TSX-V Symbol: MXR
OTC BB Symbol: MXROF
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VANCOUVER, March 4 /PRNewswire/ - MAX Resource Corp.
(TSXV: MXR) (OTCBB: MXROF) (Frankfurt: M1D) has entered into
an Option Agreement to acquire up to a 75% interest in the Majuba
Hill Copper/Gold/Silver property in Pershing County, Nevada from Claremont Nevada
Mines LLC., Nevada. The Majuba
Hill Project encompasses 2,313 acres of surface and mineral rights
consisting of patented lode mining claims, unpatented lode mining
claims, and private mineral rights.
Majuba Hill is a large, highly prospective,
multi-mineral, intrusive-type system within the Western Nevada Gold
Belt and is located approximately halfway between the Florida
Canyon Mine (Jipangju) and the Hycroft Mine (Allied Nevada
Corporation). The project is 28 miles northwest of Midway Gold
Corporations Spring Valley Project. Access is good via 23
miles of dirt roads maintained by Pershing County leading from U.S. Interstate
80.
MAX believes that Majuba Hill is a newly defined
copper/silver porphyry system that is highly prospective for the
discovery of economic mineralization. We have developed a new
exploration model designed to expand and define the current zones
of copper/silver mineralization as well as explore new areas of the
property where significant gold values have been reported but not
been followed up. Initial exploration at Majuba Hill will
include follow-up on rock chip samples reported by previous
operators with values up to 10 g/t Au, 981 g/t Ag and
7.7% Cu as well as soil anomalies with silver values up to
7.7 g/t Ag and copper values up to 290 g/t
Cu. In addition, drill intercepts as high as 5.1 ounces
per ton (opt) Ag over 15 feet were reported from
drilling conducted in 2007, as summarized in the table below.
Exploration and historic production data available
on Majuba Hill outline excellent potential for the discovery of new
economic zones of silver/copper and gold mineralization. Production
reported from historic underground mines in the project area (see
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 86) included:
- 184,000 ounces of silver
- 5,800 ounces of gold
- 2.8 million lbs of copper
GEOLOGY OF MAJUBA HILL
The Majuba Hill property is centered on the
mid-Tertiary age Majuba Hill intrusive complex which is about 4,700
feet in diameter. The lithologic assemblage is a cross-cutting
series of intrusives ranging from rhyolite to latite with multiple
stages of flow-banded units, intrusive breccias, and radial
dikes. These are all emplaced into steeply dipping, northeast
striking Triassic argillite.
Breccia textures are very diverse and typically
include tourmaline as:
- Breccia matrix
- Cross-cutting veinlets
- Disseminated tourmaline in the mineralized areas
Highlights of reverse-circulation drilling
reported by Minterra Resource Corp. in 2007-8 included:
MH Hole # |
Total Depth (ft) |
Interval |
Copper % |
Silver (opt) |
|
|
|
|
|
MH-2 |
160-390 |
230 ft |
0.37% Cu |
0.426 opt |
Including |
295-320 |
25 ft |
1.36% Cu |
Including |
340-350 |
10 ft
|
|
3.50 opt |
|
|
|
|
|
MH-3 |
220-355 |
135
ft |
|
0.58 opt |
Including |
220-290 |
70 ft |
0.59% Cu |
|
|
|
|
|
MH-4 |
310-340 |
30
ft |
|
1.12 opt |
Including |
335-340 |
5 ft |
|
2.90 opt |
|
|
|
|
MH-5 |
0-290 |
290 ft |
0.28% Cu |
Including |
0-15 |
15 ft |
1.18 % Cu |
including |
0-100 |
100
ft |
|
0.99 opt |
Including |
5-20 |
15 ft
|
|
4.00 opt |
|
|
|
|
|
MH-6 |
0-145 |
145 ft |
0.49% Cu
|
1.85 opt |
Including |
110-125 |
15 ft
|
|
5.10 opt |
|
|
|
|
|
MH-7 |
85-400 |
315 ft |
0.34% Cu |
0.70 opt |
Including |
225-245 |
20 ft
|
|
2.09 opt |
Stuart Rogers,
President of MAX states "We have reviewed the historic data
available on Majuba Hill and are excited about the silver and gold
exploration potential on this property, where previous exploration
was focused on copper and the high silver values were of little
interest due to low silver prices at the time. In fact, all but one
of the silver drill intercepts listed above were even announced by
Minterra when originally recovered in 2007. With silver today
trading above US$35 per ounce,
historic drill intercepts such as 145 ft of 1.85 opt Ag and
0.49% Cu as well as unexplored soil anomalies with values up to
7.7 g/t Ag are extremely encouraging. We have already
identified drill targets on patented land at Majuba Hill and plan
to drill four core holes there immediately after completion of
drilling at our Table Top gold project, only 44 miles to the
northeast."
The terms of the Option Agreement with
Claremont allow MAX to earn an
initial 60% interest in the property over six years by spending
US$6.5 Million on exploration of the
property. MAX can increase its interest in the property to 75% by
spending a further $3.5 Million on
exploration over a subsequent two year period. The Majuba Hill
property will be subject to a 3% NSR payable to the vendor, 1.5% of
which may be purchased at any time for US$1.5 Million. This agreement is subject
to acceptance for filing by the TSX Venture Exchange.
This news release has been reviewed by
Clancy J. Wendt, P. Geo, a qualified
person as that term is defined under National Instrument
43-101. Any historic information provided has not been
verified by MAX and is for reference only.
About MAX Resource Corp.
MAX Resource Corp. is a Canadian exploration
company with a diversified portfolio of mineral exploration
projects in the Western United States. We are currently
focused on precious metals, with three gold properties in
Nevada being actively explored in
2011. For more information, please visit our web site at
www.maxresource.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of
MAX Resource Corp.
"STUART ROGERS"
Stuart Rogers
President
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This News Release includes certain "forward looking
statements". Without limitation, statements regarding potential
mineralization and resources, exploration results, and future plans
and objectives of the Company are forward looking statements that
involve various degrees of risk. The following are important
factors that could cause MAX's actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements:
changes in the world wide price of mineral commodities, general
market conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks
associated with development, construction and mining operations,
the uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of
access to additional capital.
SOURCE MAX Resource Corp.