Silver Storm Mining has initiated a 6,000m underground drilling programme at its wholly owned La Parrilla Silver Mine Complex in Mexico.
The mine is situated approximately 76km south-east of Durango State.
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The La Parrilla Complex consists of 40 adjacent mining concessions that are said to be in good standing and collectively cover an area of 38,128 hectares.
The underground drilling initiative will primarily target exploratory step-out and infill drilling to aid in the expected development of the Quebradillas, San Marcos and Rosarios mines within the La Parrilla Complex.
The Quebradillas Mine will undergo 3,500m of drilling across several zones including C460, C550, Norte Sur, La Estrella and San Nicolas.
The C460 Zone is characterised by a sulphide replacement body that extends north-north-west for 460m, with a vertical reach of 500m and a maximum thickness of 8.5m.
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By GlobalDataDrilling in this area aims to explore the southern strike and depth. The other zones feature sulphide-bearing fault veins and breccias, with drilling focusing on delineating their strike and downdip extensions.
At the San Marcos Mine, 1,000m of drilling will target the San Marcos and C1100 zones.
The San Marcos zone is marked by fault-vein oxide mineralisation stretching 700m along a north-north-west direction, with a vertical extent of 350m and up to 17m thick. Drilling here will concentrate on near-surface and mid-level areas.
Meanwhile, the C1100 zone contains sulphide-bearing fault-vein mineralisation extending north-west for 500m, with a vertical reach of 430m and a thickness of up to 1.5m. This zone will see drilling efforts aimed at exploring depths below previous developments.
Finally, the Rosarios Mine will have 1,500m of drilling concentrated on the Rosarios and RRFW zones.
The Rosarios zone consists of fault-vein sulphide mineralisation developed into stockwork or replacement zones along its footwall and hanging wall, extending west-north-west over 1.75km with a vertical scope of 900m and thickness up to 14m.
Drilling will focus on its central and western extensions. Meanwhile, the RRFW zones comprise five subparallel fault structures within the western footwall of Rosarios, characterised by sulphide breccias and replacement zones with strike lengths ranging from 150 to 490m and vertical extents between 200 and 270m.
Silver Storm Mining plans an additional 4,000m of follow-up drilling as part of its development strategy following a potential restart of operations.
Silver Storm president and CEO Greg McKenzie said: “The Silver Storm team is excited to have drilling under way again at La Parrilla. This initial phase is designed to support the current internal mine plan by increasing the indicated and inferred resource base, as we advance toward the potential restart of operations at La Parrilla in the second quarter of 2026.
“The team is also planning surface exploration programmes to be initiated in 2026 on seven target areas within the La Parrilla concessions.”
The company anticipates releasing results from this initial phase upon the availability of assay findings.
Meanwhile, its geology team is also actively engaged in planning surface exploration and drilling across several targets.
