Goldshore
Resources Drills 128.3m grading 1.1 g/t Au from the Moss Lake
deposit
Additional
Parallel zone returned 16.0m at 5.31 g/t Au with visible gold also
discovered
VANCOUVER, B.C.,
May 05, 2022 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire -- Goldshore Resources Inc.
(TSXV: GSHR / OTCQB: GSHRF / FWB: 8X00) ("Goldshore" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce assay results in
hole MQD-22-014 from its ongoing 100,000-meter drill program at the
Moss Lake Project in Northwest Ontario, Canada. Drilling is aiming
to better define and expand high-grade structural zones within the
Moss Lake deposit to improve the overall grade and volume beyond
that of the historic mineral resource.
Highlights:
-
Broad zone of
high-grade mineralization confirming the tenor of mineralization modeled
in the QES Zone with best intercepts of:
-
128.3m at 1.05
g/t Au from 121.3m,
including
- 40.6m at 1.99 g/t Au from 139.4m,
- 3.6m at 1.80 g/t Au from 199.0m,
and
- 22.0m at 1.25 g/t Au from 227.0m.
-
New high grade
gold mineralization open in all directions with visible gold
intersected in a northern parallel structure. This northern
structure is interpreted to be the same parallel structure
intersected over 100 metres further to the east (see press release
dated January 28, 2022). In addition, the identification of VG in
this northern structure could provide elevated milling recoveries
in any future operation. The drilling returned:
-
16.0m at 5.31 g/t
Au from 477.0m,
including
- 5.25m at 15.8 g/t Au from 477.75m
-
Expanding Drill
Capacity through the
engagement of two additional drill contractors who are mobilizing
three rigs to site in the coming week. This will enable Goldshore
to increase the drilling rate at the Moss Lake gold deposit and
expand the drill program to the Coldstream area to evaluate the
gold deposit at East Coldstream and copper-gold-cobalt
mineralization at North Coldstream.
Click here to view interactive VRIFY 3D tour of recent drilling;
including results from Hole MQD-22-014.
Brett Richards, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Goldshore commented: "The drilling intercept of
128.3m at 1.05 g/t Au reaffirms our view that the Moss Lake gold
project contains a significant volume of +1 g/t Au mineralization
that can underpin a meaningful, economic gold deposit. The fact
that we are continuing to intersect gold mineralization outside of
the volume modelled in 2013 also affirms our belief that the
deposit is significantly larger than previously interpreted.
Separately, we are pleased to be bringing in additional drill
contractors that will enable us to increase our drilling rate at
Moss Lake while commencing drilling at Coldstream."
Technical
Overview
Figure 1 and Table 1 summarize the
significant intercepts in MQD-22-014. Figure 2 shows the visible
gold seen at 478.1 meters depth, which corresponds to the
high-grade parallel structure. Figure 3 and Table 2 show the drill
hole location.
Figure 1: Drill section through MQD-22-014 showing mineralized
intercepts relative to the 2013 grade model
Figure 2: Visible gold in quartz-pyrite veins at 478.1m in
MQD-22-014
Figure 3: Drill plan showing the drill holes relative to the 2013
resource model and historic drill holes
Table 1: Significant downhole gold intercepts in
MQD-22-014
HOLE
ID
|
FROM
|
TO
|
HOLE LENGTH
(m)
|
TRUE
WIDTH
(m)
|
CUT
GRADE
(g/t
Au)
|
UNCUT
GRADE
(g/t
Au)
|
MQD-22-014
|
59.00
|
97.05
|
38.05
|
25
|
0.36
|
0.36
|
|
121.30
|
249.60
|
128.30
|
92
|
1.05
|
1.05
|
including
|
139.40
|
180.00
|
40.60
|
29
|
1.99
|
1.99
|
and
|
199.00
|
202.60
|
3.60
|
3
|
1.80
|
1.80
|
and
|
227.00
|
249.00
|
22.00
|
16
|
1.25
|
1.25
|
|
363.75
|
373.10
|
9.35
|
7
|
0.57
|
0.57
|
|
477.00
|
493.00
|
16.00
|
12
|
2.69
|
5.31
|
including
|
477.75
|
483.00
|
5.25
|
4
|
7.87
|
15.8
|
including
|
477.75
|
479.20
|
1.45
|
1
|
25.30
|
54.1
|
|
561.00
|
563.95
|
2.95
|
2
|
0.42
|
0.42
|
|
570.75
|
573.75
|
3.00
|
2
|
0.57
|
0.57
|
|
607.10
|
614.45
|
7.35
|
6
|
0.36
|
0.36
|
|
619.40
|
621.55
|
2.15
|
2
|
0.39
|
0.39
|
Intersections
calculated above a 0.3 g/t Au cut off with a top cut of 30 g/t Au
and a maximum internal waste interval of 10 metres. Shaded
intervals are intersections calculated above a 1.0 g/t Au cut off.
