Prosper Gold Corp. ("
Prosper Gold" or the
"
Company") (TSXV:PGX) is pleased to report channel
sampling results from the Skinner North prospect and identification
of exploration targets at the Skinner Target Area. The Skinner
Target Area is 4 kilometres northwest of the Golden Corridor
(Figure 1) and was identified by prospecting and 2021-2022 till
sampling results. The Company completed stripping, channel
sampling, and ground magnetics at the Skinner North for which all
results have been received.
Highlights
- Skinner Target Area is 2 x
3 km prospective area with limited outcropping
bedrock
- Exposed a 6 to 12 metre
wide shear zone for over 40 meters, open to east and
west
- Channel sampling results
include 9.69 gpt Au over 3 metres and 13.13 gpt Au over 1.8
metres
- Additional exploration
targets identified for immediate follow-up
“These channel samples are the highest-grade
rock samples found to date by our team at the Golden Sidewalk
Project,” commented Peter Bernier, CEO. “Prospecting, till
sampling, and geophysics brought us to this area of the project,
and we have spent the summer advancing this target to a drill ready
state. We will commence drilling in the coming weeks.”
Figure 1. Skinner North location map with
2021 till sampling
results.https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/46b86ca5-55d9-40fc-aeab-0e7d31841052
Exploration at the Skinner North target
area
Beginning in June 2020, the Company has been
defining exploration targets at the Skinner North target area. The
Skinner North target area is characterized as a series of east-west
trending faults and shears with strong alteration and local gold
mineralization. The faults and shears are axial planar to
kilometre-scale, east-northeast plunging folds. Initial rock
sampling results by Prosper Gold at the Skinner North showing in
2020 include 16.3 g/t gold and 13.7 g/t gold from east-west
trending quartz veins that were only partially exposed during
historical hand pitting.
The results from till sampling completed in late
2021 outlined a 3-kilometre gold grain-in-till train with
individual samples containing up to 1,014 gold grains. The presence
of glacially deposited sand covering much of the area in this part
of the Project posed a challenge to the collection of
representative till samples, with field crews collecting basal till
samples where possible.
Stripping and Channel Sampling at the
Skinner North Prospect
Stripping, washing and sampling of an area
roughly 25 x 50 metres has identified a strongly iron-carbonate ±
silica ± biotite altered shear zone with multiple mineralized
quartz-carbonate vein sets, with veins measuring up to 1 m in width
(Figures 2 & 3). Sulphide mineralization is predominantly
pyrite with lesser chalcopyrite, within quartz-carbonate veins and
silicified wallrock. Shear-hosted veins trend between 270° and 300°
and dip at -80° to -65° to the north.
Figure 2. Plan view photograph of trench at
Skinner North showing gold-bearing shear zone with channel sampled
gold assay
results.https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/026810ae-7fe4-4c69-9cae-1463484ce9f0
Figure 3. Photograph showing channel
sampling results from larger quartz-carbonate-pyrite vein in
strongly sheared mafic
volcanics.https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/572153b7-3367-44fe-8f16-43e0b97f9592
Channel sampling was completed after excavated
stripping and high pressure washing of bedrock. The presence of
thickening sand overburden to the west and of a water-laden swamp
to the east-southeast prevented crews from further exposing the
gold-bearing shear zone.
Figure 4. Plan map showing 2022 ground
magnetic survey results with structural interpretation and
outlining of exploration targets at
Skinner.https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/41fc52dc-9f58-46ac-bf1e-7a93b033dcca
Additional Exploration Targets Outlined at
Skinner Target Area
A high-resolution ground magnetic survey
covering approximately 860 hectares was completed by field crews in
July and August of 2022. The objective of the geophysical survey
was to identify fault structures that may have played a role in
localizing hydrothermal fluid flow which locally may be associated
with gold mineralization. The survey was completed at 50-metre line
spacings to maximize resolution and definition. Bedrock in this
area of the Golden Sidewalk Project is largely obscured by glacial
sand and till deposits.
Given the association with the “D2” regional
deformation event and gold mineralization in the Red Lake and Birch
Uchi greenstone belts, along with field observations, the Company
is pleased to recognize a number of east-west to west-northwest
interpreted fault structures and systems associated with northwest
conjugate faults (Figure 4). As is commonly the case in
structurally controlled gold systems, intersection of faults can
result in dilatancy which is conducive to hydrothermal fluid flux
and can focus gold deposition. A number of exploration targets have
been identified where the coincidence of favourable fault trends
and/or fault intersections correspond spatially with areas of
apparent magnetite destruction, represented as magnetic lows.
