Turmalina Metals Corp. (“
Turmalina”, or the
“
Company”; TBX-TSXV, TBXXF-OTCQX) is pleased to
announce the final hole in the 2020 drilling program at the San
Francisco project (“
San Francisco” or the
“
Project”) has returned multiple intercepts of
high-grade copper-gold-silver mineralisation below all previous
drilling at the San Francisco de Los Andes
(“
SFdLA”) breccia pipe, doubling the known depth
of the strongly mineralised system.
Drill hole SFDH-039 (“Hole 39”)
aimed to test the continuation of the breccia pipe to over 450m
depth, and intercepted the following downhole mineralised intervals
(Figure 1):
- 86m @ 0.47%
Cu, 1.8 g/t Au & 67 g/t Ag (3.4 g/t AuEq; 2.5% CuEq)
from 28m
- 27m @ 0.83%
Cu, 1.5 g/t Au & 127 g/t Ag (4.3 g/t AuEq; 3.2% CuEq)
from 163m
- 54m @ 0.96%
Cu, 0.28 g/t Au & 51 g/t Ag (2.3 g/t AuEq; 1.7% CuEq)
from 201m
- 36m @ 1.83%
Cu, 0.12 g/t Au & 118 g/t Ag (4.2 g/t AuEq; 3.1% CuEq)
from 329m
- 72m @ 3.47%
Cu, 0.71 g/t Au & 100 g/t Ag (6.7 g/t AuEq; 5.0% CuEq)
from 397m
Examples of the breccia-hosted mineralisation
are illustrated in Figures 2 to 6. After the interval of 72m @ 5.0%
CuEq in Hole 39, the hole was terminated due to drill capability
limit. A new drill has now been dispatched to site, with the
mechanical ability to drill much deeper holes.
In addition to the lengthy high-grade intercepts
in Hole 39 (the deepest hole drilled to date), four shallower drill
holes also completed at SFdLA in December 2020 intersected broad
intervals of gold-silver-copper mineralization in the oxide gold
zone. Within these lengthy intercepts, there were multiple high
grade intervals such as Hole 34 which recorded 9m at 10.4
g/t Au and 124 g/t Ag, including 4m at 19.40 g/t
Au and 212 g/t Ag (Figures 7 to 9).
Drill holes SHDH-032 and SFDH-035 tested
supergene to hypogene gold-copper-silver mineralization below the
oxide zone, with SFDH-032 returning 15m @ 2.35 g/t Au, 82
g/t Ag and 0.74% Cu (4.5 g/t AuEq) from 74m while SFDH-035
intersected 66m @ 2.31 g/t Au, 95 g/t Ag and 0.29%
Cu (4.0 g/t AuEq) from surface and 45m @ 1.18 g/t
Au, 82 g/t Ag and 0.54% Cu (3.0 g/t AuEq) from 98m
(Figures 11 to 14).
Further intersections are reported in Table 1:
Intersections are not true widths and additional drilling and
geological modelling of the mineralised zones in the breccia pipes
is required to make a determination of the true widths of the drill
hole intersections. Drill hole coordinates are shown in Table
2.
Dr. Rohan Wolfe, Chief Executive Officer,
states:
“SFDH-039 is a
gamechanger for the San Francisco Project and is by far the most
exciting hole we have drilled to date in terms of size
ramifications - as with one hole we have demonstrated proof of
concept of the geological model and more than doubled the known
depth of mineralisation in the SFdLA breccia pipe.
Tourmaline breccia
pipes can commonly extend to over 1 or 2 km in depth, and it is
encouraging to see that SFdLA appears to increase in size and grade
with depth – to 5% copper equivalent in the deepest interval,
located 300m below previous drilling in the eastern lobe.
With all previous
drilling confined to within 200 to 240m of the surface the
high-grade mineralisation intersected in Hole 39 remains completely
open and we look forward to keeping the market informed of
follow-up drill holes that will test this significant extension to
an already high-grade pipe.”
Drilling at San Francisco paused on the 20th of
December 2020 as the new drilling rig was secured, and team members
are currently preparing the camp and drill sites for the
commencement of drilling in the next five days (Figure 15).
During the 2020 Phase 2 drilling program at
SFdLA 22 holes were drilled for a total of 4653 meters. A further 9
holes totalling 2768 meters were drilled during 2020 to test four
regional targets on the San Francisco project. Assays for four
holes are still pending: three Phase 2 holes at SFdLA that tested
the oxide zone, and one hole drilled at the Solita breccia.
In addition to the above holes at the SFdLA
breccia pipe the Company has received assay results for SFdH-033,
which tested the Solita breccia pipe, located 3 km to the west of
SFdLA. The hole intersected a pyrite-rich tourmaline-quartz breccia
hosted in sericite-altered sediments and returned anomalous gold,
silver and copper grades but no economic intersections.
