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SSR Mining Announces Positive Exploration Results at Seabee, Including 19.16 g/t Au Over 6.98 Meters

 

 

 

 

 

Gap Hanging Wall Maiden Mineral Reserves and Santoy Hanging Wall Maiden Mineral Resources Expected in 2022

 

SSR Mining Inc. (NASDAQ: SSRM) (TSX: SSRM) (ASX: SSR) is pleased to announce positive results from 127 drill holes for its Seabee mine and adjacent targets in Saskatchewan, Canada. SSR Mining is actively exploring its sizeable land positions surrounding its existing operating mines in Turkey, Canada and the US to leverage its existing infrastructure to advance low cost, brownfield development targets. This has been a very successful strategy for the Seabee operation historically, and the area continues to showcase additional exploration upside. The Santoy Mine is the current production feed for the Seabee processing plant, connected by a 15km haul road.

 

The Gap Hanging Wall (GHW) is being drilled from underground drives extending from the Santoy Mine. The GHW is targeted to be the next extension of the Santoy mine, with 300,000 ounces already classified as Indicated Mineral Resources and another 167,000 ounces classified as Inferred Mineral Resources. Current drilling is aimed to extend these Mineral Resources and convert them into Mineral Reserves in 2022. Intercepts in the GHW included:

  • SUG-20-920: 19.16 g/t Au over 6.98 meters
  • SUG-20-017: 12.14 g/t Au over 9.47 meters

 

The Santoy Hanging Wall is the most recent discovery and current drilling from both surface and underground drives within the Santoy mine is aimed at proving the viability of this mining area as a potential future development of the Santoy Mine. If successful, a Mineral Resource will be declared in 2022. Intercepts in the SHW included:

  • JOY-20-918: 12.75 g/t Au over 2.83 meters
  • SUG-21-011: 11.31 g/t Au over 2.24 meters
  • SUG-21-018: 16.31 g/t Au over 3.56 meters

 

The Joker target sits to the south of the Santoy mine and drilling is focused on the continuity to the Santoy Mine. The Joker target has the potential to provide a substantial extension of the Santoy Mine beyond the GHW and SHW (potentially by more than 1km – See Figure 3). The exploration strategy is to prove continuity in 2021 and potentially proceed to resource definition drilling in 2022. Intercepts at Joker included:

  • BAT-20-017: 25.97 g/t Au over 1.49 meters from 8.52 meters
    • and 21.48 g/t Au over 0.75 meters from 12.55 meters

 

Rod Antal, President and CEO said, “These results support our view that Seabee continues to host potential for significant mine life extension, well beyond that of the defined resources and reserves. Our teams are accelerating the exploration effort at Seabee to facilitate longer term investment decisions, including the possibility of increasing annual production rates. Future increases to Seabee production levels will be cost-effective given the combination of our excess capacity at the processing plant and the recently completed tailings dam expansion which provides capacity through 2031 at current production levels.”

 

In addition, SSR Mining continues exploration on the Fisher Properties, located immediately to the south of the 100% SSR owned Seabee claims. The Fisher Properties are 80% owned by SSR Mining and 20% by Taiga Gold Corporation. Targets on the Fisher property have the potential to provide additional plant feed beyond the Seabee license area. Early exploration at Fisher has been encouraging. Intercepts from the Fisher Properties included:

 

Yin (Fisher Properties – Seabee Mine – Canada)

  • YIN-20-002: 10.03 g/t Au over 2.50 meters from 87.00 meters

 

Mac North (Fisher Properties – Seabee Mine – Canada)

  • FIS-20-057: 3.95 g/t Au over 6.00 meters from 318.00 meters
  • FIS-20-061: 10.37 g/t Au over 1.00 meter from 613.00 meters
  • FIS-21-062: 3.51 g/t Au over 2.83 meters from 260.95 meters
  • FIS-21-064: 4.04 g/t Au over 2.98 meters from 134.90 meters
  • FIS-21-065: 22.99 g/t Au over 1.46 meters from 348.47 meters

 

 

 

Seabee, Saskatchewan

 

SSR Mining’s mineral holdings comprise a 100% owned parcel referred to as the Seabee claims and the 80% owned Fisher property. Since 2016, SSR Mining’s growth and development strategy has been to increase production by optimizing the milling and mining processes and exploring new mill feed sources.

 

Near mine exploration during the Exploration Period (May 14th, 2020 to June 30th, 2021) focused on Mineral Resource conversion at the Gap Hanging Wall (GHW) and exploration drilling along strike of the GHW resource in search of similar mineralized chutes along the Lizard Lake Pluton/Santoy Volcanic contact. The drilling efforts along strike of the GHW have successfully identified multiple, felsic-hosted, plunging chutes of economic interest. These new discoveries are collectively referred to as the Santoy Hanging Wall (SHW).

