Manitou Gold Inc. (TSX-V: MTU) (the “Company” or “Manitou”) is
pleased to announce commencement of drilling of key targets on the
Baltimore deformation zone (“BDZ”) grid as well as additional assay
results from drill holes at the recently discovered Bald Eagle gold
zone (“BEGZ”) at its 100% owned Goudreau project in northeastern
Ontario.
Highlights:
- The Company has been issued a water
crossing permit, which allows new access to its key target area in
the BDZ.
- Bridge construction is nearly
complete, the drill rig is on site, and the company is expecting to
begin drilling next week.
- Significant gold mineralization was
intersected at the BEGZ in hole MTU-21-59, which returned
3.4 g/t Au over 2.5 m within a wider interval of
27.9 m at 0.6 g/t Au, approximately 250 m down
plunge of hole MTU-21-39 which returned 9.0 m at 1.4 g/t, including
2.8 g/t Au over 1.5 m within a wider interval of 22.8 m at 0.9 g/t
Au.
“Our winter drill program, which is set to
commence in the coming week, will test the most attractive gold
targets recognized at the Goudreau project to date,” stated Richard
Murphy, President and CEO of Manitou Gold. “The winter drilling
will test several distinct targets in a favourable section of the
Baltimore deformation zone within a triple point junction and
coincident low angle, crustal scale fault system. These drill
targets were derived from the multi-million dollar geotechnical
programs completed over a 10 km length of the BDZ in 2021. All
drill targets rank as top priority with respect to the
geological/structural setting, as well as their geophysical and
geochemical signatures.”
The Company has recently been issued a permit to
construct a bridge which will create access to several key targets
on the BDZ identified through the 2021 targeting work. The recently
granted permit allows the Company to access its key target areas
between the triple junction of the Easy Lake, Harcourt and recently
identified Meath Lake intrusion on the BDZ grid. This area has
never before been drilled for gold.
The target area covers a six-kilometre segment
of BDZ, extending east-northeast from the Meath Lake fault zone,
where it is intersected by a low angle east-southeast striking
splay. This structural intersection is the key target for
orogenic-style gold mineralization and recent drilling success at
the Stover zone, some 10 kilometres to the east-southeast, with
wide drill intersections of 49.1 m @ 0.6 g/t Au incl. 3.3 m @ 3.5
g/t Au, highlights its mineralization potential.
Bridge construction is nearly complete, and the
drill rig has been moved into the target area. The Company is
expecting to begin drilling next week.
Gold mineralization at the BEGZ was initially
identified during a surface program in late Summer of 2021, which
returned up to 74.7 g/t Au from outcrops of highly strained and
altered quartz-sericite schist proximal to a major structural
intersection in the northeastern portion of the Goudreau project
area. The surface program was followed up with a 33 line-kilometre
induced polarization (“IP”) survey, which resulted in 1,804 m of
drilling in six holes in the fall of 2021. The most significant
results returned 3.3 g/t Au over 3.0 m, including
5.2 g/t Au over 1.5 m within wider gold
mineralized interval of 20.6 m at 0.8 g/t Au in hole MTU-21-41 (see
news release dated September 28, 2021), as well as 19.7 g/t
Au over 1.0 m, 7.1 g/t Au over 1.0 m and
6.3 g/t Au over 1.0 m, all in hole MTU-21-44 (see
news release dated September 28, 2021).
An additional 11 holes totaling 1,863 m were
completed in the winter of 2021 to test the strike and down-plunge
extensions of mineralization encountered in the fall of 2021. The
most significant intersections are from holes MTU-21-56, which
intersected the BEGZ approximately 50 m down-plunge of hole
MTU-21-39 and returned 90.5 m at 0.3 g/t Au,
including 3.0 g/t over 0.9 m, and hole MTU-21-59, which tested the
BEGZ 250 m down-plunge of MTU-21-39 and intersected three broad
zones of gold mineralization, between 299 m and 419 m down hole,
with the best intersection returning 3.4 g/t Au over 2.5 m
within a wider interval of 27.9 m at 0.6 g/t Au.
