Intersects 547 meters at 1.06 g/t Gold
Equivalent Including 176 meters at 1.55 g/t
Gold Equivalent
VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 24,
2024 /PRNewswire/ - GoldMining Inc. (the
"Company" or "GoldMining") (TSX: GOLD) (NYSE
American: GLDG) is pleased to highlight recent confirmatory
assay results announced by its majority-owned subsidiary, U.S.
GoldMining Inc. ("U.S. GoldMining") (NASDAQ: USGO), from the
2023 drilling program (the "Program") at its flagship, the
multi-million ounce Whistler Gold-Copper Project ("Whistler"
or the "Project") in Alaska. The Program confirmed the continuity
of the near-surface high-grade core at the Whistler deposit and
included the best drill intercept of continuous mineralization at
the Project to date.1 U.S. GoldMining was launched via
an Initial Public Offering in April
2023, and GoldMining currently owns approximately 80% of the
issued and outstanding U.S. GoldMining shares.
Highlights:
- WH23-03 intersected 547 meters at 1.06 grams per tonne (g/t)
gold equivalent (AuEq), including 176 meters at 1.55 g/t
AuEq.2
- WH23-01 intersected 241 meters at 0.60 g/t AuEq, including
118 meters at 0.74 g/t AuEq.
- WH23-02 intersected 142 meters at 0.51 g/t AuEq, including
22 meters at 1.10 g/t AuEq.
- Assay results have increased confidence in the continuity of
mineralization within the deposit's core of high-grade
mineralization which extends to surface.
- Whistler is a district scale project which hosts estimated
indicated mineral resources of 3.0 million AuEq ounces and inferred
resources of 6.5 million AuEq ounces across three gold-copper
porphyry deposits.2
- The Project remains open along strike and at depth, and an
additional 12 targets remain untested in the Whistler-Raintree
area.
- GoldMining holds $129 million
in cash and publicly traded equities3 including its
approximate 80% equity interest in U.S. GoldMining.
Alastair Still, CEO, commented:
"The success of the inaugural confirmatory drilling program by U.S.
GoldMining at Whistler is another example of how our spin-out
strategy has unlocked value for GoldMining shareholders. We now
hold over $129 million in cash and
equities3 which puts us in a strong and enviable position as we
look to advance strategic initiatives across the rest of our
portfolio, which globally holds 12.5 million AuEq ounces of
measured and indicated resources and 9.7 million AuEq ounces of
inferred resources.4 We are excited to see the U.S.
GoldMining team continue to build on 2023 success as they drive
forward one of the largest undeveloped gold-copper resources in
the United States not yet in the
hands of a major."
Mr. Still continued: "In addition to advancing our portfolio of
gold and gold-copper projects, recent developments in the uranium
sector have seen spot uranium prices exceed $100/lb, which is providing favorable tailwinds
as we advance our Rea uranium project ("Rea") situated in
the western Athabasca Basin,
Canada. Rea is located in one of
the largest and highest-grade uranium districts in the world at
125,328 hectares; its land package alone exceeds that of many
publicly traded junior uranium companies, providing good potential
for future additional uranium discoveries."
2023 Whistler Program Summary
Four drill holes were completed for a total of 2,234 meters at
the Project from mid-August to mid-November, 2023, as reported by
U.S. GoldMining Inc.1 Assay results for drill
holes WH23-01, WH23-02 and WH23-03 drilled at the Whistler Deposit
have been received and a summary of mineralized assay intercepts
are reported as follows:
- WH23-03 intersected 599.74 meters at 0.99 g/t
AuEq2 from surface (0.41 meters depth) and included
547.15 meters at 1.06 g/t AuEq, comprised of 0.77 g/t gold
(Au), 0.17% copper (Cu) and 1.55 g/t silver (Ag), from 53.00 meters
depth to end of hole at 600.15 meters.
- Including a higher-grade intercept of 176.00 meters at
1.55 g/t AuEq from 131.00 meters depth.
- WH23-03 infilled an area of previously sparse drilling,
with corresponding lower confidence resource classification, on
the southern margin of the Deposit's 'high-grade core'. The
assay results confirm the continuity of mineralization
extending from near-surface throughout the length of the drill
hole. The lower half of WH23-03 infilled an area of the Whistler
Deposit currently classified as inferred in the Whistler mineral
resource estimate.
- Mineralization intersected in WH23-03 remains open at depth,
including a high-grade interval of 25.15 meters at 1.12 g/t
from 575.00 meters to end of hole.
- U.S. GoldMining intends to deepen the hole to
explore the depth extents of the Whistler mineral system in
2024.
- WH23-01 intersected 241.05 meters at
0.60 g/t AuEq, comprised of 0.33 g/t Au, 0.16% Cu and 1.86 g/t
Ag, from surface (1.95 meters depth).
- Including an upper high-grade intercept of 8.00 meters at
1.26 g/t AuEq from 29.00 meters depth.
- An intercept of 118.00 meters at 0.74 g/t AuEq from 77.00
meters, which includes several higher-grade zones:
- 31.0 meters at 1.00 g/t AuEq from 77.00 meters
- 19.23 meters at 1.06 g/t AuEq from 137.77 meters
- 8.00 meters at 1.16 g/t AuEq from 231.00 meters
- WH23-01 confirmed that mineralization extends to surface on
the south side of the Whistler Ridge.
