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Wallbridge Intersects 12.70 g/t gold over 2.71 metres within Newly Discovered Broad Gold Mineralization 300 metres Southwest of the Fenelon Deposit

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Wallbridge Intersects 12.70 g/t gold over 2.71 metres within Newly Discovered Broad Gold Mineralization 300 metres Southwest of the Fenelon Deposit

 

 

 

 

 

Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX:WM) (FWB: WC7) is pleased to announce continued positive drill results that have extended a known gold zone and have identified an entirely new gold zone with many similarities to the main deposit at its 100%-owned Fenelon Gold Property.

 

Highlights

 

FA-18-051: 1.02 g/t gold over 24.59 metres, including 3.13 g/t gold over 4.78 metres which includes an interval containing visible gold that assayed 9.90 g/t gold over 0.54 metres, and

12.70 g/t gold over 2.71 metres included within a wider interval of 3.93 g/t gold over 9.96 metres

both hosted within an approximately 200 m wide so far unknown package of favorable mafic-ultramafic host rocks with broad low-grade gold mineralization throughout.     

FA-18-040: 19.18 g/t gold over 0.58 metres in the Cayenne zone,
extending this zone approximately 100 metres to the Northwest, and

3.08 g/t gold over 3.27 metres in a new zone at depth in the Tabasco South area

  • The 2019 drill program has now commenced with one underground drill rig and one surface drill rig to follow at the end of the month. The first two drill holes of the underground resource drill program (19-5150-003 and 19-5150-001) have intersected visible gold.
  • Assay results from seven underground drill holes and ten surface drill holes are pending.

 

“These results are significant as they continue to show the considerable potential that exists to increase gold mineralization beyond the known zones at Fenelon along the four-kilometer strike length of the gold-bearing corridor,” said Marz Kord, President and CEO. “The new zone intersected in hole FA-18-051 is located several hundred metres away from the main deposit and has very similar characteristics to the existing deposit.”

 

 

“The discovery of this broad gold mineralized system in a so far unknown gabbroic intrusion at depth in hole FA-18-051 is very exciting. This new mineralized system is made up of a stockwork of gold-bearing veins surrounding more focused higher-grade shear zones which are similar to the ones found in the main deposit,” stated Attila Péntek, Vice-President, Exploration of Wallbridge. “This discovery lines up well with a strong break in the airborne magnetic signatures, indicating a significant northwest-southeast trending structure, as can be seen in Figure 3 of this release. This structure also appears to control other, so far isolated, historic gold intersections and represents an entirely new exploration target for our 2019 drill program”

 

The 2018 underground and surface drill programs were completed before the holidays and drill rigs were de-mobilized. Assay results of several drill holes are still pending and will be reported as they are received in the next few weeks.

 

The 2019 drill program (50,000-75,000 m planned) has commenced last week with one underground drill rig and with one surface drill rig to follow at the end of the month. The 2019 underground resource drilling will initially be carried out from the recently established 5130 level (~125 m depth) and will target the main high-grade shoots down-plunge to 200 m depth. 

 

The development of an exploration drift is currently underway and will be completed by the end of February. This drift will facilitate resource drilling to greater depth and along strike, including the Tabasco and Cayenne mineralized corridors, as well as the new deep mineralized system discovered in FA-18-051.

 

The 2019 surface exploration drill program will follow known mineralized zones to 300-400 m depth and test targets further away from the mine workings.

 

An Orevision surface IP survey to test 600 m strike length of the gold-hosting mineralized environment northwest of the main deposit was completed by Abitibi Geophysics Inc. in February. Results of this study will be incorporated with existing geophysical data into a coherent 3D mode, which will be used to guide geologic modeling and drill targeting.

 

A summary of the new drill hole results from the ongoing 2018/2019 underground and surface drill programs are reported in Tables 1and 2 and also shown on the Figures below as well as on the Company website.

 

 

Table 1. Wallbridge Fenelon Gold Property 2018/2019 Drill Assay Highlights (1)
Drill Hole From To From To Core

Length

True

Width

Au Au

Capped(2)

VG(3) Zone Drill Program
  (m) (m) (m) (m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t)      
FA-18-040 276.00 276.58     0.58 NA (4) 19.18 19.18   Cayenne Surface Exploration
FA-18-040 531.00 534.27     3.27 NA 3.08 3.08   New Zone Surface Exploration
FA-18-041 93.60 95.00     1.40 NA 1.83 1.83   New Zone Surface Exploration
FA-18-042 194.05 195.00     0.95 NA 1.37 1.37   New Zone Surface Exploration
FA-18-051 501.46 526.05     24.59 NA 1.02 1.02 VG New Zone Surface Exploration
  Including… 501.46 506.24 4.78 NA 3.13 3.13 VG New Zone Surface Exploration
  Which includes… 501.46 502.00 0.54 NA 9.90 9.90 VG New Zone Surface Exploration
FA-18-051 543.00 552.96     9.96 NA 3.93 3.93   New Zone Surface Exploration
  Including… 550.25 552.96 2.71 NA 12.70 12.70   New Zone Surface Exploration
FA-18-051 610.75 611.83     1.08 NA 1.73 1.73   New Zone Surface Exploration
FA-18-051 624.64 625.75     1.11 NA 1.27 1.27   New Zone Surface Exploration
18-5175-008 89.35 94.95     5.60 3.06 1.26 1.26   Naga Viper U/G Resource
18-5175-010 64.03 65.55     1.52 0.97 1.93 1.93   Chipotle U/G Resource
18-5175-010 81.59 83.92     2.33 1.49 3.28 3.28   Naga Viper U/G Resource
(1)  Table includes only highlight assay results since the latest press release. Earlier highlight intersections of the 2018 program can be found on the Company website:  http://www.wallbridgemining.com/i/maps/fenelon/Fenelon-2018-UG-drilling-highlights.pdf
(2) Au capped at 140 g/t following InnovExplo’s 2016 Mineral Resource Estimate.
(3) Intervals containing visible gold (“VG”).
(4) Currently not enough information available to estimate true width.