Table 1. Significant assays from 2022
channel sampling:
Channel ID |
|
From (m) |
|
To (m) |
|
Interval (m) |
|
Gold (gpt) |
|
TR22SK001-01 |
|
0 |
|
2.5 |
|
2.5 |
|
5.9 |
|
TR22SK001-02 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
2.16 |
|
TR22SK001-03 |
|
0.7 |
|
3.6 |
|
2.9 |
|
2.2 |
|
TR22SK001-04 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
1.15 |
|
TR22SK001-05 |
|
2 |
|
5.5 |
|
3.5 |
|
2.94 |
|
TR22SK001-06 |
|
0 |
|
3.2 |
|
3.2 |
|
2.13 |
|
TR22SK001-07 |
|
3 |
|
4.9 |
|
1.9 |
|
1.82 |
|
TR22SK001-09 |
|
0 |
|
3.3 |
|
3.3 |
|
3.92 |
|
TR22SK001-10 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
2.25 |
|
TR22SK001-11 |
|
0 |
|
2.5 |
|
2.5 |
|
4.64 |
|
TR22SK001-12 |
|
0 |
|
2.6 |
|
2.6 |
|
1.34 |
|
TR22SK001-13 |
|
0.5 |
|
2 |
|
1.5 |
|
2.4 |
|
TR22SK001-14 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
9.69 |
|
incl. |
|
0.5 |
|
2 |
|
1.5 |
|
15.5 |
|
TR22SK001-16 |
|
0 |
|
1.8 |
|
1.8 |
|
13.13 |
|
incl. |
|
0 |
|
0.7 |
|
0.7 |
|
25.9 |
|
TR22SK001-19 |
|
3 |
|
4.3 |
|
1.3 |
|
2.42 |
|
** true widths are unknown
Table 2. Collar details of specified
channel cuts (coordinates provided in UTM NAD83, zone
15).
Channel ID |
|
Easting (m) |
|
Northing (m) |
|
Azi (°) |
|
Length (m) |
|
TR22SK001-01 |
|
506206.3 |
|
5676571.0 |
|
166 |
|
2.5 |
|
TR22SK001-02 |
|
506210.3 |
|
5676576.4 |
|
180 |
|
4 |
|
TR22SK001-03 |
|
506212.0 |
|
5676575.5 |
|
186 |
|
3.6 |
|
TR22SK001-04 |
|
506213.7 |
|
5676575.6 |
|
186 |
|
3.5 |
|
TR22SK001-05 |
|
506215.4 |
|
5676576.5 |
|
180 |
|
5.5 |
|
TR22SK001-06 |
|
506218.5 |
|
5676575.3 |
|
168 |
|
3.2 |
|
TR22SK001-07 |
|
506218.9 |
|
5676577.0 |
|
169 |
|
4.9 |
|
TR22SK001-09 |
|
506223.0 |
|
5676568.0 |
|
168.5 |
|
3.3 |
|
TR22SK001-10 |
|
506221.4 |
|
5676570.8 |
|
164.5 |
|
2 |
|
TR22SK001-11 |
|
506221.3 |
|
5676567.7 |
|
181 |
|
2.5 |
|
TR22SK001-12 |
|
506218.7 |
|
5676566.0 |
|
180 |
|
2.6 |
|
TR22SK001-13 |
|
506218.0 |
|
5676566.3 |
|
183 |
|
2 |
|
TR22SK001-14 |
|
506225.0 |
|
5676568.3 |
|
183 |
|
4 |
|
TR22SK001-16 |
|
506227.7 |
|
5676566.7 |
|
173.5 |
|
1.8 |
|
TR22SK001-19 |
|
506240.3 |
|
5676565.6 |
|
177 |
|
5.1 |
|
About the Golden Sidewalk
The Golden Sidewalk is a district-scale gold
exploration project covering over 160 square kilometres of
contiguous mineral claims and mining leases (see the Company's Aug.
10, Sept. 8, and Sept. 15, 2020 news releases for details) in the
western Birch-Uchi Greenstone Belt, approximately 60 km east of Red
Lake, Ontario. The vehicle-accessible project straddles 12
kilometres of the Balmer Assemblage – Narrow Lake Assemblage
unconformity, a regional-scale feature that has been the Red Lake
exploration guide, but which has seen limited exploration in the
project area. The “Golden Corridor” lies immediately north of the
unconformity and is characterized as a highly prospective trend of
coincident favourable magnetic and resistivity lineaments supported
by highly anomalous gold-in-till samples covering 7.0 by 0.5
kilometres. An additional highly prospective target area was
defined in 2021, termed the Skinner North Target Area, where rock
samples up to 16.3 g/t gold and till samples containing up to 1,014
gold grains have not been followed up with drilling.
QA/QC Procedures
The location of channel samples was designed by
the on-site geologist and were cut in cleaned bedrock with gas
powered rock-saws by field personnel. Channel samples were cut to
medial depths of 2.5 to 3” and medial widths of 2”. Sample interval
lengths were between 0.5 and 1.5 metres. Quality assurance and
quality control measures implemented by the Company include the
insertion of certified reference materials in the sample sequence
at a rate of 1 in 20 for both blank material and certified
reference standards. Analytical results for reference standard and
blank samples are scrutinized internally to ensure adequate
analytical precision and accuracy in both sample preparation and
instrumental procedures. A chain of custody is strictly monitored
to ensure sample and analytical integrity and
reliability. Channel samples are sent to AGAT Laboratories in
Thunder Bay, Ontario, where they are analyzed in 50-gram aliquots
using Fire-Assay with ICP-OES finish. Any overlimit analyses
(>10 g/t Au) are re-analyzed with a pulp metallic screen method
designed to give the most accurate representation of gold
concentration in each sample. AGAT Laboratories in Thunder Bay, ON,
is an accredited testing laboratory having been assessed by the
Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and found to conform with the
requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information in this
news release has been reviewed by Rory Ritchie, P.Geo.,
Vice-President of Exploration for Prosper Gold and 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
Per: “Peter Bernier” Peter BernierPresident
& CEO
For further information, please contact:
Peter BernierPresident & CEOProsper Gold
Corp.Cell: (250) 316-6644Email: Pete@ProsperGoldCorp.com
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