- WH23-02 intersected 142.34 meters at 0.51
g/t AuEq, comprised of 0.17 g/t Au, 0.21% Cu and 1.05 g/t Ag,
from 305.00 meters depth.
- Including a higher-grade zone of 22.00 meters at 1.10 g/t
AuEq from 401.00 meters depth.
- WH23-02 successfully expanded the Whistler Deposit
approximately 100 meters to the south of previously drilled
mineralization in the southwest sector of the Whistler Deposit.
Mineralization remains open to surface, to depth and south along
strike. Follow-up drilling in 2024 will aim to extend the resource
to surface and test for additional expansion southwards and to
depth.
- WH23-04 tested the Rainmaker
South target, a target external to existing mineral
resources and located approximately one kilometer southeast of the
Whistler Deposit. Core logging indicates the drill hole intersected
a porphyry intrusive stock, confirming and validating the
geophysical modeling used to target potential new porphyry stocks.
Assays are currently pending; however, visual core logging
indicates a lack of veining and alteration which are normally
indicative of a productive porphyry intrusion.
- See U.S. GoldMining news release dated January 16, 2024 for further information.
- AuEq equations are calculated consistent with the methodology
outlined in Whistler Project technical reports "NI 43-101 Mineral
Resource Estimate for the Whistler Project" with an effective date
of June 11, 2021, available under the
Company's profile at www.sedarplus.ca. Specifically: below 10g/t
Ag: AuEq=Au + Cu*1.5733 +0.0108Ag, and above 10g/t Ag: AuEq=Au +
Cu*1.5733.
- Cash and Marketable Securities in NevGold Corp., Gold
Royalty Corp., and U.S. GoldMining as of January 23, 2024, are presented in Canadian
dollars, converted, as applicable, based on current exchange
rates.
- The above global resource numbers are provided for
informational purposes only and are not intended to represent the
viability of any project on a standalone or global basis. The
exploration and development of each project, project geology and
the assumptions and other factors underlying each estimate, are not
uniform and will vary from project to project. There is no
certainty that all or any part of the mineral resources will be
converted into mineral reserves. The estimate of mineral resources
may be materially affected by environmental permitting, legal,
title, taxation, sociopolitical, marketing or other relevant
issues. Please refer to resource table and accompanying notes that
appear under the Company's website under "Resource Statement"
section
at www.goldmining.com/projects/global-resource-statement/ for
each respective project for detailed information and technical
reports respecting each individual project.
Qualified Person
Tim
Smith, P. Geo., Vice President Exploration of GoldMining,
has supervised the preparation of and approved the scientific and
technical information contained herein. Mr. Smith is a qualified
person defined in National Instrument 43-101 Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101").
About GoldMining Inc.
The Company is a public mineral exploration company focused on
the acquisition and development of gold assets in the Americas.
Through its disciplined acquisition strategy, the Company now
controls a diversified portfolio of resource-stage gold and
gold-copper projects and strategic investments in Canada, U.S.A., Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The Company also owns approximately 21.5
million shares of Gold Royalty Corp. (NYSE American: GROY), 9.9
million shares of U.S. GoldMining Inc. (Nasdaq: USGO), and 26.7
million shares of NevGold Corp. (TSXV: NAU). See www.goldmining.com
for additional information.
Notice to Readers
Technical disclosure regarding the Whistler
Project has been prepared by the Company in accordance with NI
43-101. NI 43-101 is a rule of the Canadian Securities
Administrators which establishes standards for all public
disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information
concerning mineral projects. These standards differ from the
requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
and the scientific and technical information contained in this news
release may not be comparable to similar information disclosed by
domestic United States companies
subject to the SEC's reporting and disclosure requirements.
Cautionary Statement on
Forward-looking Statements
Certain of the information contained in this news release
constitutes "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S.
securities laws ("forward-looking statements"), which involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause
the Company's actual results, performance and achievements to be
materially different from the results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied therein. Forward-looking statements, which are
all statements other than statements of historical fact, include,
but are not limited to, statements respecting potential future
plans and expectations of U.S. GoldMining at the Whistler Project
and the Company's plans at the Rea Project, including its
expectations regarding such project. Forward-looking statements are
based on the then-current expectations, beliefs, assumptions,
estimates and forecasts about the business and the markets in which
GoldMining operates. Investors are cautioned that all
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
including: the inherent risks involved in the exploration and
development of mineral properties, fluctuating metal prices,
unanticipated costs and expenses, risks related to government and
environmental regulation, social, permitting and licensing matters,
any inability to commence and complete work as expected, the
Company's and U.S. GoldMining's exploration and development plans
may change in the future as a result of further planning or
otherwise, and uncertainties relating to the availability and costs
of financing needed in the future. These risks, as well as others,
including those set forth in GoldMiningꞌs Annual Information
Form for the year ended November 30,
2022, and other filings with Canadian securities regulators
and the SEC, could cause actual results and events to vary
significantly. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance
on forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that
forward-looking statements, or the material factors or assumptions
used to develop such forward-looking statements, will prove to be
accurate. The Company does not undertake to update any
forward-looking statements, except in accordance with applicable
securities law.
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