BOWMORE Discovers High Purity Silica Zone on La Scie Property
January 16 2014 - 12:20PM
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BOWMORE Discovers High Purity Silica Zone on La Scie Property
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Jan 16, 2014) - Bowmore
Explorations Ltd. (the "Company" or "Bowmore")
(TSX-VENTURE:BOW)(FRANKFURT:OB5) is pleased to announce that it has
discovered a broad zone of high purity silica averaging 99.4% SiO2
following the summer-fall 2013 regional rock sampling program on
the La Scie Gold property, located on the eastern extremity of the
Baie Verte peninsula in Newfoundland . The La Scie Gold project is
a grass-roots gold exploration program, initiated in mid-2013, that
is primarily targeting high grade gold showings initially reported
in 2012.
The high purity
silica zone is part of an E-W trending, 2,500 metre-long silicified
zone that was sampled for gold but returned very low to nil gold
values. Bowmore 's chief geologist however observed that a portion
of the silicified body was snow -white and showed potential for
high purity silica, used notably in the production of silicon metal
and ferrosilicon alloys. The zone as exposed on surface has a
minimum length of 290 metres by 3.5 to 15 metres in apparent width.
The table below summarizes the silica grade and impurities from 7
chip samples taken in five locations along the 270 metre strike
length of the high purity zone:
Sample |
Sample width* |
SiO2_% |
Al2O3_% |
CaO_% |
Fe2O3_% |
K2O_% |
Na2O_% |
TiO2_% |
LOI_%_ |
P949001 |
4.0 |
99.40 |
0.15 |
0.03 |
0.07 |
0.03 |
0.01 |
<0.01 |
0.07 |
P949002 |
2.0 |
98.90 |
0.42 |
0.01 |
0.11 |
0.17 |
0.02 |
<0.01 |
0.09 |
P949003 |
3.0 |
99.50 |
0.13 |
0.01 |
0.06 |
0.03 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.14 |
P949004 |
5.0 |
99.40 |
0.13 |
<0.01 |
0.04 |
0.03 |
0.01 |
<0.01 |
0.10 |
P949005 |
4.0 |
99.40 |
0.11 |
0.01 |
0.06 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
<0.01 |
0.04 |
P949006 |
3.4 |
99.50 |
0.19 |
<0.01 |
0.08 |
0.05 |
0.01 |
<0.01 |
0.04 |
P949007 |
5.0 |
99.60 |
0.13 |
0.01 |
0.11 |
0.04 |
0.01 |
<0.01 |
0.04 |
*Samples were taken perpendicular to the
strike of the zone, on apparent width. |
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All results for BaO,
MgO, MnO, P2O5, SrO oxides and S (sulfur) returned values below
detection limit (<0.01%).
High purity silica
deposits of significant tonnage are very rare and the crushed
material can command market prices of over $100/tonne. Furthermore,
the La Scie silica zone is easily accessible and is located within
3 km from the deep-water port facility of La Scie, which is of
critical importance to the potential development of the zone . The
port is presently being used for salt shipments.
Demand for
permitting is in progress and a first phase drill program (~500
metres) is being planned for this winter in order to establish the
size of the high purity silica zone. Bowmore is presently
conducting research to identify potential end users for this
valuable industrial mineral.
The three gold zones
(Burton, Isaiah, and Jonah) that have thus far been identified on
the property will also be the object of a winter drill program.
Samples reported
above were sent for analysis at ALS Minerals laboratory in Val
D'Or, Qc . (accreditation ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 17025). During
preparation, all samples were fine crushed to 70% at <2mm, split
to 50g and pulverized to 70 microns with a tungsten carbide
jaw pulverizer to
avoid iron and titanium contamination. A lithium borate-fused
subsample of 0.66g was used for the analysis of 14 major element
oxides by X -Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy (ME-XRF26). The sulfur
was obtained by using a subsample of 0.01 to 0.1g that was heated
in an induction furnace and measured with an IR (infrared)
detection system. The loss of ignition (LOI) was obtained by
thermogravimetric analysis after combustion furnace at 1000 degrees
(ME -GRA05x) of a subsample of 2g. The SiO2 analysis was done using
a gravimetric determination method (Si -Con02) by dissolving a 0.5g
subsample with sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid. To ensure
higher accuracy, the SiO2 results correspond to an average of two
analyses per sample. For QaQc protocols, ALS Minerals inserted one
blank that was analyzed for each method of analysis mentioned above
and compared results with two duplicates and standards (two for the
XRF, LOI and S analysis and one for the Si analysis).
Jean-Marie
Pronovost, P. Geo, chief geologist to Bowmore, is the Qualified
Person who has reviewed this news release and has approved the
scientific and technical data reported herein.
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