Gold Bull Resources Corp. (TSX-V: GBRC) (“
Gold
Bull” or the “
Company”) is pleased to
report the success of its field spectrometer analysis at Sandman,
located near Winnemucca in Nevada, USA. The Company has validated
that the field spectrometer has identified buddingtonite at the
Sandman property in association with known gold mineralization.
This confirms the suitability of using a field spectrometer to
assist in detecting alteration minerals that may have a close
proximity to gold mineralization.
- Buddingtonite detected at Abel
Knoll, Silica Ridge, and North Hill deposits in association with
gold mineralization confirming similar mineralogical association of
buddingtonite with gold at Sandman to the along strike Sleeper
deposit.
- Buddingtonite was detected from 11m
to 222m downhole in the Abel Knoll diatreme breccia.
- Moving forward, spectral analysis
will be an excellent tool for testing nearology to potential gold
mineralization.
- Additional exploration, utilizing
the field spectrometer for new targeting is ongoing.
Buddingtonite is an ammonium feldspar mineral
that is directly associated with the high-grade gold (& silver)
veins at the Sleeper Gold deposit. The Sleeper deposit is located
23kms north of Sandman and yielded circa 2Moz of gold and 2.3
million ounces of silver during its production years from 1986 to
1996 (figure 3). Buddingtonite is considered an excellent
epithermal vein pathfinder for gold mineralization and is found in
association with Nevada’s gold deposits. Buddingtonite is not
easily identified in hand specimen as it does not occur in
abundance, nor can it be confirmed by the standard multi-element
geochemical analysis due to ammonium content NH4 (buddingtonite
mineralogical formula NH4AlSi3O8). One of the quickest and easiest
ways to measure the presence of buddingtonite in a rock sample in
the field, is by a field spectrometer unit, which identifies the
monoclinic crystal system spectra giving indication that
buddingtonite is likely to be found within the rock sample. This
gold pathfinder can now be applied to other rock samples at the
Sandman project in search of additional gold deposits. Figure 1
shows photographs of where buddingtonite was identified by the
field spectrometer in the Abel Knoll diatreme breccia core
sample.
Initial test work at Sandman was conducted in
May 2023 and confirms the presence of buddingtonite in association
to gold mineralization at Abel Knoll, North Hill, and Silica Ridge.
This gold mineralization aligns to the northwest trend as shown in
figure 2.
Commenting on the results, Gold Bull’s CEO, Cherie
Leeden said:
“Finding buddingtonite as a gold pathfinder has
been an ambition of our technical team and we are thrilled to learn
it is present and associated with the known high-grade gold
mineralization at Abel Knoll and North Hill deposits. Now that this
test work has been completed, we can now get to work to identify
where buddingtonite exists near surface on the project to help
discover a new deposit, we are particularly excited to apply this
low-cost technology to the North-West Trend and North-West basin
boundary margin.”
Figure 1a-1f. Photographs of occurrences of buddingtonite in
Abel Knoll drill core in the diatreme breccia and hand sample
outcropping at North Hill.
Figure 2. Sandman exploration targets showing buddingtonite
identified along 11.5km North-West trend.
Figure 3. Sleeper mine relative to Sandman project, the
Sandman-Sleeper trend being a range front fault which spans 23km,
the Sleeper mine is one of the highest-grade open pits mined in
Nevada.
Figure 4. Location of Sandman project relative
to Sleeper Gold Mine and other Nevada gold deposits.
NEXT STEPS
The Company now plans to conduct soil-gas
orientation test work over the four deposits at Sandman in June
2023 to try to identify gold mineralized structures which are
emitting gas, if successful this approach could be further applied
to targeting greenfields exploration in the region, seeking a new
discovery. Due to the localised geothermal activity, soil-gas
testing is considered a potential prospective tool. This is a
preliminary scientific survey aimed to help vector towards those
structures that could be gold bearing however are typically covered
by a thin veneer of unconsolidated sand dune. This scientific
approach has not been tested in Nevada to the knowledge of the Gold
Bull technical team yet represents another low-cost exploration
tool for exploring undercover in this fertile gold bearing
district.
ABOUT SLEEPER
The Sleeper-Sandman corridor is a highly endowed
and underexplored terrain given the Sleeper Mine mined circa 2
million ounces of gold (plus 2.3 million ounces of silver) and had
an approximate Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 3 million
gold equivalent ounces at the time of mining. The mine is located
circa 23 kilometers north of Sandman’s North Hill deposit along the
same Nevada gold trend. The Sleeper deposit measures 500m wide by
2km in strike length and was one of the highest-grade gold deposits
mined in Nevada at 0.48opt (15g/t) gold. Sleeper had a reportable
resource of 2.27 million ounces of gold in 1997 at the time of mine
closure. The deposit was obscured by cover because it was partially
covered by alluvium to the west and was not all outcropping. This
highly prospective corridor has been massively underexplored and
under drilled given the prolific known gold mineralization at or
near surface in the district.
