| (April 1st, 2008)
Orko
Silver Corp. ( TSX Venture Exchange: OK.V ) focuses on
resource exploration and development for Silver and Gold in Mexico. The
Company has a large land position in Durango State, a historically
prolific silver mining region located along the Sierra Madre Occidental
Mountains and is involved in three main projects, La Preciosa, Santa
Monica and San Juan. The company owns a 100% interest La Preciosa
Project and is earning a 75% interest in the adjacent Santa Monica
Project from Goldcorp, Inc. (NYSE: GG) by expending $US 1.5
Million on exploration. As well, the Company has an option agreement to
earn a 75% interest in the adjacent San Juan property from Silver
Standard Resources Inc. (NASDAQ: SSRI) by expending $750,000 on
exploration.
The Company’s corporate strategy is to continue to expand our significant silver
resource. As
explorationists, our core competence is to find, explore and develop
quality exploration projects in order to maximize shareholder value.
To that end the Company has focused most of its attention at its La
Preciosa project. On March 31st, 2008, the Company released its 5th NI
43-101 compliant Inferred Resource Estimate of 15.35 million tonnes
grading 0.321 g/t Au and 190.0 g/t Ag for a Silver-Equivalent grade of
209.2 g/t. at a cut off grade of 100 g/t. The contained metal equals
93.7 million ounces of Silver and 158,000 ounces of Gold for a Silver
Equivalent of 103.2 Million Ounces.*
The deposit, consisting of multiple veins, remains open
along strike and at depth.
*Estimated
at a 60 to 1 Silver/Gold ratio with metallurgical recoveries and net
smelter returns assumed to be 100%.
Encouraged by its success at La Preciosa, the Company is drilling 24
hours a day, 7 days a week utilizing 4 diamond drill rigs.
The Company’s 5th Resource Estimate was based only on the results of 156
of 220 holes drilled to date. The Company will be releasing a continuous
flow of news from assay results of holes drilled to date as well from
the ongoing drill program including the follow-up of the discovery of
the Martha Vein which made a significant contribution to the current
Resource Estimate.
A new Resource Estimate is anticipated
during Q3 2008.
The Company is fully funded with over $3.6 million in working capital
and no debt. Orko Silver Corp. is also exploring on its Santa Monica and
San Juan projects. Both
projects are located adjacent to La Preciosa and have compelling
geological characteristics. Excellent potential exists to host a similar
Epithermal Vein Systems such as found at La Preciosa. |