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VANCOUVER, April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - MAX Resource Corp.
(TSX.V: MXR; OTCBB: MXROF; Frankfurt: M1D) has filed permit
applications with the Bureau of Land Management for a 5,000 m Phase
III drill program to be conducted at the Majuba Hill
copper/silver/gold project in Nevada in May, 2012. This core drilling
program will continue to test the southeast extension of near
surface high grade supergene oxide mineralization identified by MAX
at the historic Majuba Hill mine during 2011, as well as initiate
delineation drilling at the DeSoto discovery zone 1.4 km to the
northwest with a view to outlining an initial NI 43-101 compliant
resource estimate by the end of the year.
In addition, MAX has now been reimbursed by
Eastfield Resources Ltd. (TSX.V: ETF) for its exploration
expenditures in B.C. during 2009. Stuart Rogers, President of MAX, comments "The
receipt of these funds from Eastfield is very timely, as the amount
is sufficient to fund almost the entire cost of this Phase III
drill program at Majuba Hill, the first step in quantifying the
extensive zones of high grade silver and copper mineralization we
identified last year at Majuba Hill."
During Phase I drilling at Majuba in 2011, MAX
intercepted high grade copper/silver near surface over long
intervals (such as 96 m of 39.2 g/t silver (Ag) and 0.57% copper
(Cu)) in five of eight holes, as summarized in the following
table:
Hole |
Azimuth |
Angle |
Total
Depth |
From
(m) |
To
(m) |
Thickness
(m) |
Cu
(%) |
Au
(g/t) |
Ag
(g/t) |
MM-07 |
290 |
-45 |
146.4 m |
76.2 |
126.5 |
50.3 m |
0.31% |
0.31 |
50.8 |
includes |
|
|
|
106.7 |
126.5 |
19.8 m |
0.53% |
0.56 |
100.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MM-06 |
- |
90 |
119.8 m |
1.5 |
97.5 |
96.0 m |
0.57% |
0.10 |
39.2 |
includes |
|
|
119.8 m |
1.5 |
45.7 |
44.2 m |
1.14% |
0.15 |
71.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MM-05 |
279 |
-45 |
89.3 m |
0 |
89.3 |
89.3 |
0.28% |
|
16.5 |
includes |
|
|
|
1.5 |
15.2 |
13.7 |
0.47% |
|
30.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MM-03 |
263 |
-70 |
158.6 m |
91.5 |
134.1 |
42.7 |
0.38% |
|
37.5 |
includes |
|
|
|
102.1 |
112.8 |
10.7 |
0.93% |
|
90.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MM-02 |
243 |
-70 |
122.8 m |
68.6 |
114.3 |
45.7 m |
0.56% |
0.07 |
15.4 |
includes |
|
|
|
105.2 |
114.3 |
9.1 m |
0.54% |
0.11 |
39.3 |
During the fall of 2011 MAX drilled a further
four step-out holes, with hole MM-18 intercepting 29.2 m of
30.5 g/t Ag and 0.69% Cu 1.4 km to the northwest at the
newly identified high grade DeSoto soil anomaly, which measures
approximately 2 km long by 1 km wide and returned values as high as
1.53% Cu and 209 g/t Ag in soils. The first hole of
the Phase II program, MM-17 was drilled 730 m southeast of Phase I
drilling and intercepted 42.7 m of 16.8 g/t
Ag, 13.7 m of 15.9 g/t Ag and 6.16 m of 51.0 g/t
Ag, indicating that this target area may be the extension of
the high grade supergene oxide mineralization identified during
Phase I drilling.
The final hole of the Phase II program,
MM-20, intercepted 293 m of 5.49 g/t Ag, 0.10 g/t Au and 0.09%
Cu in sulfide mineralization in a porphyry-style alteration
zone below the high grade Ag/Cu/Au oxide zone identified during
Phase I drilling. Gold mineralization grading 0.145 g/t
Au, along with 6.3 g/t Ag and 0.13% Cu, was
intercepted over the final 116 m of Hole MM-20, which was still in
mineralization when terminated at the planned target depth.
The increase in gold, copper and molybdenum mineralization at depth
and the long intersections of mineralization add more evidence that
Majuba Hill is an extensive copper/silver/gold porphyry system that
is highly prospective for the development of a bulk-tonnage open
pit deposit.
Having discovered the primary zone of porphyry
mineralization below Majuba Hill, MAX intends to concentrate its
2012 exploration activity on defining the high grade supergene
(oxide) system located above this zone. The initial hole of
the Phase III program will test the extension of high grade oxide
mineralization from the Majuba hill mine site to the southeast
along the ridge above hole MM-20.
A map showing drilling locations from the 2011
exploration programs at Majuba Hill is available on our web site at
www.maxresource.com.
Majuba Hill is the site of numerous past
producing mines, with historic production reported of 12% Cu
(Mason Valley Copper, 1918) and
silver grades up to 40 oz/t Ag. Majuba Hill encompasses 2,568
acres of surface and mineral rights that includes patented lode
mining claims. The property is easily accessed via 23 miles
of well-maintained dirt roads leading from U.S. Interstate 80, and
lies 30 miles northwest of Coeur d'Alene's Rochester silver mine, which contains a NI
43-101 compliant Measured and Indicated Resource of 263.9 million
tons grading 0.46 oz/ton Ag and 0.004 oz/ton Au. (The Coeur
Technical Report on the Rochester Mine is available on SEDAR). For
more detailed information on the Majuba Hill copper/silver project,
including maps showing the results of soil sampling and the
drilling completed to date, please visit our web site at
www.maxresource.com.
This news release has been reviewed by Mr.
Clancy J. Wendt, P. Geo, a
"qualified person" as that term is defined under National
Instrument 43-101. The 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 focused on gold and silver exploration in Nevada. 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
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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.