Prophecy Platinum Corp. (“Prophecy Platinum” or the
“Company”)
(TSX-V: NKL; OTC-QX: PNIKF) is pleased to announce the
final results
of its US$6.5 million, 11,000 metre 2012 exploration drill program
at the
Company’s 100%-owned Wellgreen PGM-Ni-Cu project, located in the
southwest of
Canada’s Yukon Territory. Fourteen of fifteen drill holes, from
across
approximately two kilometres of the existing mineral resource area,
intercepted
significant mineralized widths, including two of the best
intercepts drilled at
the Wellgreen project to date.
Highlights
Highlighted drill results are summarized below in platinum
equivalent (Pt Eq.)1
and nickel equivalent (Ni Eq.)1:
-
WS12-214
intersected three mineralized intervals totalling 362.8 metres of
2.22g/t
Pt Eq. or 0.49% Ni Eq. including 37.6m of 5.31g/t Pt Eq. or 1.18%
Ni Eq.;
-
WS12-205
intersected five mineralized intervals totalling 314.4 metres of
2.38g/t
Pt Eq. or 0.53% Ni Eq. including 44.1 metres of 4.13g/t Pt Eq. or
0.92% Ni
Eq.;
-
WS12-203
intersected two mineralized intervals totalling 317.2 metres of
1.91g/t Pt
Eq. or 0.42% Ni Eq.;
-
WS12-208
was entirely mineralized, totalling 142.5 metres of 4.01g/t Pt Eq.
or
0.89% Ni Eq.;
-
WS12-204
intersected three mineralized intervals totalling 295.0 metres of
1.92g/t
Pt Eq. or 0.43% Ni Eq.;
-
WS12-213
intersected two mineralized intervals totalling 251.9 metres of
2.08g/t Pt
Eq. or 0.46% Ni Eq
Please refer to the tables below for additional details on all
drilling
results. Greg Johnson, Prophecy Platinum's recently appointed
President and
Chief Executive Officer, stated, "We are very pleased by the
results from
this last round of drilling in the 2012 Wellgreen exploration
program and are
developing a good understanding of the
geologic controls
for a large scale, bulk mining approach to the Wellgreen
project.
These drill holes from four different areas across the main
Wellgreen
deposit, designed to test representative sections of the deposit,
demonstrate
wide intervals of impressive mineralization. Two of these drill
holes are in
the top holes ever drilled on the property to date in terms of
width and grade
of mineralization and six of these drill holes exceed a grade
thickness value
of over 500 gram-metres of platinum equivalent. A grade
thickness value
of 20 gram-metres is considered economically significant and most
high quality
gold or platinum mines would have a core zone of 100 gram-metres or
more.
A value of 500 gram-metres is exceptional and two of our
holes in the
project are nearly 1000 gram-metres highlighting the strength of
the Wellgreen
system. In addition, most of these zones remain open to
further expansion
at depth and along trend.”
"Over the past several months our Wellgreen team has been
compiling all
of the historic exploration data on the project and systematically
integrating
it along with the results from the 2012 program. This work is
showing a nearly
continuous zone of disseminated PGM, nickel and copper
mineralization in
ultramafic intrusive rocks of up to 200-500 metres in thickness
with a higher
grade package of ultramafics lower in the section of up to 150-300
metres with
substantially higher PGM content."
Central
Zone
The Central Zone, which occurs between the East and West Resource
zones, had
undergone only limited drilling at the time of the Wellgreen
resource estimate,
in 2011. Subsequent drilling in this area (see Wellgreen Plan View)
has
revealed one of the thickest zones of continuous PGM, nickel and
copper
mineralization found at the project to date. Drill Holes WS12-214
and WS11-188
intersected an upper ultramafic package of up to 200 metres in
thickness
grading 2g/t Pt Eq. and a lower ultramafic package of 160-248
metres in
thickness grading 2.5g/t Pt Eq. Drill Hole WS11-188 intersected
four
mineralized intervals totaling 434.6 metres at a grade of 2.30g/t
Pt Eq. (or
0.51% Ni Eq.). Mineralized samples from part of Drill Hole WS11-188
were also
analyzed for rare PGM’s rhodium, osmium, iridium and ruthenium. The
results of
these tests support the historic findings that the Wellgreen
deposit contains
rare PGM’s along with platinum and palladium. Future metallurgical
tests will
look to quantify the potential economic contribution of these rare
PGM’s to the
project. Drill Hole WS12-214 was an offset hole to WS11-188 and
confirmed the
continuity of mineralization by intersecting three mineralized
intervals
totaling 362.8 metres at a grade of 2.22g/t Pt Eq. (or 0.49% Ni
Eq.). See Table
1 andFigure 1.
Together, Drill Holes WS11-188 and WS12-214 indicate the existence
of a very
broad mineralized zone of ultramafic rocks. Drill Hole WS12-214
also
intersected a significantly higher grade zone in the lower
ultramafic package
across a width of 37.6 metres with grades of 5.31g/t Pt Eq. (or
1.18% Ni Eq.)
including 0.47% Ni, 0.83% Cu, 0.023% Co, 1.12g/t Pt, 0.65g/t Pd,
and 0.27g/t
Au. These lower samples occur near the base of the ultramafic
package that
contains areas of intense disseminated sulphides as well as pods of
massive
sulphides that were the focus of historic exploration and mining on
the
project. Less than half of the mapped area of potentially
mineralized
ultramafics has been drill-tested in this area and the mineralized
zone drilled
in WS12-214 and WS11-188 remains open to expansion. Drill Holes
WS12-214 and
WS11-188 were designed to drill across the mineralized horizons
with 8
individual intersections averaging 100 metres in width with an
average base
metal content of 0.40% Ni Eq. and average PGM content of 0.48 g/t
Pt Eq., for a
total of 2.26 g/t Pt Eq.