 

During the Exploration Period, 19 holes were drilled from underground drives infilling the GHW for a total of 7,180 meters. Drilling at the SHW was conducted from surface and underground. A total of 84 holes totaling 27,020 meters were drilled into the SHW target area during the Exploration Period.

 

Table 1. Select significant mineralized drill hole gold intercepts from Seabee Property.

 

Hole ID From
(m)
To
(m)
Gold
(g/t)
Interval
(m)
EOH
Depth
(m)
Zone
JOY-20-918 238.20 242.00 12.75 2.83 261.00 SHW
JOY-20-919 179.60 184.80 7.63 4.54 237.00 SHW
JOY-20-922 183.00 188.50 4.38 4.52 246.00 SHW
JOY-20-924 173.90 178.10 5.42 3.91 216.00 SHW
JOY-21-933 187.60 198.10 3.92 8.13 252.00 SHW
JOY-21-934 201.80 211.00 4.49 7.48 240.00 SHW
JOY-21-938 229.30 235.50 3.11 4.37 273.00 SHW
JOY-21-940 232.90 236.80 4.06 2.68 330.00 SHW
SUG-20-009 298.90 300.70 11.28 1.16 360.00 GHW_C
SUG-20-016 177.90 193.50 4.94 9.71 258.00 GHW
SUG-20-017 213.50 226.70 12.14 9.47 297.00 GHW
SUG-20-018 258.70 263.00 3.84 3.18 333.00 GHW
SUG-20-019 305.70 309.00 12.96 2.56 355.50 GHW
SUG-20-022 234.10 266.00 5.21 21.10 294.00 SHW
SUG-20-027 266.20 286.10 3.71 8.38 384.00 SHW
SUG-20-029 241.50 250.50 7.67 6.38 324.50 SHW
SUG-20-602 538.50 541.00 4.93 2.06 699.00 GHW
SUG-20-920 157.90 166.80 19.16 6.98 228.00 GHW
SUG-20-921 190.20 204.00 4.64 11.40 273.00 GHW
SUG-20-922 234.00 244.50 4.65 8.74 330.00 GHW
SUG-20-924 136.40 156.00 5.03 14.11 216.00 GHW
SUG-20-932 168.50 174.00 9.32 5.31 213.00 SHW
SUG-21-007 228.50 240.20 4.12 8.58 291.00 SHW
SUG-21-011 209.00 211.50 11.31 2.24 275.00 SHW
SUG-21-018 247.00 252.00 16.31 3.56 300.00 SHW
SUG-21-021 227.60 230.50 8.64 2.54 273.00 SHW 1
SUG-21-024 255.50 259.10 6.72 2.96 288.00 SHW 2
SUG-21-026 285.90 288.00 8.48 1.66 328.00 SHW 2
SUG-21-027 279.50 282.50 5.75 2.34 342.00 SHW 1
And 291.50 299.60 9.68 6.35 342.00 SHW 2
SUG-21-031 219.50 223.50 3.75 3.84 280.00 SHW 2
SUG-21-032 219.00 222.00 3.40 2.87 247.50 SHW 1
And 225.60 230.00 3.44 4.22 247.50 SHW 2
SUG-21-900 212.70 215.00 6.56 1.90 270.00 SHW
SUG-21-903 229.20 236.00 3.82 4.36 300.00 SHW
SUG-21-907 176.00 184.00 3.54 7.80 255.00 SHW 2
SUG-21-908 201.50 203.90 4.08 2.26 236.00 SHW 2
SUG-21-910 166.90 169.50 4.30 2.55 210.00 SHW 1
BAT-20-013 31.70 35.30 58.94 3.60 54.00 Joker
And 31.70 32.70 183.20 1.00 54.00 Joker
BAT-20-017 8.52 10.01 25.97 1.49 333.00 Joker
And 12.55 13.30 21.48 0.75 333.00 Joker
Notes: Drillholes presented in this table have gram meter product greater than 9 and grade of at least 3 g/t gold with a maximum internal dilution of 2m. For the GHW and SHW targets, interval width represents true width intersections. For the Joker area, width in meters represents downhole intersected length, which may or may not be a true thickness of the mineralization. Gold values cut to 75 g/t gold for SUG drillholes at Seabee. For complete drillhole results for the GHW, SHW, and Joker targets during the Exploration Period, see Appendix Tables 3 and 4.

