Prosper Gold Identifies Gold-bearing System at Golden Corridor, Commences Phase 2 Drilling – Golden Sidewalk Project, Red Lake, ON
20 Oktober 2021 - 2:00PM
Prosper Gold Corp. ("
Prosper Gold" or the
"
Company") (TSXV:PGX) has completed Phase I of
exploration at the Golden Sidewalk Project (the
“
Project”), in the Birch-Uchi region of Red Lake,
and is moving to Phase II. The Company has completed reconnaissance
drilling totaling 15,040 metres in 48 diamond drill holes over 4
kilometres of the Golden Corridor. 43% of assay results have been
received to date. Drilling has intersected a pronounced zone of
ankerite ± biotite alteration with intermittent gold mineralization
over an area 1,000 metres by 100 metres which corresponds with a
magnetic-low anomaly (Figure 1). Phase 2 drilling has commenced and
will include tighter spaced drilling at this newly identified
target.
Gold mineralization occurs as pyrite ±
arsenopyrite ± fine visible gold in quartz-ankerite veins. Veins
are up to 1 metre and within ankerite and/or biotite altered zones.
Acicular, needle-shaped arsenopyrite (Figure 3), which is
frequently observed in the Red Lake camp has been observed in
several holes. Significant assays received to date are detailed in
Table 1.
“Phase 1 reconnaissance drilling has identified
a gold bearing system which will be the focus of Phase 2,”
commented Peter Bernier, CEO. “The newly identified zone has
quickly become a high priority target to systematically test.
Although we have received less than 50% of the assays, we are
excited by the alteration, arsenopyrite, and specks of visible gold
seen in the core.”
Figure 1. Alteration footprint of newly
identified gold-bearing hydrothermal system at the Golden
Corridor.https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/bdc403fb-6c0c-4f35-b40e-becbe5000315
Phase 1 diamond drilling
Phase 1 drilling tested the structural corridor
and paralleling trends (Figure 2) hypothesized to be the source of
highly anomalous gold-in-till samples collected by Prosper Gold in
2020 and 2021. Wide-spaced drilling along an east-west trending
swamp intersected highly strained ultramafic (peridotitic
komatiites) with interbeds of basalt of varying thickness. Within
the 1,000 metre by 100 to 150 metre footprint outlined in Figure 2
basalt interbeds are host to ankerite ± biotite alteration with
gold mineralization comprising pyrite ± arsenopyrite ± fine native
gold.
Figure 2. Plan map of Phase 1
reconnaissance drilling at the Golden
Corridor.https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/29b8df0c-3802-4cd4-9918-de2558274989
Figure 3. Acicular arsenopyrite in
wallrock of quartz-ankerite vein - DD21GC035 @ 52.0
m.https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a77e4c8e-d12b-426b-a259-d71cae5a92ec
Table 1. Significant assays received to
date.
Hole ID |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval (m) |
Au (g/t) |
DD21GC004 |
362.7 |
364.7 |
2.0 |
2.36 |
DD21GC011 |
162.5 |
164.0 |
1.5 |
3.89 |
DD21GC020 |
249.0 |
252.0 |
3.0 |
2.03 |
incl. |
249.0 |
250.0 |
1.0 |
4.01 |
DD21GC023 |
323.0 |
353.5 |
23.25 |
0.34 |
DD21GC035 |
51.4 |
52.2 |
0.8 |
7.81 |
** true widths are unknown
Table 2. Drill collar details of
specified drill holes (coordinates provided in UTM NAD83, zone
15).
Hole ID |
Easting (m) |
Northing (m) |
Azimuth (°) |
Dip (°) |
Depth (m) |
DD21GC004 |
509,150 |
5,672,906 |
357 |
-45 |
542.0 |
DD21GC011 |
509,041 |
5,672,950 |
0 |
-45 |
209.0 |
DD21GC020 |
509,353 |
5,673,275 |
180 |
-45 |
353.0 |
DD21GC023 |
510,131 |
5,672,924 |
315 |
-45 |
386.0 |
DD21GC035 |
509,419 |
5,672,870 |
340 |
-45 |
283.0 |
Phase 2 Diamond Drilling
Phase 2 diamond drilling will focus on defining
gold mineralization along a 1 kilometre long east-west trending
zone of ankerite altered basalt interbeds present within a 100
metre to 250 metre thick package of highly strained ultramafic
volcanics that dips 60 to 65 degrees to the north. Phase 2 will
also include drilling of additional magnetic low anomalies to the
east of Phase 1 drilling, along the structural corridor and up-ice
of highly anomalous till samples collected in 2021, where samples
contained up to 2,858 gold grains in a 10 kg till sample.
Drill targeting will be aided by a recently
completed high-resolution Drone Magnetic Survey. A key geophysical
feature is the magnetic low anomaly that is the result of
destruction of magnetite by carbonate alteration in an otherwise
strongly magnetic ultramafic unit. In addition, an optical
televiewer crew is on site to ascertain vein, fault, foliation and
bedding orientations which will assist Prosper in targeting
mineralized veins and associated plunge lines of higher-grade gold
mineralization.
About the Golden Sidewalk
The Golden Sidewalk is a district-scale gold
exploration project covering over 160 square kilometres of
contiguous mineral claims and mining leases (see the Company's Aug.
10, Sept. 8, and Sept. 15, 2020 news releases for details) in the
western Birch-Uchi Greenstone Belt, approximately 60 km east of Red
Lake, Ontario. The vehicle-accessible project straddles 12
kilometres of the Balmer Assemblage – Narrow Lake Assemblage
unconformity, a regional-scale feature that has been the Red Lake
exploration guide, but which has seen limited exploration in the
project area. The recently identified “Golden Corridor” lies
immediately north of the unconformity in the western portion of the
property and is characterized as a highly prospective, greater than
7-kilometre trend of coincident favourable magnetic and resistivity
lineaments supported by highly anomalous gold-in-till samples
covering 7.0 by 0.5 kilometres.
QA/QC Procedures
Quality assurance and quality control measures
implemented by the Company include the insertion of certified
reference materials in the sample sequence at a rate of 1 in 20 for
both blank material and certified reference standards. Analytical
results for reference standard and blank samples are scrutinized
internally to ensure adequate analytical precision and accuracy in
both sample preparation and instrumental procedures. A chain of
custody from drilling to laboratory is strictly monitored to ensure
sampling and analysis is reliable. Core samples are analyzed in
50-gram aliquots using Fire-Assay with ICP-OES finish. Any
overlimit analyses (>10 g/t Au) are to be re-analyzed with a
pulp metallic screen method designed to give the most accurate
representation of gold concentration in each sample.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information in this
news release has been reviewed by Rory Ritchie, P.Geo.,
Vice-President of Exploration for Prosper Gold and a Qualified
Person under National Instrument 43-101.
For a detailed overview of Prosper Gold please
visit www.ProsperGoldCorp.com. ON
BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Per: “Peter
Bernier” Peter
BernierPresident & CEO
For further information, please contact:
Peter BernierPresident & CEOProsper Gold
Corp.Cell: (250) 316-6644Email: Pete@ProsperGoldCorp.com
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