Bonanza High Grade Zone Highlights:
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/0e4b7030-b184-4e80-80bf-64d616716916
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/933eed33-9b54-45e5-8413-8b1796204ebe
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/4071770d-d598-42c7-85d9-06783ab3a8fa
Newly Discovered Porphyritic Dykes Highlights – Reduced Intrusion Related Gold:
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Goliath Resources Limited (TSX-V: GOT) (OTCQB: GOTRF) (FSE: B4IF) is pleased to report initial drill hole results from the 2024 field season resulting in a significant expansion of the high-grade gold mineralization within the Bonanza Zone on the Surebet discovery at its 100% controlled Golddigger Property, Golden Triangle, B.C. Excellent results from drillholes GD-24-249, which intersected 7.27 oz/t AuEq (225.03 g/t Au and 88.90 g/t Ag) over 1 meter within a larger interval consisting of 45.60 g/t AuEq or 1.5 oz/t AuEq over 5.95 meters near surface between 71.65 – 77.60 meters as part of a high-grade area within the expanded high-grade gold Bonanza Zone at Surebet Discovery that remains wide open.
Roger Rosmus, Founder and CEO of Goliath Resources, states: “Early in our 2024 drilling campaign, we observed a much higher percentage of visible gold in the drill core compared to the 2023 drilling campaign. In 2023, 32% of the holes had visible gold and in 2024 it increased to 92%, so we made the decision to switch to the photon assaying method. Fire assaying only assays a small portion of the split core submitted to the lab, while photon assaying uses all the core sample and utilizes highly sensitive x-rays to determine the total gold content. Photon assaying is being much more widely used in gold discoveries with significant amounts of gold, although it increased the time for us to receive assay results, we are delighted we made the decision. We are also very impressed with the gold grades in the Reduced Intrusion Related Gold system as it opens up a new style of gold mineralization at the Surebet discovery that could be closer to the source of the entire gold mineralizing system. The 2024 drilling campaign is the best season yet at the Surebet discovery as it gets better and better the more drilling we complete. We look forward to the remaining holes from the 2024 drilling campaign”.
The compiled and interpreted results have resulted in an increase of the delineated high grade gold mineralization within the Bonanza Zone has been nearly doubled from 720 x 612 x 410 meters to 835 x 685 x 612 x 410 meters and remains wide open. In addition, newly discovered mineralization consisting of visible gold, molybdenum and bismuth in a series of porphyritic dykes intercepted in drill holes assayed up 10.50 g/t AuEq (10.41 f/t Au and 7.15 g/t Ag) over 7.00 meters, reminiscent of an extensive Reduced Intrusion Related Gold (RIRG) system at Surebet clearly indicating proximity to the source of the gold mineralization. Assays for a total of 101 (out of 105) drill holes, 22 (out of 24) re-logged holes as well as 92 surface samples from the Surebet discovery are expected to be received in the immediate future and will be released once compiled and interpreted.
Bonanza High Grade Gold Zone
During the 3 months drill season in 2024, the area of high-grade gold mineralization within the known Bonanza Zone (formerly described as the Bonanza High-Grade Gold Triangle) has been expanded and nearly doubled from a triangular area measuring 720 x 612 x 410 meters to a rectangular area measuring 835 x 685 x 612 x 410 meters that remains open. All 64 holes drilled in 2024 intercepted significant mineralization with 92 % of the holes (or 62 out of 64 holes) containing occurrences of visible gold, demonstrating the excellent continuity of this extensive high-grade gold system that remains open.
Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) | Cu (%) | Pb (%) | Zn (%) | AuEq (g/t) | |
GD-24-249 | Interval | 71.65 | 77.60 | 5.95 | 45.36 | 19.45 | 45.60 | |||
Including | 76.60 | 77.60 | 1.00 | 225.03 | 88.90 | 226.12 |
Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) | Cu (%) | Pb (%) | Zn (%) | AuEq (g/t) | |
GD-24-237 | Interval | 435.00 | 472.00 | 37.00 | 1.14 | 6.30 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 1.33 |
Including | 449.61 | 453.00 | 3.39 | 3.64 | 32.55 | 0.05 | 1.11 | 0.93 | 4.69 | |
Including | 449.61 | 452.15 | 2.54 | 4.57 | 42.46 | 0.06 | 1.45 | 1.21 | 5.94 | |
And | 466.00 | 472.00 | 6.00 | 2.65 | 5.51 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 2.80 |
The continuity of this newly expanded thick high-grade gold horizon has previously been drill tested where GD-23-197 assayed 34.03 g/t AuEq (1.09 oz/t AuEq) over 9 meters ~true width (see news release from October 17, 2023) and GD-24-235 assayed 35.04 g/t AuEq (1.13 oz/t AuEq) over 5.25 meters ~true width (see news release from July 30, 2024). The new Bonanza High Grade Zone is located at the structural intersection of the Surebet Zone with the Bonanza Zone and outcrops on surface 200 meters above the valley floor at an elevation of 900 meters above sea level.
Additional drill hole highlights from the newly expanded Bonanza Zone include drill holes GD-24-260, GD-24-272, GD-23-273 all of which contained significant amounts of visible gold as well as considerable galena, sphalerite and chalcopyrite mineralization hosted in large intervals of quartz breccia and veining.
The Bonanza Zone remains open in all directions, including the new Deep Zone was discovered at 1,239 meters below surface (only 480 meters below the valley floor). This new Deep Zone contains multiple quartz-sulphide veins and breccias with chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite demonstrating the tremendous additional untapped discovery potential of the Surebet system that remains wide open. The mineralized interval intercepted quartz veins containing significant amounts of chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite and remains wide open. Assays for all holes that intersected the new Deep Zone are pending.
Newly Discovered Gold-Rich Porphyritic Dykes – Reduced Intrusion Related Gold
The newly discovered gold-rich porphyritic dykes that contain veins with visible gold, molybdenum and bismuth mineralization strongly suggest the presence of a large Reduced Intrusion Related Gold system at Surebet. In previous years, dykes and plutons on the Golddigger property were regarded as late, non-mineralized intrusions and were therefore never focused on and sampled. Detailed core logging (and re-logging) undertaken together with the team from CASERM at the Colorado School of Mines has revealed several occurrences of visible gold, as well as molybdenum and bismuth mineralization in core section from 2021 to 2024. More than 800 samples from previously omitted intrusive material from 24 drill holes have been collected and are currently being analysed. Drill holes GD-24-237, GD-23-180 and GD-21-226 are the first holes containing mineralized porphyritic dyke material for which the Company has received results, and all contain considerable amounts of gold.
Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) | Cu (%) | Pb (%) | Zn (%) | AuEq (g/t) | |
GD-24-237 | Interval | 313.00 | 320.00 | 7.00 | 10.41 | 7.15 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 10.50 |
Including | 314.00 | 319.00 | 5.00 | 14.55 | 9.82 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 14.68 | |
Including | 315.00 | 318.00 | 3.00 | 24.22 | 16.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 24.42 |
Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) | AuEq (g/t) | ||||
GD-24-180 | Interval | 266.00 | 273.00 | 7.00 | 3.43 | 2.68 | 3.46 | |||
Including | 267.00 | 272.00 | 5.00 | 4.44 | 3.75 | 4.49 |
Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | Au (g/t) | Ag (g/t) | AuEq (g/t) | ||||
GD-24-226 | Interval | 491.00 | 499.00 | 8.00 | 1.85 | 0.00 | 1.85 | |||
Including | 491.00 | 493.00 | 2.00 | 6.03 | 0.00 | 6.03 |
Similar mineralization was also observed on surface at the newly discovered Blue Origin zone. This discovery comprises a series of veins up to 20 cm wide containing bismuth minerals, molybdenite and chalcopyrite, hosted in a felsic intrusion located 4.5 km to the south of the Surebet discovery. This intrusion could be spatially related to Surebet as an uplifted part of the potential feeder source. Assays for surface samples collected on Blue Origin are currently pending.
Continued confirmation of high gold grades in this newly discovered RIRG system characterized by considerable amounts of visible gold, bismuth, and molybdenum mineralization in the felsic to intermediate porphyritic dykes on Surebet as well as in the intrusions surrounding Surebet (i.e. Blue Origin) could greatly increase the resource potential of the Surebet discovery.