Table 1: Central Zone drill hole intercept
highlights
Drill
Hole
|
Ultramafic Unit
|
Downhole
|
Base
Metals
|
Precious Metals
|
Total
Metals
|
Pt
Eq.
grade
thickness
|
From
|
To
|
Width
|
Ni
|
Cu
|
Co
|
Ni
Eq.
|
Pt
|
Pd
|
Au
|
Pt Eq.
|
Pt
Eq.
|
Ni
Eq.
|
m
|
m
|
m
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
%
|
g -
m
|
WS12-214
|
Upper
|
0.0
|
192.0
|
192.0
|
0.30
|
0.11
|
0.017
|
0.37
|
0.17
|
0.26
|
0.02
|
0.28
|
1.97
|
0.44
|
378
|
|
|
198.0
|
208.7
|
10.7
|
0.37
|
0.17
|
0.018
|
0.46
|
0.20
|
0.34
|
0.03
|
0.36
|
2.46
|
0.54
|
26
|
2
intervals
|
Total
Upper
|
|
|
202.7
|
0.31
|
0.11
|
0.017
|
0.38
|
0.17
|
0.26
|
0.02
|
0.29
|
1.99
|
0.44
|
404
|
|
Total
Lower
|
219.5
|
379.5
|
160.1
|
0.25
|
0.35
|
0.018
|
0.42
|
0.44
|
0.28
|
0.12
|
0.64
|
2.52
|
0.56
|
403
|
|
incl
|
319.4
|
357.0
|
37.6
|
0.47
|
0.83
|
0.023
|
0.82
|
1.12
|
0.65
|
0.27
|
1.59
|
5.31
|
1.18
|
200
|
3
intervals
|
Total
Hole
|
|
|
362.7
|
0.28
|
0.22
|
0.017
|
0.39
|
0.29
|
0.27
|
0.07
|
0.44
|
2.22
|
0.49
|
806
|
* Hole WS11-188 listed below for reference
purposes
(drilled in 2011)
|
WS11-188
|
Total
Upper
|
7.9
|
195.1
|
187.1
|
0.29
|
0.10
|
0.015
|
0.36
|
0.17
|
0.24
|
0.02
|
0.27
|
1.88
|
0.42
|
353
|
|
Lower
|
195.1
|
300.5
|
105.5
|
0.42
|
0.26
|
0.018
|
0.55
|
0.48
|
0.57
|
0.07
|
0.75
|
3.21
|
0.71
|
338
|
|
|
306.6
|
411.7
|
105.1
|
0.22
|
0.22
|
0.017
|
0.33
|
0.48
|
0.31
|
0.07
|
0.65
|
2.13
|
0.47
|
224
|
|
|
420.9
|
443.3
|
22.3
|
0.17
|
0.23
|
0.016
|
0.28
|
0.39
|
0.19
|
0.07
|
0.52
|
1.79
|
0.40
|
40
|
|
|
450.3
|
464.9
|
14.6
|
0.26
|
0.49
|
0.018
|
0.47
|
0.62
|
0.32
|
0.14
|
0.86
|
3.00
|
0.66
|
44
|
4
intervals
|
Total
Lower
|
|
|
247.5
|
0.30
|
0.26
|
0.017
|
0.43
|
0.48
|
0.41
|
0.07
|
0.69
|
2.61
|
0.58
|
646
|
5
intervals
|
Total
Hole
|
|
|
434.6
|
0.30
|
0.19
|
0.016
|
0.40
|
0.35
|
0.34
|
0.05
|
0.51
|
2.30
|
0.51
|
999
|
Footnotes to Drill Interval Tables
and
Figures:
1.
Nickel
equivalent
(Ni Eq. %) and platinum equivalent (Pt Eq. g/t) calculations
reflect total
gross metal content using US$ of $7.58/lb nickel (Ni), $2.85/lb
copper (Cu),
$12.98/lb cobalt (Co), $1270.38/oz platinum (Pt), $465.02/oz
palladium (Pd) and
$1102.30/oz gold (Au) and have not been adjusted to reflect
metallurgical
recoveries. The above metal prices are a 20% reduction of the LME
3-year
trailing average metal prices as presented in the Company's
technical report
entitled “Wellgreen Project, Preliminary Economic Assessment, Yukon
Canada”
dated August 1, 2012 (the “2012 Wellgreen PEA”) and prepared by
Andrew Carter,
C.Eng., Pacifico Corpuz, P. Eng., Philip Bridson, P.Eng., and Todd
McCracken,
P.Geo., of Tetra Tech Wardrop Inc. The 2012 Wellgreen PEA is
available under
the Company's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
2.
Ni
Eq. % and Pt
Eq. g/t in “Base Metals” and “Precious Metals” columns only refers
to
equivalents of base and precious metals respectively, not total
metals. In the
“Total Metals” column the Pt Eq. includes both base and precious
metals, as
does the Ni Eq.
3.
Significant
interval defined as a minimum 15 g/t metre Pt Eq.
interval,
4.