Other Projects
The Company aims to build a portfolio of three
advanced gold-copper exploration projects by the end of 2021, with
a focus on high-grade tourmaline breccias with drill-ready targets.
To achieve this the Company continues to evaluate potential new
acquisitions. Turmalina has entered into agreements to explore two
tourmaline breccia projects located in Peru: the Chanape
copper-gold project located in Lima District (the ‘Chanape
Project’) and the Turmalina copper-gold-molybdenum project
located in Piura District (the ‘Turmalina
Project’).
The Company is pleased to announce that it has
recently signed a 5 year contract with the local community of Checa
to permit exploration for 5 years at the Chanape Project. A 43-101
technical report is currently being prepared on Chanape, and the
Company looks forward to updating the market on exploration at this
exciting project once this report has been filed.
At the Turmalina Project the Company has not
been able to obtain community approval to commence exploration, and
the Company has decided to not continue with the project, as to
focus efforts on San Francisco and Chanape.
About the San Francisco
Project
The 3404 ha San Francisco project is located in
San Juan, Argentina. The project area contains over 60 tourmaline
breccia occurrences, several of which have supported small-scale
mining. The Company is focused on mapping and sampling the breccias
in the project area, and drill testing the highest priority
targets.
To minimize the risk of COVID-19 transmission to
our team and the community, the Company has applied rigorous
protocols throughout the program. These protocols have been
approved by the authorities of the province of San Juan, and both
Turmalina Metals and local subsidiary Aurora Mining maintain close
contact with the local authorities in order to comply with all
regulations. These procedures include social distancing, improved
hygiene, health screening of all staff and contractors, longer
rosters at our remote field camp and an onsite medical professional
to monitor health and ensure procedures are followed.
The protocols put in place by the Company and
local authorities have helped successfully prevent any cases of
COVID-19, to date, at the Project.
Hole ID |
From |
To |
Interval |
Au (g/t) |
Ag (g/t) |
Cu (%) |
Pb (ppm) |
Zn (ppm) |
AuEq g/t |
CuEq % |
SFDH-032 |
74.8 |
90 |
15.2 |
2.35 |
83 |
0.74 |
7862 |
1523 |
4.47 |
3.35 |
SFDH-032 |
104 |
109 |
5 |
1.04 |
25 |
0.25 |
1526 |
255 |
1.73 |
1.29 |
SFDH-032 |
128 |
131 |
3 |
1.18 |
52 |
0.45 |
4086 |
552 |
2.50 |
1.87 |
SFDH-034 |
0 |
19 |
19 |
3.20 |
11 |
0.08 |
880 |
66 |
3.46 |
2.59 |
SFDH-034 |
25 |
34 |
9 |
10.43 |
124 |
0.12 |
3309 |
366 |
12.30 |
9.21 |
SFDH-034 |
27 |
31 |
4 |
19.40 |
212 |
0.07 |
5272 |
483 |
22.40 |
16.76 |
SFDH-034 |
97.5 |
98.5 |
1 |
4.24 |
59 |
1.37 |
11200 |
11050 |
6.89 |
5.15 |
SFDH-035 |
0 |
66 |
66 |
2.31 |
96 |
0.29 |
10428 |
2438 |
4.01 |
3.00 |
SFDH-035 |
98 |
143 |
45 |
1.18 |
83 |
0.54 |
2116 |
1064 |
3.04 |
2.28 |
SFDH-037 |
0 |
23 |
23 |
2.71 |
31 |
0.04 |
829 |
33 |
3.19 |
2.39 |
SFDH-039 |
12 |
16 |
4 |
1.32 |
24 |
0.03 |
831 |
13 |
1.69 |
1.26 |
SFDH-039 |
28 |
114 |
86 |
1.80 |
68 |
0.47 |
6591 |
4126 |
3.37 |
2.52 |
SFDH-039 |
120 |
125 |
5 |
0.96 |
43 |
0.39 |
6968 |
1672 |
2.08 |
1.56 |
SFDH-039 |
163 |
190 |
27 |
1.49 |
127 |
0.83 |
4991 |
959 |
4.34 |
3.25 |
SFDH-039 |
201 |
255 |
54 |
0.28 |
51 |
0.96 |
1057 |
945 |
2.27 |
1.70 |
SFDH-039 |
329 |
365 |
36 |
0.12 |
119 |
1.83 |
6977 |
21744 |
4.20 |
3.14 |
SFDH-039 |
397.7 |
470 |
72.3 |
0.71 |
100 |
3.47 |
3146 |
6915 |
6.71 |
5.03 |
Table 1: Phase 2 drill hole intersections at the San
Francisco de Los Andes breccia pipe. Intersections are
selected based on a 0.5 g/t Au or 0.3% Cu cut-off grade, a minimum
downhole length of 2m and a maximum waste inclusion of 2
consecutive meters. Equivalent gold (AuEq) and equivalent copper
(CuEq) values are calculated assuming 100% recovery using USD$
1860/t oz Au, $25.6/t oz Ag and $3.5/lb Cu. SFDH-033 (Solita
Breccia) returned no economic intersections, while the assays for
hole SFDH-036, SFDH-038, SFDH-040 and SFDH-041 are pending.
