Ore at surface ready to extract
Ability to direct ship surface ore from basic crushing and shipping
Torlon Hill
Oxidised mineralisation returning substantially high-grades
Torlon Hill is an intensely oxidized zinc-lead-silver deposit hosted in Permian dolostone breccia and limestone. The carbonate unit has been tectonically thrust over a serpentinised basement sequence at the boundary between the North American tectonic plate and the Caribbean tectonic plate.
The “tectonic crush zone” at Torlon Hill is pervasively mineralized with thick zones returning in excess of 10 % and locally up to 40 % zinc.
The deepest drill hole to date is 186 m, mineralised carbonate is faulted against serpentinite.
Zinc-Lead-Silver Deposit
- 100% owned zinc-lead-silver deposit
- Road accessible, 22 km from the Pan-American Highway
- 105 holes drilled totalling 8,591 m
- Drill results include 53 m of 10.2 % zinc (from surface), 33 m of 21 % zinc & 42.5 m of 9.7 % zinc
- Deposit remains open to the west and the south
Torlon Hill Resource
- Measured & Indicated Oxide Resource:1.9 million tonnes grading 7.32 % zinc, 2.41 % lead & 14.25 g/t silver
- Measured & Indicated Sulphide Resource: 76,054 tonnes grading 3.23 % zinc, 2.60 % lead & 12.50 g/t silver
- Inferred Oxide Resource: 170,000 tonnes grading 4.42 % zinc, 1.96 % lead & 12.53 g/t silver
- Inferred Sulphide Resource: 36,291 tonnes grading 2.79 % zinc, 2.03 % lead & 10.47 g/t silver
NI43-101 certified
8,591 metres of drilling has identified mineral resources totalling 330 million pounds of zinc, 114 million pounds of lead and 978,000 ounces of silver
Infrastructure ready
Accessible by road; only 22 km from the Pan-American Highway, with power
Historical mining
Artisanal mine for >100 years with exploitation licence, surface rights including timber rights with grandfathered title dating to 1901
Expansion opportunities
Due diligence investigation on two nearby exploration deposits
High grade
Historical average grades 15-30% combined Zn-Pb with up to 50 oz/t Ag
NI43-101 Report
Torlon Hill Drill Hole Location Map
Quetzal
Zinc-Lead-Silver Deposit
- Road accessible project with Mississippi Valley-type zinc-lead-silver mineralisation
- Artisanal mining. Esperanza Resources first to explore using modern techniques
- High-grade zinc-lead-silver on surface and in historical mine workings
- Continuous chip samples from underground tunnel wall averaged 18.5 % zinc, 2.4 % lead and 57 ppm, silver over 14.2 m
- Drill results include 10 m grading 20.0 % zinc, 1.2 % lead and 13.9 g/t silver including 1.6 m grading 38.35 % zinc, 5.82 % lead and 51.9 g/t silver
Regional Exploration
- Large land position covering an unexplored zinc-lead-silver district in Guatemala
- Esperanza Resource geologists are evaluating numerous zinc occurrences