Cutoff
grade of
0.2% Ni Eq.
5.
Internal
dilution
up to six continuous metres of <0.2% Ni Eq.
6.
Some
rounding
errors may occur.
7.
Individual
composites of >2.0 g/t Pt Eq. have been bolded.
8.
True
thicknesses
have not been measured.
9.
Projected
open pit
design in Figures is from the 2012 Wellgreen PEA.
Figure 1: Cross Section of
the Central Zone
(click
image to enlarge)
East
Zone
Results from eight new drill holes in the East Zone confirm
previously
identified zones of broad PGM, nickel and copper mineralization
within a
package of ultramafic rocks starting from the surface. The summary
grade
thickness values for all the holes indicated mineralized intervals
with grade
thickness values at or in excess of 250 gram-metres of platinum
equivalent.
Three holes exceeded a value of 500 gram-metres.
The East Zone contains many isolated massive sulphide lenses in and
around the
underground workings that occur near the base of the ultramafic
host rocks.
Though historic work focused on these massive sulphide bodies, as
currently
envisioned, these limited but very high grade zones are seen as
enrichments in
a much broader zone of disseminated material which spans the entire
ultramafic
body and demonstrates continuous mineralization for at least 400
vertical
metres. In this section, the higher grade lower ultramafic package
is confined
to an area adjacent to the Hasen Creek sediments and seems to
follow the
contact very closely reaching widths of up to 160 metres. Although
confined in
the upper 300 metres, this zone appears to be widening with
increasing depth
and remains open in that direction. Drill holes in the East Zone
were designed
to drill across the mineralized horizons, with 19 individual
intersections
averaging 100 metres in width with an average base metal content of
0.35% Ni
Eq. and average PGM content of 0.32 g/t Pt Eq. for a total of 1.90
g/t Pt Eq.
Like the Central Zone, less than half of the mapped area of
potentially
mineralized ultramafics has been drill- tested in this area.
Table 2: East Zone drill hole intercept
highlights
Drill
Hole
|
Ultramafic Unit
|
Downhole
|
Base
Metals
|
Precious Metals
|
Total
Metals
|
Pt
Eq.
grade
thickness
|
From
|
To
|
Width
|
Ni
|
Cu
|
Co
|
Ni
Eq.
|
Pt
|
Pd
|
Au
|
Pt Eq.
|
Pt
Eq.
|
Ni
Eq.
|
m
|
m
|
m
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
%
|
g -
m
|
WU12-537
|
|
0.0
|
11.1
|
11.1
|
0.18
|
0.47
|
0.011
|
0.37
|
0.55
|
0.34
|
0.13
|
0.78
|
2.46
|
0.54
|
27
|
|
|
19.0
|
128.6
|
109.7
|
0.31
|
0.10
|
0.016
|
0.37
|
0.19
|
0.27
|
0.03
|
0.31
|
2.00
|
0.44
|
219
|
2 intervals
|
Total
Hole
|
|
|
|
0.29
|
0.14
|
0.016
|
0.37
|
0.22
|
0.27
|
0.04
|
0.35
|
2.04
|
0.45
|
246
|
WU12-548
|
|
0.0
|
5.3
|
5.3
|
0.23
|
0.50
|
0.018
|
0.45
|
0.54
|
0.32
|
0.09
|
0.74
|
2.75
|
0.61
|
15
|
|
|
16.8
|
231.3
|
214.6
|
0.26
|
0.09
|
0.015
|
0.32
|
0.19
|
0.22
|
0.03
|
0.29
|
1.74
|
0.39
|
374
|
|
incl
|
121.9
|
189.0
|
67.1
|
0.31
|
0.13
|
0.017
|
0.38
|
0.28
|
0.31
|
0.04
|
0.43
|
2.16
|
0.48
|
145
|
2 intervals
|
Total
Hole
|
|
|
219.9
|
0.26
|
0.10
|
0.015
|
0.32
|
0.20
|
0.22
|
0.03
|
0.30
|
1.77
|
0.39
|
388
|
WS12-202
|
Upper
|
0.0
|
106.5
|
106.5
|
0.27
|
0.08
|
0.015
|
0.32
|
0.15
|
0.21
|
0.02
|
0.25
|
1.70
|
0.38
|
181
|
|
|
141.4
|
260.5
|
119.2
|
0.27
|
0.09
|
0.016
|
0.33
|
0.15
|
0.20
|
0.02
|
0.24
|
1.71
|
0.38
|
204
|
2 intervals
|
Total
Upper
|
|
|
225.7
|
0.27
|
0.08
|
0.015
|
0.32
|
0.15
|
0.21
|
0.02
|
0.24
|
1.71
|
0.38
|
386
|
WS12-203
|
Total
Upper
|
0.0
|
