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Surebet Highlights:
Goliath Resources Limited (TSX-V: GOT) (OTCQB: GOTRF) (FSE: B4IF) is pleased to report four substantially mineralized intercepts in drill hole GD-24-237 of dense quartz-sulphide breccia, stockwork and veining containing abundant visible gold, galena, and sphalerite. Inclusive of an interval containing visible gold, molybdenite and trace bismuth in veins at 316.05, 316.26, 326.10 meters and on vein margins within a porphyritic intermediate dyke at Surebet on its 100% controlled Golddigger Property, Golden Triangle, B.C.
Collectively these four mineralized intervals equate to 105 meters of some of the strongest mineralization with the highest density of veining, stockwork and breccia observed to date in drill core from the property. The system remains wide open confirming excellent additional discovery potential.
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Drill hole GD-24-237 collared from Golden Gate Pad (140/-70, Total depth 848.0 m) intersected multiple strongly mineralized quartz-sulphide breccia and stockwork sections containing abundant visible gold, galena, sphalerite, pyrrhotite and pyrite mineralization. The hole also intercepted a porphyritic intermediate intrusive unit containing visible gold, molybdenite and bismuth.
The most significant mineralized interval is 47 meters long in a section from 425.00 to 472.00 meters, characterized by quartz-sulphide stockwork with sphalerite (2%), pyrrhotite (1%), pyrite (2%), and minor galena attributed to the Bonanza shear, located at the contact between the Upper Hazelton sedimentary and Lower Hazelton volcanic units. A section of quartz-sulphide breccia and stockwork directly attributed to the Bonanza Shear was intercepted from 449.69 to 452.52 meters and is characterized by visible gold, semi-massive galena (1%), sphalerite (1%), pyrite (1%), and pyrrhotite (1%) and makes up the contact between sediments and volcanic units. Within the andesite, from 452.52 to 472.00 meters, many closely spaced quartz and calc-silicate veins host sphalerite (1%) and galena (1%) with trace quantities of pyrrhotite and pyrite.
A second 16.6 meter interval zone of Bonanza Shear hosting dense sulphide-rich calc-silicate veining and stockwork was intersected from 508.4 to 526.00 meters containing sphalerite (1%) and galena (1%) with trace quantities of pyrrhotite and pyrite.
Deeper in the hole, a 26.35 meter interval from 546.65 to 573.00 meters of closely spaced veining and stockwork with substantial amounts of sulphides was intercepted, including sphalerite (1%), galena (1%) with trace quantities of pyrrhotite and pyrite. A 1.11 meter vein between 569.29 – 570.04 was intercepted that contained visible gold, sphalerite (1%), galena (1%), pyrrhotite (2%) and pyrite (1%). Similar to what was intercepted in 2023 from GD-23-183 which ran 3.56 g/t AuEq over 8 meters including 6.54 g/t AuEq over 3.0 meters.
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A 14.39 meter section of intrusive rock containing quartz veins with visible gold, molybdenite, and bismuth and displaying porphyritic textures similar to what was observed in drill hole GD-24-235 announced last week was intercepted from 315.71 to 330.08 meters. This intrusive is host to a handful of 1 to 10 centimeter sheeted quartz veins and sub-millimetric sulphide veinlets. These veins included minor vein-hosted calc-silicates with white albite/sericite alteration haloes.
Drill hole GD-24-237 was designed to intercept the Bonanza shear, expand the Golden Gate zone to the north, and target the newly discovered Mothership Feeder as well as additional veins identified at depth that remain wide open. Several intervals of mineralized core observed in hole GD-24-237 have the same mineralogy, textures and structures observed in drill hole from 2023, GD-23-183, suggesting that similar gold grades are expected from these intervals. Several deeper holes are planned to test this area to much greater depths during the 2024 season, as the system remains wide open and has excellent additional discovery potential.
Several deeper holes are planned to test this area to greater depth during the 2024 season, as the system remains wide open and has excellent additional discovery potential.
The current planned 2024 drill program includes 15,000 meters of diamond drilling on Surebet. The drill program on Surebet is focused on testing its potential feeder source at depth below the valley floor, discovering new additional veins/shears, expansion of the known 10 vein footprint, and increased continuity of veins/shears. The Surebet Discovery will see the bulk of meters planned with the balance testing one new strongly mineralized gold-copper outcropping target at Treasure Island.
Over the first 3 drilling seasons, totaling only 8 months cumulative time drilling between 2021 – 2023, completed a total 66,930 meters on the Golddigger Property. In 2023, there was a 97% success hit rate where 86 holes of 92 totaling intercepted significant widths of high-grade gold over a 1.8 square kilometer area at Surebet. Of these holes, 35% of them contained visible gold up to 11mm in size. This 1.8 square kilometer area also has mineralization exposed at surface for 1.0 kilometers of strike, 1.1 kilometers down-dip extent with 700 meters of vertical relief with exceptional continuity. The Surebet system remains wide open, with strong potential for additional discoveries as confirmed by the first drill holes of 2024.
Golddigger Property
The Golddigger Property is 100% controlled covering an area of 66,608 hectares (164,592 acres) and is in the world class geological setting of the Eskay Rift and within 3 kilometers of the Red Line in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia. This area and proximity have hosted some of Canada’s greatest mines that include 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 that is used as a key marker when exploring for gold-copper-silver mineralization.
The Surebet discovery has exceptional continuity and excellent metallurgy with gold recoveries of 92.2% inclusive of 48.8% free gold from gravity alone at a 327-micrometer crush (no deleterious elements and no cyanide required to recover the gold based on metallurgical work completed to date).
It 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 with supplies.
About CASERM (Center To Advance The Science Of Exploration To Reclamation In Mining)
Goliath is a paying member and active supporter of CASERM which is an organization represents a collaborative venture between Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Tech aimed at transforming the way that geoscience data are 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 earth 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 that confirmed in its report, 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 Limited is an explorer of precious metals projects in the prolific Golden Triangle of northwestern British Columbia and Abitibi Greenstone Belt of Quebec. 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 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.
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