Calibre Continues to Discover Additional Gold Mineralization At the
Valentine Gold Mine Demonstrating Upside Potential
Calibre (TSX: CXB; OTCQX: CXBMF) (“Calibre” or the “Company”) is
pleased to announce drill results from its 2024 exploration program
within its 250 km2 Valentine Gold Mine complex (“Valentine”) in
Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. Today’s results are located
immediately southwest of the Leprechaun deposit, on the edge of the
open pit (2022 Mineral Reserves of 15.1Mt grading 1.73 g/t gold
containing 0.84 Moz)1, one of the three open pits at Valentine.
Highlights from the Leprechaun Southwest
drill program include:
- 2.25 g/t Au over
15.30 metres Estimated True Width (“ETW”) including 24.68 g/t Au
over 0.85 metres ETW in Hole LS-24-002;
- 1.87 g/t Au over
11.57 metres ETW including 9.26 g/t Au over 0.89 metres in Hole
LS-14-007;
- 36.83 g/t Au
over 0.91 metres ETW in Hole LS-24-010;
- 13.32 g/t Au
over 0.85 metres ETW in Hole LS-24-011.
Darren Hall, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Calibre, stated: “Today’s drill
results reinforce the vast potential of the 32 km long Valentine
Lake Shear Zone (“VLSZ”). Initial 2024 drilling intersected near
surface gold mineralization outside of the current Mineral Reserve
block model and in two holes outside of the Leprechaun Mineral
Resource model. This new mineralization is located between 100 and
175 metres south of the recent high grade ore control drilling and
both areas remain open for expansion.
This, coupled with earlier positive results from
the Frank Zone (“Frank”), located approximately one kilometre south
of today’s Leprechaun results, indicates potential for further
expansion at near mine targets. This year, we plan to follow up
with additional drilling on numerous targets in this area along the
VLSZ towards Frank and infilling between the holes highlighted in
this release.”
These initial 2024 drill results tested new
targets up to hundreds of metres from the high grade ore control RC
holes, as detailed in the news release dated February 14, 2024.
From that infill program, several high-grade intercepts, including
46.53 g/t over 5.3 metres indicate significant gold mineralization
outside of the current Mineral Reserve block model and remain open
for expansion. New, near surface, in-pit gold mineralization was
discovered, demonstrating upside potential to the 2022 Mineral
Resource statement. Additional zones of mineralization have been
identified and remain open along strike and at depth and will be
followed up in upcoming drill programs. These results are within
the three pit mine plan covering only six kilometres of the
under-explored 32 kilometre VLSZ, the main control of gold
mineralization at Valentine.
To view the interactive VRIFY 3D Model use the following
link:
https://vrify.com/decks/15932Link 2
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Quality Assurance/Quality
ControlQA/QC protocols followed at the Valentine Gold Mine
include the insertion of blanks and standards at regular intervals
in each sample batch. Drill core is cut in half with one half
retained at site, the other half tagged and sent to Eastern
Analytical Limited in Springdale, NL. All reported core samples are
analyzed for Au by fire assay (30g) with AA finish. All samples
above 0.30 g/t Au in economically interesting intervals are further
assayed using metallic screen to mitigate the presence of coarse
gold. Significant mineralized intervals are reported in Table 1 as
core lengths and estimated true width (40 - 95% of core length),
and reported with and without a top-cut of 50 g/t Au applied.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information
contained in this news release was approved by Nic Capps, Calibre
Mining’s Senior Exploration Manager for Newfoundland, and a
"Qualified Person" under National Instrument 43-101.
About Calibre
Calibre is a Canadian-listed, Americas focused,
growing mid-tier gold producer with a strong pipeline of
development and exploration opportunities across Newfoundland &
Labrador in Canada, Nevada and Washington in the USA, and
Nicaragua. Calibre is focused on delivering sustainable value for
shareholders, local communities and all stakeholders through
responsible operations and a disciplined approach to growth. With a
strong balance sheet, a proven management team, strong operating
cash flow, accretive development projects and district-scale
exploration opportunities Calibre will unlock significant
value.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“Darren Hall”
Darren Hall, President & Chief Executive Officer
For further information, please contact:
Ryan KingSVP Corporate Development & IRT:
604.628.1012E: calibre@calibremining.comW:
www.calibremining.com
Calibre’s head office is located at Suite 1560,
200 Burrard St., Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3L6.
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Footnotes:
- Refer to the
Valentine Gold Project NI Technical Report and Feasibility Study,
Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. Dated November 30, 2022 and
found on the Calibre website at www.calibremining.com and on SEDAR+
at www.sedarplus.ca.
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