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Oct. 8, 2013 /CNW/ - Boxxer Gold
Corp. (TSX Venture: BXX/OTC: BXXRF) ("Boxxer" or the
"Corporation") is pleased to announce that it has retained
Kappes Cassiday & Associates ("KCA") located in Reno, Nevada to complete "Phase I"
metallurgical testwork on the Empire project located near
Mackay, Idaho (see news release
dated July 4, 2013).
Boxxer's President and CEO, Elmer B. Stewart, explained; "A substantial
historical estimate has been identified on the Empire project which
includes several style of mineralization. Our first objective
is to determine which of these styles of mineralization yields the
highest recovery and to determine the optimal method of recovering
those metals. The test work that is currently underway should
provide this information and with positive results would be used as
the basis for additional more advanced testwork".
The samples being tested represent two distinct
styles of mineralization; a copper dominant style of mineralization
and a copper-gold-silver style of mineralization. Each style
of mineralization has to be treated differently to recover the
metals. The Phase I work consists of seven steps which are
listed below:
1) Preparation of four size fractions being i) 75mm or less, ii)
1/4 to -25mm, iii) 1/16 to -1.7mm, and iv) 250gm pulverized)
of the EM13-Met-1 and EM13-Met-4 samples,
2) Head grade characterization on a 1kg sub-sample of each
sample,
3) NaCN-leach bottle-roll test on a 1kg pulverized sub-sample of
EM13-Met4 to determine the percentage gold recovery,
4) Acid-leach bottle-roll test on a 1kg portion of the -1.7mm
sub-sample of EM13-Met1 to determine percentage copper
recovery,
5) Acid-leach bottle-roll test on a 10kg portion of the
-25mm sub-sample of EM13-Met1
6) The results from the two tests are required to determine if
additional bottle-roll tests on different crush size or
column-leach test on the 75mm sample size is required,
7) KCA will prepare a report on the results of the Phase I test
results and make recommendation on Phase II metallurgical
testwork.
The representative metallurgical testwork
samples (weight of samples from 130kg to 150 kg) were collected
from within the AP Pit, which consists of "run-of-mine" material
taken from wall-panels measuring 2 x 2 m in dimension. Sample sites
are in proximity to known mineralized drill-holes. A brief
description of each sample is set out below:
EM13-Met1 (Exoskarn):
This sample is from a diopside/epidote exoskarn with abundant
malachite (a copper oxide mineral) occurring as disseminations,
fracture coatings, and vug-fillings and minor chrysocolla (copper
silicate mineral) as fracture-coatings. No sulphide copper
minerals were observed in the sample. The sample was collected near
the collar of drill hole JRC-22 which encountered 0.56% copper over
a core interval of from 0 to 44m.
EM13-Met4 (FeOx-clay Breccia):
This sample was collected from a 16m wide, fragment-supported,
iron-oxide (FeOx) clay breccia along the contact between exoskarn
and quartz-feldspar porphyry. The breccia consists of intensely
clay-altered porphyry and skarn fragments, cemented by FeOx which
makes up 30% to 50% of the breccia. The copper mineralization
consists of malachite as fracture-coatings and as rare vug-fillings
contained within FeOx veinlets with minor chrysocolla on fractures.
No copper sulphides minerals were observed in the sample. The
sample was collected close to the collar location of drill hole
JRC-23 which assayed 0.34% copper and 0.85g/t gold over a core
interval of 48.8m.
Elmer B. Stewart,
MSc. P. Geol., President of Boxxer Gold, is the Company's nominated
Qualified Person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101, Standards
for Disclosure for Mineral Projects, has reviewed the technical
information disclosed in this news release.
About Boxxer Gold Corp.
Boxxer is a Canadian junior resource company involved in the
exploration for large polymetallic copper deposits in North America. Boxxer's active projects
include the Boss and Buena Vista copper projects in the state of
Nevada, the Empire Mine
copper-gold-silver property in Idaho, the DOK copper-gold porphyry property
in Northwest B.C., the East Breccia copper-silver- molybdenum
property in Ontario. Boxxer
also has the Gordon Lake gold project located 110 kilometres north
of Yellowknife NWT, Canada.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Information: This
news release may contain certain forward-looking information. All
statements included herein, other than statements of historical
fact, are forward-looking information and such information involves
various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that
such information will prove to be accurate, and actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such information. In particular, this press release contains
forward looking information in relation to the completion of
preliminary metallurgical testwork on several types of
mineralization from the Empire project. There is no certainty that
the metallurgical testwork will identify a methodology that can
recover significant concentrations of copper-gold-silver or that
any copper-gold-silver will be recovered. In addition, there is no
certainty that Boxxer will exercise its option on the Empire
Project. For any forward-looking information given, Management has
assumed that the results it has received and reviewed in relation
to the Empire Project and the interpretation thereof are reliable,
and has applied interpretation methodologies which are consistent
with industry standards. Although Management has a reasonable basis
for the conclusions drawn, actual results may differ materially
from those currently anticipated in such forward-looking
information. A description of additional assumptions used to
develop such forward-looking information and a description of risk
factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from
forward-looking information can be found in Boxxer's disclosure
documents on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Boxxer does not
undertake to update any forward-looking information except in
accordance with applicable securities laws.
SOURCE Boxxer Gold Corp.