Phase Two Drilling Completed at Miranda Gold’s Big Blue Project
22 December 2011 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Miranda Gold Corp. (“Miranda”) (TSX-V: MAD) is pleased to
announce that Ramelius Resources Ltd. ("Ramelius") (ASX: RMS) our
funding partner at Big Blue, has completed a Phase II drilling and
received all analyses. Big Blue is a sediment-hosted gold project
located in Lander County, Nevada. The Phase II drilling consisted
of three angle reverse circulation holes totaling 1,905 ft (580.6
m).
The Phase II drilling continued to test the area of Phase I
drilling that contains surface samples containing up to 0.025 oz
Au/ton (0.850 g Au/t) in soils and up to 1.70 oz Au/ton (58.2 g
Au/t) in rocks. Phase I drilling was suspended last March due to
snow and mud covered access roads preventing access. Drill holes in
both phases of drilling were designed to cross dominantly northerly
trends of structure and alteration. All holes were terminated due
to caving above their target depth of about 1,500 ft (460 m). Total
combined drilling in Phases I and II is 4,350 ft (1325.9 m).
The following table summarizes significant drill intersections
(defined as those gold grades of 0.01 oz Au/ton or higher over
intercepts of 5 ft or longer) for all the 2011 drilling.
Hole ID Total Depth
Interval Length
Grade
Interval Length
Grade (ft) (ft) (ft) (oz
Au/ton) (m) (m) (g Au/t) PHASE I
BBR11-01 1,120 10-40 30 0.048 3.0-12.2 9.1 1.631
Includes
15-20 5 0.178 4.6-6.1 1.5
6.110 70-80 10 0.019 21.3-24.4 3.0 0.651 BBR11-02 475 70-75
5 0.015 21.3-22.9 1.5 0.515 90-95 5 0.018 27.4-29.0 1.5 0.624
BBR11-03 275 55-80 25 0.043 16.8-24.4 7.6 1.491 90-95 5 0.033
27.4-29.0 1.5 1.135 BBR11-04 575 45-65 20 0.018 13.7-19.8 6.1 0.617
195-200 5 0.017 59.4-61.0 1.5 0.573
PHASE II BBR11-05 835
125-130 5 0.011 38.1-39.6 1.5 0.375 185-190 5 0.012 56.4-57.9 1.5
0.406 Maximum gold intercepts in
BBR11-06 and -07 are 5 ft (1.5 m) of 0.104 and 0.128 g Au/t,
respectively. Original data are in feet
and Au ppm (g Au/t). True thicknesses of gold intercepts are not
determined.
Pathfinder elements in hole BBR11-05, from 600 ft (182.9 m) to
the bottom of the hole at 835 ft (254.5 m), show a general increase
to highly anomalous values: As from 109 to 1360 ppm, Sb from 9.95
to 116 ppm, Hg from 0.52 to 5.54 ppm, and Tl from 0.17 to 0.91 ppm
(maximum = 1.92 ppm). In this same interval gold shows a general
increase from 0.008 to 0.055 g Au/t (maximum = 0.074 g Au/t).
Miranda and Ramelius geologists are encouraged that the
approximately 10-fold increase in pathfinder elements in the bottom
of BBR11-05 may be an indication of better gold grades at
depth.
Quality Assurance / Quality Control procedures utilized by
Ramelius during the analyses of drill samples include collection of
duplicate samples and insertion of blanks and analytical standards
into the sample sequence. Control samples constitute about 10
percent of each batch of samples. All drill samples were analyzed
by ALS Minerals with gold analyses by fire assay of a 30 g charge
and AAS finish and trace-element analyses by ICP-MS.
Data disclosed in this press release, including sampling,
analytical and test data, have been reviewed and verified by Vice
President of Exploration Joseph Hebert, C.P.G., B.Sc. Geology and
Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
Project Details
The Big Blue Project consists of 255 unpatented lode mining
claims covering 8.2 sq mi (21.2 sq km) located in the Toiyabe
Range, 13 mi (21 km) north of Austin, Nevada. The project is on the
south margin of the Callaghan Window, a large area exposing
Cambrian- through Silurian-age lower-plate carbonate rocks in the
footwall of the Roberts Mountains Thrust. The lower-plate sequence
includes the Roberts Mountains and Hanson Creek Formations and the
Pogonip Group, of which all are known to be favorable hosts for
large, sediment-hosted gold systems in Nevada.
Corporate Profile
Miranda Gold Corp. is a gold exploration company active in
Nevada, Alaska and Colombia and whose emphasis is on generating
gold exploration projects with world-class discovery potential.
Miranda performs its own grass roots exploration and then employs a
joint venture business model on its projects in order to maximize
exposure to discovery while minimizing exploration risk. Miranda
has ongoing partnerships with Agnico-Eagle (USA) Inc., Montezuma
Mines Inc., Navaho Gold Ltd., NuLegacy Corporation, Ramelius
Resources Ltd., and Red Eagle Mining Corporation.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“Kenneth Cunningham”
Kenneth CunninghamPresident and CEO
For more information visit the Company’s web site at
www.mirandagold.com or contact Joe Hebert, Vice President,
Exploration at 775-738-1877.
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Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
U.S. investors are cautioned that mineral deposits on adjacent
properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on our
properties. We advise U.S. investors that the SEC's mining
guidelines strictly prohibit information of this type in documents
filed with the SEC.
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