VANCOUVER, BC, March 21, 2022 /CNW/ - Freegold Ventures Limited
(Freegold) (TSX: FVL) (OTCQX: FGOVF) reports results from its
ongoing exploration project at Golden Summit, located near
Fairbanks, Alaska.
Results continue to validate Freegold's model that the Cleary
Vein System (CVS) grade increases and broadens at depth as it gets
closer to the Dolphin intrusive. Hosted within a structurally
complex environment, the interpreted CVS is a zone of veins,
veinlets, and stockwork zones hosted within the surrounding schist,
which is interpreted to be the down-dip extent of the high-grade
veins zones found within the historical high-grade Cleary,
Colorado, Wackwitz, and
Wyoming veins, which together with
their broader enveloping stockwork zones have the potential to
significantly expand the existing resource through both increased
tonnage and grade. Within these wide zones of higher-grade
mineralization, numerous high-grade intercepts occur within the
broader zones, and oriented core is being utilized to define
further and isolate these high grades.
Drilling during 2021 successfully intersected intrusive on the
Cleary side at depth. This further strengthens Freegold's
interpretation that the Dolphin intrusive may underlie Cleary at
depth and that Cleary may be fault downdropped on the east side of
Bedrock Creek, potentially further expanding the footprint of the
Dolphin intrusive. The Dolphin intrusive is the source of the gold
mineralization hosted within the existing resource.
Cleary
|
|
Depth
(m)
|
Dip
|
Azimuth
|
|
From
(m)
|
To
(m)
|
Width
(m)
|
Gold
(g/t)
|
|
GS2112
|
491.5
|
-70
|
360
|
|
35
|
83
|
48
|
0.44
|
oxide
|
|
|
|
|
|
279.2
|
289.3
|
10.1
|
10.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
281.7
|
284
|
2.3
|
13.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
284
|
286
|
2
|
32.6
|
|
GS2113
|
536
|
-70
|
360
|
|
15.7
|
101
|
85.3
|
0.23
|
oxide
|
|
|
|
|
|
371.4
|
415.3
|
43.9
|
1.17
|
|
GS2123
|
519.4
|
-70
|
360
|
|
12.4
|
53
|
40.6
|
0.31
|
oxide
|
|
|
|
|
|
98
|
123.2
|
25.2
|
1.29
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
121.7
|
123.2
|
1.5
|
13.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
238.7
|
278.5
|
39.8
|
0.55
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
335.9
|
390.4
|
54.5
|
1.46
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
366.8
|
390.4
|
23.6
|
2.76
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
388.5
|
389.2
|
0.7
|
17.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
416
|
452.9
|
36.9
|
1.16
|
|
GS2144
|
554.7
|
-70
|
360
|
|
477.6
|
529.1
|
51.5
|
2.05
|
|
GS2150
|
439
|
-70
|
360
|
|
123.7
|
165.7
|
42
|
0.78
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
228.8
|
243.9
|
15.1
|
1.53
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
350.5
|
404.5
|
54
|
0.87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
417.9
|
439
|
21.1
|
0.72
|
|
Dolphin
|
Drill Hole
|
Depth
(m)
|
Dip
|
Azimuth
|
|
From
(m)
|
To
(m)
|
Width
(m)
|
Gold (g/t)
|
|
GS2114
|
464.5
|
-90
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NSV
|
GS2117
|
504.7
|
-70
|
360
|
|
139
|
150.9
|
11.9
|
0.58
|
|
GS2120
|
500.2
|
-70
|
360
|
|
33.8
|
45.1
|
11.3
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
158.8
|
238
|
79.2
|
1.06
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
176.5
|
177.1
|
0.6
|
18.1
|
|
GS2124
|
539.5
|
-70
|
360
|
|
0
|
26.2
|
26.2
|
0.35
|
oxide
|
|
|
|
|
|
26.2
|
43
|
16.8
|
2.27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
163.4
|
195.4
|
32
|
1.11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
302.1
|
524
|
221.9
|
0.95
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
302.1
|
462.1
|
160
|
1.16
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
422.5