 

 

 

Outside the mine area, superseding screen fire assay (SFA) results were received for an intersection previously reported for Batman Lake diamond drilling completed in Q1 2020. The SFA method more accurately measures the coarse gold contribution than standard fire assay.  The previously reported Joker Zone intersection from BAT-20-013 (3.6 meters of 37.95 g/t gold) increased in grade to 58.94 g/t gold in the results, including a 1 meter interval of 183.2 g/t gold from SFA analysis (Table 1).  A new Joker Zone result from 40 meters north step-out hole BAT-20-017, drilled in Q1 2020, contained 1.49 meters grading 25.97 g/t gold and 0.75 meters grading 21.48 g/t gold.

 

In Q1 2021, a 907m drill program tested approximately 400m of strike-length along the Joker target north of the high-grade intercepts reported below (Figure 3). Gold mineralization was intersected in 4 of 8 holes completed along the Joker trend in zones up to 3m wide with visible gold and will be followed-up with additional drill testing in 2021.

 

 

Overview of Joker Mineralization Style

 

Located approximately 1km south of the Santoy Mine Complex, the Joker Zone occurs within a sheared diorite-phase of the Lizard Lake pluton. Joker surface exploration results include several high-grade soil samples up to 7 g/t gold coincident with rock samples up to 29 g/t gold, and SSR Mining is now in the early stages of drill testing the target. The mineralization style shares similarities to the Gap Hanging Wall deposit characterized by quartz veins hosting significant visible gold with up to 10% sulfide as found in both BAT-20-013 and BAT-20-017.  Common accessory sulfides include pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite.

 

Fisher Gold Property, Saskatchewan

 

SSR Mining’s exploration objective at Fisher is to discover additional sources of ore feed for processing at the Seabee mill. During the Exploration Period, superseding SFA results were received for an intersection previously reported in the 9,463 meter Fisher drilling program completed in Q1 2020.  The intersection from FIS-20-053 previously reported 1.92 meters at 9.1 g/t gold in the Mac North target, which increased in grade to 10.26 g/t gold, including a 0.50 meter interval grading 31.82 g/t gold from SFA analysis. At the Yin Zone, YIN-20-002 was resampled after yielding anomalous grade in widely spaced composite sampling. Resampling results yielded 2.50 meters at 10.03 g/t gold. This hole is approximately a 250 meter step-out hole from a previously reported zone in YIN-20-004 that assayed 2.29m at 13.74 g/t gold. Table 2 shows several other new SFA results from the Q1 2020 Fisher drill program along with more recent results described below.

 

Table 2. Significant mineralized drill hole gold intercepts from Fisher Gold Property, Saskatchewan for the Exploration Period.

 

Hole ID From
(m)
To
(m)
Gold
(g/t)
Interval
(m)
EOH
Depth
(m)
Zone
FIS-20-051 170.09 170.59 18.70 0.50 225.00 Mac N
HW
FIS-20-053 253.63 255.55 10.26 1.92 462.00 Mac N
Including 255.05 255.55 31.82 0.50 462.00 Mac N
FIS-20-057 318.00 324.00 3.95 6.00 486.00 Mac N
Including 320.50 324.00 4.82 3.50 486.00 Mac N
FIS-20-061 613.00 614.00 10.37 1.00 761.00 Mac N
FIS-21-062 260.95 263.78 3.51 2.83 314.12 Mac N
FIS-21-064 134.90 137.88 4.04 2.98 155.00 Mac N
FIS-21-065 348.47 349.93 22.99 1.46 412.97 Mac N
YIN-20-002 87.00 89.50 10.03 2.50 159.00 Yin
Notes: Drillholes presented in this table have gram meter product greater than 9 and grade of at least 3 g/t gold with a maximum internal dilution of 2m. Width in meters represents downhole intersected length, which may or may not be a true thickness of the mineralization. For complete drillhole results for the Fisher property during the Exploration Period, see Appendix Table 5.

 

Since late 2020, SSR Mining completed a 4,726 meter diamond drill program at the Mac North target to build continuity on Q1 2020 drill intersections. New results from the program include the widest visible gold bearing intercept drilled to-date on the Fisher Gold Property in FIS-20-057. This hole assayed 6.0 meters at 3.95 g/t including 3.5 meters at 4.82 g/t. Mineralization includes multiple occurrences of visible gold within sheeted quartz veins over a drilled width of 8.7 meters. The intersection is approximately a 100 meter step-out from hole FIS-20-053 noted above (1.92 meters at 10.26 g/t Au). Drilling also yielded deeper intercepts at the Mac North target below 500 vertical meters such as FIS-20-060 hosting visible gold and FIS-20-061 assaying 1.0 meter at 10.37 g/t Au, further demonstrating the structural continuity of this early stage target.

