VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 8, 2023
/CNW/ - Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd. ("Mineral Mountain"
or the "Company") (TSV: MMV) (OTCQB: MNRLF) (FRANKFURT: M8M)
is pleased to announce its second new important discovery with the
impressive assay results of up to 138 g/t Au (4.27 opt Au)
from a grab sampling program performed last fall from historical
workings along the 3.7 km long King of the West-Yellow
Bird-Black Eagle Mines Trend collectively referred to as the
"King of the West Trend" in the Company's News Release dated
June 28, 2021 and located in the
southwestern portion of the Rochford Mining District. The King
of the West Mine is located 8 km southwest of Mineral Mountain's
new high-grade Standard Mine Trend discovery announced on
February 2, 2023.These samples
confirm the outstanding nature of surface mineralization over a
large area around the King of the West Mine (Fig 1).
Key Points
Assay results from grab samples collected around the historical
King of the West and Yellow Bird Mines included:
King of the West
Trend 2022 Sampling Results *all reported samples select surface
grabs
|
Sample
Number
|
Target
Zone
|
Au
g/t
|
Au
opt
|
22MMV01
|
Yellow
Bird
|
22.9
|
0.71
|
22MMV02
|
Yellow
Bird
|
71.7
|
2.22
|
22MMV03
|
Yellow
Bird
|
33.9
|
1.05
|
22MMV04
|
Yellow
Bird
|
138
|
4.27
|
22MMV05
|
King of the
West
|
30.6
|
0.95
|
22MMV06
|
King of the
West
|
23.9
|
0.74
|
22MMV07
|
Yellow
Bird
|
111.5
|
3.45
|
22MMV08
|
King of the
West
|
42.2
|
1.31
|
22MMV09
|
King of the
West
|
64.4
|
1.99
|
22MMV10
|
King of the
West
|
0.65
|
0.02
|
22MMV11
|
King of the
West
|
0.38
|
0.01
|
22MMV12
|
King of the
West
|
64.8
|
2.01
|
22MMV13
|
Yellow
Bird
|
131
|
4.06
|
22MMV14
|
King of the
West
|
83.6
|
2.59
|
* It should be noted that grab samples are not
representative of the actual tenor of the mineral occurrence and
are only used to measure and identify distribution of the precious
minerals present along this trend.
These grab samples are in line with results of previous
underground channel samples collected while the shallow mine
workings were still accessible in the early 20th Century
that are known to MMV, such as 9.1
m @ 8.15 g/t Au, 15 m @
16.0 g/t Au, and 2.44 m @ 13.2
g/t Au across the King of the West mineralized structure at
depths of less than 20 m below
surface and vertical channel samples of 10.67 m @ 13.33 g/t Au and 15.2 m @ 15.55 g/t Au collected in the Yellow
Bird shaft.
Grab samples were collected from dumps of the three historic
shafts at the Yellow Bird and King of the West Mines, a collapsed
overhand stope at the Yellow Bird, and surrounding exploratory open
cuts over an area of 400 x 300 m.
Several grab samples contained multiple grains of visible gold (Fig
2). Outcrop is generally poor in the low-relief topography around
the mines, although the Rochford iron formation can be followed
through ferruginous cherty float, quartz veining and deep
yellow-orange gossaniferous soils. The iron formation can be mapped
through several fold structures along a prominent NE-striking
fault-shear zone for at least 1,200 m
and is up to 20 m wide at the King of
the West Mine. As a result of mapping, the length of the King of
the West Trend has more than doubled to 3.7 km along strike, within
which over 1,200 shallow prospect pits, trenches and open cuts,
78 larger open cuts or shafts, and 24 tunnels have been mapped.
An area measuring nearly 1 km by 1 km around the King of the West
Mine contains more than half of these surveyed workings, making it
one of the most heavily prospected areas known in the Rochford
District.
Historic Exploration at the King
of the West-Yellow Bird Mines
The King of the West and Yellow Bird Mines were discovered in
1897 and 1898 respectively and worked through numerous shallow open
cuts. Approximately 2,000 tons of ore were mined from the King of
the West at a grade of 20 g/t Au, while close to 1,850 ounces were
produced at the Yellow Bird. In 1902, both mines were consolidated
by the Golden West Company and developed by additional open cuts
and 275 meters of underground workings. Fifteen diamond holes were
drilled, with a few reportedly encountering excellent
mineralization up to 38 g/t Au over unknown widths.