|
424
|
1.5
|
14.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
443.1
|
444.7
|
1.6
|
10.04
|
|
GS2128
|
588.5
|
-70
|
360
|
|
23.2
|
60
|
36.8
|
2.34
|
oxide
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
55.2
|
56.7
|
1.5
|
48
|
oxide
|
|
|
|
|
|
296
|
545.9
|
249.9
|
1.05
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
393.5
|
417.6
|
24.1
|
1.94
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
524.6
|
526.1
|
1.5
|
21.5
|
|
GS2133
|
495.3
|
-70
|
360
|
|
138.7
|
148.8
|
10.1
|
1.52
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
146.6
|
147.5
|
0.9
|
10.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
183.7
|
213.1
|
29.4
|
0.87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
294.4
|
305.1
|
10.7
|
0.95
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
395
|
494.4
|
99.4
|
1.45
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
431.6
|
433.1
|
1.5
|
40.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
435.6
|
436.6
|
1
|
23.8
|
|
GS2155A
|
648.2
|
-70
|
360
|
|
0
|
81.4
|
81.4
|
0.81
|
oxide
|
|
|
|
|
|
102.7
|
151.1
|
48.4
|
1.02
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
239.9
|
625.1
|
385.2
|
0.78
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
239.9
|
319.1
|
79.2
|
0.98
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
486.8
|
625.1
|
138.3
|
1.18
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
587.3
|
590.4
|
3.1
|
15.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
including
|
590.4
|
593.4
|
3
|
16.2
|
|
NSV: No Significant
Values
|
Width refers to
drill hole intercepts; true width cannot be determined due to
the uncertain geometry of mineralization.
|
Holes GS2117, GS2120, GS2124, and GS2133 which are shown in the
accompanying cross-section (479300E), continue to demonstrate broad
zones of above resource grade all within schist with the widths
continuing to increase with depth, again demonstrating the
potential for significant resource expansion with the potential for
increased grade. Hole GS2133 stopped within the projected
mineralized zone due to hole conditions. Hole GS2155A was collared
within the Dolphin intrusive and intercepted 81 metres of 0.81 g/t
Au within the oxide zone. It also intersected 15.7 g/t Au over 6.1
metres in the deeper portion of the projected mineralized zone.
GS2123, on the Cleary side, was collared 25 metres west of
GS2017, which intersected 588g/t Au over 1.7 metres within a
broader zone of 3.07g/t Au over 98.2 metres from 300.5 to 398.7
metres (588g/t Au intercept cut to 88g/t Au – 11.72g/t Au over 98.2
metres uncut). Significantly GS2123 also intersected a broad zone
of higher-grade mineralization from 335.9 to 390.4 metres grading
1.46 g/t Au over 54.5 metres which included a high-grade intercept
of 17.1 g/t Au over 0.7 metres. Hole GS2144 intersected 2.05 g/t Au
over 51.5 metres, again demonstrating the broadening of the
higher-grade zone at depth at Cleary.
The 2022 program Phase 1 (~ 20,000 metres) continues to further
delineate the area to the south of the Cleary Vein Swarm and the
area between the Dolphin and the Cleary where previous high-grade
intercepts were reported. Drilling south of the previous drilling
has intersected significant veining, quartz breccia, and visible
gold in areas with no previous drilling.
In addition, drill testing will also be undertaken on other
areas of the project that have the potential to host additional
mineralization. The 2020-2021 drilling results will be incorporated
into an updated mineral resource estimate later in 2022.
During 2021, over 38,000 metres of drilling were completed in 68
holes with an average hole depth of over 600 metres. Assays are
pending for 36 holes and will be reported over the coming
weeks.
