Otis Identifies 3.5km Gold & Silver Anomaly at Oakley Project
13 November 2018 - 11:00PM
Otis Gold Corp. (“
Otis” or the
“
Company”) (
TSX-V:
OOO) (
OTC: OGLDF) is pleased to
announce the results from its recently completed 2018 exploration
program at Cold Creek, a target located at the north end of the
Oakley Project, Cassia County, Idaho. Surface geochemical studies
consisting of rock outcrop mapping and sampling, and a 200 metre
(“m”) by 50m soil sample grid, has revealed a 3.5 km long by 0.5 km
wide trend of anomalous gold and silver values (Figures 1 & 2 –
Au & Ag rock and soil sample result maps). Assay results from
rock chip samples include gold values up to 1.9 g/t gold (or “Au”)
and silver values up to 8.4 g/t silver (or “Ag”). After analyzing
these results, Otis expanded its Cold Creek claim package by
locating 32 new federal lode mining claims (totaling 640 acres)
(Figure 3 - Land Tenure map). Geochemical and structural data
collected from the 2018 field season, along with historic
reverse-circulation drilling data, is being modelled in 3D in order
to develop drill targets for future testing.
The Cold Creek target contains gold-silver
epithermal hot spring-type alteration and mineralization. This is
predominantly hosted in the Tertiary Salt Lake formation (or
“Tcg”), a series of epiclastic sedimentary rocks, ash layers and
tuffaceous volcanic rocks. The Tcg underlies the majority of the
Cold Creek property and composes the primary target for exploration
in the Cold Creek area.
Otis Vice President of Exploration, Alan
Roberts, states, “We are very excited by the results of this year’s
exploration program at Cold Creek and it confirms our belief in the
prospect’s potential. Historic work conducted at Cold Creek had
indicated the potential for economic mineralization but only within
a small area - the surface extent of the gold and silver anomalies
has exceeded our expectations.”
Highlights of the 2018 Cold Creek
Fieldwork:
- A total of 651 soil samples were
analyzed for gold and silver. Results show an anomalous zone or
‘core’ to the Cold Creek target within the Tertiary Salt Lake
formation tuffs and conglomerates that indicates the potential for
sub-surface Au-Ag mineralization. The anomalous zone is defined by
gold values up to 0.14 g/t Au and silver at 1.13 g/t Ag.
- Soil results also show a strong
anomaly along the fault-controlled Cold Creek drainage to the East.
This fault may host mineralization and indicates potential
expansion of the anomaly to the East.
- 231 rock-chip samples were
collected across the project area and contained up to 1.9 g/t Au
and up to 8.4 g/t Ag within the altered and oxidized ash and
tuffaceous matrix of the Tertiary Salt Lake Formation conglomerate
(Tcg). Results have confirmed that the Tcg is the principal
host for mineralization within the Cold Creek claims.
- As a result of insights gained
during the 2018 field season, Otis has expanded its land package at
Cold Creek by 32 claims (640 acres).
In 2019, Otis plans to continue exploration at
Cold Creek which will include permitting of a reverse-circulation
and core drilling program as well as continued geologic mapping and
geochemical sampling programs. Additionally, a LiDAR survey
planned for 2018 and designed to assist in identifying fault
structures will now be completed in 2019.
Details of the 2018
Exploration:The 2018 exploration work at Cold Creek
continues Otis’ commitment to further advance the Oakley Project,
and ties in to the field work completed at both Matrix Creek and
Blue Hill Creek in 2017 (see Otis Gold News Release dated May 3,
2018). Exploration in late Spring-Early Summer 2018 consisted of
geologic and structural mapping, and the collection of 651 soil
samples and 231 rock chip samples. All samples were analyzed by
Bureau Veritas Minerals laboratories in Elko and Reno, Nevada using
30g Fire Assay for Gold in rock samples, and 37 element ultra-trace
ICP-MS analysis after modified Aqua Regia digestion for rocks and
soil samples.
Alan Roberts, MSc, CPG, and Vice President of
Exploration, serves as the Qualified Person for this news release
and has reviewed and approved the technical content contained
herein.
About the Oakley ProjectThe
Oakley Project (“Oakley”) is a gold-silver exploration prospect
located 21 km south of Oakley, Idaho, and 3 km north of the
Idaho-Utah state line, and along trend from the Vipont Mine in Utah
11kms to the south. The property lies along the western flank of
the Albion Mountains, part of the Albion-Raft River-Grouse Creek
Metamorphic Core Complex. Oakley contains multiple targets located
along a trend greater than 10 km in length and comprises the Cold
Creek target to the north, and the Emery Creek, Blue Hill Creek and
Matrix Creek targets located to the south of the project (Figure 4
- Regional Geology map).
Oakley hosts gold-silver, epithermal hot
spring-type mineralization at multiple targets that are all
associated with regional detachment-related gold-silver
mineralization. Blue Hill Creek (Technical Report dated August 8,
2016) contains an Inferred Resource of 163,000 ounces gold in 9.97
million tonnes at a grade of 0.51 g/t Au. The Blue Hill Creek
resource is hosted within a northwest-trending Tertiary graben that
is part of a north trending, 8 km long by 1.5 km wide zone of
low-sulphidation, hot spring-type gold occurrences along the
western margin of the Albion Mountains.
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 Project,
located in Clark County, Idaho and the Oakley Project, located in
Cassia County, Idaho.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“Craig T. Lindsay”
President & CEO
For additional information, please contact:
Mr. Tony Perri – Corporate Development
Tel: (604) 424-8100 Email: tony@otisgold.com
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