229.5
|
229.5
|
0.27
|
0.10
|
0.016
|
0.33
|
0.18
|
0.23
|
0.04
|
0.30
|
1.80
|
0.40
|
413
|
|
Total
Lower
|
237.4
|
325.0
|
87.6
|
0.30
|
0.19
|
0.017
|
0.40
|
0.25
|
0.25
|
0.07
|
0.39
|
2.18
|
0.48
|
191
|
2 intervals
|
Total
Hole
|
|
|
317.2
|
0.28
|
0.12
|
0.016
|
0.35
|
0.20
|
0.23
|
0.04
|
0.32
|
1.91
|
0.42
|
604
|
WS12-204
|
Total
Upper
|
0.0
|
122.4
|
122.4
|
0.27
|
0.08
|
0.015
|
0.32
|
0.14
|
0.20
|
0.02
|
0.23
|
1.68
|
0.37
|
206
|
|
Lower
|
129.9
|
207.0
|
77.1
|
0.26
|
0.26
|
0.016
|
0.39
|
0.34
|
0.28
|
0.06
|
0.50
|
2.25
|
0.50
|
174
|
|
|
393.4
|
489.0
|
95.6
|
0.27
|
0.11
|
0.017
|
0.34
|
0.33
|
0.26
|
0.02
|
0.44
|
1.96
|
0.43
|
187
|
2 intervals
|
Total
Lower
|
|
|
172.7
|
0.26
|
0.18
|
0.02
|
0.36
|
0.34
|
0.27
|
0.04
|
0.47
|
2.09
|
0.46
|
361
|
3 intervals
|
Total
Hole
|
|
|
295.0
|
0.27
|
0.14
|
0.016
|
0.34
|
0.25
|
0.24
|
0.03
|
0.37
|
1.92
|
0.43
|
567
|
WS12-205
|
Total
Upper
|
0.0
|
145.7
|
145.7
|
0.27
|
0.08
|
0.015
|
0.32
|
0.15
|
0.20
|
0.02
|
0.24
|
1.70
|
0.38
|
247
|
|
Lower
|
158.1
|
185.0
|
26.9
|
0.28
|
0.36
|
0.019
|
0.45
|
0.57
|
0.35
|
0.16
|
0.83
|
2.85
|
0.63
|
77
|
|
|
197.0
|
241.1
|
44.1
|
0.35
|
0.88
|
0.026
|
0.73
|
0.56
|
0.31
|
0.20
|
0.85
|
4.13
|
0.92
|
182
|
|
|
261.3
|
269.0
|
7.7
|
0.24
|
0.52
|
0.017
|
0.47
|
0.34
|
0.16
|
0.02
|
0.42
|
2.54
|
0.56
|
20
|
|
|
365.0
|
455.0
|
90.0
|
0.35
|
0.16
|
0.016
|
0.44
|
0.33
|
0.38
|
0.03
|
0.50
|
2.47
|
0.55
|
223
|
4 intervals
|
Total
Lower
|
|
|
168.7
|
0.33
|
0.40
|
0.02
|
0.52
|
0.43
|
0.35
|
0.10
|
0.64
|
2.97
|
0.66
|
501
|
5 intervals
|
Total
Hole
|
|
|
314.4
|
0.30
|
0.25
|
0.017
|
0.43
|
0.30
|
0.28
|
0.06
|
0.45
|
2.38
|
0.53
|
748
|
WS12-210
|
Total
Upper
|
0.0
|
101.4
|
101.4
|
0.26
|
0.06
|
0.015
|
0.31
|
0.11
|
0.17
|
0.01
|
0.19
|
1.57
|
0.35
|
159
|
|
Lower
|
123.2
|
143.5
|
20.4
|
0.29
|
0.10
|
0.015
|
0.35
|
0.19
|
0.27
|
0.03
|
0.32
|
1.90
|
0.42
|
39
|
|
|
151.5
|
187.0
|
35.5
|
0.21
|
0.27
|
0.015
|
0.33
|
0.19
|
0.15
|
0.06
|
0.29
|
1.80
|
0.40
|
64
|
|
incl
|
185.1
|
187.0
|
1.9
|
0.94
|
1.67
|
0.052
|
1.66
|
0.87
|
0.64
|
0.15
|
1.24
|
8.71
|
1.93
|
17
|
2 intervals
|
Total
Lower
|
|
|
55.9
|
0.24
|
0.21
|
0.015
|
0.34
|
0.19
|
0.19
|
0.05
|
0.30
|
1.84
|
0.41
|
103
|
3 intervals
|
Total
Hole
|
|
|
157.3
|
0.25
|
0.11
|
0.015
|
0.32
|
0.14
|
0.18
|
0.03
|
0.23
|
1.66
|
0.37
|
262
|
WS12-212
|
Total
Upper
|
0.0
|
174.0
|
174.0
|
0.26
|
0.05
|
0.015
|
0.30
|
0.10
|
0.16
|
0.01
|
0.17
|
1.52
|
0.34
|
264
|
Footnotes to Drill Interval
Table: (See
footnotes under Table 1 above)
Figure
2: Cross Section of the East
Zone
(click
image to enlarge)
In addition, a second ultramafic body remains to be tested to
the southeast
and, based on geophysical data, may contain mineralization similar
to the other
tested ultramafics. In this section, the higher grade lower
ultramafic package
is confined to an area adjacent to the Hasen Creek sediments and
seems to
follow the contact very closely, reaching widths of up to 160
metres. Although
confined in the upper 300 metres, this zone appears to be widening
with
increasing depth and remains open in that direction.
West
Zone
The two holes drilled in the West Zone, WS12-211 and WS12-213 (see
Figure 3),
both intersected mineralized zones similar in grade to those found
in the
Central Zone. Due to the close proximity of the drill collar
locations to the
lower footwall contact with Hasen Creek sediments, the zone
intercepts in the
West Zone are not of the same length.
