Almadex Minerals Ltd. (“Almadex” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: “DEX”)
is pleased to announce that a site visit by an independent
geological team to the 100% owned Logan Zinc, Silver project
(“Logan”, or the “Project”) has been completed. Also discussed
below are early findings of an ongoing compilation of historical
exploration data on the Project, which is located on the
traditional territory of the Ross River Dena Council and Liard
First Nation in the Yukon Territory, Canada (Figure 1).
J. Duane Poliquin, Chairman of Almadex
commented, “Completing a site visit and conducting check sampling
is the first step towards preparation of a current mineral resource
estimate for the Logan project. Having initiated an in-depth review
of a data set of past work on the property, we are now able to
begin planning for future exploration. This summer was focussed on
compilation work, the completed QP site visit and reaching out to
stakeholders. We look forward to reporting on our progress on these
efforts in the coming months.”
The historic core was identified on site and
select intervals have been re-sampled, and a suite of samples for
specific gravity (density) determination have been collected to
verify the historic drilling results with the aim of producing a
current mineral resource estimate in 2022. In total 232
verification samples were collected from representative mineralized
intercepts geographically separated across the deposit (including
15% QA/QC duplicate, standard and blank samples) comprising 231
metres of half drill core from three separate holes from the 1986,
1987 and 1998 historical drill campaigns. The Company continues to
review the technical information from past work programs in order
to plan future exploration programs. As shown in Figure 1, key
historic drill intercepts that were included in the historic
resource estimate include:
Hole |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval (m) |
Zinc (%) |
Silver (g/t) |
86-L-6 (-60/144az) |
3.05 |
70.35 |
67.30 |
7.2 |
36.3 |
including |
3.05 |
13.75 |
10.70 |
12.8 |
72.8 |
including |
50.75 |
70.35 |
19.60 |
14.2 |
57.7 |
87-L-25 (-60/144az) |
88.00 |
209.00 |
121.00 |
4.4 |
12.7 |
including |
196.00 |
209.00 |
13.00 |
11.4 |
17.8 |
87-L-33 (-60/144az) |
30.00 |
72.00 |
42.00 |
6.9 |
45.8 |
87-L-49 (-60/144az) |
23.00 |
148.00 |
125.00 |
4.6 |
21.4 |
including |
112.00 |
148.00 |
36.00 |
8.0 |
24.4 |
87-L-51 (-60/140az) |
41.00 |
118.00 |
77.00 |
5.9 |
25.0 |
including |
41.00 |
69.00 |
28.00 |
9.0 |
43.3 |
88-L-100 (-60/150az) |
201.00 |
252.00 |
51.00 |
7.1 |
14.1 |
True widths for the historic drilling results
quoted in this release are approximately 80-90% of the interval
reported.
Logan Project Details and Historic
Mineral Resource Estimate
The Logan Project is located 108 km northwest of
Watson Lake in south central Yukon. The Project consists of 156
contiguous quartz mining claims located in the Watson Lake Mining
District, covering over 3,200 hectares. The Project is located on
the traditional territory of the Ross River Dena Council and Liard
First Nation, 38 km north of the Alaska Highway. Access for past
major work programs was facilitated with a 52 km long winter road
from the Alaska Highway. In 1987, a 700 m long by 20 m wide gravel
airstrip was established on the Property; future use of the
airstrip would require surface re-levelling, but small, short
runway aircraft may be able to land at this time. The winter road
permit was not renewed past 2009 and re-opening the road would
require further permitting. Currently, the Project can be accessed
via helicopter.
According to historic reports, Logan contains a
zinc-silver deposit consisting of fracture and vein hosted
zinc-silver mineralization within a granitic intrusion. The Main
Zone occurs along an 8,000m long NE-trending fault-related
structure. The Main Zone is tabular, dips 70 degrees to the NW,
extends for 1,100m along strike, varies from 50m to 150m in width,
and has been traced to depths of 275m and remains open. The
mineralization is up to 90 metres thick in relatively gentle
terrain and minimal overburden, making it attractive for open pit
mining. Limited historic sampling indicated the presence of tin
enrichment associated with the zinc mineralisation. The samples
collected will be analysed for a complete suite of elements.
Wardrop, a Tetra Tech Company (Tetra Tech) was
retained by a former operator to prepare a Technical Report,
including an historical mineral resource estimate, on the Logan
Property in 2012. The 2012 Tetra Tech Technical Report is treated
as a historical mineral resource. A Qualified Person has not done
sufficient work to classify the historical estimate as a current
mineral resource and Almadex is not treating this historical
estimate as current mineral resources.
