Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 5, 2024) - Silver Elephant Mining Corp. (TSX: ELEF) (OTC: SILEF) (FSE: 1P2) ("Silver Elephant" or the "Company") announces from October 17, 2023 to March 30, 2024 the Company mined a total of 51,567 tonnes of Paca oxide materials with an average grade of 165.1 g/t silver ("Products") and trucked the Products to Andean Precious Metals Corp. ("Andean").
| Month | Tonnes | Grade g/t |
| October 2023 | 4,502 | 244.9 |
| November 2023 | 7,269 | 156.5 |
| December 2023 | 19,704 | 144.9 |
| January 2024 | 4,283 | 146.0 |
| March 2024 | 15,809 | 176.6 |
| Total | 51,567 | 165.1 |
All Products are excavated from the Paca resources tabulated below.
John Lee, CEO of Silver Elephant commented: "We are now consistently mining and trucking Paca Products to Andean's plant at the rate of over 1,000 tonnes per day. The operation was paused temporarily from early January to mid-March pending the completion of certain governmental filings. We don't anticipate further interruptions going forward."
Pursuant to the sales and purchase agreement and master services agreement both dated September 12, 2023 between Silver Elephant and Andean, Silver Elephant plans to sell and deliver up to 800,000 tonnes of Products to Andean for a total of up to US$7 million. Andean has also agreed to reimburse Silver Elephant for operating expenses under the sales and purchase agreement.
The Paca project hosts a high grade silver resource according to a technical report by Mercator Geological Services, dated effective October 13, 2020 titled "Mineral Resource Estimate Technical Report for the Pulacayo Project, Potosi Department Antonnio Quijarro Province Bolivia" (the "Technical Report"). The mineral resource estimate from the Technical Report is as follows:
| Paca | Zone | Category | Tonnes | Ag g/t | Ag Moz | Zn% | Pb % |
| Phase 1 | Oxide In Pit | Indicated | 800,000 | 231 | 5.9 | - | - |
| Inferred | 235,000 | 159 | 1.2 | - | - | ||
| Phase 2 | Sulfide In Pit | Indicated | 1,810,000 | 256 | 14.9 | 1.22 | 1.22 |
| Inferred | 190,000 | 338 | 2.1 | 0.61 | 0.98 |
Oxide resources are based on a Pit-constrained estimate using a 90 g/t Ag cutoff. Sulfide resources are based on a pit-constrained estimate using a 200 g/t Ag Eq cutoff. Ag Eq = Silver Equivalent (Recovered) = (Ag g/t*89.2%)+((Pb%*(US$0.95/lb. Pb/14.583 Troy oz./lb./US$17 per Troy oz. Ag)*(10,000*91.9%))+((Zn%*(US$1.16/lb. Zn/14.583 Troy oz./lb./US$17 per Troy oz. Ag)*(10,000*82.9%)). Sulphide zone metal recoveries of 89.2% for Ag, 91.9% for Pb, and 82.9% for Zn were used in the Silver Equivalent (Recovered) equation and reflect metallurgical testing results disclosed previously for the Pulacayo Deposit. Matthew Harrington P. Geo. is the independent Qualified Person for the resource estimate.
The Technical Report was filed on October 26, 2020 and is available under the Company's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. This news release includes an estimate of mineral resources as disclosed in the Technical Report. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
About Pulacayo-Paca
The Paca project is part of the Company's Pulacayo project with a total indicated resource of 106.7 million oz silver, 1.4 billion pounds of zinc and 690 million pounds of lead published in the Technical Report and tabulated below. Silver Elephant and its subsidiaries have spent over $35 million on Pulacayo and Paca, which is considered to be an advanced project with over 96,000 meters of drilling, and a historic feasibility study.
| Combined Pulacayo and Paca Indicated Mineral Resources | ||||
| Tonnes | Ag g/t | Pb % | Zn % | |
| Oxide | 2,185,000 | 155 | - | - |
| Sulfide | 45,855,000 | 65 | 0.69 | 1.37 |
Combined Indicated Mineral Resources includes Pulacayo pit-constrained and out-of-pit plus only Paca pit-constrained resources. Oxide resources use a 50 g/t Ag cutoff. Sulfide resources use a 100 g/t Ag Eq cutoff. Ag Eq = Silver Equivalent (Recovered) = (Ag g/t*89.2%)+((Pb%*(US$0.95/lb. Pb/14.583 Troy oz./lb./US$17 per Troy oz. Ag)*(10,000*91.9%))+((Zn%*(US$1.16/lb. Zn/14.583 Troy oz./lb./US$17 per Troy oz. Ag)*(10,000*82.9%)). Sulphide zone metal recoveries of 89.2% for Ag, 91.9% for Pb, and 82.9% for Zn were used in the Silver Equivalent (Recovered) equation and reflect metallurgical testing results disclosed previously for the Pulacayo Deposit. Matthew Harrington P. Geo. is the independent Qualified Person for the resource estimate.
A subsidiary of Silver Elephant entered into a Mining Production Contract ("MPC") with Corporación Minera de Bolivia ("COMIBOL"), a branch of the Bolivian Ministry of Mining and Metallurgy on October 3, 2019. The MPC grants the Company's subsidiary an exclusive right to develop and mine at the Pulacayo and Paca concessions for up to 30 years.
The Pulacayo Project is at the center of a major silver mining district in Bolivia and is within 250 km driving distance to the San Cristobal mine, the Cerro Rico mine, Pan American's San Vicente mine, Eloro's Iska Iska project, and New Pacific's Silver Sands project.
Qualified Person
The technical contents of this news release have been prepared under the supervision of Bill Pincus, who is an independent consultant of the Company. Mr. Pincus is a qualified person as defined by the guidelines of NI 43-101.
About Silver Elephant Mining Corp.
Silver Elephant Mining Corp. is an active silver mining and exploration company advancing its flagship Pulacayo silver project in Bolivia.
Further information on Silver Elephant can be found at www.silverelef.com.
SILVER ELEPHANT MINING CORP.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"John Lee"
Executive Chairman
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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
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Forward-Looking information involves significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as a guarantee of future performance, events or results, and may not be indicative of whether such events or results will actually be achieved. A number of risks and other factors could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results discussed in the forward-looking information, including but not limited to: changes in operating plans; ability to secure sufficient financing to advance the Company's project; conditions impacting the Company's ability to mine at the project, such as unfavourable weather conditions, development of a mine plan, maintaining existing permits and receiving any new permits required for the project, and other conditions impacting mining generally; maintaining cordial business relations with strategic partners; meeting regulatory requirements and changes thereto; risks inherent to mineral resource estimation, including uncertainty as to whether mineral resources will be further developed into mineral reserves; commodity price variation; and general market, industry and economic conditions. Additional risk factors are set out in the Company's latest annual and interim management's discussion and analysis and annual information form (AIF), available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
Forward-Looking information is based on reasonable assumptions by management as of the date of this news release, and there can be no assurance that actual results will be consistent with any forward-looking information included herein. Readers are cautioned that all forward-looking statements in this news release are made as of the date of this news release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information in this news release to reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date of this news release, except as required by applicable securities laws.
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