Almadex Minerals Ltd. ("Almadex" or the "Company")
(TSX-V: “DEX”) is pleased to provide an additional update on
activities further to the Company’s news release of April 6, 2021,
which provided an overview of planned activities by the Company and
its partners for 2021 at its mineral properties in British
Columbia, Nevada, and Mexico.
San Pedro Property, MexicoThe 990 Ha San Pedro
project is 100% owned by Almadex and is located in Jalisco State,
Mexico. It is accessed from Guadalajara, 115 km along a paved
highway. The project is prospective for epithermal style gold and
silver deposits. Past work by Almadex and previous operators
includes surface sampling, geophysics, and drilling. A 55-sample
reconnaissance rock chip sampling program conducted by APEX
Geoscience Ltd. for a previous operator returned gold values from
below detection to 12.4 g/t gold (averaging 0.44 g/t gold) and 0.07
to 2,490 g/t silver (averaging 71.0 g/t silver). Historical reports
in the Company’s possession indicate that past (ca. 2006) reverse
circulation drilling results included 6.08 metres drilled width
averaging 1.65 g/t gold and 19.5 g/t silver. The estimated true
width of the mineralized zone is unknown, and additional drilling
will be required to verify the reported results, which appear to
have targeted high gold, silver, and base metals in soil anomalies.
Almadex has conducted IP geophysics in these areas which has
identified high chargeability responses that were not tested by the
past drilling efforts.
The San Pedro property is fully permitted for
drilling and the Company is currently mobilising a team and rig to
site for drill testing prior to year-end.
Willow Property, NevadaAlmadex, through its
predecessor Company, Azucar Minerals Ltd., optioned up to 75% of
the Willow property to Abacus Mining and Exploration Corp. (“AME”)
in 2017. On July 7, 2021 Abacus announced that it commenced its
drill program, which will comprise four vertical holes, each to a
depth of 600 metres. Abacus also reported that the holes will be
approximately 200-300 metre step outs from past drilling by Abacus
in 2018. Further information on the program planned by AME is
available in its press releases of June 1, 2021 and July 7,
2021.
Willow is located in the Yerington camp,
southeast of Reno, NV. The Yerington camp contains four known
porphyry copper-molybdenum (Cu-Mo) deposits, all associated with a
particular intrusive rock known as the Luhr Hill Granite. AME’s
work since optioning the property has included geological,
geochemical and geophysical work, as well as a short core drilling
program in 2018. In its press release of July 7, 2021, AME states
that its work points to the existence of a fifth porphyry on the
Willow property, the first major discovery in the camp in over 40
years.
Davis/Paradise Valley, NevadaAs previously
announced, Almadex holds the rights to earn 100% of this property,
which comprises 302 claims totalling approximately 2,400 hectares
with multiple targets, and is located approximately eight miles
southeast of Gabbs, Nevada and five miles northeast of the Paradise
Peak gold mine, which was active from 1984 to 1994. The property is
fully permitted for drilling.
The Company is currently compiling the results
of recent work completed on the property, with a view to commencing
additional work programs in the current year, weather permitting.
The outcome of this work will be announced when complete.
Drill Contracting
Activities
The Company is pleased to announce that it has
been acting as drilling contractor to arms-length companies in
North America during Q3, 2021. The Company has deployed some of its
idle drill rigs and staff to these jobs and anticipates that the
drill contracts will off-set some of the prospect development
activities it is engaged in this year.
Duane Poliquin, Chairman of Almadex, stated “We
are pleased to see that drilling is underway at the Willow project,
Nevada. The Willow project is one of several of our directly owned
and optioned properties that could be drilled this year, pending
receipt of the necessary permits and allocation of budgets. We are
also excited by the potential of the Davis/Paradise Valley project
to add substantially to shareholder value, and to once again be
drilling another prospective property in Mexico. Finally, we are
very pleased to be working with high quality companies as a drill
contractor, and happy to be putting some of our hardware to work
when we are not using it ourselves.”
