VANCOUVER, BC, July 3, 2024
/CNW/ - Group Eleven Resources Corp. (TSXV: ZNG) (OTCBB: GRLVF)
(FRA: 3GE) ("Group Eleven" or the "Company") is
pleased to announce details of its upcoming drill program at the
Carrickittle West Prospect ("Carrickittle West"),
Republic of Ireland. The prospect
spans across the Company's 76.56%-owned Stonepark Project
("Stonepark") and the Company's 100%-owned PG West Project
("PG West"). The Company is also pleased to provide an
update on its ongoing drill program at the Ballywire Zn-Pb-Ag
discovery ("Ballywire"), located at PG West.
Highlights
- Drilling at Carrickittle West (Stonepark and PG West) is
planned to begin in calendar Q3 2024 and complete by year-end, with
4-5 holes totalling approx. 1,700m
(hole depths of 350m to 550m)
- Drilling will test targets on the southern margin of Limerick
Volcanic Complex ("LVC"), a prospective area that measures
approximately 11km in strike-length
- Targets include areas of brecciation and mineralization seen in
previous drilling, the Kilteely volcanic centre and the SW
extensions of the Coonagh Castle Fault (first intersected by Group
Eleven, see news release dated 16-Jun-2022)
- Importantly, the volcanic centre at Kilteely, covering 2km x
6km, is the focus of renewed attention by the Company given its
potential importance in localizing zinc mineralization; note that
the only other interpreted volcanic centre in the LVC is located
adjacent to the Pallas Green deposit1 (only 5km to the
north of Carrickittle West)
- Overall, drilling aims to make a significant zinc discovery at
Carrickittle West
- Separately, the two-rig drill program at Ballywire is
progressing well, with next results expected in a few weeks
"We are excited to re-initiate exploration at the Carrickittle
West Prospect," stated Bart
Jaworski, CEO. "The identification of extensive brecciation,
sulphide mineralization and a major fault structure in our previous
drilling, along with the re-interpretation of the potential
importance of the Kilteely volcanic centre, sets the stage for a
very exciting next leg of this promising, large-scale, 'Pallas
Green lookalike' target. We also look forward to providing the
latest drill results from Ballywire in the near term."
Carrickittle West Prospect
The Carrickittle West Prospect extends approximately 11km along
strike, at the southern margin of the Limerick Volcanic Complex,
spanning the Stonepark Project (76.56%) and the PG West Project
(100%; see Exhibit 1 and 2). Work to date by Group Eleven,
including drilling, has identified areas with similar
characteristics and styles of alteration to the Pallas Green
deposit1, including areas of intense hydrothermal
brecciation and sulphide (pyrite) mineralisation. Major structures
have also been identified and interpreted, which may be a focus for
hydrothermal fluid flow (prerequisite for mineralization). In
addition, it is recognised that the centres of volcanic activity,
such as those at the Pallas Green deposit and Group Eleven's
Carrickittle West Prospect (see Exhibit 1), may have
enhanced hydrothermal pathways (increasing prospectivity for zinc
mineralization).
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1 Pallas Green mineral resource estimate totals 45.4
million tonnes grading 7.2% Zn and 1.2% Pb (Inferred; Glencore
Reserve and Resource Report, 2023)
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Note: Pallas Green MRE
is 45.4 million tonnes of 8.4% Zn+Pb (7.2% Zn + 1.2% Pb), Inferred
(Glencore, Dec-31-2023); Stonepark MRE is 5.1 million tonnes of
11.3% Zn+Pb (8.7% Zn and 2.6% Pb), Inferred (Apr-17-2018); Outline
of volcanic centres ("VC") derived from Peter Strogen (1983);
G11-2531-01 intersected SW extensions of the Coonagh Castle Fault
(news release dated 16-Jun-2022)
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Drilling at Carrickittle West is planned to begin in calendar Q3
2024 and complete by year-end, with 4-5 holes totalling approx.