 

 

 

Table 2. Wallbridge Fenelon Gold Property 2018/2019 drill hole information (1)

 

 

Drill Hole ID Local

grid E

Local

grid N

Elevation Length

(Metres)

Azimuth Dip VG/CP(2) Note
FA-18-040 10459 11054 5261 528 246 -48 CP Further assays pending
FA-18-041 10752 10825 5262 201 32 -62 CP Further assays pending
FA-18-042 10752 10825 5262 243 10 -72 CP Assays pending
FA-18-044 10750 11130 5260 651 195 -51 CP Assays pending
FA-18-046 10242 10807 5257 225 25 -57   Assays pending
FA-18-047 10634 11123 5260 620 210 -60 CP Further assays pending
FA-18-048 10242 10807 5257 372 17 -70   Further assays pending
FA-18-049 10242 10807 5257 185 39 -51   Assays pending
FA-18-050 10242 10783 5257 400 358 -70 CP Assays pending
FA-18-051 10432 11040 5260 670 220 -51 VG Further assays pending
18-5175-006 10580 10986 5177 147 212 -37 VG Assays pending
18-5175-007 10580 10986 5177 205 228 -43 CP Assays pending
18-5175-011 10580 10986 5177 200 191 -48 CP Assays pending
18-5175-021 10580 10986 5177 132 242 -19 VG Further Assays pending
18-5175-012 10580 10986 5177 243 204 -55 CP Assays pending
18-5175-013 10580 10986 5177 102 178 -51 CP Assays pending
19-5150-003 10595 10950 5147 102 205 -32 VG Assays pending
19-5150-001 10595 10950 5147 ongoing 230 -62 VG Assays pending
(1) Table includes only drill holes for which assays are pending. For earlier holes please refer to tables in previous press releases. 
(2) Drill holes containing visible gold (“VG”) or chalcopyrite-bearing mineralized shear zone (“CP”).

 

Fenelon is located in northwestern Quebec proximal to the Sunday Lake Deformation Zone which hosts the Detour Gold Mine in Ontario, and Balmoral Resources’ gold deposits at Martiniere. Fenelon hosts the Discovery Zone gold deposit and surrounding 4 km strike length of a gold-hosting secondary splay of the SLDZ.

 

Since acquiring the property in late 2016, Wallbridge has completed an updated resource estimate and a positive pre-feasibility study on the existing resource. Wallbridge has completed successful surface exploration drilling campaigns in 2017 and in 2018 has commenced an underground 35,000-tonne bulk sample at Fenelon, which will be completed in Q1 2019. Drilling to date has significantly extended existing zones and discovered several new parallel zones. A substantial 2019 exploration and resource expansion drill program is currently underway.

 

Drill core samples from the ongoing drill program at Fenelon were cut and bagged on site and transported to SGS Canada Inc. Samples, along with standards, blanks, and duplicates included for quality assurance and quality control, were prepared and analyzed at SGS Canada Inc. laboratories. Samples are crushed to 90% less than 2mm. A 1kg riffle split is pulverized to >95% passing 106 microns. 50g samples are analyzed by fire assay and AAS. Samples >10g/t Au are automatically analyzed by fire assay with gravimetric finish or screen metallic analysis. To test for coarse free gold and for additional quality assurance and quality control, Wallbridge requests screen metallic analysis for samples containing visible gold. These and future assay results may vary from time to time due to re-analysis for quality assurance and quality control.

 

The Qualified Persons responsible for the technical content of this press release are Marz Kord, P. Eng., M. Sc., MBA, President & CEO and Attila Péntek, P.Geo., Ph.D., Vice President Exploration for Wallbridge Mining Company Limited.

 

About Wallbridge Mining

 

Wallbridge is establishing a pipeline of projects that will support sustainable production and revenue as well as organic growth through exploration and scalability.

 

Wallbridge is currently developing its 100%-owned high-grade Fenelon Gold property in Quebec with ongoing exploration and a 35,000 tonne bulk sample. Wallbridge is also pursuing other additional advanced-stage projects which would add to the Company’s near-term project pipeline. These discussions benefit from the operating capabilities Wallbridge demonstrated by safely and efficiently mining the Broken Hammer deposit in Sudbury, which was completed in October 2015. As part of this strategy, the Company recently optioned the Beschefer Project, an advanced gold property with proven size and grade-potential near Fenelon Gold. Wallbridge is also continuing partner-funded exploration on its large portfolio of nickel, copper, and PGM projects in Sudbury, Ontario, with a focus on its high-grade Parkin project.

 

Wallbridge also has exposure to exploration for copper and gold in Jamaica and British Columbia through its 11.3% ownership of Carube Copper Corp. (CUC:TSX-V, formerly Miocene Resources Limited, a Wallbridge spin-out of its BC assets).

 

Posted February 21, 2019

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