Metalline Mining Company
   News Release: For immediate release March 24, 1999

 

Additional Drill Results Sierra Mojada Project

 

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho - Metalline Mining Company announces the results from an additional 5 Reverse Circulation drill holes at their Sierra Mojada Project, Coahuila, Mexico.  Four holes, R997, R998, R9910 and R9911 intersected ore grade mineralization over mineable thickness.  R999 was mineralized, but did not have ore grade intersects.   The mineralization is sedimentary, bedded and near horizontal with drilling vertical and near vertical.  R997 is impressive in its very high silver with low to very low base metal values and its thickness of 15 meters (49.2 feet) that averages 767 grams (24.7 ounces) silver, including 1 meter (3.3 feet) of 6572 grams (211.3 ounces).

 

Hole Id

From

To

Silver

Silver

Copper

Zinc

Lead

 

meters

meters

grams/mt

oz./mt

%

%

%

R997

91

92

1475

47.4

<.01

2.10

0.32

R997

92

93

6572

211.3

<.01

1.12

0.62

R997

93

94

348

11.2

<.01

0.56

0.21

R997

94

95

757

24.3

<.01

0.81

0.21

R997

95

96

462

14.9

<.01

0.87

0.18

R997

96

97

178

5.7

<.01

0.14

0.03

R997

97

98

502

16.1

<.01

0.10

0.02

R997

98

99

183

5.9

<.01

0.12

0.03

R997

99

100

130

4.2

<.01

0.11

0.01

R997

100

101

69

2.2

<.01

0.12

0.03

R997

101

102

99

3.2

<.01

0.43

0.07

R997

102

103

195

6.3

<.01

0.10

0.02

R997

103

104

77

2.5

<.01

0.11

0.03

R997

104

105

92

3.0

<.01

0.19

0.05

R997

105

106

370

11.9

<.01

0.19

0.02

Average

15 meters

767

24.7

 

0.47

0.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R998

103

104

20

0.7

0.01

5.72

0.84

R998

104

105

47

1.5

<.01

2.74

0.67

R998

105

106

142

4.5

<.01

3.17

0.86

Average

3 meters

70

2.2

 

3.88

0.79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R998

110

111

298

9.6

<.01

0.52

0.16

R998

111

112

318

10.2

<.01

0.30

0.07

Average

2 meters

308

9.9

 

0.41

0.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R9910

99

100

108

3.5

0.58

2.60

3.19

R9910

100

101

165

5.3

1.24

6.04

3.64

R9910

101

102

130

4.2

0.68

4.24

5.24

R9910

102

103

34

1.1

0.12

2.57

1.41

Average

4 meters

109

3.5

0.66

3.86

3.37

 

Hole Id

From

To

Silver

Silver

Copper

Zinc

Lead

 

meters

meters

grams/mt

oz./mt

%

%

%

R9911

149

150

45

1.4

<.01

20.60

0.07

R9911

150

151

51

1.6

<.01

4.98

0.03

Average

2 meters

48

1.5

 

12.79

0.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R9911

167

168

21

0.7

<.01

6.98

0.08

R9911

168

169

17

0.6

<.01

4.24

0.08

R9911

169

170

17

0.6

0.01

10.15

0.20

R9911

170

171

26

0.8

<.01

11.60

0.08

Average

4 meters

20

0.7

 

8.24

0.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R9911

196

197

<.3

<.3

<.01

0.42

0.02

R9911

197

208

11 meter stope

 

 

 

R9911

208

209

1

0.0

0.01

11.70

0.02

R9911

209

217

8 meter stope

 

 

 

R9911