Intervals in bold are those with a grade thickness factor exceeding
20 gram x metres / tonne gold. True widths are approximate and
assume a subvertical body.
|
Table 2: Location of drill holes in this press release
HOLE
|
EAST
|
NORTH
|
RL
|
AZIMUTH
|
DIP
|
EOH
|
MQD-22-014
|
670106
|
5379466
|
428
|
335°
|
-45°
|
686.0m
|
Approximate
collar coordinates in NAD 83, Zone 15N
|
MQD-22-014
was drilled 120 meters west of
MQD-21-009 (see press release dated January 28, 2022) at a -45° dip
and 335° azimuth to test the 2013 resource model and twin the
historic hole 90-203.
The reported significant intercept
of 128.3m
at 1.05 g/t Au from 121.3m occurs within a broader zone of strongly
silica-sericite-chlorite±carbonate altered diorite that
assays 200.75m at 0.77 g/t Au from
14m above a 0.3 g/t Au
cutoff. The better grade segments (e.g., 40.6m at 1.99 g/t Au from
139.4m) are characterized by intense foliation and brecciation,
which reflect numerous sigmoidal shear zones that provide the
plumbing for the hydrothermal system.
These results are similar to those
intersected in the historic hole, which returned 136.0m at 1.09 g/t
Au from 137.0m.
Importantly, we continue to
intersect parallel structures that were not previously
reported. Visible gold
was intersected within a
1.45-meter-wide quartz-pyrite-chalcopyrite vein from
477.75-479.20m, which averages 54.1 g/t Au. This occurs within a
biotite-altered diorite that returned 16.0m at 5.31 g/t Au from
477.0m.
Peter Flindell, VP Exploration
commented: "These drilling results
confirm the historic drill results and help us to understand the
non-linear distribution of high grades that will enable us to model
the higher-grade gold resource more accurately later in the year.
Our relogging work and surveying of historic drill collars will
also allow us to incorporate many of the historic drillholes, which
will reduce the number of holes we need to drill in this campaign.
Just as we are intersecting new parallel zones of mineralization
that will expand the Mineral Resource, we are also identifying
mineralization in the historic holes that was previously unsampled,
thereby adding assay data to our database."
Analytical
and QA/QC Procedures
All samples were sent to ALS
Geochemistry in Thunder Bay for preparation and analysis was
performed in the ALS Vancouver analytical facility. ALS is
accredited by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) for the
Accreditation of Mineral Analysis Testing Laboratories and CAN-P-4E
ISO/IEC 17025. Samples were analyzed for gold via fire assay with
an AA finish ("Au-AA23") and 48 pathfinder elements via ICP-MS
after four-acid digestion ("ME-MS61"). Samples that assayed over 10
ppm Au were re-run via fire assay with a gravimetric finish
("Au-GRA21").
