MAX agrees to acquire 100% of Majuba Hill Silver/Copper/Gold
Property in Nevada
TSX-V: MXR
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VANCOUVER,
Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - MAX
Resource Corp. (TSX.V: MXR; OTCBB: MXROF) has entered into a
Mining Lease and Option to Purchase Agreement (the "Lease
Agreement") with Claremont Nevada
Mines LLC of Nevada and JR Exploration LLC of Utah whereby MAX can acquire a 100% interest
in the Majuba Hill Silver/Copper/Gold property in Pershing County, Nevada by the payment to
Claremont of US$1 Million over a four
year period, with $200,000 having
been paid on signing and $200,000
payable each year on the anniversary of the effective date.
This new Lease Agreement replaces the previous
Option Agreement with Claremont dated March
4, 2011 whereby MAX could earn up to a 75% interest in the
Majuba Hill project by spending US$10
Million over an eight year period, subject to a 3% NSR
payable to the vendor. Under the terms of this new Lease
Agreement, there will be no annual work commitments and the NSR
will be reduced from 3% to 1%.
Stuart Rogers,
the President of MAX, states: "Given our drilling success at
Majuba in 2011 and 2012, we have elected to capitalize on this
opportunity to acquire a 100% in the Majuba Hill project, which our
recent drilling and soil geochemistry has proven is highly
prospective for the development of a bulk-tonnage open pit deposit
in central Nevada, one of the premier mining jurisdictions in the
world. Drilling at Majuba Ridge has served to confirm our
theory that Majuba Hill is a significant porphyry system with a
chalcocite blanket. Our next drill program will test the
extent of mineralization to the southeast and northeast at Majuba
Ridge with a view to developing an NI 43-101 compliant resource
estimate as soon as possible."
During exploration at Majuba Hill in 2011, MAX
drilled long intervals of high grade silver and copper oxide
mineralization near surface in five holes at the historic Majuba
Hill mine site, which included:
- 96 m of 39.2 g/t Ag, 0.57% Cu and 0.10 g/t Au (98.3 g/t
silver equivalent ("AgEq")) in hole MM-06
- 50.3 m of 50.8 g/t Ag, 0.31% Cu and 0.31 g/t Au (86.7
g/t AgEq) in MM-07
- 42.7 m of 37.5 g/t Ag and 0.38% Cu (73.0 g/t AgEq) in
hole MM-03
- 45.7 m of 15.4 g/t Ag, 0.56% Cu and 0.07 g/t Au (68.0
g/t AgEq) on hole MM-02
- 89.3 m of 16.5 g/t Ag and 0.28% Cu (42.5 g/t AgEq) in
hole MM-05
During drilling in 2012, hole MM-21 confirmed
that a southeast trending ridge of high-grade oxide mineralization
extends a further 500 m to the southeast from the Majuba Hill mine
to the Ball Park target area, where drilling in 2011 (hole MM-17)
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. Hole MM-21 intercepted
4.6 m @ 58.0 g/t Ag and 7.6 m @ 0.80% Cu within an overall
mineralized intercept of 332 m @ 12 g/t Ag and 0.13% Cu (23.9 g/t
AgEq) in oxides that began within 12 m of surface.
This drill intercept, combined with historic data obtained by MAX
from prior operators (see our news release of September 11, 2012), serves to expand the known
mineralized silver/copper zone for 500 m to the southeast along
Majuba Ridge and to a depth of at least 350 m from
surface. Maps showing drilling locations from our 2011
and 2012 exploration programs at Majuba Hill are 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%
copper (Mason Valley Copper, 1918)
and silver grades up to 40 oz/t Ag. The Majuba Hill project
encompasses 3,128 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).
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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the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This News Release includes certain "forward
looking statements". Without limitation, statements regarding the
Company's future plans under the Lease Agreement, 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.