From 1934 to 1936, the King of the West Syndicate was organized
to explore the property. Exploration consisted of 289 m of drifting off a shaft that reached an
ultimate depth of just 49 m and
1,049 m of diamond drilling. An
extensive surface sampling campaign consisting of 2,500 grab,
trench and channel samples encountered additional ore zones
containing up to 124 g/t Au. Two ore shoots found at the
King of the West Mine on the 23-m level were found to average
4.88 m @ 8.3 g/t Au and
2.74 m @ 10.6 g/t Au. Very
limited short-range diamond drilling down-dip of one of three ore
shoots targeted by the Syndicate encountered multiple intercepts in
the range of 9-15 g/t Au with the best surviving intercept of
1.52 m @ 78.4 g/t Au. The ore
zone has never been explored more than 50
m below surface. In 1936, the Syndicate milled 6,990 tons of
ore with a head grade of 6.9 g/t Au but recovered just a fraction
of the expected gold due to milling complications and ceased
activity on the property.
From 1978-1984 Bobcat Properties and Minerals Management drilled
sixteen shallow rotary holes at King of the West, all to depths of
<100 m. Noranda leased the
property in 1986 and a map of the prior drilling made available to
Noranda included six holes with significant intercepts >0.10
oz/ton Au. Three of these holes contained 6.10 m @ 5.88 g/t Au, 3.05 m @ 8.02 g/t Au and 9.14 m @ 5.85 g/t Au.
*The preceding disclosure is based on information that is
historical in nature and can not be treated as NI-43-101 compliant
verified by a qualified person. The historical estimates should not
be relied upon and there can be no assurance that any of the
mineralization, in whole or part, will ever become economically
viable.
CEO Statement
Nelson Baker, President and CEO
commented: "Mineral Mountain's recent advances in studying the
geology and history of the Rochford District have greatly enhanced
the exploration potential of the company's district-scale land
holdings and led to the identification of numerous very
high-quality drill targets. The last serious mapping was performed
over 60 years ago without the aid of geophysical tools and without
the benefit of an understanding of iron formation-hosted gold
deposits in general. A new structural synthesis and mapping
approach developed by Mineral Mountain's technical team has
highlighted the unique potential of the King of the West Trend for
near-surface high-grade gold mineralization over a large area. This
has been confirmed by the presence of excellent gold values in
multiple targets separated by hundreds of meters along strike.
Sampling to date has focused on the northern part of the King of
the West Trend, however four other historic mines, including the
Black Eagle, further south have yet to be examined in any detail.
We are planning an aggressive summer field program to further
refine these high-quality drill targets in advance of an
anticipated drill program later this year, which is in the
permitting stage."
Qualified Persons
The technical information in this news release has been prepared
in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements set out in
National Instrument 43-101 and reviewed and approved by Nelson W.
Baker, BSc Geological Engineering, the President and CEO of Mineral
Mountain Resources Ltd. and a Qualified Person for this project.
All exploration activities at the Standby Mine and at the
Company's other activities in the Rochford District are carried out
under the strict supervision of Kevin
Leonard, P.Geo., also a Qualified Person for this
project.
ABOUT MINERAL MOUNTAIN
Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd., through its wholly owned
subsidiary Mineral Mountain Resources (SD) Inc., began exploring in
the Black Hills of South Dakota,
USA in July 2012. The Company
recognized that the Homestake Gold Trend was not well
explored using modern technology and the potential of discovering
another similar Homestake-style gold deposit with scale was above
average. Since 2012, the Company has expended over
$13 million USD in systematic, "state
of the art" exploration with a strong technical and highly
experienced team largely focused on its 100%-owned Rochford
Gold Project physically situated 26 kilometers south of
the world's richest and largest orogenic gold deposits, the
Homestake Mine.
With the recent staking of the 3.7 kilometer long trend linking
the Black Eagle-King of the West-Yellow Bird Trend, the Rochford
Gold Project now covers over 8,224 acres, covering at least
four large magnetic bodies that are considered to be structurally
thickened auriferous iron formation comparable to the ledge-type
gold mineralization developed at the Homestake Mine. The Standby
Mine Target, the Company's flagship project is the most advanced
gold exploration target within the Rochford Gold Project is
believed to possess the requisite volume of altered and
gold-mineralized iron formation needed to contain a large, economic
gold resource. Financing is in progress to drill 9,000 m at the Standby Mine.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
MINERAL MOUNTAIN RESOURCES LTD.
"Nelson W. Baker",
President and CEO
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SOURCE Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd.