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Equity Metals Extends High-grade Gold-Silver in the No. 3 Vein Including 4.7 metres Averaging 8.7g/t, Au 339g/t Ag, 0.7% Cu, 1.8% Pb and 7.4% Zn at the Silver Queen Project, BC

Equity Metals Corporation (TSXV: EQTY) (OTCQB: EQMEF) ("Equity") reports today new high-grade gold-silver assay results from its 2021 Phase III drill program on the Silver Queen Project, which include:

  • a 2.5 metre interval (2.0 metre est. TT) averaging 15.6g/t Au, 419g/t Ag, 0.4% Cu, 3.0% Pb and 15.7% Zn (2,320g/t AgEq or 30.9g/t AuEq) within a 5.9 metre interval (4.7 metres Est. TT) averaging 8.7g/t Au, 339g/t Ag, 0.7% Cu, 1.8% Pb and 7.4% Zn (1,396g/t AgEq or 18.6g/t AuEq) from drill hole SQ21-022; and

  • a 2.3 metre interval (1.6 metre est. TT) averaging 6.1g/t Au, 442g/t Ag, 0.3% Cu, 1.0% Pb and 4.1% Zn (1,124g/t AgEq or 15.0g/t AuEq) from drill hole SQ21-023.

Drill holes SQ21-022 and -023 tested both down-dip and lateral step-outs of the No. 3 Vein block model with drill hole SQ21-022 testing the southeastern edge of the block-model mineralization approximately 30 metres from the nearest historic drill intercept (1m of 11.3g/t AuEq or 1,019g/t AgEq in U89-7). Drill hole SQ21-023 tested a further 50 metres down dip of SQ21-022.

Multiple narrow, high-grade intercepts were also returned in drill holes SQ21-019 and -021 including:

  • a 0.5 metre interval (0.4 metre est. TT) averaging 3.6/t Au, 649g/t Ag, 2.2% Cu, 0.2% Pb and 10.2% Zn (1,516g/t AgEq or 20.2g/t AuEq) within a broader 1.9 metre interval (1.6 metre est. TT) averaging 1.5g/t Au, 194g/t Ag, 0.8% Cu, 0.1% Pb and 2.9% Zn (495g/t AgEq or 6.6g/t AuEq) from drill hole SQ21-019; and

  • a 0.6 metre interval (0.4 metre est TT) averaging 3.0g/t Au, 411g/t Ag, 2.2% Cu, 1.6% Pb and 5.7% Zn (1,112g/t AgEq or 14.8g/t AuEq) within a broader 2.6 metre interval (1.6 metres est. TT) averaging 0.9g/t Au, 98g/t Ag, 0.8% Cu, 0.4% Pb and 1.5% Zn (308g/t AgEq or 4.1g/t AuEq) from drill hole SQ21-021.

The drill holes tested the intervening area between the No. 3 and the NG-3 veins and help to confirm continuity between these two strongly mineralized structures.

These assay results represent mineralized intercepts from the first five core holes drilled as part of the 2021 Phase III drill program on the Silver Queen property, in which 13 holes were completed for a total of 4,991.3 metres. Further results are pending from eight drill holes: three additional holes that tested down dip of No. 3 Vein resource blocks, two holes that tested down-dip extensions and continuity of the modelled NG-3 Vein, and three holes that tested the Camp Vein system to depth. Results will be reported in the coming weeks.

A total of 31 drill holes for 9,983 metres have now been completed by Equity Metals on the Silver Queen property in three successive phases of exploration starting in late August 2020. Four separate target areas have been tested and thick intervals of high-grade gold, silver and base-metal mineralization have been identified in each of the Camp Vein, No. 5 Vein and No. 3 Vein systems. Assays are pending from eight additional holes, including two that are the Company's first test of extensions of the NG-3 Vein.

VP Exploration Rob Macdonald commented, "Initial returns from Phase III drilling are very encouraging with some exceptional grades of both gold and silver in step-out drilling from the No. 3 Vein, and with more assays to follow. Data compilation and targeting are ongoing, utilizing our advancing understanding of the controls on mineralization at Silver Queen to identify shallow, under-explored drill targets, such as the ESE-trending Camp - No. 5 - Switchback Vein corridor. Some of these exciting additional targets will be tested in a 2021 Phase IV exploration drilling program, which will be announced in the coming weeks."