In addition to ALS quality
assurance / quality control ("QA/QC") protocols, Goldshore has
implemented a quality control program for all samples collected
through the drilling program. The quality control program was designed by a
qualified and independent third party, with a focus on the quality
of analytical results for gold. Analytical results are received, imported to
our secure on-line database and evaluated to meet our established
guidelines to ensure that all sample batches pass industry best
practice for analytical quality control. Certified reference materials are considered
acceptable if values returned are within three standard deviations
of the certified value reported by the manufacture of the material.
In addition to the certified reference material, certified blank
material is included in the sample stream to monitor contamination
during sample preparation. Blank material results are assessed
based on the returned gold result being less than ten times the
quoted lower detection limit of the analytical
method.
The results of the on-going
analytical quality control program are evaluated and reported to
Goldshore by Orix Geoscience Inc.
About
Goldshore
Goldshore is an emerging junior
gold development company, and owns the Moss Lake Gold Project located in
Ontario. Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. is currently a strategic shareholder of Goldshore with an
approximate 22% equity position in the Company. Well-financed and supported by an industry-leading management group,
board of directors and advisory
board, Goldshore is
positioned to advance the Moss Lake Gold Project through the next stages of exploration and
development.
About
the Moss Lake Gold Project
The Moss Lake Gold Project is
located approximately 100 km west of the city of Thunder Bay,
Ontario. It is accessed via Highway 11 which passes within 1 km of
the property boundary to the north. The Moss Lake Gold Project covers 14,292
hectares and consists of 282 unpatented and patented mining
claims.
Moss Lake hosts a
number of gold and base metal rich deposits including the Moss Lake
Deposit, the East Coldstream Deposit (Table 3), the historically
producing North Coldstream Mine (Table 4), and the Hamlin Zone, all
of which occur over a mineralized trend exceeding 20 km in length.
A historical preliminary economic assessment was completed on Moss
Lake in 2013 and published by Moss Lake Gold1.
A historical mineral resource estimate was completed on the East
Coldstream Deposit in 2011 by Foundation Resources
Inc2,3.
In addition to these zones, the Moss Lake Gold Project also hosts a
number of under-explored mineral occurrences which are reported to
exist both at surface and in historically drilled
holes. The Moss Lake Deposit is a
shear-hosted disseminated-style gold deposit which outcrops at
surface. It has been drilled over a 2.5 km length and to depths of
300 m with 376 holes completed between 1983 and 2017. The last
drilling program conducted in 2016 and 2017 by Wesdome Gold Mines
Ltd. ("Wesdome"),
which consisted of widely spaced holes along the strike extension
of the deposit was successful in expanding the mineralized
footprint and hydrothermal system 1.6 km to the northeast.
Additionally, the deposit remains largely open to depth. In 2017,
Wesdome completed an induced polarization survey which traced the
potential extensions of pyrite mineralization associated with the
Moss Lake Deposit over a total strike length of 8 km and spanning
the entire extent of the survey grids.
The East Coldstream Deposit is a
shear-hosted disseminated-style gold deposit which locally outcrops
at surface. It has been drilled over a 1.3 km length and to depths
of 200 m with 138 holes completed between 1988 and 2017. The
deposit remains largely open at depth and may have the potential
for expansion along strike. Historic drill hole highlights from the East
Coldstream Deposit include 4.86 g/t Au over 27.3 m in
C-10-15.
The historically producing North
Coldstream Mine is reported to have produced significant amounts of
copper, gold and silver4
from mineralization with potential
iron-oxide-copper-gold deposit style affinity. The exploration
potential immediately surrounding the historic mining area is not
currently well understood and historic data compilation is
required.
The Hamlin Zone is a significant
occurrence of copper and gold mineralization, and also of potential
iron-oxide-copper-gold deposit style affinity. Between 2008 and
2011, Glencore tested Hamlin with 24 drill holes which successfully
outlined a broad and intermittently mineralized zone over a strike
length of 900 m. Historic drill hole highlights from the Hamlin
Zone include 0.9 g/t Au and 0.35% Cu over 150.7 m in
HAM-11-75.