1,700m (hole depths of 350m to 550m). Hole
locations are shown in Exhibit 1, testing the margins of the
southern volcanic centre and the southwestern continuation of the
Coonagh Castle Fault.
For background, in May 2019, the
Company announced G11-450-02 (see Exhibit 1) which
intersected a vertically extensive (230m thick) zone containing varying amounts of
extensive iron-sulfide (pyrite and possible marcasite), chert
(suspected to be either volcanogenic and/or hydrothermal) and
brecciation (mostly hydrothermal). In June-2022, the Company
announced G11-2531-01, drilled approx. 5km to the west,
intersecting a major fault structure with a large vertical
displacement (at least 150m),
interpreted to be the SW continuation of the Coonagh Castle
Fault.
Notes to Exhibit 2: (a) Stonepark MRE: see
the 'NI 43-101 Independent Report on the Zinc-Lead Exploration
Project at Stonepark, County Limerick,
Ireland', by Gordon, Kelly and van
Lente, with an effective date of April 26, 2018, as found on SEDAR; (b) the
historic estimate at Denison was reported by Westland Exploration
Limited in 'Report on Prospecting Licence 464' by Dermot Hughes dated May, 1988; (c) the historic
estimate at Gortdrum was reported in 'The Geology and Genesis of
the Gortdrum Cu-Ag-Hg Orebody' by G.M. Steed dated 1986; and (d)
the historic estimate at Tullacondra was first reported by Munster
Base Metals Ltd in 'Report on Mallow Property' by David Wilbur,
dated December 1973; and later summarized in 'Cu-Ag Mineralization
at Tullacondra, Mallow, Co. Cork' by Wilbur and Carter in 1986. The
three historic estimates (b, c and d, above) have not been verified
as current mineral resources; none of the key assumptions,
parameters and methods used to prepare the historic estimates were
reported and no resource categories were used. Significant data
compilation, re-drilling and data verification may be required by a
Qualified Person before the historic estimates can be verified and
upgraded to be compliant with current NI 43-101 standard.
Currently, no Qualified Person has done sufficient work to classify
them as current mineral resources and the Company is not treating
the historic estimates as current mineral resources. 'Rathdowney
Trend' is the south-westerly projection of the Rathdowney Trend,
hosting the historic Lisheen and Galmoy mines.
Qualified Person
Technical information in this news release has been approved by
Mark Parker, BA, MIMMM, QMR,
consultant at IGS (International Geoscience Services) Limited, and
independent 'Qualified Person' as defined under Canadian National
Instrument 43-101.
About Group Eleven Resources
Group Eleven Resources Corp. (TSX.V: ZNG; OTCBB: GRLVF and FRA:
3GE) is a mineral exploration company focused on advanced stage
zinc exploration in the Republic of
Ireland. Group Eleven announced the Ballywire discovery in
September 2022. Key intercepts to
date include:
- 3.3m of 12.5% Zn+Pb and 48 g/t Ag
(G11-468-01)
- 10.8m of 10.0% Zn+Pb and 109 g/t
Ag (G11-468-03)
- 10.1m of 8.6% Zn+Pb and 46 g/t Ag
(G11-468-06)
- 10.5m of 14.7% Zn+Pb, 399 g/t Ag
and 0.31% Cu (G11-468-12)
- 11.2m of 8.9% Zn+Pb and 83 g/t Ag
(G11-3552-03) and
- 29.6m of 10.6% Zn+Pb, 78 g/t Ag
and 0.15% Cu (G11-3552-12)
Additional information about the Company is available at
www.groupelevenresources.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bart Jaworski, P.Geo.
Chief Executive Officer
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results of operations, performance and achievements of the Company,
including the timing, content, cost and results of proposed work
programs, the discovery and delineation of mineral
deposits/resources/ reserves and geological interpretations.
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future results or performance, and that actual results may differ
materially from those in forward looking statements as a result of
various factors, including, but not limited to, variations in the
nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that may be
located. All of the Company's public disclosure filings may be
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materials, including the technical reports filed with respect to
the Company's mineral properties.
SOURCE Group Eleven Resources Corp.