The upper ultramafic zone in this section is extremely narrow,
whereas the
higher-grade, lower ultramafic package exists as a more substantial
unit and is
much closer to surface as compared to other sections. Drill Hole
WS12-211
collars directly into the higher-grade zone and appears to widen
down-dip,
exposing a significant mineralized zone that has been interpreted
as grading
between 1-3g/t Pt Eq. Although the intervals were shorter in the
upper
mineralized peridotites, the drill holes confirmed a broad width of
continuity
of at least 90 metres. The lower mineralized gabbros and
clinopyroxenite units
were also intersected closer to the surface than in the Central
Zone. This
lower interval in Drill Hole WS12-211 was intersected across a
width of 63.9
metres with grades of 3.82g/t Pt Eq. (or 0.85% Ni Eq.) including
0.39% Ni,
0.57% Cu, 0.024% Co, 0.66g/t Pt, and 0.46g/t Pd. Drill holes in the
West Zone
were designed to drill across the mineralized horizons with 4
individual
intersections averaging 79 metres in width with an average base
metal content
of 0.41% Ni Eq. and average PGM content of 0.57 g/t Pt Eq. for a
total of 2.43
g/t Pt Eq.
Drill Hole WS12-213 intersected two mineralized intervals totaling
251.9 metres
at a grade of 2.08g/t Pt Eq. (or 0.46% Ni Eq.). Prophecy Platinum
plans to
further investigate the extent of this higher-grade material near
surface during
its 2013 exploration drilling program, as this may represent a
target area with
higher grade material that could form the basis for an initial
starter pit.
Two untested ultramafic bodies occur to the North that have yet to
be explored,
and the Company believes this zone may potentially contain grades
at surface
that are similar to those of Drill Hole WS12-211.
Table 3: West Zone drill hole intercept
highlights
Drill
Hole
|
Ultramafic Unit
|
Downhole
|
Base
Metals
|
Precious Metals
|
Total
Metals
|
Pt
Eq.
grade
thickness
|
From
|
To
|
Width
|
Ni
|
Cu
|
Co
|
Ni
Eq.
|
Pt
|
Pd
|
Au
|
Pt Eq.
|
Pt
Eq.
|
Ni
Eq.
|
m
|
m
|
m
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
%
|
g -
m
|
WS12-211
|
Total
Lower
|
1.5
|
65.4
|
63.9
|
0.39
|
0.57
|
0.024
|
0.65
|
0.66
|
0.46
|
0.09
|
0.91
|
3.82
|
0.85
|
244
|
|
incl
|
54.0
|
65.4
|
11.4
|
0.92
|
1.30
|
0.052
|
1.50
|
1.09
|
0.84
|
0.08
|
1.47
|
8.22
|
1.82
|
93
|
WS12-213
|
Upper
|
0.0
|
60.3
|
60.3
|
0.29
|
0.16
|
0.016
|
0.37
|
0.16
|
0.24
|
0.02
|
0.27
|
1.95
|
0.43
|
118
|
|
|
67.8
|
102.0
|
34.2
|
0.22
|
0.10
|
0.013
|
0.28
|
0.17
|
0.21
|
0.05
|
0.28
|
1.53
|
0.34
|
52
|
2
intervals
|
Total
Upper
|
|
|
94.6
|
0.26
|
0.14
|
0.015
|
0.34
|
0.16
|
0.23
|
0.03
|
0.27
|
1.80
|
0.40
|
170
|
|
Total
Lower
|
102.0
|
259.3
|
157.3
|
0.26
|
0.21
|
0.016
|
0.36
|
0.44
|
0.32
|
0.07
|
0.62
|
2.25
|
0.50
|
354
|
3
intervals
|
Total
Hole
|
|
|
251.9
|
0.26
|
0.18
|
0.016
|
0.35
|
0.33
|
0.29
|
0.06
|
0.49
|
2.08
|
0.46
|
524
|
Footnotes to Drill Interval
Table: (See
footnotes under Table 1 above)
Figure
3: Cross Section of the Wast
Zone
(click
image to enlarge)
Far West
Zone
Significant near surface mineralized intervals were encountered in
both Drill
Holes WS12-208 and WS12-209 (see Figure 4). Drill Hole WS12-208
intersected a
mineralized interval totaling 142.5 metres at a grade of 4.01g/t Pt
Eq. (or
0.89% Ni Eq.) and Drill Hole WS12-209 intersected a similar near
surface
mineralized interval totaling 69.5 metres at a grade of 3.84g/t Pt
Eq. (or
0.85% Ni Eq.). Both of these intervals start at the drill hole
collars. Drill
Hole WS12-207 encountered intervals of limited mineralization,
while Drill Hole
WS12-198 encountered no significant intervals.
The Far West Zone appears to have more faulting than other zones,
with a number
of areas which appear to have repeated ultramafic units. The zone
spans 175
metres at surface, narrowing at depth, with sediments on either
side. This
ultramafic body is repeated to the south with grades ranging from
0-2g/t Pt Eq.
Much of the zone is comprised of the higher grade ultramafic
package, with the
more moderate grade peridotite confined to the upper 34 metres and
pinching
moving North. The northern area of this zone has noteably
higher-grade
mineralization, particularly with respect to PGMs, than those seen
at the
Central or the East Zones. This lower, enriched package grades on
average
2-4g/t Pt Eq. and is open at depth. Drill holes in the Far West
Zone were
designed to drill across the mineralized horizons with 3
individual
intersections averaging 75 metres in width with an average base
metal content
of 0.65% Ni Eq. and average PGM content of 0.91 g/t Pt Eq. for a
total of 3.82
g/t Pt Eq. (see Figure 4).