The Moss Lake, East Coldstream and
North Coldstream deposits sit on a mineral trend marked by a
regionally significant deformation zone locally referred to as the
Wawiag Fault Zone in the area of the Moss Lake Deposit. This
deformation zone occurs over a length of approximately 20 km on the
Moss Lake Gold Project and there is an area spanning approximately
7 km between the Moss Lake and East Coldstream deposits that is
significantly underexplored.
Table 3:
Historical Mineral Resources1,2,3
|
INDICATED
|
INFERRED
|
Deposit
|
Tonnes
|
Au g/t
|
Au oz
|
Tonnes
|
Au g/t
|
Au oz
|
Moss Lake
Deposit1
(2013 resource
estimate)
|
Open Pit Potential
|
39,795,000
|
1.1
|
1,377,300
|
48,904,000
|
1.0
|
1,616,300
|
Underground Potential
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,461,100
|
2.9
|
135,400
|
Moss Lake
Total
|
39,795,000
|
1.1
|
1,377,300
|
50,364,000
|
1.1
|
1,751,600
|
East Coldstream
Deposit2
(2011 resource
estimate)
|
East Coldstream
Total
|
3,516,700
|
0.85
|
96,400
|
30,533,000
|
0.78
|
763,276
|
Combined
Total
|
43,311,700
|
1.08
|
1,473,700
|
80,897,000
|
0.98
|
2,514,876
|
Notes:
(1) Source:
Poirier, S., Patrick, G.A., Richard, P.L., and Palich, J., 2013.
Technical Report and Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Moss
Lake Project, 43-101 technical report prepared for Moss Lake Gold
Mines Ltd. Moss Lake Deposit resource estimate is based on 0.5 g/t
Au cut-off grade for open pit and 2.0 g/t Au cut-off grade for
underground resources.
(2) Source:
McCracken, T., 2011. Technical Report and Resource Estimate on the
Osmani Gold Deposit, Coldstream Property, Northwestern Ontario,
43-101 technical report prepared for Foundation Resources Inc. and
Alto Ventures Ltd. East Coldstream Deposit resource estimate is
based on a 0.4 g/t Au cut-off grade.
(3) The
reader is cautioned that the above referenced "historical mineral
resource" estimates are considered historical in nature and as such
is based on prior data and reports prepared by previous property
owners. A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify
the historical estimates as current resources and Goldshore is not
treating the historical estimates as current
resources.
Significant data compilation,
re-drilling, re-sampling and data verification may be required by a
qualified person before the historical estimate on the Moss Lake
Gold Project can be classified as a current resource.
There can be no assurance that any of the
historical mineral resources, in whole or in part, will ever become
economically viable. In addition, mineral resources are not mineral
reserves and do not have demonstrated economic
viability.
Even if classified as a current
resource, there is no certainty as to whether further exploration
will result in any inferred mineral resources being upgraded to an
indicated or measured mineral resource category.
Table 4:
Reported Historical Production from the North Coldstream
Deposit4
Deposit
|
Tonnes
|
Cu %
|
Au g/t
|
Ag
|
Cu lbs
|
Au oz
|
Ag oz
|
Historical Production
|
2,700,0000
|
1.89
|
0.56
|
5.59
|
102,000,000
|
44,000
|
440,000
|
Note::
(4) Source:
Schlanka, R., 1969. Copper, Nickel, Lead and Zinc Deposits of
Ontario, Mineral Resources Circular No. 12, Ontario Geological
Survey, pp. 314-316.
Peter Flindell, MAusIMM, MAIG, Vice
President - Exploration of the Company, a qualified person under NI
43-101 has approved the scientific and technical information
contained in this news release.
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Information - Please Contact:
Brett A. Richards
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
Goldshore Resources Inc.
P. +1 604 288 4416 M. +1 905 449 1500
E. brichards@goldshoreresources.com
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