Corvus Gold Inc. (“Corvus” or the “Company”) - (TSX: KOR, OTCQX:
CORVF) announces it has received assay results from two Reverse
Circulation (RC) holes from its ongoing Phase-4 Mother Lode
resource expansion drill program (Table 1). Both results
returned positive assays from the central part of the deposits Main
Zone infill program and the new Central Intrusive Zone (CIZ) oxide
target just below (Figure 1):
- ML19-124; Main Zone: 59.4m @ 1.51
g/t Au (inc. 15.2m @ 3 g/t), lost hole in CIZ
- ML19-128; Main Zone: 27.4m @ 1.24
g/t Au & CIZ: 22.9m @ 1.62 g/t Au, lost hole in CIZ
These latest results indicate that the Main Zone
displays excellent continuity of good open-pit grade throughout the
mineralized horizon. In addition, Corvus believes that the
results also indicate that the newly discovered lower CIZ may
extend for at least 400 metres north-south which could potentially
represent a sizable resource expansion target for higher-grade
oxide mineralization. The current RC drill holes into the CIZ
have been lost in the mineralized zone due to challenging drill
conditions making it difficult to define the full width and depth
of the zone, however; work to date continues to outline a large new
target for the Mother Lode deposit at the CIZ. Corvus has
completed its first diamond core hole into the North target area,
which is the northern extension of the Main ore body with results
pending.
North Target Area
Corvus has completed its first core tail from
its Phase-4 deep core drilling program on the North Target
(ML19-125-CT). Initial logging of the hole has outlined a
broad zone of favorable alteration and sulfide mineralization
associated with the deeper northern extension of the Main Zone
deposit that was intersected in a prior hole (ML19-104: 126.5m @
1.85 g/t Au, including 18.3m @ 4.2 g/t Au & 10.7m @ 6.28 g/t
Au, in NR19-05, March 19, 2019).
Jeffrey Pontius, President and CEO of Corvus,
said, “The Phase-4 drilling program continues to expand the
potential of the Mother Lode system and is beginning to outline
what may be a large new sediment hosted District in Nevada.
The ongoing success of the Mother Lode exploration program is very
encouraging and with new discoveries being made in the belt by
Coeur Mining and AngloGold Ashanti, it is shaping up to be one of
the most exciting new Nevada District scale gold plays we have seen
in a long time. Corvus Gold’s large strategic land holdings,
numerous discoveries and mutually cooperative exploration programs
with other District players has focused on unlocking this potential
and bringing the Bullfrog Gold District back on to the main stage
of Nevada exploration.”
Table
1 |
Mother Lode
– Mineral Resource Expansion Phase-4 Results |
(Reported intercepts
are not true widths as there is currently insufficient data to
calculate true orientation in space. Mineralized intervals are
calculated using a 0.3 g/t cut-off unless otherwise indicated
below) |
|
Drill Hole # |
from (m) |
to (m) |
Interval (m) |
Gold (g/t) |
Silver (g/t) |
Comment |
ML19-124 |
281.94 |
286.51 |
4.57 |
0.45 |
n/a |
Central TargetUpper OX zone |
AZ 080 dip-77 |
291.08 |
294.13 |
3.05 |
0.62 |
n/a |
Upper OX zone |
|
318.52 |
377.95 |
59.43 |
1.51 |
n/a |
Main zone |
inc |
350.08 |
365.28 |
15.2 |
2.99 |
n/a |
2 g/t cut |
|
391.67 |
399.29 |
7.62 |
0.66 |
n/a |
CIZ Oxide ZoneLost hole entering zone |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ML19-128AZ 090 dip-75 |
105.16 |
132.59 |
27.43 |
1.24 |
n/a |
Central TargetMain Zone |
inc |
111.25 |
124.97 |
13.72 |
1.85 |
n/a |
1 g/t cut |
|
138.68 |
147.83 |
9.15 |
0.61 |
n/a |
Lower Oxide |
|
156.97 |
163.07 |
6.10 |
0.61 |
n/a |
Lower Oxide |
|
176.78 |
182.88 |
6.10 |
0.47 |
n/a |
Lower Oxide |
|
227.08 |
231.65 |
4.57 |
0.48 |
n/a |
CIZ Oxide Zone |
|
236.22 |
259.08 |
22.86 |
1.62 |
n/a |
CIZ Oxide Zone |
inc |
245.36 |
256.03 |
10.67 |
1.89 |
n/a |
1 g/t cut |
|
263.65 |
271.27 |
7.62 |
0.57 |
n/a |
CIZ Oxide ZoneLost Hole in zone |
Qualified Person and Quality
Control/Quality Assurance
Jeffrey A. Pontius (CPG 11044), a qualified
person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”), has supervised the
preparation of the scientific and technical information that forms
the basis for this news release and has approved the disclosure
herein. Mr. Pontius is not independent of Corvus, as he is
the CEO & President and holds common shares and incentive stock
options.