Table 4: Far West Zone drill hole intercept
highlights
Drill
Hole
|
Ultramafic Unit
|
Downhole
|
Base
Metals
|
Precious Metals
|
Total
Metals
|
Pt
Eq.
grade
thickness
|
From
|
To
|
Width
|
Ni
|
Cu
|
Co
|
Ni
Eq.
|
Pt
|
Pd
|
Au
|
Pt Eq.
|
Pt
Eq.
|
Ni
Eq.
|
m
|
m
|
m
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
%
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
g/t
|
%
|
g -
m
|
WS12-198
|
No significant intervals
|
WS12-207
|
Total
Lower
|
202.0
|
216.0
|
14.0
|
0.15
|
0.31
|
0.017
|
0.30
|
0.14
|
0.07
|
0.08
|
0.23
|
1.57
|
0.35
|
22
|
WS12-208
|
Total
Lower
|
0
|
142.5
|
142.5
|
0.35
|
0.68
|
0.029
|
0.66
|
0.74
|
0.37
|
0.23
|
1.07
|
4.03
|
0.89
|
575
|
WS12-209
|
Total
Lower
|
0.0
|
69.5
|
69.5
|
0.47
|
0.44
|
0.030
|
0.69
|
0.52
|
0.32
|
0.10
|
0.72
|
3.84
|
0.85
|
267
|
|
incl
|
12.3
|
27.0
|
14.8
|
0.99
|
0.69
|
0.046
|
1.33
|
0.89
|
0.72
|
0.11
|
1.25
|
7.25
|
1.61
|
107
|
Footnotes to Drill Interval
Table: (See
footnotes under Table 1 above)
Figure
4: Cross Section of the Far West
Zone
(click
image to enlarge)
2013
Exploration Program
Results from drilling in 2012 and historic data compilation,
combined with
surface geochemical and geophysical exploration, has assisted in
developing our
2013 exploration program, which will focus on:
-
Infill
drilling targeting conversion of inferred resources to measured
and
indicated resources;
-
Step-out
drilling at depth and to the southwest within the Central and East
Zones
to determine the extent of higher grade PGM zones occurring in both
the
upper and lower ultramafic packages;
-
West and
Far West Zone drilling to delineate the extent of the near
surface
higher-grade mineralization;
-
Drilling
to test the geophysical anomalies immediately southeast of the
existing
defined resource;
-
Further
exploration of several geophysical anomalies identified south of
the West
and Far West Zones, located under an area identified on surface as
younger
non-mineralized basalts;
-
Further
exploration of the ultramafic units directly adjacent to the north
of the
existing resource that have not been drill tested.
Metallurgy
The metallurgical program included in the 2012 Wellgreen PEA
determined that a
bulk concentrate could be produced at the Wellgreen project.
The overall
recovery associated with this initial test program was 68% Ni, 88%
Cu, 64% Co,
59% Au, 46% Pt, and 73% Pd. A metallurgical report issued by
SGS Canada
Inc. subsequent to the 2012 Wellgreen PEA on August 7, 2012, and
titled “An
Investigation into Metallurgical Testwork of Cu/Ni/PGE Samples from
the
Wellgreen Property” demonstrated that it is feasible to produce
separate Ni and
Cu sulphide concentrates utilizing a conventional mineral
processing design.
The master composite sample assay results indicated that 88%
of the
nickel metal was present in sulphides. In addition, the
initial
metallurgical testing program relied on samples believed to be
representative
of the overall deposit. Future work will focus on
metallurgical response
within individual zones and understanding the variability between
zones.
The Company believes there may be an opportunity to enhance
overall
metallurgical performance through processing optimizations targeted
toward
specific zones in the life of mine plan. In addition, there
may be an opportunity
to pursue recovery of rare PGM’s, which will be further
explored.
Engineering
Activities
The 2012 Wellgreen PEA indicated that the project has the
potential to be
developed into a sustainable operation that would generate
significant economic
benefits over the long term. The report highlighted that the
Wellgreen
project may have the potential to produce up to 7 million oz.
PGM+Au, 2 billion
lbs. Ni, 2 billion lbs. Cu over the and Cu sulphide concentrates
using a
conventional flotation process with a production rate of 32,000
tonnes per day
of ore and an overall strip ratio of 2.57:1.
John Sagman, P.Eng., Senior Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer,
stated, “The 2012 Wellgreen PEA was an important milestone for the
project and
showed robust economics at 20% below 3 year average metal prices.
It also
highlighted a number of opportunities that have good potential to
improve the
economic key performance indicators, including lower cost energy
sources such
as LNG, mine plan optimization to accelerate extraction of higher
grade
material earlier in the life of the mine, as well as a number of
potential
enhancements regarding overall metal recovery that are currently
utilized on
other PGM-Ni-Cu projects.”
2013 metallurgical engineering initiatives will investigate the
potential of
further optimization of base metal and PGM recoveries, increased
concentrate
grades and developing a better understanding of the economic
contribution of
the rare PGM’s. Basic engineering will also be required in
order to
define optimal locations for the mine facilities and surface
infrastructure
required to support the operation, with the objective of utilizing
local
resources to the greatest extent possible. The information
obtained will be
the basis for a number of studies that consider a range of
operating scenarios
with different throughput and production rates that will maximize
the project’s
overall economic performance. Of particular focus will be a
review of
potential staged construction approaches that may allow for a
smaller initial
operation with lower up front capital costs through mining higher
grade
material with later expansion of the project out of operating
cashflow over
time.
