Taranis Outlines Multiple Layers Assaying up to 628.4 g/t
Silver Equivalent Over 2.50m in
Transitional Area Between Great Northern Zone and Broadview
Mine
Lakewood, Colorado, November 14, 2016 Taranis Resources Inc.
(Taranis) [TSX.V: TRO] is
pleased to announce further results from its 2016 exploration
program at its Thor project in southeast British Columbia. The
results outlined in this News Release pertain to an area that is
located on the southeast end of the Great Northern Zone,
transitional into the Broadview Mine located 460 m to the southeast
of the drill hole. This area had received almost no drilling prior
to 2016. Drilling planned for 2017 will attempt to connect these
two deposit areas and is expected to add substantial tonnage to the
existing Resource.
Drill Hole Thor-177
Drill hole Thor-177 was drilled in an area that is transitional
between the Great Northern Zone and the Broadview Mine area. This
intercept is particularly noteworthy in that it intersected three
zones that may in fact be the same zone folded into a tight,
recumbent S-shaped fold structure. This leads to a pronounced right
handed shift of the zones in this area, and it now appears that the
Great Northern Zone and Broadview Zones are in fact the same
zones.
The following table outlines the three zones intersected in this
drill hole.
Drill Hole & Zone
|
From (m)
|
To (m)
|
Interval (m)
|
Silver (g/t)
|
Gold (g/t)
|
Copper (%)
|
Lead (%)
|
Zinc (%)
|
Silver Equivalent (g/t)
|
Thor-177
GN-Upper
|
30.57
|
33.83
|
3.26
|
129.0
|
0.53
|
0.17
|
4.64
|
3.31
|
428.9
|
Thor-177
GN-Middle
|
54.89
|
57.39
|
2.50
|
400.8
|
0.55
|
0.13
|
2.38
|
3.19
|
628.4
|
Thor-177
GN-Lower
|
62.09
|
64.34
|
2.25
|
77.1
|
0.28
|
0.07
|
2.31
|
5.29
|
352.5
|
Drill Hole Thor-179
Drill hole Thor-179 was drilled 60 m to the northeast of
Thor-175, and shows that the mineralized zone dips much steeper in
this area to the northeast (600). This area represents the down-dip
extension of drill hole Thor-175 that intersected three zones
grading 141.6 g/t AgEq/4.42 m, 195.2 g/t AgEq/25.6m, and 406.7 g/t
AgEq/9.14 m.
Drill Hole & Zone
|
From (m)
|
To (m)
|
Interval (m)
|
Silver (g/t)
|
Gold (g/t)
|
Copper (%)
|
Lead (%)
|
Zinc (%)
|
Silver Equivalent (g/t)
|
Thor-179
GN -Upper?
|
117.44
|
120.91
|
3.47
|
72.0
|
0.33
|
0.07
|
0.68
|
2.02
|
189.6
|
Thor-179
GN-Middle?
|
139.99
|
143.32
|
3.33
|
32.1
|
0.42
|
0.03
|
0.03
|
0.20
|
70.4
|
Discussion of Results
It is not known how the historic Broadview Mine area is
connected to the high-grade Great Northern Zone. Drill holes
Thor-177 & 179 have identified a tight fold in this area that
has repeated the same mineralized horizon three times. Additional
drilling will be required to accurately define the fold
structure.
Qualified Persons
John Gardiner (P.Geol.) and Jim Helgeson (P.Geo.) are the
Qualified Persons on the Thor Project, and supervised the
preparation and scientific and technical disclosure in this News
Release. Samples are taken under the direction of qualified
geologists. Core is sawed on-site and one-half is retained for
reference and further analytical work including specific gravity
determinations. Samples of the other half are delivered by Taranis
via courier to MS Analytical Labs in Langley, British Columbia. MS
Analytical Labs is an ISO-9001:2008 certified analytical
laboratory. Taranis inserts standards every 10th sample for quality
control in addition to the stringent internal checks completed at
MS Analytical. Samples are dried, crushed, split and pulverized.
Analysis for silver, copper, lead and zinc and related trace
elements was done by modified aqua regia digestion with ICP finish,
and gold by 30-gram fire assay with ICP finish.
Silver Equivalent (AgEq)
Taranis uses Silver Equivalent (AgEq) as a means of simplifying
the tenor of intercepts at Thor. Thor is primarily a silver
deposit, but also contains valuable concentrations of gold, lead,
zinc and copper. These metals are converted to AgEq using the
following metal prices; Silver $19.00/Oz., Gold $1,300/Oz., Lead
$0.90/lb., Zinc $1.05/lb. and Copper $2.10/lb. All amounts are in
US$. Recoveries are not factored into the calculation of the AgEq
values. Additional information concerning the use of AgEq is
available at the website www.taranisresources.com.
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Per:John J. Gardiner (P. Geol.),
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