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Figure 1: Plan Map of Phase I, II, & III Drilling on the Camp, No. 5, No. 3 and NG-3 Veins

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Figure 2: Longitudinal Section of the 2020-21 No. 3 & NG-3 Vein drilling

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Table 1: Select Drill Intercepts from 2020 Phase III Drilling on the Silver Queen Property.

Drill HoleFrom
(m)
To
(m)
Interval
(m)
ETT
(m)
Au
(g/t)
Ag
(g/t)
Cu
(%)
Pb
(%)
Zn
(%)
AuEq
(g/t)
AgEq
(g/t)
Comments
SQ21-019217.0218.91.91.61.51940.80.12.96.6495 
inc.217.8218.20.50.43.66492.20.210.220.21516 
and227.3227.70.40.40.61370.80.511.59.5713 
and273.8275.01.31.10.51230.60.31.33.7275 
SQ21-020157.7158.20.50.43.06083.20.76.018.51387 
and179.9180.30.40.32.97330.60.22.514.81109 
and363.3364.31.00.70.4100.00.12.51.813730% Dilution
inc.363.9364.30.40.30.6150.00.14.93.4255 
SQ21-021145.5148.12.61.60.9980.80.41.54.1308 
inc.147.5148.10.60.43.04112.21.65.714.81112 
and173.0173.40.40.20.51780.70.43.75.8431 
and184.0187.03.01.80.81550.20.10.43.32450.5g/t AuEq Cutoff
inc.185.5187.01.50.91.42920.20.10.45.8435 
and239.8240.20.40.21.82190.42.416.314.51085 
and301.5303.01.50.90.22361.20.20.35.1383 
SQ21-022106.5110.43.93.10.1220.30.20.71.2910.5g/t AuEq Cutoff
inc.110.1110.40.30.20.2781.10.63.54.7353 
and281.5282.00.50.42.42840.33.610.613.51015 
and291.5292.00.50.42.61180.00.54.06.4481 
and319.9325.85.94.78.73390.71.87.418.61396 
inc.322.0324.52.52.015.64190.43.015.730.92320 
and inc.324.5324.90.40.34.211091.83.23.424.41829 
SQ21-023304.5305.00.50.45.81400.00.10.48.0600 
and338.0339.01.00.70.4200.00.12.21.9139 
and345.5347.82.31.66.14420.31.04.115.01124 
inc.346.6347.50.90.614.810070.62.29.534.62598 

 

Samples were analyzed by FA/AAS for gold and 48 element ICP-MS by MS Analytical, Langley, BC. Silver (>100ppm), copper, lead and zinc (>1%) overlimits assayed by ore grade ICP-ES analysis, High silver overlimits (>1000g/t Ag) and gold overlimits (>10g/t Au) re-assayed with FA-Grav. Silver >10,000g/t re-assayed by concentrate analysis, where a FA-Grav analysis is performed in triplicate and a weighed average reported. Composites calculated using a 80g/t AgEq (1g/t AuEq) cut-off and

About Silver Queen Project

The Silver Queen Project is a premier gold-silver property with over 100 years of historic exploration and development and is located adjacent to power, roads and rail with significant mining infrastructure that was developed under previous operators Bradina JV (Bralorne Mines) and Houston Metals Corp. (a Hunt Brothers company). The property contains an historic decline into the No. 3 Vein, camp infrastructure, and a maintained Tailings Facility.

The Silver Queen Property consists of 45 mineral claims, 17 crown grants, and two surface crown grants totalling 18,852ha with no underlying royalties. Mineralization is hosted by a series of epithermal veins distributed over a 6 sq km area. Most of the existing resource is hosted by the No. 3 Vein, which is traced by drilling for approximately 1.2km and to the southeast transitions into the NG-3 Vein close to the buried Itsit copper-molybdenum porphyry.

An initial NI43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate (see Note 1 below) was detailed in a News Release issued on July 16th, 2019, and using a CDN$100 NSR cut-off, reported a resource of:

  • Indicated - 244,000ozs AuEq: 85,000ozs Au, 5.2Mozs Ag, 5Mlbs Cu, 17Mlbs Pb and 114Mlbs Zn; and

  • Inferred - 193,000ozs AuEq: 64,000ozs Au, 4.7Mozs Ag, 5Mlbs Cu, 16Mlbs Pb and 92Mlbs Zn.