These studies and an updated
2013
resource model would be incorporated
into
an updated Economic
Assessment targeted for expected release in Q1 2014.
Major expected milestones for the Wellgreen project include:
-
2013
-
Q1 – Q4
Ongoing Baseline Environmental and Logistics
Studies
-
Q2 – Q3
Mobilization and commencement of the
exploration
program
-
Q2 – Q4
Engineering and Metallurgical Test Work
Program
-
2014
-
Q1
Updated Resource
Estimate
and Preliminary Economic Assessment
-
Q2 –
Q4 Pre-Feasibility-level Studies and initiation
of
Permitting
-
2015-2016 Feasibility
Studies, Permitting and Construction
About
Wellgreen
Prophecy Platinum’s Wellgreen project is one of the world’s largest
undeveloped
PGM deposits and is currently projected to be one of the largest
platinum and
palladium producing projects in North America. In addition to
the
production of platinum metals and gold the project would be a
significant
producer of nickel and copper which would make
Wellgreen a
low cost platinum and palladium
producer
on a co-product basis.
Baseline
environmental work is underway for the permitting process.
Given that the
project is a former operating mine within an area of historic and
current
placer mining, the Company expects that the permitting process will
progress on
an expedited basis. The Wellgreen project has excellent
access
infrastructure and is located in Canada’s mining-friendly Yukon
Territory, just
15 kilometres from the Alaska Highway, leading to sea ports at
Haines and
Skagway.
The Company will be working in consultation with the First
Nation and local
communities in the region as part of the exploration and
development process.
Prophecy Platinum and the Kluane First Nation have entered
into a
cooperation and benefits agreement which supports the exploration
program and
environmental studies related to the development of
the
Wellgreen project. As part
of
the agreement, an Advisory
Committee has
been established with representatives from both Prophecy
Platinum and
Kluane First Nation to proactively address any issues or concerns
that may
arise during the exploration and feasibility phases of the
project.
About Prophecy
Platinum
Prophecy Platinum Corp. is a growth-focused PGM exploration
company with
projects in the Yukon Territory, Ontario and Manitoba,
Canada. The
Company’s 100% owned Wellgreen PGM-Cu-Ni project, located in the
Yukon, is one
of the world's largest PGM deposits and one of few significant PGM
deposits
outside of South Africa or Russia. The Company’s Shakespeare
PGM-Cu-Ni
project is a fully-permitted, production-ready mine located in the
Sudbury mine
district of Ontario, and its Lynn Lake project is a former
operating mine
located in Manitoba, Canada. The Company’s experienced
management team
has a track record of successful large scale project discovery,
development,
operations and financing combined with an entrepreneurial and
collaborative
approach to working with First Nations and communities. The
Company’s
shares are listed on the TSX-Venture exchange under the symbol
“NKL” and on the
US OTC-QX market under the symbol “PNIKF”.
Further information about the Company and its projects can be
found at www.prophecyplatinum.com.
Prophecy
Platinum Contacts:
Greg
Johnson
President & CEO
Chris Ackerman
Senior Manager, Investor Relations
|
1-800-459-5583
cackerman@prophecyplatinum.com
www.prophecyplatinum.com
|
Quality Assurance, Quality Control
The geological technical information in this news release has
been reviewed
and approved by Neil Froc, P. Eng., Project Manager of Prophecy
Platinum, who
oversaw the 2012 exploration program at the Wellgreen project.
Mr. Froc
is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
All other
technical information in this news release has been reviewed and
approved by
John Sagman, P.Eng., Senior Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer of
Prophecy Platinum. Mr. Sagman is a Qualified Person as defined by
National
Instrument 43-101.
Prophecy Platinum executes a quality control program to ensure
data
verification using best practices in sampling and analysis. Samples
are cut and
split for assay with the remaining sample retained for reference.
Blanks,
Standard Reference Material (“SRM”), and
duplicates were
inserted into the sample stream every 20th sample. A
duplicate sample is
taken every 20th sample of core. The selected sample is sawn
in half and
then sawn in half again. The quartered core is then
placed into two
different sample bags with different sample numbers and sealed.
The SRM
material comes from Natural Resources Canada and Analytical
Solutions Limited.
These were inserted into the sample stream immediately after
the second
duplicate. The SRMs used are WMS-1, WPR-1 and WGB-1.
Sample Blanks
are obtained from two sources: granodiorite from a local quarry and
garden
marble from hardware stores in Whitehorse, Yukon. A Blank
sample is
inserted into the sample stream after the SRM. Assayed samples are
transported
in sealed and secured bags for preparation at ALS Chemex Prep Lab
located in
Whitehorse, Yukon. Pulverized (pulp) samples are shipped for
analysis to
ALS Chemex Assay Laboratory in Vancouver, B.C. Platinum,
palladium and
gold were determined by ICP emission spectrometry. Copper,
nickel and
cobalt were determined by ICP emission spectrometry. Copper,
nickel and
cobalt over limits were followed by Four Acid digestion and ICP
atomic emission
spectroscopy. ALS Chemex is an ISO/IEC 17025:2005
accredited
laboratory and registered under ISO 9001: 2000. ALS Chemex is
independent from
the Company.