The Company looks forward to continuing to expand the mineralization at Surebet and increase the understanding of the geometry and controls of the mineralization with additional modelling as results become available in the immediate future. The discovery of the RIRG mineralization clearly indicates proximity to the source of this extensive mineralizing system. Drilling in 2025 will focus on expanding the mineralization in all directions, including to depth towards the potential source for the fluids responsible for the extensive high-grade gold-silver mineralization on the Surebet discovery.
Hole ID | CRS | Easting | Northing | Elevation (m) | Azimuth (m) | Dip | Length (m) |
GD-24-237 | NAD83 UTM 9N | 457445 | 6162776 | 1511 | 140 | 70 | 848 |
GD-24-249 | NAD83 UTM 9N | 457938 | 6162559 | 1137 | 10 | 80 | 396 |
GD-23-180 | NAD83 UTM 9N | 457452 | 6162783 | 1514 | 145 | 55 | 535 |
GD-23-226 | NAD83 UTM 9N | 457382 | 6162942 | 1622 | 140 | 69 | 653 |
Golddigger Property
The Golddigger Property is 100% controlled and covers an area of 91,518 hectares in the world class geological setting of the Eskay Rift, within 3 kilometers of the Red Line in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia. This area has hosted some of Canada’s greatest mines including Eskay Creek, Premier and Snip. Other significant and well-known deposits in the Golden Triangle include Brucejack, Copper Canyon, Galore Creek, Granduc, KSM, Red Chris, and Schaft Creek. Goliath controls 56 kilometers of the Red Line which is a geologic contact between Triassic age Stuhini rocks and Jurassic age Hazelton rocks used as key markers when exploring for gold-copper-silver mineralization.
The Surebet discovery has exceptional continuity and excellent metallurgy with gold recoveries of 92.2% with 48.8% of it as free gold from gravity alone at a 327-micrometer crush (no cyanide required to recover the gold). The metallurgy completed to date shows no deleterious elements are present such as mercury or arsenic.
The Property is in an excellent location in close proximity to the communities of Alice Arm and Kitsault where there is a permitted mill site on private property. It is situated on tide water with direct barge access to Prince Rupert (190 kilometers via the Observatory inlet/Portland inlet). The town of Kitsault is accessible by road (190 kilometers from Terrace, 300 kilometers from Prince Rupert) and has a barge landing, dock, and infrastructure capable of housing at least 300 people, including high-tension power.
Additional infrastructure in the area includes the Dolly Varden Silver Mine Road (only 7 kilometers to the East of the Surebet discovery) with direct road access to Alice Arm barge landing (18 kilometers to the south of the Surebet discovery) and high-tension power (25 kilometers to the east of Surebet discovery). The city of Terrace (population 16,000) provides access to railway, major highways, and airport with supplies (food, fuel, lumber, etc.), while the town of Prince Rupert (population 12,000) is located on the west coast and houses an international container seaport also with direct access to railway and an airport.
About CASERM (Center To Advance The Science Of Exploration To Reclamation In Mining)
Goliath is a paying member and active supporter of CASERM, an organization that represents a collaborative venture between Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Tech aimed at transforming the way that geoscience data is used in the mineral resource industry. Research focuses on the integration of diverse geoscience data to improve decision making across the mine life cycle, beginning with the exploration for subsurface resources continuing through mine operation as well as closure and environmental remediation. As a CASERM member, the Company requested a study and written report to be performed by Colorado School of Mines analysing Surebet’s origin of mineralization. The study confirmed an extensive porphyry feeder source at depth for the high-grade gold mineralising fluids at Surebet.
Qualified Person
Rein Turna P. Geo is the qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, for Goliath Resource Limited projects, and supervised the preparation of, and has reviewed and approved, the technical information in this release. Mr. Turna is also a director of the Company.
About Goliath Resources Limited
Goliath Resources is an explorer of precious metals projects in the prolific Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia. All of its projects are in world class geological settings and geopolitical safe jurisdictions amenable to mining in Canada. Goliath is a member and active supporter of CASERM which is an organization that represents a collaborative venture between Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Tech. Goliath’s key strategic cornerstone shareholders include Crescat Capital, Mr. Rob McEwen and Mr. Eric Sprott, Mr. Larry Childress and a Global Commodity Group (Singapore).
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