Mountain Boy Extends Discovery Zone at Southmore
October 23 2019 - 8:50AM
Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd (“Mountain Boy”, “MTB” or the
“Company”) (TSX.V: MTB; Frankfurt: M9UA) reports assay
results for the Southmore (More Creek) property, located 40
kilometres (“km”) northwest of the historic Eskay Creek Mine. Three
companies are actively exploring on adjacent properties in the
area. The MTB claims are within 8 kms of the Galore Creek access
road.
The recent field results build on results from
1990 which were not previously followed up.
Highlights:
- Initial MTB field-work confirmed the historic showings
and identified new zones of interest, some of which were
ice-covered at the time of the previous work.
- Identification of a large zone of intense hydrothermal
alteration.
- Samples with multi-gram gold and strong base metal
assays demonstrate mineralization over an extensive
area.
The results point to the presence of mineralized
systems similar geologically and in scale to other large deposits
in the region.
The Mountain Boy team spent 8-man days mapping
the geology, alteration and structure as well as sampling outcrop
for geochemical analysis. Samples taken validate historic assays
and outline new areas of mineralization.
Mineralization within the large gossan
identified in 1990 has been extended 500 metres to the southwest.
The gossan is interpreted as a northeast trending, structurally
controlled, hydrothermal alteration conduit consisting of quartz +
sericite + pyrite alteration with minor arsenopyrite and up to
1,260 ppb gold and 41.4 ppm silver. Significant base metal values
were also encountered within the gossan. The best gold numbers
appear to be associated with pyrite. Mineralization has been traced
for 1,300 metres on surface.
Additional structurally controlled alteration
zones with up to 2,920 ppb gold were also mapped in the northern
portion of the claims.
Samples from this summer’s program are also
anomalous in pathfinder elements such as antimony, mercury and
arsenic. Barium is also anomalous in some areas and is a commonly
associated with volcanic hosted massive sulphide deposits (VHMS).
The property has had very little exploration on it to date and the
potential for more discoveries is high.
Three styles of mineralization have been identified. These
include the following;
- Structurally controlled precious and base metal mineralization
as found in the large gossan and the other veins to the north.
- Bedded massive sulphides of copper, lead and zinc.
- Massive sulphides within skarn identified in 1990 but not
visited in the 2019 program.
SampleNo |
Au (ppb) |
Ag (g/t) |
Cu (%) |
Pb (%) |
Zn (%) |
Hg (ppm) |
As (ppm) |
Ba (ppm) |
AW19-127 |
2920 |
13.5 |
0.010 |
0.008 |
0.01 |
2020 |
1230 |
28 |
WK19-64 |
2520 |
2.1 |
0.010 |
0.073 |
0.07 |
60 |
154 |
2270 |
AW19-125 |
1360 |
2.1 |
0.018 |
0.003 |
0.01 |
230 |
199 |
41 |
AW19-130 |
1160 |
9.0 |
0.038 |
0.058 |
0.02 |
3490 |
660 |
707 |
AW19-133 |
841 |
32.0 |
0.008 |
0.007 |
0.00 |
3550 |
1720 |
3760 |
AW19-132 |
780 |
34.9 |
0.010 |
0.002 |
0.01 |
2510 |
2350 |
6630 |
AW19-129 |
500 |
12.0 |
0.016 |
0.081 |
0.21 |
10000 |
1700 |
1720 |
AW19-115 |
387 |
19.9 |
0.011 |
0.005 |
0.02 |
1580 |
2000 |
3200 |
WK19-63 |
213 |
7.4 |
>1.0000 |
0.005 |
4.87 |
90 |
90.5 |
7010 |
AW19-134 |
194 |
10.1 |
0.017 |
0.008 |
0.26 |
2820 |
355 |
2100 |
AW19-124 |
170 |
1.6 |
0.393 |
0.001 |
0.01 |
110 |
198 |
61 |
WK19-66 |
164 |
2.9 |
0.209 |
0.009 |
0.02 |
310 |
67.6 |
2240 |
AW19-136 |
133 |
0.9 |
0.004 |
0.047 |
0.01 |
90 |
68.5 |
2810 |
WK19-68 |
125 |
1.3 |
0.006 |
0.016 |
0.03 |
340 |
78.9 |
2530 |
AW19-118 |
100 |
12.6 |
>1.0000 |
0.069 |
1.25 |
2030 |
50.5 |
11700 |
AW19-120 |
97 |
1.5 |
0.005 |
0.002 |
0.00 |
360 |
189 |
5530 |
AW19-114 |
89 |
18.1 |
0.008 |
0.005 |
0.01 |
270 |
1910 |
6070 |
AW19-112 |
86 |
31.6 |
0.090 |
>0.50000 |
0.97 |
4580 |
530 |
7800 |
AW19-117 |
53 |
13.9 |
>1.0000 |
0.006 |
0.07 |
140 |
62.7 |
1490 |
AW19-135 |
47 |
4.4 |
0.062 |
>0.50000 |
0.01 |
80 |
66.5 |
1310 |
AW19-131 |
41 |
0.4 |
0.007 |
0.020 |
0.01 |
170 |
31.4 |
2820 |
AW19-119 |
18 |
0.5 |
0.009 |
0.002 |
0.00 |
310 |
84.8 |
5970 |
AW19-113 |
13 |
4.3 |
0.148 |
0.024 |
0.06 |
290 |
26.7 |
1160 |
WK19-67 |
8 |
1.9 |
0.071 |
0.168 |
0.38 |
990 |
47.7 |
3390 |
Table 1- Significant Assays from 2019 Program
Lawrence Roulston, CEO, noted: “The MTB
geological team recognized the potential in this property, which
had been overlooked for decades. The Southmore project provides MTB
shareholders exposure to a project with outstanding potential in
the heart of an intensely well-endowed mineral region, which is
host to multiple world-class deposits including Brucejack, Eskay
Creek, Galore Creek and Schaft Creek. Southmore complements our
three more advanced stage projects in the Stewart Camp of the
Golden Triangle.”
The technical disclosure in this release has
been read and approved by Andrew Wilkins, B.Sc., P.Geo., a
qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101.
On behalf of the Board of Directors:Lawrence
RoulstonPresident & CEO(604)
914-2142
For further information, contact: Nancy
CurryVP Corporate
Development
(604) 220-2971
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