Great Panther Silver Extends Strike Length of Silver-Gold Veins at San Ignacio Property, Guanajuato
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/19/11 -- GREAT PANTHER SILVER LIMITED (TSX: GPR)(NYSE Amex: GPL) (the 'Company') is pleased to provide an update on a further 14 holes from the diamond drilling program at the Company's wholly-owned San Ignacio property in Guanajuato, Mexico. Drill-holes ESI11-025 to ESI11-038, inclusive were drilled from section 650N to section 450N and extend the strike length of the mineralized zones by approximately 50%, or 150 metres, farther south of the initial (see news release October 11, 2011), inferred mineral resource estimate comprising 611,000 tonnes grading 127 g/t silver and 2.05 g/t gold (4,494,000 Silver Equivalent Ounces). The mineralized zones are still open along strike to the north and south (see underground chip sampling results in news release September 29, 2011).
The three most significant mineralized zones tested by the above drilling were the Intermediate, Nombre de Dios, and an undefined structure between the Intermediate and Nombre de Dios zones. Highlights (see table below) of the Intermediate zone drilling include 213g/t silver and 1.81g/t gold over 5.20 metres in ESI11-026 (section 550N), 119g/t silver and 2.61g/t gold over 10.65 metres in ESI11-031 (section 450N), and 171g/t silver and 3.15g/t gold over 4.50 metres in ESI11-036 (section 500N). Highlights of the Nombre de Dios zone drilling include 139g/t silver and 9.37g/t gold over 0.89 metres in ESI11-025 (section 650N), 99g/t silver and 3.90g/t gold over 1.08 metres in ESI11-029 (section 550N), and 17g/t silver and 5.58g/t gold over 0.50 metres in ESI11-034 (section 450N). The undefined zone has been intersected along 100 metres of strike with highlights of 1,110g/t silver and 16.90g/t gold over 0.55 metres in ESI11-028 (section 550N), 476g/t silver and 5.28g/t gold over a true width of 5.55 metres in ESI11-032 (section 450N), and 90g/t silver and 2.79g/t gold over 0.50 metres in ESI11-035 (section 500N).
Drilling was initially completed on 100 metre spaced sections (ESI11-025 to ESI11-034) working from 650N to 450N. Holes ESI11-035 to 038 are the first in-fill drill holes at 50 metre spacing, completed on section 500N. New drill-hole sections for 450N, 500N, 550N are posted on the Company website at www.greatpanther.com and section 650N has been duly modified.
Characteristics of the Intermediate zone structure are a near vertical dipping, well banded silica vein with silica brecciated and stockworked flanks, and having highly variable thickness from less than one to nine metres. The Nombre de Dios zone is a distinctly banded silica vein dipping approximately 65 degrees to the west and varying in width from 0.5 to two metres. The undefined zones are a complex mix of silica breccia, stockwork, and some banded silica veins and are steeply dipping. All the zones are hosted in highly competent, near flat lying, andesite and basalt flows and pillow lavas.
Presently, and through to December, the drill rig is completing fill-in holes from 600N to 900N to upgrade the mineral resource estimate classification. A second drill will be added to the project in the first quarter 2012 to extend the drilling for approximately 800 metres south of section 450N.
Detailed geological mapping, geological studies, outcrop sampling, and re-sampling of old underground workings are on-going to highlight additional priority targets along the four kilometres of prospective structures. The San Ignacio project is located in the La Luz vein system of the Guanajuato silver-gold district.
Table of Significant Intersections from ESI11-025 through to ESI11-038
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From To Width Width Au Ag
Hole ID (m) (m) (m) (m) g/t g/t Zone Section
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ESI11-025 69.36 70.25 0.89 0.87 9.37 139 Nombre de Dios 650N
ESI11-026 116.90 122.10 5.20 3.69 1.81 213 Intermediate 550N
ESI11-027 137.85 139.35 1.50 0.75 5.53 122 Intermediate 550N
ESI11-027 212.90 215.85 2.95 1.47 1.20 54 Melladito 550N
ESI11-028 122.20 122.75 0.55 0.19 16.90 1110 undefined 550N
ESI11-028 160.85 161.55 0.70 0.24 1.98 111 Intermediate 550N
ESI11-029 70.42 71.50 1.08 1.05 3.90 99 Nombre de Dios 550N
ESI11-030 80.75 81.47 0.72 0.59 0.73 117 Nombre de Dios 550N
ESI11-031 106.55 107.20 0.65 0.57 5.18 463 undefined 450N
ESI11-031 116.75 127.40 10.65 9.27 2.61 119 Intermediate 450N
ESI11-032 52.10 57.65 5.55 3.55 5.28 476 undefined 450N
ESI11-032 73.25 73.77 0.52 0.33 5.76 286 undefined 450N
ESI11-032 171.20 173.60 2.40 1.54 1.50 187 Intermediate 450N
ESI11-033 58.45 61.70 3.25 1.85 0.40 231 undefined 450N
ESI11-033 65.20 67.30 2.10 1.20 0.63 287 undefined 450N
ESI11-033 184.80 188.10 3.30 1.88 1.27 64 Intermediate 450N
ESI11-034 102.10 102.60 0.50 0.49 5.58 17 Nombre de Dios 450N
ESI11-035 55.90 56.40 0.50 0.36 2.79 90 undefined 500N
ESI11-035 106.95 109.30 2.35 1.67 5.76 20 Intermediate 500N
ESI11-036 118.56 119.20 0.64 0.32 8.87 168 undefined 500N
ESI11-036 122.80 125.69 2.89 1.45 3.17 36 undefined 500N
ESI11-036 153.25 157.75 4.50 2.25 3.15 171 Intermediate 500N
ESI11-037 48.70 51.50 2.80 1.18 0.26 144 undefined 500N
ESI11-037 105.87 106.85 0.98 0.41 3.95 164 undefined 500N
ESI11-037 181.26 195.04 13.78 5.79 2.16 76 Intermediate 500N
ESI11-038 185.70 186.28 0.58 0.55 1.91 282 N. de Dios FW1 500N
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Robert F. Brown, P. Eng. and Vice President of Exploration for the Company is the Qualified Person for the Guanajuato Mine and San Ignacio project, under the meaning of NI 43-101, and has overseen all of the aforementioned work. A full QA/QC program is being followed including the regular insertion of splits, blanks, and standards into the core sampling sequence. Analysis of the drill core samples is being conducted at the Guanajuato Mine on-site laboratory, independently operated by SGS.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Robert A. Archer, President & CEO
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and forward-looking information within the meaning of the Securities Act (Ontario) (together, 'forward-looking statements'). Such forward-looking statements may include but are not limited to the Company's plans for production at its Guanajuato and Topia Mines in Mexico, exploring its other properties in Mexico, the overall economic potential of its properties, the availability of adequate financing and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements to be materially different. Such factors include, among others, risks and uncertainties relating to potential political risks involving the Company's operations in a foreign jurisdiction, uncertainty of production and cost estimates and the potential for unexpected costs and expenses, physical risks inherent in mining operations, currency fluctuations, fluctuations in the price of silver, gold and base metals, completion of economic evaluations, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, the inability or failure to obtain adequate financing on a timely basis, and other risks and uncertainties, including those described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010 and reports on Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available at www.sec.gov and Material Change Reports filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators and available at www.sedar.com.
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