Otis Increases Kilgore Project Land Position by 33%
02 February 2018 - 12:30AM
Otis Gold Corp. (the “
Company” or
“
Otis”) (
TSX-V:OOO)
(
OTC:OGLDF) is pleased to announce that it has
increased its land position at the Kilgore Project, Clark County,
Idaho, by approximately 3,000 acres, or 33%. The additional land
was acquired by the direct staking of 150 federal lode mining
claims located in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest immediately
adjacent and contiguous to the Company’s existing Kilgore claims
(see Kilgore 2018 Claim Map). With this additional staking, the
total contiguous land package at Kilgore now totals approximately
12,150 acres, or 19.0 square miles (49.2 square kilometres). The
land position is now comprised of 614 federal lode mining claims
and is not subject to any underlying royalties or other
encumbrances. Including its approximately 4,000-acre land position
at the Oakley Project, Cassia County, Idaho, Otis now controls the
second largest land position prospective for gold in the State of
Idaho.
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As background, in 2017 Otis conducted a 25-hole,
8,000-metre drill program to further test the existing Kilgore
Deposit. In addition to this drilling, Otis’ technical team
completed a program of over 2,500 soil, rock chip and stream
sediment samples and a 464-line kilometre ground magnetic survey.
As a result of promising results at the northwestern end of the
claim block, Otis’ sampling and ground magnetic work was extended
into an area that is generally on strike to the projected Northwest
Fault, which is thought to be a major control at the existing
Kilgore Deposit. Work completed was focused on stream sediment
sampling and rock chip samples, and was complemented with a limited
ground magnetic survey. Based on a review and assessment of this
work, Otis staked an additional 150 federal lode mining claims in
an emerging target area known as Gold Knob.
Otis President & CEO, Craig Lindsay, stated:
“This additional staking marks an exciting step in the development
of Kilgore, and is a reflection of our assessment of the project’s
growing geologic potential. In 2018, we plan to aggressively
continue regional exploration work at Kilgore to complement our
planned exploration drilling, with a view to potentially further
expanding the project.”
The qualified person under National Instrument
(NI 43-101) Standards of Disclosure for this News Release is Bruno
Barde, P. Geo, who has reviewed and approved its technical
content.
About the Kilgore Project
The Kilgore Project contains a current NI 43-101
(dated September 12, 2012) Indicated Resource of 520,000 ounces
(oz.) Au in 27.4 million tonnes at a grade of 0.59 g/t Au and an
Inferred Resource of 300,000 oz. Au in 20.2 million tonnes at a
grade of 0.46 g/t Au (the “Deposit”). The Deposit is part of an
extensive low-sulfidation quartz-adularia epithermal hydrothermal
system hosted in Tertiary volcanic rocks and basement Aspen
Formation calcareous siltstone, shale, and sandstone of Late
Cretaceous age. Gold mineralization is of the traditional
disseminated, bulk-tonnage type similar to that comprising the
classic volcanic-hosted gold deposits at Round Mountain, Nevada and
McDonald Meadows, Montana. The preparation of an updated NI
43-101 compliant resource calculation is ongoing and will include
drilling completed in 2015, 2016 and 2017. This updated resource
estimate will be released when available.
About the Company
Otis is a resource company focused on the
acquisition, exploration, and development of precious metal
deposits in Idaho, USA. Otis is currently developing its flagship
property, the Kilgore Gold Project, located in Clark County, Idaho
and the Oakley Project, located in Cassia County, Idaho.
ON BEHALF OF THE
BOARD
“Craig T. Lindsay”
President and CEO
For additional information, please contact:
Mr. Tony Perri – Corporate Development
Tel: (604) 424-8100 Email: tony@otisgold.com
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adequacy or accuracy of this release.
The forward-looking information contained in
this press release is made as of the date hereof, and Otis
undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any
forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, unless so required by
applicable securities laws. This news release does not
constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to sell
any securities in the United States. The securities have not been
and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) or any state
securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United
States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S.
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption
from such registration is available.
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