Table 1: Highlight Drill Intersections
from the Bald Eagle Gold Zone
Hole ID |
|
From |
To |
Core
Length1(m) |
Au (g/t) |
Zone |
MTU-21-48 |
|
164.5 |
167.5 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
211 |
227.5 |
16.5 |
0.3 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
218.5 |
223 |
4.5 |
0.6 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
269 |
274 |
5.0 |
0.5 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
272.5 |
274 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
MTU-21-49 |
|
19.7 |
21 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
MTU-21-51 |
|
20.5 |
22 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
MTU-21-56 |
|
23.6 |
25 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
124 |
125.5 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
175 |
265.5 |
90.5 |
0.3 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
Incl. |
178 |
179 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
& incl. |
254.1 |
255 |
0.9 |
3.0 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
MTU-21-59 |
|
299.3 |
313 |
13.7 |
0.4 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
308.5 |
310 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
358 |
385.9 |
27.9 |
0.6 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
358 |
360.5 |
2.5 |
3.4 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
414.4 |
447 |
32.6 |
0.4 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
416 |
419 |
3.0 |
1.6 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
Released October 28, 2021 |
|
MTU-21-43 |
|
24.8 |
25.5 |
0.7 |
10.9 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
61 |
62.3 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
MTU-21-44 |
|
19 |
20 |
1 |
7.1 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
23.5 |
26 |
2.5 |
8.2 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
25 |
26 |
1 |
19.7 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
253.6 |
254.6 |
1 |
6.3 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
Released September 28, 2021 |
|
MTU-21-39 |
|
48.0 |
49.5 |
1.5 |
2.8 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
181.9 |
183.0 |
1.1 |
1.6 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
216.0 |
238.8 |
22.8 |
0.9 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
217.0 |
226.0 |
9.0 |
1.4 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
224.5 |
226.0 |
1.5 |
2.8 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
MTU-21-40 |
|
75.5 |
77.0 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
116.9 |
121.5 |
4.6 |
0.9 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
120.0 |
121.5 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
177.0 |
179.0 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
198.0 |
202.5 |
4.5 |
0.8 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
208.5 |
227.0 |
18.5 |
0.5 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
210.0 |
211.5 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
MTU-21-41 |
|
46.5 |
49.5 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
46.5 |
48.0 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
122.0 |
123.0 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
126.2 |
127.0 |
0.8 |
1.8 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
197.5 |
218.1 |
20.6 |
0.8 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
209.5 |
212.5 |
3.0 |
3.3 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
incl. |
209.5 |
211.0 |
1.5 |
5.1 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
MTU-21-42 |
|
78.7 |
80.0 |
1.3 |
2.4 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
144.0 |
145.5 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
|
155.5 |
156.5 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
Bald Eagle Gold Zone |
(1)Lengths are reported as core lengths. True
thickness of the newly announced intersections have yet to be
determined but are typically estimated at 85% of reported intervals
based on observed core angles.
All 17 holes completed at the BEGZ to date
intersected significant gold mineralization and ongoing detailed
ground magnetic data and pending results from detailed soil
geochemistry survey will be integrated with the existing ground
geophysical data and drill results to guide future drilling in the
area.
About the Goudreau Project
The Goudreau project is located 50 kilometres
northeast of Wawa, Ontario and is underlain by Archean-aged rocks
of the Michipicoten greenstone belt. The project area is traversed
by several broad-scale deformation corridors (such as the BDZ and
GLDZ), which host the majority of the important regional gold
deposits and showings in the region.
The BDZ is an eastward trending fault offset
extension of the GLDZ, the latter of which hosts two multi-million
ounce gold deposits (1,2) and has seen over 1,000,000 metres of
drilling for gold. As such, the BDZ is extremely under-explored
along its 18 kilometre-long trend, with only 4,400 metres of
historic gold drilling.
The Goudreau project covers approximately 350
square kilometres in this re-emerging gold camp that hosts several
multi-million ounce gold deposits (1,2).
Manitou’s key strategic shareholders
include Alamos Gold
Inc. (TSX:AGI; NYSE:AGI) at
19.9% and O3 Mining Inc. (TSX.V: OIII; OTCQX:
OIIIF) at 9.9%, each individually calculated on a partially diluted
basis.
(1) Azadbakht, Z. et al., 2021. Report of
Activities, 2020 Resident Geologist Program. Ontario Geological
Survey Open File Report 6374, 43 p.(2) Argonaut Gold Inc.,
(2021). Company website:
https://www.argonautgold.com/English/home/default.aspx, September
26, 2021
Sampling and Quality
Control
Samples were delivered to Activation
Laboratories (“Actlabs") in Thunder Bay, Ontario. At the
laboratory, samples were crushed up to 80% passing 2 mm, riffle
split (250 g) and then pulverized to 95% passing 105 microns. Gold
was analyzed by fire assay with an AA finish, using the 50 g
sub-sample. Over limit analysis is performed on all primary assay
results >3 g/t gold by fire assay with gravimetric finish using
a 50 g sub-sample. Actlabs is a certified and ISO 17025 accredited
laboratory. Standards and blanks were routinely inserted into the
stream of core and channel samples. At least 20 percent of the core
and channel samples submitted to the laboratory comprise samples
used for quality control. Actlabs routinely inserts their own
certified reference materials for at least 20 percent quality
control in each batch.
Richard Murphy, P.Geo is the qualified person
responsible for the technical content contained in this release. He
has reviewed and approved the content contained herein.
For further information on Manitou Gold Inc. contact:
Richard Murphy, President and CEO
Telephone:
1 (705) 698-1962 Email: info@manitougold.com
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation
Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Forward Looking Statements – Certain information
set forth in this news release may contain forward-looking
statements that involve substantial known and unknown risks and
uncertainties, including regulatory risk related to the receipt of
final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange for the Offering. These
forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and
uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the control of Manitou,
including with respect to the prospective nature of the Stover and
Renabie-Easy Lake properties. Readers are cautioned that the
assumptions used in the preparation of such information, although
considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be
imprecise and, as such, undue reliance should not be placed on
forward-looking statements.
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