Drill Plan & Cross Section
https://freegoldventures.com/site/assets/files/2194/2022_cross_section_479300E_nr_03212022.pdf
https://freegoldventures.com/site/assets/files/2194/2022_drill_plan_map_nr_03212022.pdf
Drill cores are logged, photographed, and cut in half using a
diamond saw, with one-half placed in sealed bags for preparation
and subsequent geochemical analyses by ALS Global Ltd and Bureau
Veritas, with sample preparation carried out in Fairbanks with subsequent studies performed
primarily using their Vancouver,
Reno and Hermosillo, Mexico
facilities. Freegold will continue to report assays as they are
finalized. A sample
quality control/quality assurance program is in
place.
Freegold will continue to operate
a full-service camp at Golden
Summit with COVID-19 protocols in place.
Golden Summit hosts a large-scale intrusive-related gold system
with mineralization in three primary forms, a) intrusive hosted
quartz-sulfide stockwork veinlets (such as the Dolphin), b)
auriferous quartz-sulfide veins (historic underground mines), and
c) shear-hosted gold-bearing veinlets, all primarily driven by the
90 million year old multi-phase Dolphin intrusive.
The Qualified
Person for this release is Alvin Jackson,
PGeo –Vice President Exploration and Development for Freegold.
About Freegold Ventures Limited
Freegold is a TSX-listed company focused on exploration in
Alaska. It holds through leases
the Golden Summit Gold Project near Fairbanks and the Shorty Creek Copper-Gold
Project near Livengood, where a ~3,400-meter program was completed
in 2021. Assays are pending.
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking
information, including without limitation statements as to planned
expenditures and exploration programs. These statements address
future events and conditions and, as such, involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the
actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially
different from any future results, performance, or achievements
expressed or implied by the statements. Such factors include,
without limitation, the completion of planned expenditures, the
ability to complete exploration programs on schedule,e and the
success of exploration programs. The term "Mineral Resource" used
above is defined per NI 43-101. Though Indicated Resources have
been estimated for the Project, this PEA includes Inferred Mineral
Resources that are too speculative for use in defining Reserves.
Standalone economics have not been undertaken for the measured and
indicated resources, and as such, no reserves have been estimated
for the Project. Please note that the PEA is preliminary in nature
that it includes inferred mineral resources that are considered too
speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to
them that would allow them to be categorized as mineral reserves.
There is no certainty that the PEA will be realized. Mineral
resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated
economic viability. Without limitation, statements regarding
potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, and
future plans and objectives of the Company are forward-looking
statements that involve various risks. Actual results could differ
materially from those projected as a result of the following
factors, among others: changes in the price of mineral market
conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks associated
with development, construction, and mining operations, the
uncertainty of future profitability and uncertainty of access to
additional capital. See Freegold's Annual Information Form for the
year ended December 31st, 2020 filed
under Freegold's profile at www.sedar.com for a detailed discussion
of the risk factors associated with Freegold's operations. On
January 30, 2020, the World Health
Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global health
emergency. Many governments have likewise declared that the
COVID-19outbreak in their jurisdictions constitutes an emergency.
Reactions to the spread of COVID-19 have led to, among other
things, significant restrictions on travel, business closures,
quarantines, and a general reduction in economic activity. While
these effects are expected to be temporary, the duration of the
business disruptions and related financial impact cannot be
reasonably estimated at this time. Such public health crises can
result in volatility and disruptions in the supply and demand for
various products and services, global supply chains, and financial
markets, as well as declining trade and market sentiment and
reduced mobility of people, all of which could affect interest
rates, credit ratings, credit risk, and inflation. The risks to
Freegold of such public health crises also include risks to
employee health and safety and a slowdown or temporary suspension
of operations in geographic locations impacted by an outbreak. As a
result of the COVID-19 outbreak, Freegold has implemented a COVID
management program and established a full-service Camp at Golden
Summit to attempt to mitigate risks to its employees, contractors,
and community. While the extent to which COVID-19 may impact the
Freegold is uncertain, it is possible that COVID-19 may have a
material adverse effect on Freegold's business, results
of operations, and financial condition.
For further information:
Kristina Walcott
President and CEO
Telephone: 1.604.662.7307
jkw@freegoldventures.com
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