It should be noted, it took Sleeper thirty-four
(34) step-out drill holes to discover the high-grade gold vein
system with the discovery hole returning 102m of silicified breccia
that averaged 28 g/t gold and 62 g/t silver. A very persistent
exploration methodology was applied by Gold Bull’s current
Technical Advisor, John Wood, who is credited to discovering the
high-grade Sleeper deposit (Wood pit named after him) which was
surrounded by lower grade disseminated gold. The Sleeper anomaly
had an initial surface geochemical expression 50-300m wide and
1,000m long, surface samples ran 0.2g/t gold and mineralization
remains below the historical pit. A similar narrow surface
expression also exists at the Sandman Southeast Pediment deposit
and therefore it is considered possible to discover an additional
deposit outside the existing Sandman orebodies.
ABOUT SANDMAN
In December 2020, Gold Bull purchased the
Sandman Project from Newmont. Gold mineralization was first
discovered at Sandman in 1987 by Kennecott and the project has been
intermittently explored since then. There are four known pit
constrained gold resources located within the Sandman Project,
consisting of 21.8Mt at 0.7g/t gold for 494,000 ounces of gold;
comprising of an Indicated Resource of 18,550kt at 0.73g/t gold for
433kozs of gold plus an Inferred Resource of 3,246kt at 0.58g/t
gold for 61kozs of gold. Several of the resources remain open in
multiple directions and the bulk of the historical drilling has
been conducted to a depth of less than 100m. Sandman is
conveniently located circa 25-30 km northwest of the mining town of
Winnemucca, Nevada.
QUALIFIED PERSON
Cherie Leeden, B.Sc Applied Geology (Honours),
MAIG, a “Qualified Person” as defined by National Instrument
43-101, has read and approved all technical and scientific
information contained in this news release. Ms. Leeden is the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
ABOUT GOLD BULL RESOURCES CORP.
Gold Bull’s mission is to grow into a US-focused
mid-tier gold development Company via rapidly discovering and
acquiring additional ounces. The Company’s exploration hub is based
in Nevada, USA, a top-tier mineral district that contains
significant historical production, existing mining infrastructure
and an established mining culture. Gold Bull is led by a Board and
Management team with a track record of exploration and acquisition
success.
Gold Bull’s core asset is the Sandman Project,
located in Nevada which has a 494,000 oz gold
resource as per 2022 43-101 Resource Estimate. Sandman is located
23 km south of the Sleeper Mine and boasts excellent large-scale
exploration potential.
Gold Bull is driven by its core values and
purpose which includes a commitment to safety, communication &
transparency, environmental responsibility, community, and
integrity.
Cherie LeedenPresident and CEO, Gold Bull Resources Corp.
For further information regarding Gold Bull
Resources Corp., please visit our website at www.goldbull.ca or
email admin@goldbull.ca or phone 778.401.8545.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking
StatementsNeither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release contains certain statements
that may be deemed “forward-looking statements” with respect to the
Company within the meaning of applicable securities laws.
Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical
facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words
“expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “intends”,
“estimates”, “projects”, “potential”, “indicates”, “opportunity”,
“possible” and similar expressions, or that events or conditions
“will”, “would”, “may”, “could” or “should” occur. Although Gold
Bull believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking
statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are
not guarantees of future performance, are subject to risks and
uncertainties, and actual results or realities may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such
material risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
the Company’s ability to raise sufficient capital to fund its
planned activities at the Sandman Project; the timing and costs of
future activities on the Company’s properties; maintaining its
mineral tenures and concessions in good standing, to explore and
develop its projects, to repay its debt and for general working
capital purposes; changes in economic conditions or financial
markets; the inherent hazards associates with mineral exploration
and mining operations, future prices of copper and other metals,
changes in general economic conditions, accuracy of mineral
resource and reserve estimates, the potential for new discoveries,
the ability of the Company to obtain the necessary permits and
consents required to explore, drill and develop the projects and if
obtained, to obtain such permits and consents in a timely fashion
relative to the Company’s plans and business objectives for the
projects; the general ability of the Company to monetize its
mineral resources; and changes in environmental and other laws or
regulations that could have an impact on the Company’s operations,
compliance with environmental laws and regulations, dependence on
key management personnel and general competition in the mining
industry. Forward-looking statements are based on the reasonable
beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company’s management on the
date the statements are made. Except as required by law, the
Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking
statements in the event that management’s beliefs, estimates or
opinions, or other factors, should change.
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