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 July 05, 2010
La Preciosa Drilling Yields 46 Metres of 219 g/t Silver-Equivalent - Development Update.

 VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Orko Silver Corp. (TSX.V - OK) is pleased to provide a development update for La Preciosa, operated by our joint venture partner, Pan American Silver Corp. (PAA) in Durango, Mexico.

Detailed and regional exploration drilling at La Preciosa has continued with three diamond drill rigs on site. Regional exploration has advanced, and two rigs have been mobilized to the Nancy and Orito zones, with at total of 5,300 metres planned for the two zones. In addition, a total of 8-12 holes have been planned to test the northern extension of the "Martha" structure, all guided by the recently completed 70 line-km magnetometer survey. An additional 8-12 holes have also been planned to further test the Baritina structure.

As of the end of May, Pan American has completed over 51,000 metres of diamond drilling at La Preciosa. Combined with Orko's 2005-2008 drilling of 154,000 metres, the project has now surpassed the 200,000 metre mark. Results from Pan American's Phase-I, Phase-II and the first part of the Phase --III were reported in news releases dated September 08 and October 21, 2009 and April 29, 2010. The included information on this news release is in addition to these earlier news releases.

This news release summarizes the results from a total of 12,178 metres of diamond drilling in 60 drill holes. Diamond drill hole BP09-476, collared in the La Preciosa main resource area, yielded 46.78 metres true thickness grading Au 0.379 g/t and Ag 196.7 g/t for a silver-equivalent of 219.4 g/t. Within this intercept is 3.89 metres grading Au 2.533 g/t and Ag 988.1 g/t for a silver-equivalent of 1,140.1 g/t. The following table highlights recent drilling results. A detailed listing of the drill results, including the new holes reported since April 29 2010, can be found on the company website at the link found near the end of this news release.

Highlights of Recent Diamond Drilling on La Preciosa

Hole/Vein

From

To

Core Length

True Width

Au
(g/t)

Ag
(g/t)

Ag-Eq
(g/t)

BP10-476

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martha(Total)

222.50

270.00

47.50

46.78

0.379

196.7

219.4

Martha (Sup)

222.50

226.45

3.95

3.89

2.533

988.1

1,140.1

  Includes

222.50

225.90

3.40

3.35

2.928

1,135.6

1,311.3

  Includes

224.10

225.00

0.90

0.89

7.599

2,818.0

3,273.9

Martha (Med)

242.40

259.80

17.40

17.14

0.235

228.0

242.1

  Includes

251.85

253.95

2.10

2.07

0.725

761.9

805.4

  Includes

252.40

252.95

0.55

0.54

0.846

1,077.0

1,127.8

Martha (Inf)

262.85

270.00

7.15

7.04

0.435

126.2

152.3

  Includes

262.85

267.55

4.70

4.63

0.489

158.8

188.1

  Includes

262.85

266.65

3.80

3.74

0.544

174.8

207.5

BP10-481

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria

138.40

157.75

19.35

12.44

0.360

344.7

366.3

  Includes

145.95

155.25

9.30

5.98

0.525

560.4

591.9

  Includes

154.05

155.25

1.20

0.77

1.067

1,207.0

1,271.0

BP10-488

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martha

191.85

220.45

28.60

28.17

0.568

231.6

265.7

  Includes

197.85

214.35

16.50

16.25

0.880

337.6

390.3

  Includes

197.85

203.50

5.65

5.56

1.775

530.5

637.0

BP09-515

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martha(Total)

247.55

292.40

44.85

44.68

0.330

127.1

146.8

Martha (Sup)

247.55

258.95

11.40

11.40

0.364

180.0

201.8

  Includes

253.15

258.15

5.00

5.00

0.464

263.2

291.1

  Includes

253.15

256.15

3.00

3.00

0.601

322.8

358.9

Martha (Med)

262.45

278.70

16.25

16.25

0.477

155.9

184.6

  Includes

269.65

275.80

6.15

6.15

1.039

279.1

341.4

  Includes

271.45

275.00

3.55

3.55

1.451

353.3

440.4

Martha (Inf)

285.30

292.40

7.10

6.99

0.309

140.1

158.7

  Includes

285.30

290.20

4.90

4.83

0.301

183.3

201.4

  Includes

286.00

289.40

3.40

3.35

0.355

222.9

244.2

BP10-536

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gloria

80.00

86.30

6.30

4.83

0.232

239.5

253.4

  Includes

82.00

86.30

4.30

3.29

0.215

298.2

311.1

  Includes

82.55

83.35

0.80

0.61

0.251

508.0

523.1

Abundancia

110.00

121.25

11.25

11.08

0.243

202.1

216.7

  Includes

113.70

117.75

4.05

3.99

0.290

388.2

405.6

  Includes

117.05

117.75

0.70

0.69

0.099

594.0

599.9



Ongoing Site Engineering

A number of key Engineering firms have been added to the project development team.
  1. M3 Engineering (Arizona, USA), was awarded the contract for plant design and infrastructure costing.

  2. Quantitative Group (QG) Pty Ltd. (Australia) has been contracted to perform a Geostatistical evaluation and to prepare a new resource model for the project.

  3. Golder Associates Ltd. (Canada) is conducting a geotechnical evaluation of the veins and Pan American anticipates receiving a report detailing their findings.

  4. Delkor Inc. (Netherlands) has conducted Filtration testing.

  5. An environmental consultant is being selected to perform environmental baseline studies in the project area.
Gary Cope, President of Orko, states; "We are extremely pleased to see that Pan American's ongoing exploration program has produced encouraging grades in drilling, but has also outlined a number of high priority exploration targets. La Preciosa is a project that continues to develop as a key asset to both Orko Silver and Pan American Silver"

The Q2-anticipated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) has been delayed due to increased efforts in regional exploration as a PEA would not fully encompass the most recent advances in exploration. This delay will not affect the Feasibility study, which is still anticipated in late Q4-2010.

The delineation drilling results from the new holes are mainly located in the known Martha vein structure and were drilled at approximately 18 metre and 50 metre centres in an area previously drilled by Orko at 100 metre spacing. This data again confirms Orko's previously reported results, and forms the basis of a geostatistical study, toward ultimate reserve definition. Phase-III diamond drilling is still underway.

A complete table of drill results is available on our website at the link below:

http://www.orkosilver.com/i/pdf/geol-postred_DDH_Orko_PAS_210410.pdf

A detailed drill plan map is available on our website at the link below:

http://www.orkosilver.com/i/pdf/20100705_LaPreciosaDrillHoleLocations.pdf

A printer friendly PDF format of this news release is available at the link below:

http://www.orkosilver.com/i/pdf/20100705_Orko.pdf

Ben Whiting, P.Geo., is the Qualified Person for Orko Silver Corp. and takes responsibility for the technical disclosure in this news release.

Silver-equivalent for the purposes of this drilling program is defined as silver grade plus 60 times gold grade. This 60:1 ratio was determined from the ten-year average of gold and silver prices from the London Metal Exchange. Metallurgical recoveries and net smelter returns are assumed to be 100% for the silver-equivalent value. Base metal values are not included in the silver-equivalent.


About Orko Silver Corp.

Orko Silver Corp. is developing one of the world's largest primary silver deposits, La Preciosa, located near the city of Durango, in the State of Durango, Mexico.





ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS


Gary Cope
President


For further information, contact Orko Silver Corp. at (604) 687-6310 or
Via our website on line at www.orkosilver.com


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