MDN Inc. Reports Increasing Evidence of a Large Gold-Bearing System at its Nikonga Project
March 31 2014 - 8:33AM
Marketwired Canada
MDN Inc. ("MDN") (TSX:MDN) reports that it has completed the interpretation of
field work done on the Nikonga property in 2013. The results indicate that the
2012 drill discoveries are part of a single gold-bearing system 2.0 km in
diameter. A combination of a geochemical soil survey and a soil acidity survey
has delineated a circular gold/copper/molybdenum-enriched zone associated with
high soil acidity. This soil anomaly covers all the gold-bearing intersections
obtained in 2012, which returned grades ranging from 1.86 g/t Au to 14.5 g/t Au
over lengths of 1 to 10 metres.
The 2012 drill results showed that the mineralization is associated with
quartz-tourmaline veins and zones of sheared volcanics with quartz veinlets and
sulphides, lying between felsic quartz-feldspar porphyry dykes.
In combination with drillhole geology and the ground magnetic survey, outcrop
mapping indicates the presence of a deformation corridor over 1 km wide that
crosses the property from east to west over a distance of more than 7 km. This
corridor contains foliated, schistose and sheared rocks. The corridor represents
the contact between the mafic volcanic rocks of the Nyanzian Group and the
Kavirondian Group sediments. The latter are considered the equivalent of the
Timiskaming sediments of the Timmins mining camp in Ontario, Canada, recognized
as a key feature of the large gold mines.
Drill targets: Several lineaments with gold-enriched soils were detected in the
most acidic zone and at the heart of the anomaly Au-Cu-Mo. These lineaments
range in length from 500 metres to over 1.5 km and are parallel to each other.
These are high-quality drill targets that could lead to the discovery of
gold-bearing quartz-tourmaline veins and shears with sulphides. Moreover, some
of these lineaments coincide with gold-bearing drill intersections obtained in
2012. All these lineaments are high-quality drill targets for the discovery of
additional gold zones.
2012 intersections associated with these lineaments
The results of holes NKD-05 (9.88 g/t Au / 4.2 m) and NKD-04 (1.73 g/t Au /
12.35 m, including 17.35 g/t Au / 1 m) confirm MDN's discovery in Hole NKD-02,
with 12.3 g/t Au / 4.2 m and 10.9 g/t Au / 4.9 m (press release dated March 27,
2012) in the southern portion of the property. Hole IKD-07 (1.39 g/t Au /2.6m
and 2.6 g/t Au / 3.0m), adjacent to Hole NKRC-14 (14.5 g/t Au over 2.00 m and
9.34 g/t Au over 1.0 m), confirms the structures farther north.
In addition to numerous gold-bearing lineaments and the size of the 2-km
diameter gold/copper/molybdenum soil anomaly, the following features support a
parallel with the Timmins mining camp in Canada, which hosts a number of world
class gold mines. These similarities with the large deposits in Timmins support
the field evidence of a large system.
(1) Presence of quartz-tourmaline veins and gold-bearing pyrite shears
between felsic porphyry dykes. The presence of felsic porphyry is a
key feature of the three largest gold deposits in Timmins.
(2) A gold/copper/molybdenum soil enrichment that forms a circular
anomaly 2 km in diameter. Canada's largest gold mine, the Hollinger
mine (more than 19 million ounces of gold) is enriched in the same
elements.
(3) A deformation corridor marking the volcanic/sedimentary contact,
which could be a regional discontinuity. The gold deposits in the
Abitibi and Western Australia are similarly located near a
discontinuity.
(4) The presence at Nikonga of Timiskaming-type sediments that occur in
the vicinity of major deposits.
These geological observations indicate a parallel with gold deposit in Timmins,
Canada, especially at the Hollinger-McIntire, Dome and Pamour mines, which are
world-class deposits associated with porphyry dykes and/or a porphyry intrusive.
These mines lie at the edge of a discontinuity, at the contact between volcanic
and sedimentary rocks.
With a gold project of this quality, the Company is continuing to seek a partner
for 2014 and/or the appropriate financing once the market turns around.
About MDN (TSX:MDN)
MDN Inc. is a mining exploration and development company with properties in
Quebec and Tanzania. In Quebec, MDN holds a 72.5% interest in Crevier Minerals
Inc., which owns an NI 43-101 niobium-tantalum resource that is presently
undergoing a feasibility study.
Marc Boisvert, President and CEO of MDN, is a qualified person as defined in
National Instrument 43-101. He has reviewed the scientific and technical
information in this news release.
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risk they entail. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in those
forward-looking statements are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that
these expectations will prove to be correct, and as such, the forward-looking
statements in this press release should not be unduly relied upon. These
statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Marc Boisvert, Ing.
President & CEO
MDN Inc.
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