Great Western Mining Corp. plc EM Group Copper Prospect (4708T)
06 October 2014 - 5:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4708T
Great Western Mining Corp. plc
06 October 2014
Great Western Mining Corporation PLC
("Great Western Mining", "GWM" or the "Company")
EM Group Copper Prospect
Great Western Mining, the AIM (AIM:GWMO) and ESM quoted mineral
exploration company with 73 sq. kilometres of mineral claims in
south-west Nevada USA, is pleased to provide the third update from
the Company's 2014 field progamme on the Golconda Thrust Group,
containing the four claim groups: TUN Group, EM Group, RH Group and
JS Group.
The GWM field team carried out surface mapping, soil and rock
chip sampling on three of the claim groups: TUN, EM and JS,
accompanied by the Company's independent consulting geologist,
Donald G Strachan.
The EM Group (M8-EM) is approximately 10 miles south-east of the
M2-Smith copper prospect, where the Company recently completed a
14,000 feet drilling progamme, with the aim of establishing a
maiden JORC Resource.
M8-EM contains the historic Eastside Mine (Eastside), where high
grade oxide copper ores were mined from shallow underground
workings during World War One. Conoco investigated Eastside as a
copper porphyry prospect in the early 1970's, identifying
mineralisation consisting of substantial copper (Cu) and molybdenum
(Mo) values. GWM has been able to obtain a substantial quantity of
the data from Conoco's exploration efforts.
The historic oxide-copper was mined from 1,000 feet of
strikelength along the southern margins of quartz porphyry dikes,
but copper mineralization occurs over the entire north and
northeasterly quartz-porphyry strikelength of 4,500 feet.
Hydrothermal alteration is exposed over an area 1.5 miles long and
1.0 mile in width at Eastside. All soil samples taken this summer
by the GWM field team produced strongly anomalous Cu readings, with
several samples greater than 10,000 ppm (note 1) Cu. Geochemical
analysis conducted by Conoco in the 1970's also produced strongly
anomalous copper and molybdenum readings, with high values greater
than 25,000 ppm Cu and 640 ppm Mo.
GWM is still assimilating data on M8-EM, but thus far the data
is sufficient to confirm at least one, potentially large, copper
oxide target. Great Western will update shareholders when further
data compilation and analysis is completed.
Chief Executive, David Fraser commented:
"This is more good news for shareholders. The EM Group is Great
Western's fourth high volume copper oxide prospect in the Marietta
District, Mineral County, Nevada. The volume of data available may
well mean that M8-EM will become an early drill target for the
Company. GWM looks forward to updating shareholders as work
progresses."
note 1= parts per million
Conversion g/t
1 ppm= 1 g/t
ENQUIRIES:
Great Western Mining Corporation +44 207 933 8795 (Through Walbrook)
Plc
David Fraser, Chief Executive
Davy (Nomad, ESM Adviser & Joint +353 1 679 6363
Broker) john.frain@davy.ie roland.french@davy.ie
John Frain
Roland French
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Hume Capital Securities plc
(Joint Broker)
Jon Belliss
Abigail Wayne +44 203 693 1470
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Walbrook (UK PR and IR) +44 207 933 8795
Paul Cornelius greatwesternmining@walbrookpr.com
Guy McDougall
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