Solitario Resources Corp. ("Solitario") (NYSE American:XPL)(TSX:SLR) is pleased to announce that the U.S Forest Service - Northern Hills District, has issued its Decision Memo for Solitario's Ponderosa drilling program in South Dakota. The Decision Memo documents the completion of the NEPA process for the project. Subject to Solitario incorporating several additional design features into the Plan and submitting these modifications to the US Forest Service, Solitario can proceed with its drilling program in mid-May.
The Ponderosa prospect displays the largest high-grade gold area discovered to date on the Golden Crest property position. Surface rock grab samples containing multi-gram gold are scattered over an area nearly 2.0 x 1.5 kilometers in size. Forty-nine drill platforms were approved in the Ponderosa permit.