Great Bear Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: GBR) (OTCQX: GTBAF) reported results from its ongoing fully funded $45 million 2021 exploration program at its 100% owned flagship Dixie Project in the Red Lake district of Ontario.
Chris Taylor, President and CEO of Great Bear said, “We are now entering the final months of near-surface maiden mineral resource estimation drilling of the central LP Fault zone, and are modeling 17 distinct high-grade gold domains within the broader LP Fault gold mineralized system. For the first time, we provide a detailed long section of the upper portion of one of these high-grade domains, a summary of all drill results within that long section, and detailed maps of the high-grade domains within the broader LP Fault gold system.”
Great Bear plans to release detailed high-grade and bulk tonnage domain information over the coming months. This news release includes the first of this information.
Table 1: All 28 drill holes that intersect the near-surface portion of high-grade domain BR7, along 500 metres of strike length. New results in italics (holes BR-296-299). Note that assay intervals from previously reported drill holes have been clipped to domain BR7.
Drill Hole | From (m) | To (m) | Width* (m) | Gold (g/t) |
BR-037 | 135.30 | 150.70 | 15.35 | 2.23 |
BR-038 | 81.20 | 87.80 | 6.60 | 2.96 |
BR-118 | 156.00 | 169.00 | 13.00 | 18.57 |
BR-119 | 46.60 | 57.00 | 10.40 | 1.45 |
BR-140 | 247.00 | 257.70 | 10.70 | 4.12 |
BR-142 | 231.00 | 239.30 | 8.25 | 2.53 |
BR-143 | 182.00 | 193.50 | 11.50 | 5.26 |
BR-144 | 130.00 | 144.30 | 14.25 | 15.31 |
BR-145 | 95.60 | 106.90 | 11.30 | 11.47 |
BR-146 | 35.75 | 45.55 | 9.80 | 86.97 |
BR-147 | 48.00 | 55.90 | 7.90 | 3.79 |
BR-172 | 84.00 | 91.50 | 7.50 | 1.12 |
BR-173 | 210.00 | 214.30 | 4.30 | 4.12 |
BR-174 | 207.00 | 216.00 | 9.00 | 13.82 |
BR-175 | 256.00 | 264.70 | 8.70 | 3.84 |
BR-211 | 99.80 | 105.60 | 5.80 | 7.80 |
BR-212 | 157.00 | 174.50 | 17.50 | 6.62 |
BR-213 | 240.30 | 245.00 | 4.70 | 3.66 |
BR-224 | 311.50 | 328.40 | 16.90 | 1.16 |
BR-225 | 231.75 | 243.20 | 11.45 | 1.50 |
BR-231 | 151.00 | 157.00 | 6.00 | 3.43 |
BR-232 | 106.20 | 111.00 | 4.80 | 53.72 |
BR-233 | 78.30 | 84.85 | 6.55 | 3.63 |
BR-281 | 170.25 | 174.00 | 3.75 | 1.04 |
BR-296 | 27.30 | 32.80 | 5.50 | 3.52 |
BR-297 | 31.00 | 32.60 | 1.60 | 3.98 |
BR-298 | 55.25 | 63.10 | 7.85 | 14.72 |
BR-299 | 53.90 | 64.25 | 10.35 | 4.12 |
* Widths are drill indicated core length, as insufficient drilling has been undertaken to determine true widths at this time. Average grades are calculated with un-capped gold assays, as insufficient drilling has been completed to determine capping levels for higher grade gold intercepts. Interval widths are calculated using a 0.10 g/t gold cut-off grade with up to 3 m of internal dilution of zero grade. |
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively show: 1) A detailed long section of high-grade domain “BR7”, which is one of 17 high-grade domains currently being drilled, 2) a map of all high-grade domains within the LP Fault, 3) A more detailed map of the high-grade domains in the central LP Fault zone, including surrounding bulk tonnage style mineralization, and 4) two cross sections through high-grade domain BR7.
Table 1 provides all gold intercepts from BR7 shown in Figure 1. Table 2 provides all new gold assay results from the most recent LP Fault drilling.
With the 17 drill holes included in this release, Great Bear has released 300 LP Fault drill holes to date.
Highlights of Current Results
Results continue to demonstrate excellent continuity of high-grade and bulk-tonnage gold mineralization. The LP Fault zone remains open to extension in all directions.
Table 2: Current drill results from the LP Fault. Results are arranged by drill section from southeast (top) to northwest (bottom).
Drill Hole | From (m) | To (m) | Width* (m) | Gold (g/t) | Section | |
BR-287 | 375.00 | 388.25 | 13.25 | 1.21 | 19825 | |
BR-320 | 47.00 | 48.00 | 1.00 | 8.59 | 20000 | |
and | 93.20 | 108.00 | 14.80 | 1.66 | ||
including | 96.35 | 97.50 | 1.15 | 15.50 | ||
and | 117.00 | 152.60 | 35.60 | 3.07 | ||
including | 118.00 | 120.70 | 2.70 | 6.64 | ||
and including | 130.50 | 133.00 | 2.50 | 4.77 | ||
and including | 138.90 | 152.60 | 13.70 | 5.18 | ||
and including | 138.90 | 139.50 | 0.60 | 24.40 | ||
and including | 150.45 | 150.95 | 0.50 | 53.50 | ||
BR-299 | 32.20 | 71.50 | 39.30 | 2.30 | 20600 | |
including | 34.90 | 37.25 | 2.35 | 13.27 | ||
and including | 34.90 | 35.90 | 1.00 | 23.40 | ||
and including | 53.90 | 64.25 | 10.35 | 4.12 | ||
BR-298 | 29.70 | 73.50 | 43.80 | 3.32 | 20625 | |
including | 55.25 | 63.10 | 7.85 | 14.72 | ||
and including | 58.30 | 63.10 | 4.80 | 22.79 | ||
and including | 60.80 | 61.30 | 0.50 | 161.00 | ||
BR-297 | 31.00 | 50.10 | 19.10 | 0.99 | 20675 | |
including | 31.00 | 32.60 | 1.60 | 3.98 | ||
BR-296 | 27.30 | 51.50 | 24.20 | 1.39 | 20750 | |
including | 27.30 | 32.80 | 5.50 | 3.52 | ||
BR-286 | 473.60 | 565.00 | 91.40 | 1.00 | 21125 | |
including | 473.60 | 482.00 | 8.40 | 3.27 | ||
and including | 481.20 | 482.00 | 0.80 | 18.40 | ||
and including | 502.20 | 502.80 | 0.60 | 52.30 | ||
BR-285 | 349.50 | 441.10 | 91.60 | 1.11 | 21150 | |
including | 354.00 | 362.55 | 8.55 | 8.26 | ||
and including | 356.50 | 358.50 | 2.00 | 31.20 | ||
BR-277 | 517.25 | 521.00 | 3.75 | 0.82 | 21750 | |
including | 517.25 | 518.35 | 1.10 | 1.52 | ||
BR-263 | 585.50 | 591.50 | 6.00 | 1.06 | 21850 | |
including | 589.65 | 590.20 | 0.55 | 3.81 | ||
BR-264 | 548.50 | 580.20 | 31.70 | 1.48 | 21850 | |
including | 552.75 | 558.00 | 5.25 | 5.15 | ||
and including | 552.75 | 554.30 | 1.55 | 12.01 | ||
and including | 557.05 | 558.00 | 0.95 | 6.42 | ||
BR-265 | 420.85 | 421.40 | 0.55 | 5.64 | 21900 | |
and | 503.20 | 504.30 | 1.10 | 6.05 | ||
BR-302 | 356.00 | 368.50 | 12.50 | 2.47 | 21975 | |
including | 359.25 | 359.75 | 0.50 | 57.00 | ||
and | 421.20 | 430.00 | 8.80 | 1.13 | ||
BR-276 | 225.60 | 236.00 | 10.40 | 6.63 | 22000 | |
including | 233.50 | 236.00 | 2.50 | 25.57 | ||
and | 258.45 | 258.95 | 0.50 | 19.50 | ||
and | 311.85 | 316.00 | 4.15 | 2.19 | ||
including | 314.05 | 314.65 | 0.60 | 10.50 | ||
and | 389.60 | 396.75 | 7.15 | 5.85 | ||
including | 392.25 | 395.25 | 3.00 | 12.70 | ||
and | 462.25 | 486.10 | 23.85 | 4.10 | ||
including | 483.45 | 486.10 | 2.65 | 28.01 | ||
and including | 485.15 | 486.10 | 0.95 | 68.40 | ||
BR-278 | 212.00 | 213.00 | 1.00 | 5.84 | 22000 | |
and | 226.50 | 237.00 | 10.50 | 2.13 | ||
including | 232.80 | 233.30 | 0.50 | 41.80 | ||
BR-301 | 353.00 | 354.50 | 1.50 | 2.93 | 22000 | |
and | 560.55 | 561.10 | 0.55 | 3.49 | ||
BR-300 | 319.20 | 322.75 | 3.55 | 1.06 | 22025 | |
and | 468.30 | 471.30 | 3.00 | 1.03 | ||
* Widths are drill indicated core length, as insufficient drilling has been undertaken to determine true widths at this time. Average grades are calculated with un-capped gold assays, as insufficient drilling has been completed to determine capping levels for higher grade gold intercepts. Interval widths are calculated using a 0.10 g/t gold cut-off grade with up to 3 m of internal dilution of zero grade. |
About High-Grade Gold Domains and BR7
The 17 high-grade domains are structurally and geologically distinctive from the surrounding lower grade, bulk tonnage style gold mineralization. Together, they span a strike length of 4.2 kilometres and occur within eight larger stratigraphically controlled lower grade domains. They are characterized by high degrees of strain and/or transposed quartz vein zones following two distinct structural fabrics and transition from upper greenschist to lower amphibolite facies metamorphism. Gold in the high-grade domains is generally observed as free gold, is often transposed into, and overgrows the dominant structural fabrics, and is higher-grade on average than the surrounding bulk tonnage gold zones.
Domain BR7, presented in this news release, has a surface strike length of 620 metres and has been drilled to a depth of 500 metres (where it remains open to extension). BR7 is a high strain zone hosted within strongly altered (albite, biotite, +/- quartz veined) felsic volcanic rocks and occurs oblique to the dominant geological contacts. It has an average strike orientation of 270 degrees and dips 74 degrees to the north.
Drilling is planned to intersect the various high-grade domains at 40 – 50 metre spacing. Figure 1 demonstrates how drilling is nearing completion within the upper portions of domain “BR7”, with few drill holes now required to provide the desired drill density for upcoming maiden resource estimation. Drilling is also nearing completion in the near-surface portions of all 17 high-grade domains along more than 4 kilometres of strike length of the central LP Fault. This drilling is expected to be completed from surface to an average of approximately 400 metres depth by year end.
Great Bear’s progress can be followed using the Company’s plan maps, long sections and cross sections, and through the VRIFY model posted at the Company’s web site at www.greatbearresources.ca. All LP Fault drill hole highlighted assays, plus drill collar locations and orientations can also be downloaded at the Company’s web site.
