Blackrock Gold announces name change, silver focus
March 15, 2021
Commodities
On March 17,
Blackrock Gold (TSXV: BRC) will be changing its name to
Blackrock Silver to reflect the silver-dominant nature of the company’s flagship Tonopah West silver-gold project in Nevada’s Walker Lane trend. The junior is planning to drill 40,000 metres at the 4.5-sq.-km site this year ahead of an initial resource estimate that is expected by the fourth quarter of this year.
Tonopah West is part of the historic Tonopah Silver district, which produced an estimated 174 million oz. of silver and 1.8 million oz. of gold. The company’s focus is on exploration around historic workings at the property. There are 55 km of underground workings at Tonopah West, distributed over four levels.