Arrowstar Proposed Ground Geophysics Program on Rannie Lake, Labrador Iron Ore Property
28 June 2012 - 10:22AM
PR Newswire (Canada)
TSX.V: AWS VANCOUVER, June 28, 2012 /CNW/ - Arrowstar Resources
Ltd. ("Arrowstar" or the "Company") , is preparing its exploration
program on the Company's Rannie Lake project in Labrador,
Canada. Desk top research of the available data has been
concluded. The property covers some 4,300 hectares and it is noted
that outcrop is sparse and undergrowth is prolific. A
detailed ground based geophysics and sampling study is being
considered in July 2012 subject to environmental approvals,
weather, ground condition and resource availability. Rannie
Lake is an important iron ore property, consisting of 172 claims in
a major magnetite-rich zone, in the Sokomon Iron Formation, in the
Labrador Trough. Rannie Lake has strategic importance similar to
Arrowstar's Roberts Lake project. It is surrounded by large
properties owned by Altius Minerals Corp. in partnership with Rio
Tinto. An aeromagnetic survey was completed in 2001 by Terraquest
on behalf of the Iron Ore Company of Canada. Its purpose was to
further define the extension of the Sokoman Formation containing
the only magnetic rocks in the area between Fermont and Rannie Lake
utilizing high-resolution magnetic data. The Arrowstar exploration
team will conduct a ground survey and take grab samples where
possible for geochemical analysis and also structural geological
observations. Typical of the Knob Lake Range, Schefferville area,
there are soft iron ores (direct shipping ore) composed of friable
fine-grained secondary iron oxides - hematite, goethite, limonite -
formed by supergene leaching and enrichment of the weakly
metamorphosed cherty iron formation. Magnetite iron formation or
taconite, fine grained, weakly metamorphosed iron formations
comprised of magnetite-specularite with above average magnetite
content are also evident. Metataconite, characteristic of the south
section, Labrador West and eastern Quebec, is intensely
metamorphosed iron formation containing recrystallized
coarse-grained magnetite and hematite. Refolded iron formations
attain several hundreds of metres in structural thickness and iron
oxides tend to concentrate in fold hinges; deposits reach hundreds
of millions tonnes grading 25 to 45% iron. The iron ore is easy to
separate from its gangue minerals and produces, by gravity or
magnetic separation, a high-grade iron concentrate of 66%Fe and
above. The Company's objective initially for Rannie Lake is to
identify one or more bona fide iron-oxide targets, either taconite
or meta-taconite, that may exist on the property. Some work on
historical structural interpretation has been completed however
parameters such as thickness, grade, and magnetic susceptibility,
alteration of the magnetite and other factors need to be
determined. Geophysical and geological mapping surveys for target
validation and outline are required to provide a better understand
and evaluate the oxide-rich horizon for an ensuing drilling
program. Rannie Lake is an early-stage exploration property and may
host a Lake Superior-type iron formation target. Phillip Thomas,
BSc, MBus, MAIG, a Qualified Person under NI 43-101, has reviewed
the content of this release. On Behalf of the Board of Directors,
Arrowstar Resources Ltd. "Robert L. Card" Robert L. Card President
"Neither 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." Forward-Looking Statements: This document includes
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but
are not limited to, statements concerning AWS's planned exploration
programs and other statements that are not historical facts. When
used in this document, the words such as "could," "plan,"
"estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "potential," "should," and
similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Although AWS
believes that its expectations reflected in these forward looking
statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and
uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual results
will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ from these
forward-looking statements are disclosed under the heading "Risk
Factors" and elsewhere in the corporation's periodic filings with
Canadian securities regulators. Arrowstar Resources Ltd. CONTACT:
Investor Contact Robert L.
Card604-687-7828arrowstarresources@shaw.cawww.arrowstarresources.com
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