Methodology and QA/QCThe
analytical work reported on herein was performed by ALS Global
(ALS). ALS is an ISO-IEC 17025:2017 and ISO 9001:2015 accredited
geoanalytical laboratory and is independent of Almadex and the QPs.
San Pedro rock chip samples were subject to crushing at a minimum
of 70% passing 2 mm, followed by pulverizing of a 250-gram split to
85% passing 75 microns. Gold determination was via standard atomic
absorption (AA) finish 50-gram fire-assay (FA) analysis, in
addition to 48 element ICP-MS geochemistry. The QP relied on the
internal quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) measure of ALS
which includes the insertion of standard, blank and duplicate
samples into the sample stream to confirm the accuracy of the
reported results. The QP detected no significant QA/QC issues
during review of the data, and is not aware of any sampling, or
other factors that could materially affect the accuracy of the
results.
Qualified PersonsKristopher J.
Raffle, B.Sc., P.Geo. of APEX Geoscience Ltd., and a Qualified
Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101"), has
reviewed, and approved the scientific and technical contents of
this news release which relate to the San Pedro property. San Pedro
rock chip samples were analyzed by ALS Minerals. Morgan J.
Poliquin, Ph.D., P.Eng., President and CEO of Almadex, and a
Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, has reviewed, and
approved all other scientific and technical contents of this news
release.
About AlmadexAlmadex Minerals
Ltd. is an exploration company that holds a large mineral portfolio
consisting of projects and NSR royalties in Canada, the U.S., and
Mexico. This portfolio is the direct result of many years of
prospecting and deal-making by Almadex's management team. The
Company owns a number of portable diamond drill rigs, enabling it
to conduct cost effective first pass exploration drilling in
house.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
“J. Duane
Poliquin”
J. Duane Poliquin, ChairmanAlmadex Minerals
Ltd.
Technical and Third-Party
Information
Except where otherwise stated, the disclosure in
this press release relating to the Willow property is based on
information publicly disclosed by the owners or operators of this
property and information/data available in the public domain as at
the date hereof and none of this information has been independently
verified by Almadex. Although Almadex does not have any knowledge
that such information may not be accurate, there can be no
assurance that such third-party information is complete or
accurate. Unless otherwise indicated, the technical and scientific
disclosure contained or referenced in this press release, including
any references to mineral resources or mineral reserves, was
prepared in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101
(“NI 43-101”), which differs significantly from the requirements of
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) applicable
to U.S. domestic issuers. Accordingly, the scientific and technical
information contained or referenced in this press release may not
be comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies
subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the SEC.
“Inferred mineral resources” have a great amount of uncertainty as
to their existence and great uncertainty as to their economic and
legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an
inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher
category. Historical results or feasibility models presented herein
are not guarantees or expectations of future performance.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies
of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release includes forward-looking
statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. All
statements within it, other than statements of historical fact, are
to be considered forward looking. Forward-looking statements in
this news release relating to the Company include, among other
things, the planned drilling activities at the Willow property; the
Company’s future exploration activities; the Company’s ability to
advance exploration activities on other properties in its
portfolio; and the possibility that drill contracting activities
might off-set some of the cost of the Company’s prospect
development in 2021. Although the Company believes the expectations
expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on
reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of
future performance and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those in forward-looking statements. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and
exploration successes, permitting, continued availability of
capital and financing, equipment availability, relationships with
third-party clientele and their willingness or ability to continue
to use the Company’s drills for exploration, and general economic,
market or business conditions. There can be no assurances that such
statements will prove accurate and, therefore, readers are advised
to rely on their own evaluation of such uncertainties. The Company
does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking
statements, other than as required pursuant to applicable
securities laws.
Contact Information:Almadex Minerals Ltd.Tel.
604.689.7644Email:
info@almadexminerals.comhttp://www.almadexminerals.com/
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