 

The Mac North program included four holes exploring the up-plunge continuity below Oolong Lake that yielded three economic intercepts including the highest gram meter zone intersected to-date at the Fisher property in hole FIS-21-065. This zone assayed 1.46 meters at 22.99 g/t gold with significant visible gold further confirming the high-grade potential of the Mac trend. Additionally, hole FIS-21-062 hosted visible gold and assayed 2.83 meters at 3.51 g/t gold. Hole FIS-21-064 pierced approximately 100 meters above the next-to-shallowest drill hole and was successful in extending known mineralization to within 80 meters from surface assaying 2.98 meters at 4.04 g/t gold.

 

The 2.5km long Mac trend will continue to be drill tested in 2021 targeting the discovery of new high-grade mineralized shoots.

 

 

Fisher Overview of Mac North Mineralization Style

 

The Mac North area is located approximately 9km south of the Santoy Mine Complex along the same Santoy Shear zone. The host-rocks to the Mac North zone, consisting of mafic meta-volcanic rocks intruded by a granodiorite sheeted sill complex, appear nearly identical to those of the Santoy Gap and 8 Deep deposits that are currently in production. Shear-hosted quartz-veins containing fine to coarse visible gold with up to 10% sulfide are the dominant mineralization style. Accessory sulfides are pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. Meta-volcanic rocks show a diopside-plagioclase-titanite alteration assemblage, which envelopes the Mac North mineralized zone similar to that observed at the Santoy Mine Complex.

 

Sampling and Analytical Procedures

 

All drill samples in respect of the Seabee Gold Operation underground drilling program and some samples from the surface program were assayed by our onsite non-accredited assay laboratory, which is not independent from SSR Mining. Surface drilling samples not analyzed by our onsite assay laboratory were analyzed at TSL Laboratories Inc. in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, which also serves as the QAQC laboratory for our onsite lab. Duplicate check assays were conducted at site as well as at TSL, which is independent from SSR Mining. Mean results of the spot checks were consistent with those reported. Sampling interval was established by minimum or maximum sampling lengths and geological and/or structural criteria.

 

SGO site lab typically prepares two hundred-gram samples that were pulverized until greater than 80 percent passed through a 150-mesh screen. Thirty-gram pulp samples were then analyzed for gold by fire assay with gravimetric finish (0.01 g/t gold detection limit). TSL prepares a minus-150 mesh pulp (95% passing) weighing 250 grams from a minus 10 mesh coarse crush reject. Fire assay with Atomic Absorption finish was completed on a 30-gram aliquot to produce gold analytical results with a 0.005 g/t gold detection limit. Fire assay with gravimetric finish was prepared on those samples with greater than 3 g/t gold.

 

External review of data and processes relating to Seabee, Fisher and Amisk exploration data has been completed by independent consultant Jason Craven in November 2020. There were no adverse material results detected and the QA/QC indicates the information collected is acceptable, and the database can be used for further studies.

 

Qualified Persons

 

The exploration results disclosed in this document were prepared under the supervision and approved by Dr. Cengiz Y. Demirci, AIPG Registered Member and a CPG (Certified Professional Geologist), and VP Exploration at SSR Mining. Dr. Demirci has sufficient experience that is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposit under consideration and is a qualified person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”).

 

The scientific and technical data contained in this news release relating to the Seabee Gold Operation has been reviewed and approved by Jeffrey Kulas, P. Geo., a qualified person under NI 43-101. Mr. Kulas is our Manager Geology, Mining Operations at the Seabee Gold Operation.  All technical data related to regional exploration at the Seabee Gold Operation, on the Fisher property and on the Amisk Property has been reviewed and approved by Jason Craven, P.Geo., a qualified person under NI 43-101, Mr. Craven is a Senior Geologist at Axiom Exploration Consulting.  The qualified persons have verified the information disclosed herein, including the sampling, preparation, security and analytical procedures underlying such information, and are not aware of any significant risks and uncertainties that could be expected to affect the reliability or confidence in the information discussed herein.

 

About SSR Mining

 

SSR Mining Inc. is a leading, free cash flow focused intermediate gold company with four producing assets located in the USA, Turkey, Canada, and Argentina, combined with a global pipeline of high-quality development and exploration assets in the USA, Turkey, Mexico, Peru, and Canada. In 2020, the four operating assets produced approximately 711,000 gold-equivalent ounces. SSR Mining is listed on the NASDAQ, the TSX, and on the ASX.

 

Posted September 13, 2021

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