Orla Mining (TSX: OLA)

Provided an update on its exploration at the South Railroad Project including 2023 activities and 2024 work plans. This news release presents the second update.

The highlight was 51.8m @ 3.24 g/t Au (Sulphide).

 

 

.

 

 

.

Orla Mining	TSX : OLA
Stage	Development
Metals	Gold
Market cap	C$1.66 billion   @ C$5.26
Location	Zacatecas, Mexico + Nevada

 

.

 

.

 

.

 

.

To read the full news release please click HERE

.

Live spot metal prices can be found HERE

,

=======

=======

.

.

To read our full terms and conditions, please click HERE

Orla Mining  (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA)

Provided an update on its exploration activities at the South Railroad Project in the second half of 2023.

Drilling at South Railroad in 2023 totalled 14,695 metres and additional results from other exploration targets will be shared in a subsequent update.

 

 

.

 

 

.

Orla Mining	TSX : OLA
Stage	Development
Metals	Gold
Market cap	C$1.58 billion   @ C$5.07
Location	Zacatecas, Mexico + Nevada + Panama

.

Pinion: 112.7m at 0.72 g/t Au (oxide)
Dark Star: 36.6m at 3.53 g/t Au, including 19.8m at 5.23 g/t Au (oxide)

.

Vancouver, BC – March 7, 2024 – Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) (“Orla” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on its exploration activities at the South Railroad Project in the second half of 2023.

This news release presents the first of two updates from the 2023 infill and extension drilling, totaling seven drillholes and representing 2,508 metres.

Drilling at South Railroad in 2023 totalled 14,695 metres and additional results from other exploration targets will be shared in a subsequent update.

 

.

Highlights

• Potential expansion of resources at Pinion and Dark Star deposits through new oxide intersections in step-out drilling:
  • Pinion: 0.72 g/t Au over 112.7 metres (oxide)
  • Dark Star: 3.53 g/t Au over 36.6 metres (oxide)
• Successful infilling and metallurgical drilling with confirmation of modeled grade, continuity of mineralization, via infill drill program.
  • Intersection includes 2.20 g/t Au over 163.1 metres (oxide) and 2.50 g/t Au over 88.1 metres (oxide).

.

 —  Sylvain Guerard, Orla’s SVP Exploration

“Since acquiring the South Railroad project in August 2022, Orla has made substantial progress in near-deposit exploration, satellite deposit testing, and expanding our land position along the Carlin Trend.

 

“The recent positive drill results outside the projected open pits highlight the project’s low exploration maturity and significant growth potential.

 

“In 2024, we will focus on expanding resources at existing deposits and continuing exploration across the property, which could soon be expanded to include Pony Creek”.

.

2023 Pinion and Dark Star Exploration Highlights

In 2023, Orla extended oxide-hosted gold mineralization at the Pinion and Dark Star deposits, with highly positive drill intersections outside of the projected open pits.

Meanwhile, infill drill results met expectations, confirming robust oxide mineralization within projected pits, while supplying material for new metallurgical column test work to further optimize the planned development project.

.

Pinion SE Extension Drilling

At the Pinion deposit, a review of available geological data suggested gold mineralization may be continuous in the southeastern part of the deposit over the Pinion SE target area, where faulting had been previously interpreted as limiting or displacing extension of the mineralization.

To test the continuity of gold mineralization, three drill holes totaling 822 metres were completed. All three drillholes intercepted significant oxide-hosted gold mineralization, including 0.72 g/t Au over 112.7 metres (oxide) confirming the continuity of gold mineralization to the southeast without fault displacement interference.

These results, combined with historical drill intersections, indicate geological continuity and suggests gold mineralization extends to at least 350 metres outside of the projected open pit.

.

To read the full news release, please click HERE

=======

.

Orla Mining (TSX: OLA)

Announced that it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement with Contact Gold Corp. (TSX-V: C) whereby Orla will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Contact pursuant to a court-approved plan of arrangement.

Contact’s land is adjacent to Orla’s South railroad project in Nevada.

 

 

.

 

 

.

Orla Mining	TSX : OLA
Stage	Development
Metals	Gold
Market cap	C$1.28 billion   @ C$4.07
Location	Zacatecas, Mexico + Nevada + Panama

 

Pony Creek Property Located Directly Adjacent to Orla’s South Railroad Project

 

Vancouver, BC – February 26, 2024 – Orla Mining Ltd. (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) (“Orla” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) with Contact Gold Corp. (TSX-V: C) (“Contact”) whereby Orla will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Contact (the “Contact Shares”) pursuant to a court-approved plan of arrangement (the “Transaction”).

Contact’s key asset is the 100%-owned Pony Creek property, a 4,500 hectare exploration land package, strategically located adjacent to Orla’s South Railroad property in the heart of the Carlin trend in Nevada.

Contact also owns the Green Springs property located in the southern end of the Cortez trend. Green Springs is an early-stage exploration project where Centerra Gold currently has a right to earn into 70% of the project through completion of a four-year, $10.0 million exploration program.

 

Transaction Terms

Under the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, each holder of Contact shares will receive, for each Contact share held (a “Contact Share”), 0.0063 of an Orla common share (each whole share, an “Orla Share”) (the “Arrangement Consideration”), for total consideration of $0.03 per Contact Share (based on Orla’s closing price on February 23, 2024), representing a total purchase price of approximately US$8.1 million.

The Arrangement Consideration represents a 77% premium based on Orla’s and Contact’s 20-day volume weighted average price (“VWAP”) as of February 23, 2024. Following the completion of the Transaction, Contact shareholders will own approximately 0.7% of the issued and outstanding Orla Shares.

 

.

Acquisition Highlights and Transaction Rationale

• Consolidates landholdings adjacent to Orla’s core growth project, South Railroad, which hosts 1.6 moz of mineral reserves at 0.77 g/t Au, 1.8 moz of measured and indicated mineral resources at 0.74 g/t Au, and 719 koz of inferred mineral resources at 1.00 g/t Au.
• Pony Creek boasts existing resources that have potential to add oxide, transition and sulphide to the resource at South Railroad; three mineralized zones with an inferred mineral resource totaling 433,000 oz at 0.52 g/t Au.
• Enhances Orla’s strategic footprint in Nevada, specifically along the prolific Carlin trend. The addition of Pony Creek will complement Orla’s control of the southern part of the Railroad Mining District, representing a natural and seamless expansion of the South Railroad property.
• Contact’s Pony Creek has a similar geology, structural setting, and mineralization style as South Railroad, providing drill-ready targets, including extensions of known deposits and new targets. Significant exploration potential exists in both the Pony Creek and Green Springs land packages as both projects have been historically underfunded and are underexplored.

 

.

Jason Simpson, President and CEO, Orla Mining

“This transaction strengthens our land position in Nevada along the Carlin trend.

 

“Contact’s Pony Creek property is a valuable complement to our South Railroad Project, one our key growth opportunities.

 

“We look forward to making the necessary investments to unlock the combined potential of this now larger, contiguous and highly prospective land package.”

.

To read the full news release, please click HERE

 

=======

.