra Escobar project. The company is advancing the project via an option agreement with Canasil Resources Inc. (TSXV:CLZ).
As quoted in the press release:

Hole SA-16-006 yielded 37 metres core length (33.50 metres true thickness) grading 328 g/t silver, starting 10 metres below surface. Within this is a sub-interval of 14.00 metres (12.68 metres true thickness) grading 596 g/t silver. Hole SA-16-006 is located 350 metres east of previously released hole SA-15-001 (see news release dated 25 January 2016).
Also in this set is hole SA-15-002, which yielded 51.00 metres core length (45.00 metres true thickness) grading 218 g/t silver from surface. Within this is a sub interval of 17.00 metres (15.00 metres true thickness) grading 404 g/t silver.

Gary Cope, president of Orex, commented:

The high-grade silver and thick drilling intercepts continue across the target area. Still to come are the results for 11 more holes from the Phase-I drilling program. All of holes drilled to date have hit the strataform host rock unit. Results will be released over the next several weeks.

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