Table 1: Logan Main Zone Deposit
Historical Inferred Resource Estimate – (Tetra Tech
2012)
Zn Cut-off |
Volume (m3) >
Cut-off |
Tonnes > Cut-off |
Grade > Cut-off |
|
Zn Grade (%) |
Ag Grade (pm) |
|
|
0.5 |
19,369,095 |
57,138,829 |
2.25 |
10.6 |
|
1 |
14,462,266 |
42,663,685 |
2.76 |
12.89 |
|
2 |
7,830,622 |
23,100,336 |
3.88 |
17.45 |
|
3 |
4,832,848 |
14,256,903 |
4.77 |
20.82 |
|
4 |
2,882,300 |
8,502,785 |
5.65 |
23.76 |
|
5 |
1,575,225 |
4,646,915 |
6.64 |
25.7 |
|
7 |
457,511 |
1,349,657 |
8.74 |
31.52 |
|
At a 1% zinc cut-off grade, the Logan Main Zone
was estimated to contain 42.7 Mt at an average grade of 2.76% zinc
and 12.89 ppm silver1,2.
Table 1 above illustrates the sensitivity of the
historical mineral resource estimate to different cut-off grades
for a potential open-pit operation scenario with reasonable outlook
for economic extraction. The reader is cautioned that the figures
provided in the above table, other than those relating to the 1.0%
base case cut-off, should not be interpreted as a statement of
historical or current mineral resources. Quantities and estimated
grades for different cut-off grades are presented for the sole
purpose of demonstrating the sensitivity of the historical resource
model to the choice of a specific cut-off grade.
Next Steps
Almadex is now focused on preparing an updated
mineral resource estimate and continued data review. As noted
above, Almadex recognizes and respects the Ross River Dena Council
and Liard First Nation as traditional owners of the area within
which the Project is located.
Methodology and QA/QC
Drill core from the 1986 through 1988 Logan
Drill campaigns were submitted to Bondar-Clegg analytical
laboratories in Vancouver (Bondar-Clegg was acquired by ALS-Chemex,
now ALS Canada Ltd., in 2001,). Preparation of samples for assaying
is assumed to have involved crushing, grinding, and pulverization
to produce pulps for analysis via hot aqua-regia digestion and
Atomic Absorption (AA) determination of zinc and silver values. The
drilling pre-dated the implementation of NI 43-101 and QA/QC
programs were not common at that time, however, select independent
check sampling conducted during 2012 by Wardrop, Tetra Tech
revealed good agreement between original and re-sampled drill
core.
Qualified Persons and Technical Detail
of Historic Resource
The scientific and technical information
contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by
Kristopher J. Raffle, P.Geo. (BC) and Alfonso Rodriquez, M.Sc.
P.Geo. (BC), Principal and Consultant and Senior Geologist, of APEX
Geoscience Ltd. of Edmonton, AB, and are independent “Qualified
Persons” as defined in National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Mr. Raffle and Mr. Rodriguez
verified the data disclosed which includes a review of the
analytical and test data underlying the information and opinions
contained therein.
About Almadex
Almadex Minerals Ltd. is an exploration company
that holds a large mineral portfolio consisting of exploration
projects and NSR royalties in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. This
portfolio is the direct result of many years of prospecting and
deal-making by Almadex’s management team. The Company remains
focussed on grassroots exploration, acquisition and drilling
mineral projects on its own and in partnership with others, with
the goal of creating new mineral resources and royalty holdings.
The Company owns several portable diamond drill rigs, enabling it
to conduct cost effective first pass exploration drilling in
house.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
“J. Duane
Poliquin”
J. Duane Poliquin, ChairmanAlmadex Minerals
Ltd.
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This news release includes forward-looking
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statements within it, other than statements of historical fact, are
to be considered forward looking. Forward-looking statements in
this news release relating to the Company include, among other
things, the planned data review, the preparation of an updated
mineral resource estimate, stakeholder mapping and stakeholder
development. Although the Company believes the expectations
expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on
reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of
future performance and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those in forward-looking statements. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those in
forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and
exploration successes, permitting, continued availability of
capital and financing, equipment availability, relationships with
third-party clientele and their willingness or ability to continue
to use the Company’s drills for exploration, and general economic,
market or business conditions. There can be no assurances that such
statements will prove accurate and, therefore, readers are advised
to rely on their own evaluation of such uncertainties. The Company
does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking
statements, other than as required pursuant to applicable
securities laws.
Contact Information:
Almadex Minerals Ltd.Tel. 604.689.7644Email:
info@almadexminerals.comhttp://www.almadexminerals.com/
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1 Harder, M. P.Geo. and O’Brien, M. Msc., Pr.Sci.Nat., FGSSA,
FAusIMM, MSAIMM (2012) NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Logan
Property, Yukon prepared for Yukon Zinc Corp., Effective Date May
30, 2012, Wardrop, Tetra Tech, pp. 952 See Almadex Minerals Ltd.
news release dated May 26, 2022
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