More than 20 different vein structures have been identified on the property, forming an extensive network of zoned Cretaceous- to Tertiary-age epithermal veins. The property remains largely under explored.

About Equity Metals Corporation

Equity Metals Corporation is a Manex Resource Group Company. Manex provides exploration, administration, and corporate development services for Equity Metals' two major mineral properties, the Silver Queen Au-Ag-Zn-Cu project, located in central B.C., and the Monument Diamond project, located in Lac De Gras, NWT.

The Company owns 100% interest, with no underlying royalty, in the Silver Queen project, located along the Skeena Arch in the Omineca Mining Division, British Columbia. The property hosts high-grade, precious- and base-metal veins related to a buried porphyry system, which has been only partially delineated. The Company also has a controlling JV interest in the Monument Diamond project, NWT, strategically located in the Lac De Gras district within 40 km of both the Ekati and Diavik diamond mines. The project owners are Equity Metals Corporation (57.49%), Chris and Jeanne Jennings (22.11%); and Archon Minerals Ltd. (20.4%). Equity Metals is the operator of the project.

The Company also has royalty and working interests in other Canadian properties, which are being evaluated further to determine their value to the Company.

  1. The 2019 Silver Queen Resource Estimate was prepared following CIM definitions for classification of Mineral Resources and identified at a CDN$100/NSR cut-off, an indicated resource of 815Kt averaging 3.2g/t Au, 201g/t Ag, 1.0% Pb, 6.4% Zn and 0.26% Cu and an inferred resource of 801Kt averaging 2.5g/t Au, 184g/t Ag, 0.9% Pb, 5.2% Zn and 0.31% Cu. Grade capping on Ag and Zn was performed on 0.75m to 1.24m length composites. Au, Cu and Pb required no capping. ID3 was utilized for grade interpolation for Au and Ag while ID2 was utilized for Cu, Pb and Zn. Grade blocks were interpreted within constraining mineralized domains using and array of 3m x 1m x 3m blocks in the model. A bulk density of 3.56 t/m³ was used for all tonnage calculations. Approximate US$ two-year trailing average metal prices as follows were used: Au $1,300/oz, Ag $17/oz, Cu $3/lb, Pb $1.05/lb and Zn $1.35/lb with an exchange rate of US$0.77=C$1.00.

    The C$100/tonne NSR cut-off grade value for the underground Mineral Resource was derived from mining costs of C$70/t, with process costs of C$20/t and G&A of C$10/t. Process recoveries used were Au 79%, Ag 80%, Cu 81%, Pb 75% and Zn 94%. AuEq and AgEq are based on the formula: NSR (CDN) = (Cu% * $57.58) + (Pb% * $19.16) + (Zn% * $30.88) +(Au g/t * $39.40) + (Ag g/t * $0.44) - $78.76.

    Mineral Resources are not Mineral Reserves, do not have demonstrated economic viability and may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues. Inferred Mineral Resources have a lower level of confidence than Indicated Mineral Resources and may not be converted to a Mineral Reserve but may be upgraded to an Indicated Mineral Resource with continued exploration. The Mineral Resources were estimated using the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves, Definitions and Guidelines.

    The Mineral Resource Estimate was prepared by Eugene Puritch, P.Eng., FEC, CET and Yungang Wu, P.Geo., of P&E Mining Consultants Inc. ("P&E") of Brampton, Ontario, Independent Qualified Persons ("QP"), as defined by National Instrument 43-101. P&E Mining suggests that an underground mining scenario is appropriate for the project at this stage and has recommended a CDN$100/tonne NSR cut-off value for the base-case resource estimate.

Robert Macdonald, MSc. P.Geo, is VP Exploration of Equity Metals Corporation and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. He is responsible for the supervision of the exploration on the Silver Queen project and for the preparation of the technical information in this disclosure.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

"Joseph Anthony Kizis, Jr."

Joseph Anthony Kizis, Jr., P.Geo
President, Director, Equity Metals Corporation

For further information, visit the website at https://www.equitymetalscorporation.com; or contact us at 604.641.2759 or by email at ir@mnxltd.com.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements address future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward looking statements include the timing and receipt of government and regulatory approvals, and continued availability of capital and financing and general economic, market or business conditions. Equity Metals Corporation does not assume any obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable law.

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