Prosper Gold Corp. Resumes Trading; Starts Drilling at Sheslay Porphyry Copper Gold Project-British Columbia
03 September 2013 - 11:00PM
Marketwired Canada
Prosper Gold Corp. ("Prosper Gold" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:PGX) is
pleased to announce that effective at the opening of trading on the TSX Venture
Exchange ("TSXV") today, September 3, 2013, the common shares of the Company
will resume trading on the TSXV under the trading symbol "PGX". This follows the
previously announced qualifying transaction (May 7, 2013 news release) in which
Prosper Gold may acquire up to an 80% interest in certain mining claims on the
Sheslay porphyry copper gold property (the "Property") located in northwestern
British Columbia.
Prosper Gold has commenced a Phase 1 diamond drill program on the Star discovery
and will complete a deep penetration IP survey over the entire 12 square
kilometre target area, covering a cluster of 5 copper gold bearing porphyry
targets.
The Property
The Property is located within the Stikine Arch, a region that hosts a number of
significant porphyry copper-gold deposits, including: the Red Chris Deposit with
Proven and Probable Reserves of 301.5 million tonnes grading 0.359% Cu and 0.274
g/t Au, plus a Measured and Indicated Resource of 936.2 million tonnes grading
0.374% Cu and 0.385g/t Au, and the Galore Creek Deposit with Proven and Probable
Reserves of 528 million tonnes grading 0.6% Cu, 0.32 g/t Au and 6.02 g/t Ag,
plus a Measured and Indicated Resource totaling 287 million tonnes at a grade of
0.33% Cu and 0.27 g/t Au. Colorado Resources Ltd.'s North Rok property, where
discovery hole NR 13-001 intersected 242 m @ 0.63% Cu and 0.85 g/t Au, is also
located within the Stikine Arch. The Company's qualified person has not verified
the above published information and cautions that it is not necessarily
indicative of the mineralization on the Sheslay Property.
Porphyry copper-gold mineralization occurs on the Sheslay Property, defined by
significant historical work completed by different operators from the 1970's to
2007. Five drill ready targets have been identified to date: (Star, North Star,
East Star, Copper Creek and Pyrrhotite Creek). Four of the five porphyry style
targets are permitted for drilling and clustered within a 12 square kilometre
Star target area. There are multiple distinct porphyry style targets also occur
in the Pyrrhotite Creek area located to the southwest.
Star Target
-- Drilled between 2004 and 2007, 23 holes for a total 4,469 metres
covering approximately a 400 metre by 400 metre surface area. The Star
target is open for extension in all directions with historical copper
and gold in soil geochemical anomalies suggesting a target size at least
twice the drilled area to date.
-- Most holes intersected Triassic aged sub volcanic monzonite intrusive.
It is not yet known if this is a multi phase intrusive system.
-- Historical drill result summary shown in the attached table:
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From To
Hole Number (collar) (EOH) Interval Cu Au
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m M m % g/t
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CC2004-01 3.00 239.90 236.90 0.32 0.18
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CC2004-02 0.00 173.10 173.10 0.41 0.17
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CC2004-03 0.00 240.80 240.80 0.23 0.06
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CC2004-04 0.00 108.50 108.50 0.19 0.06
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CC2004-05 0.00 242.30 242.30 0.44 0.32
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CC2004-06 0.00 190.20 190.20 0.41 0.22
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CC2004-07 1.00 330.40 329.40 0.32 0.11
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CC2005-08 3.80 145.10 141.30 0.36 0.27
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CC2005-09 3.00 145.08 142.08 0.44 0.25
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CC2005-10 3.65 124.05 120.40 0.28 0.11
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CC2005-11 1.50 118.87 117.36 0.34 0.14
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CC2005-12 1.58 122.53 120.95 0.33 0.22
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CC2005-13 1.50 118.87 117.37 0.21 0.09
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CC2005-14 0.91 120.40 119.49 0.06 0.06
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CC2005-15 1.52 158.50 156.98 0.29 0.22
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CC2005-16 3.66 134.72 131.06 0.26 0.15
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CC2005-17 2.20 106.05 103.85 0.36 0.21
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CC2005-18 0.00 106.68 106.68 0.32 0.28
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CC2005-19 6.10 102.11 96.01 0.26 0.09
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CC2007-01(1) 2.74 337.41 334.67 0.35 0.17
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CC2007-02(1) 2.74 223.10 220.36 0.42 0.21
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CC2007-03 0.00 128.66 128.66 0.37 0.13
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CC2007-04(1) 3.04 293.21 290.17 0.41 0.19
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(1) includes hole extensions; note that overlapping footages has occurred in
some cases, due to re-entering holes in badly fractured ground.
-- Discovery hole CC2004-05, graded a weighted average of 0.44% Cu and
0.32g/t Au over 242.3 metres. The deepest hole, CC-2007-01, averaged
0.35%Cu and 0.17g/t Au over 337.4 metres.
-- The Star target, based on historical exploration geophysical,
geochemical and drill data, covers an approximate 700 metre by 500 metre
area. The discovery is open to depth and extension laterally in all
directions beyond this confirmed area. Mineralization is not restricted
to specific rock types. Both the porphyry and bounding volcanic rocks
are mineralized.
-- Copper/gold ratios demonstrate notable consistency.
-- Mineralization starts at the surface. Chalcopyrite occurs mainly as fine
grained disseminations with pyrite and pyrrhotite, with lesser fracture
controlled mineralization.
-- Anomalously high gold and copper -in-soil anomalies directly coincide
with historical defined chargeability and elevated magnetic geophysical
anomalies. The 2013 IP and magnetic survey is designed to fully define
each porphyry target laterally and to depth.
-- Star surface trench results from 2004 graded 0.43% Cu and 0.25 g/t Au
over 216 metres.
-- Approximately 300 metres southwest of the historical drill sites, two
additional trenches encountered mineralization within porphyritic
intrusive, including 70 metres of 0.33% Cu and 24 metres of 0.51% Cu and
0.14g/t Au occur within the same host porphyry rock.
A drilling update is anticipated in the early part of October that will contain
the initial assay results of the first diamond drill holes.
Brokerage Fees Correction
The Company announces a correction to the TSXV August 30, 2013 Prosper Gold
Private Placement release. The text should read Axemen Resource Capital Ltd. and
not Dundee Securities Ltd. in relation to agent fees and warrants.
Qualified Person
The scientific or technical information in this news release has been reviewed
by Dr. Dirk Tempelman-Kluit, PhD, P.Geo., a Qualified Person under National
Instrument 43-101.
For a detailed overview of Prosper Gold please visit www.ProsperGoldCorp.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Peter Bernier, President & CEO
Information set forth in this news release may involve forward-looking
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absence of dividends; competition; dilution; the volatility of our common share
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and analysis section of our interim and most recent annual financial statement
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Prosper Gold Corp.
Peter Bernier
President & CEO
(250) 992-6644
(250) 992-6643 (FAX)
pete@prospergoldcorp.com
www.ProsperGoldCorp.com
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