Carl E. Brechtel, (Nevada PE 008744 and
Registered Member 353000 of SME), a qualified person as defined by
NI 43-101, has coordinated execution of the work outlined in this
news release and has approved the disclosure herein. Mr. Brechtel
is not independent of Corvus, as he is the COO and holds common
shares and incentive stock options.
The work program at Mother Lode was designed and
supervised by Mark Reischman, Corvus’ Nevada Exploration Manager,
who is responsible for all aspects of the work, including the
quality control/quality assurance program. On-site personnel
at the project log and track all samples prior to sealing and
shipping. Quality control is monitored by the insertion of
blind certified standard reference materials and blanks into each
sample shipment. All mineral resource sample shipments are
sealed and shipped to American Assay Laboratories (AAL) in Reno,
Nevada, for preparation and assaying. AAL is independent of
the Company. AAL’s quality system complies with the
requirements for the International Standards ISO 9001:2000 and ISO
17025:1999. Analytical accuracy and precision are monitored
by the analysis of reagent blanks, reference material and replicate
samples. Finally, representative blind duplicate samples are
forwarded to AAL and an ISO compliant third-party laboratory for
additional quality control. Mr. Pontius, a qualified person,
has verified the data underlying the information disclosed herein,
including sampling, analytical and test data underlying the
information by reviewing the reports of AAL, methodologies, results
and all procedures undertaken for quality assurance and quality
control in a manner consistent with industry practice, and all
matters were consistent and accurate according to his professional
judgement. There were no limitations on the verification
process.
Mr. Scott E. Wilson, CPG (10965), Registered
Member of SME (4025107) and President of Resource Development
Associates Inc., is an independent consulting geologist
specializing in Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource calculation
reporting, mining project analysis and due diligence
evaluations. He is acting as the Qualified Person, as defined
in NI 43-101, and is the primary author of the Technical Report for
the Mineral Resource estimate and has reviewed and approved the
Mineral Resource estimate and the Preliminary Economic Assessment
summarized in this news release. Mr. Wilson has over 29 years
of experience in surface mining, mineral resource estimation and
strategic mine planning. Mr. Wilson is President of Resource
Development Associates Inc. and is independent of the Company under
NI 43-101.
Mr. Wilson, a qualified person, has verified the
data underlying the information disclosed herein, including
sampling, analytical and test data underlying the information by
reviewing the reports of AAL, methodologies, results and all
procedures undertaken for quality assurance and quality control in
a manner consistent with industry practice, and all matters were
consistent and accurate according to his professional
judgement. There were no limitations on the verification
process.
Metallurgical testing on North Bullfrog and
Mother Lode samples has been performed by McClelland Analytical
Services Laboratories Inc. of Sparks Nevada (“McClelland”),
McClelland is an ISO 17025 accredited facility that supplies
quantitative chemical analysis in support of metallurgical,
exploration and environmental testing using classic methods and
modern analytical instrumentation. McClelland has met the
requirements of the IAS Accreditations Criteria for Testing
Laboratories (AC89), has demonstrated compliance with ANS/ISO/IEC
Standard 17025:2005, General requirements for the competence of
testing and calibration laboratories, and has been accredited,
since November 12, 2012. Hazen Research Inc. (“Hazen”), an
independent laboratory, has performed flotation, AAO testing and
cyanide leach testing on samples of sulphide mineralization from
the YellowJacket zone and Swale area of Sierra Blanca, and roasting
tests on Mother Lode flotation concentrate. Hazen holds analytical
certificates from state regulatory agencies and the US
Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”). Hazen
participates in performance evaluation studies to demonstrate
competence and maintains a large stock of standard reference
materials from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST), the Canadian Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology
(CANMET), the EPA and other sources. Hazen’s QA program has
been developed for conformance to the applicable requirements and
standards referenced in 10 CFR 830.120 subpart A, quality assurance
requirements, January 1, 2002. Pressure oxidation test work on
Mother Lode concentrate samples was performed by Resource
Development Inc. of Wheatridge, CO.
For additional details, see technical report
entitled “Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment for
the Integrated Mother Lode and North Bullfrog Projects, Bullfrog
Mining District, Nye County, Nevada”, dated November 1, 2018 and
amended on November 8, 2018, with an effective date of September
18, 2018 on the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com.
About the North Bullfrog & Mother
Lode Projects, Nevada
Corvus controls 100% of its North Bullfrog
Project, which covers approximately 90.5 km2 in southern Nevada.
The property package is made up of a number of private
mineral leases of patented federal mining claims and 1,134 federal
unpatented mining claims. The project has excellent
infrastructure, being adjacent to a major highway and power
corridor as well as a large water right. The Company also controls
445 federal unpatented mining claims on the Mother Lode project
which totals approximately 36.5 km2 which it owns 100%.
The total Corvus 100% land ownership now covers over 127 km2,
hosting two major new Nevada gold discoveries.
Effective as of September 18, 2018, the combined
Mother Lode and North Bullfrog Projects contains a Measured Mineral
Resource for the mill of 9.3 Mt at an average grade of 1.59 g/t
gold, containing 475 k ounces of gold and Indicated Mineral
Resources for the mill of 18.2 Mt at an average grade of 1.68 g/t
gold containing 988 k ounces of gold and an Inferred Mineral
Resource for the mill of 2.3 Mt at an average grade of 1.61 g/t
gold containing 118 k ounces of gold. In addition, effective
as of September 18, 2018, the project contains a Measured Mineral
Resource for oxide, run of mine, heap leach of 34.6 Mt at an
average grade of 0.27 g/t gold containing 305 k ounces of gold and
an Indicated Mineral Resource for, oxide, run of mine, heap leach
of 149.4 Mt at an average grade of 0.24 g/t gold containing 1,150 k
ounces of gold and an Inferred, oxide, run of mine, heap leach
Mineral Resource of 78.7 Mt at an average grade of 0.26 g/t gold
containing 549 k ounces of gold.
About Corvus Gold Inc.
Corvus Gold Inc. is a North American gold
exploration and development company, focused on its near-term
gold-silver mining project at the North Bullfrog and Mother Lode
Districts in Nevada. Corvus is committed to building
shareholder value through new discoveries and the expansion of its
projects to maximize share price leverage in an advancing gold and
silver market.
On behalf of |
Corvus Gold Inc. |
|
(signed) Jeffrey A. Pontius |
Jeffrey A. Pontius, |
President & Chief Executive Officer |
|
Contact Information: |
Ryan Ko |
|
Investor Relations |
|
Email: info@corvusgold.com |
|
Phone: 1-844-638-3246 (toll free) or (604) 638-3246 |
Cautionary Note Regarding
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking
statements and forward-looking information (collectively,
“forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable
Canadian and US securities legislation. All statements, other
than statements of historical fact, included herein, including,
without limitation, statements regarding the advancement and
development of our Mother Lode project and the expansion of our
drill program; interpretation of drill results; plans for drilling;
expectations of and potential for additional resources or
mineralization; expectations regarding the potential for future
open-pit and underground mining; expectations for types of
mineralization; updates on the development progress at the Mother
Lode project; the potential for new deposits and discoveries and
expected increases in a system’s potential; expectations regarding
the potential expansion of the Bullfrog mining district;
anticipated content, commencement and cost of exploration programs,
anticipated exploration program results, are forward-looking
statements. Although the Company believes that such
statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such
expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking
statements are typically identified by words such as: believe,
expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate and similar
expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future
events. The Company cautions investors that any
forward-looking statements by the Company are not guarantees of
future results or performance, and that actual results may differ
materially from those in forward looking statements as a result of
various factors, including, but not limited to, variations in the
nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that may be
located, variations in the market price of any mineral products the
Company may produce or plan to produce, the Company's inability to
obtain any necessary permits, consents or authorizations required
for its activities, the Company's inability to produce minerals
from its properties successfully or profitably, to continue its
projected growth, to raise the necessary capital or to be fully
able to implement its business strategies, and other risks and
uncertainties disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2019 filed with certain
securities commissions in Canada and the Company’s most recent
filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”). All of the Company’s Canadian public disclosure
filings in Canada may be accessed via www.sedar.com and filings
with the SEC may be accessed via www.sec.gov and readers are urged
to review these materials, including the technical reports filed
with respect to the Company’s mineral properties.
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