Quality assurance and quality control are monitored using
scatterplots,
Thompson-Howarth plots and statistical analysis to ensure
duplicates, blanks
and standard data are reliable, and indicate robustness of overall
results. ALS
Chemex quality-assurance procedures are also included in this
process.
The 2012 Wellgreen PEA is preliminary in nature, includes
inferred mineral
resources that are too speculative geologically to have economic
considerations
applied to them that would enable them to be categorized as mineral
reserves.
There is no certainty the 2012 Wellgreen PEA will be
realized. A mineral
reserve has not been estimated for the project as part of the 2012
Wellgreen
PEA. A mineral reserve is the economically mineable part of a
measured or
indicated mineral resource demonstrated by at least a
prefeasibility study.
Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have
demonstrated
economic viability. Please refer to the full text of the 2012
Wellgreen
PEA which is available on the Company’s profile on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com for
the full details on the Wellgreen project and the underlying
assumptions and
qualifications.
Forward Looking Information: This news release
includes
certain information that may be deemed "forward-looking
information".
All information in this release, other than information of
historical
facts, including, without limitation, information of potential
mineralization,
the estimation of mineral resources, the realization of mineral
resource
estimates, interpretation of prior exploration and potential
exploration
results, the timing and success of exploration activities
generally, future
production estimates, the timing and results of future resource
estimates,
permitting time lines, metal prices and currency exchange rates,
availability
of capital, government regulation of exploration operations,
environmental
risks, reclamation, title, and future plans and objectives of the
Company are
forward-looking information that involve various risks and
uncertainties.
Although the Company believes that the
expectations
expressed in such forward-looking
information
are based on reasonable assumptions, such
expectations
are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or
developments may
differ materially from those in the forward-looking
information.
Forward-looking information is based on a number of material
factors and
assumptions. Factors that could cause actual results to
differ
materially from the forward-looking information include
unsuccessful
exploration results, changes in project parameters as plans
continue to be
refined, results of future resource estimates, future metal
prices,
availability of capital and financing on acceptable terms, general
economic,
market or business conditions, risks associated with operating in
foreign
jurisdictions, uninsured risks, regulatory changes, defects in
title,
availability of personnel, materials and equipment on a timely
basis, accidents
or equipment breakdowns, delays in receiving government approvals,
the
Company's ability to maintain the support of stakeholders necessary
to develop
the Wellgreen project, unanticipated environmental impacts on
operations and
costs to remedy same, and other exploration or other risks detailed
herein and
from time to time in the filings made by the Company with
securities regulatory
authorities in Canada. Readers are cautioned that mineral resources
that are
not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
Mineral
exploration and development of mines is an inherently risky
business.
Accordingly, actual events may differ materially from those
projected in
the forward-looking information. For more information on the
Company and
the risks and challenges of our business, investors should review
our annual
filings which are available at www.sedar.com. The Company does
not
undertake to update any forward looking information, except in
accordance with
applicable securities laws.
Cautionary Note to United States Investors:
This news
release has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of
the securities
laws in effect in Canada, which differ from the requirements of
U.S. securities
laws. Unless otherwise indicated, all resource and reserve
estimates
included in this news release have been prepared in accordance with
the
Canadian Securities Administrators’ National Instrument 43-101 -
Standards
of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI
43-101”) and
the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum
Definition
Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves. NI
43-101 is a rule
developed by the Canadian Securities Administrators which
establishes standards
for all public disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and
technical
information concerning mineral projects. Canadian standards,
including NI
43-101, differ significantly from the requirements of the United
States
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC”), and
resource
and reserve information contained herein may not be comparable to
similar
information disclosed by U.S. companies. In particular, and
without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term "resource” does
not
equate to the term "reserves”. Under U.S. standards, mineralization
may
not be classified as a "reserve” unless the determination has been
made
that the mineralization could be economically and legally produced
or extracted
at the time the reserve determination is made. The SEC's
disclosure
standards normally do not permit the inclusion of information
concerning
"measured mineral resources”, "indicated mineral resources” or
"inferred mineral resources” or other descriptions of the amount
of
mineralization in mineral deposits that do not constitute
"reserves” by
U.S. standards in documents filed with the SEC. Investors are
cautioned
not to assume that any part or all of mineral deposits in these
categories will
ever be converted into reserves. U.S. investors should
also
understand that "inferred mineral
resources”
have a great amount of
uncertainty as
to their existence and great
uncertainty as to
their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be
assumed that all
or any part of an "inferred mineral resource” will ever be upgraded
to a
higher category. Under Canadian rules, estimated "inferred
mineral
resources” may not form the basis of feasibility or pre-feasibility
studies
except in very rare cases. Investors are cautioned not to
assume that all
or any part of an "inferred mineral resource” exists or is
economically or
legally mineable. Disclosure of "contained ounces” in a
resource is
permitted disclosure under Canadian regulations; however, the SEC
normally only
permits issuers to report mineralization that does not
constitute
"reserves” by SEC standards as in-place tonnage and grade
without
reference to unit measures. The requirements of NI 43-101 for
identification
of "reserves” are also not the same as those of the SEC, and
reserves
reported by the Company in compliance with NI 43-101 may not
qualify as
"reserves” under SEC standards. Accordingly, information
concerning
mineral deposits set forth herein may not be comparable with
information made
public by companies that report in accordance with U.S.
standards.
"Neither the TSX Venture Exchange
nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the
TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of
this release."
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