CALGARY,
June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Boxxer
Gold Corp. (BXX-TSXV/OTC Other-BXXRF)) ("Boxxer or the
Company") is pleased to provide an update on drilling
activities at its East Breccia copper-molybdenum-silver project
located in the Sault Ste. Marie Mining Division in south-central
Ontario. Six of the proposed eight
diamond drill holes have been completed with detailed logging and
sampling of the core underway. The drilling program is being
completed in the most logistically efficient manner as possible
which necessitates drilling holes out of the normal sequence.
Highlights of the first three holes are as follows:
Highlights:
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Diamond drill hole (DDH) EB-05-2012 was drilled to a depth of
251.76 metres (m) and intersected two intervals of copper-pyrite
mineralization. Molybdenite mineralization is associated with the
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DDH EB-02-2012 was drilled to a depth of 248.70m and
intersected four intervals of copper-pyrite mineralization.
Molybdenite mineralization is associated with the upper mineralized
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DDH EB-04-2012 was drilled to a depth of 254.20m and
intersected two intervals of copper-pyrite mineralization.
Molybdenite mineralization is associated with both mineralized
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Three additional diamond drill holes have been completed and
are pending completion of detailed logging and sampling for
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Elmer Stewart,
President and CEO of Boxxer stated, "The descriptions of the three
drill holes logged to date indicate broad intervals of copper
mineralization which in some cases is associated with molybdenite
mineralization. The purpose of the 2012 program is to confirm the
historical drilling results reported from the East Breccia zone.
The intervals of copper +/- molybdenite mineralization observed in
the diamond drill holes to date are encouraging, but assay results
will be required to confirm the historical reported analytical
results".
The reader is cautioned that visible copper
and molybdenite mineralization does not necessarily equate to
significant concentrations of either copper or molybdenum and there
is no assurance that the assay results of the samples from these
drill holes will yield significant copper or molybdenum
grades.
DDH EB-05-2012 located at the collar of DDH
EB-17 (historical drill hole) intersected disseminated and veinlet
controlled chalcopyrite (a copper sulphide mineral) mineralization
from 4.0m to 14.67m and from 24.9m to 251.76m. Molybdenite
mineralization is associated with the chalcopyrite mineralization
and occurs as veinlet and in quartz veins. Pyrite (an iron
sulphide) is the dominant sulphide mineral identified in this drill
hole. The mineralization is hosted in a sequence of lithologies
altered gabbro and volcanic rocks.
DDH EB-02-2012 located at the collar of DDH EB-5
(historical drill hole) is situated approximately 70m west of DDH
EB-05-2012 and intersected four intervals of disseminated and
veinlet controlled chalcopyrite mineralization. The upper
three intervals occur over core intervals ranging from 3.0 to 24.0m
(not true thickness) and contain chalcopyrite mineralization. The
lower interval occurs over a core interval from 128.7m to 243.4m
and contains chalcopyrite and molybdenite mineralization. The
distribution of the molybdenite is more restricted than the
chalcopyrite mineralization within this interval. Pyrite is the
dominant sulphide mineral identified in this drill hole. The
mineralization is hosted in a sequence of altered gabbro and
volcanic rocks.
DDH EB-04-2012 located at the collar of DDH
EB-12 (historical drill hole) is situated 70m northeast of DDH
EB-05-2012 and intersected two intervals of disseminated and
veinlet controlled chalcopyrite+/-molybdenite mineralization. The
mineralized intervals occur over core intervals from 2.50m to
108.7m and from 121.0 to 200.9m. The distribution of the
molybdenite is more restricted than the chalcopyrite mineralization
with pyrite being the dominant sulphide mineral identified in the
drill hole. The mineralization is hosted in a sequence of altered
gabbro and volcanic rocks.
Diamond
Drilling and Sampling Procedures:
The diamond drilling was completed using an NQ core size. Core
recovery was estimated to be greater than 97%. After cutting with a
diamond saw, one half of the core is collected for sample
preparation and analysis and the other half is retained for future
reference. Sample intervals are being selected based on lithology
changes/alteration intensity/estimated mineral content. Sample
preparation and analysis is being completed by ALS Chemex located
in Sudbury, Ontario. Analyses are
being completed using code ME-MS61 using a four acid digestion and
analyzing for 48 element including
copper-molybdenum-silver-tungsten and rhenium.
Quality Control
Boxxer follows a rigorous Quality Assurance/Quality Control program
consisting of inserting standards, blanks and duplicates into the
sample stream submitted to the laboratory for analysis.
About Boxxer Gold Corp.
Boxxer is a Canadian junior resource company involved in the
exploration of the Boss and Buena Vista copper projects in
Nevada, the DOK copper-gold
porphyry property in Northwest British
Columbia and the East Breccia copper-silver-molybdenum
property in Ontario. Boxxer
also has the Crescent Peak gold-silver project in Nevada and the Gordon Lake gold project
located 110 kilometres north of Yellowknife NWT, Canada.
Elmer B. Stewart,
MSc. P. Geol., President and CEO of Boxxer Gold, is the Company's
nominated Qualified Person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101,
Standards for Disclosure for Mineral Projects, has reviewed the
technical information disclosed in this news release.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Elmer B. Stewart P. Geol.
MSc.
President and CEO
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Forward-Looking Statements: This news
release may contain certain forward-looking information. All
statements included herein, other than statements of historical
fact, are forward-looking information and such information
involves various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance
that such information will prove to be accurate, and actual results
and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such information. There is no certainty that the diamond
drilling or the reported mineralization in the current drill holes
from the East Breccia project would return significant intervals of
copper or molybdenite mineralization. Management has assumed that
the results it has received and the interpretation thereof are
reliable, and has applied geological and geophysical interpretation
methodologies which are consistent with industry standards.
Although Management has a reasonable basis for the conclusions
drawn, actual results may differ materially from those currently
anticipated in such statements. A description of assumptions used
to develop such forward-looking information and a description of
risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially
from forward-looking information can be found in Boxxer's
disclosure documents on the SEDAR website at
www.sedar.com. Boxxer does not undertake to update any
forward-looking information except in accordance with applicable
securities laws.
SOURCE Boxxer Gold Corp.