Broken Hill Mines (ASX:BHM) confirmed the presence of a large and continuous zone of high-grade silver-lead-zinc mineralization at the Perseverance target within the Pinnacles Mine in New South Wales, according to a Wednesday filing with the Australian bourse.

Results include 5.1 meters at 717 grams per tonne silver equivalent from 430 meters, including 2.2 meters at 1,556 g/t silver equivalent from 432 meters, and 3.2 meters at 893 g/t silver equivalent from 472 meters, the filing said.

The high-grade mineralization zone extends over 350 meters down dip, is up to 100 meters wide, and typically ranges from two meters to 10 meters in thickness, per the filing.

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