Drill collar location, azimuth and dip for drill holes included in this release are provided in the table below (UTM zone 15N, NAD 83):
Hole ID | Easting | Northing | Elevation | Length | Dip | Azimuth |
BR-263 | 456097 | 5635122 | 374 | 639 | -56 | 222 |
BR-264 | 456097 | 5635122 | 374 | 642 | -58 | 235 |
BR-265 | 455959 | 5635089 | 373 | 657 | -68 | 222 |
BR-276 | 455897 | 5635136 | 374 | 570 | -66 | 220 |
BR-277 | 456117 | 5635007 | 373 | 594 | -61 | 220 |
BR-278 | 455899 | 5635139 | 374 | 540 | -60 | 225 |
BR-285 | 456570 | 5634607 | 359 | 621 | -62 | 220 |
BR-286 | 456643 | 5634693 | 361 | 624 | -58 | 218 |
BR-287 | 457838 | 5634151 | 363 | 630 | -54 | 208 |
BR-296 | 456767 | 5634155 | 357 | 204 | -55 | 213 |
BR-297 | 456807 | 5634141 | 357 | 120 | -56 | 210 |
BR-298 | 456854 | 5634122 | 357 | 117 | -55 | 210 |
BR-299 | 456922 | 5634125 | 356 | 168 | -56 | 210 |
BR-300 | 455929 | 5635241 | 375 | 666 | -54 | 225 |
BR-301 | 455968 | 5635212 | 374 | 678 | -61 | 226 |
BR-302 | 455968 | 5635212 | 374 | 628 | -60 | 222 |
BR-320 | 457521 | 5633960 | 351 | 225 | -46 | 222 |
About the Dixie Project
The Dixie Project is 100% owned, comprised of 9,140 hectares of contiguous claims that extend over 22 kilometres, and is located approximately 25 kilometres southeast of the town of Red Lake, Ontario. The project is accessible year-round via a 15 minute drive on a paved highway which runs the length of the northern claim boundary and a network of well-maintained logging roads.
The Dixie Project hosts two principal styles of gold mineralization:
About Great Bear
Great Bear Resources Ltd. is a well-financed gold exploration company managed by a team with a track record of success in mineral exploration. Great Bear is focused in the prolific Red Lake gold district in northwest Ontario, where the company controls over 330 km2 of highly prospective tenure across 5 projects: the flagship Dixie Project (100% owned), the Pakwash Property (earning a 100% interest), the Dedee Property (earning a 100% interest), the Sobel Property (earning a 100% interest), and the Red Lake North Property (earning a 100% interest) all of which are accessible year-round through existing roads.
QA/QC and Core Sampling Protocols
Drill core is logged and sampled in a secure core storage facility located in Red Lake Ontario. Core samples from the program are cut in half, using a diamond cutting saw, and are sent to Activation Laboratories in Ontario, an accredited mineral analysis laboratory, for analysis. All samples are analysed for gold using standard Fire Assay-AA techniques. Samples returning over 10.0 g/t gold are analysed utilizing standard Fire Assay-Gravimetric methods. Pulps from approximately 5% of the gold mineralized samples are submitted for check analysis to a second lab. Selected samples are also chosen for duplicate assay from the coarse reject of the original sample. Selected samples with visible gold are also analyzed with a standard 1 kg metallic screen fire assay. Certified gold reference standards, blanks and field duplicates are routinely inserted into the sample stream, as part of Great Bear’s quality control/quality assurance program (QAQC). No QAQC issues were noted with the results reported herein.
Qualified Person and NI 43-101 Disclosure
Mr. R. Bob Singh, P.Geo, VP Exploration, and Ms. Andrea Diakow P.Geo, Exploration Manager for Great Bear are the Qualified Persons as defined by National Instrument 43-101 responsible for the accuracy of technical information contained in this news release.
Figure 1: Upper 500 m x 250 m area of high-grade domain BR7, showing all results to date. New results are highlighted in orange. (CNW Group/Great Bear Resources Ltd.)
Figure 2: Map of the 17 high-grade domains currently being drilled and modeled along the LP Fault. BR7 is left of centre. (CNW Group/Great Bear Resources Ltd.)
Figure 3: Plan map of the various high-grade gold domains currently being drilled along the central LP Fault. Bulk tonnage style gold mineralization is also shown. The locations of drill holes reported in this release are shown. (CNW Group/Great Bear Resources Ltd.)
Figure 4: Cross section 20675 showing the location of high-grade domain BR7 relative to the adjacent high-grade domains, within the broader LP Fault gold system. New results in yellow including an inset of gold mineralization from BR-298. Image is of a selected interval and does not represent all gold mineralization on the property. (CNW Group/Great Bear Resources Ltd.)
Figure 5: Cross section 20625 showing the location of high-grade domain BR7 relative to the adjacent high-grade domains, within the broader LP Fault gold system. New results in yellow. (CNW Group/Great Bear Resources Ltd.)
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