On Behalf of the Company,
Dr. Rohan Wolfe, Chief Executive Officer and Director.
Website: turmalinametals.comAddress: #488 - 1090 West Georgia
St, Vancouver, BC V6E 3V7.
For Investor Relations enquiries, please contact Bryan
Slusarchuk at +1 833 923 3334 (toll free) or via
info@turmalinametals.com.
Statements
About Turmalina Metals and the San
Francisco Project: Turmalina Metals is a TSXV-listed
exploration company focused on developing our portfolio of high
grade gold-copper-silver projects in South America. Our focus is on
tourmaline breccias, a deposit style overlooked by many explorers.
Turmalina Metals is led by a team responsible for multiple
gold-copper-silver discoveries who are highly experienced in this
deposit style. Our projects are characterised by open high-grade
mineralization on established mining licenses that present
compelling drill targets. The principle project held by Turmalina
is the San Francisco project in San Juan, Argentina. For further
information on the San Francisco Project, refer to the technical
report entitled “NI43-101 Technical Report San Francisco Copper
Gold Project, San Juan Province, Argentina” dated November 17, 2019
under the Corporation’s profile at www.sedar.com.
Sampling and Analytic
procedure: Turmalina Metals follows systematic sampling
and analytical protocols which exceed industry standards and are
summarized below.
All drill holes are HQ or NQ diameter diamond
core holes. Drill core is collected at the drill site and
transported by vehicle to the Turmalina core logging facility in
Villa Nueva, where recovery and RQD (Rock Quality Designation)
measurements are taken before the core is photographed and
geologically logged. The core is then cut in half with a diamond
saw blade with half the sample retained in the core box for future
reference and the other half placed into a pre-labelled plastic
bag, sealed with a plastic zip tie, and identified with a unique
sample number. The core is typically sampled over a 1 to 2 meter
sample interval unless the geologist determines the presence of an
important geological contact. The bagged samples are then stored in
a secure area pending shipment to the ALS sample preparation
facility in Mendoza where they are dried, crushed and pulverized.
Following sample preparation the prepared pulps are then sent to
the ALS laboratory in Lima for assay. The samples are then analyzed
using a 50g aqua regia digest and fire assay-AA finish analysis for
gold and four acid digestion with ICP-MS analysis for 53 other
elements. Samples with results that exceed maximum detection values
for gold are re-analyzed by fire assay with a gravimetric finish
and other elements of interest are re-analyzed using precise
ore-grade ICP analytical techniques. Turmalina Metals independently
inserts certified control standards, coarse field blanks, and
duplicates into the sample stream to monitor data quality. These
standards are inserted “blindly” to the laboratory in the sample
sequence prior to departure from the Turmalina Metals core storage
facilities.
Qualified Person: The
scientific and technical data contained in this news release
pertaining to the San Francisco and Turmalina projects has been
reviewed and approved by Dr. Rohan Wolfe, Chief Executive Officer,
MAIG, who serves as the Qualified Person (QP) under the definition
of National Instrument 43-101.
Forward Looking Statement: This
news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of such statements under applicable securities law.
Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words
such as "anticipates", "plan", "continue", "expect", "project",
"intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "may", "will",
"potential", "proposed", "positioned" and other similar words, or
statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur.
These statements are only predictions. Various assumptions were
used in drawing the conclusions or making the projections contained
in the forward-looking statements throughout this news release.
Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates
of management at the date the statements are made and are subject
to a variety of risks (including those risk factors identified in
the Corporation’s prospectus dated November 21, 2019) and
uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or
results to differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements. The Corporation is under no obligation,
and expressly disclaims any intention or obligation, to update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly
required by applicable law.
There is no assurance when the
government-imposed measures related to COVID-19 in Argentina will
be lifted. There is uncertainty over the form and duration of
government measures and multiple policy changes may occur with
regards to these measures over time. The Company may not provide
updates on various government measures and changes to these
measures as they occur. Protocols related to COVID-19, and the
effects of the pandemic on service providers located throughout
South America, may lead to delays in the future reporting of
results.
Drill hole |
East |
North |
Elevation |
Azimuth |
Dip |
Depth (m) |
Prospect |
SFDH-032 |
442493 |
6588544 |
2779 |
198 |
-68 |
190.7 |
San Francisco |
SFDH-033 |
439602 |
6588736 |
2959 |
234 |
-60 |
292.5 |
Solita |
SFDH-034 |
442486 |
6588488 |
2766 |
295 |
-70 |
106.5 |
San Francisco |
SFDH-035 |
442486 |
6588488 |
2766 |
24 |
-74 |
160.7 |
San Francisco |
SFDH-037 |
442486 |
6588488 |
2766 |
18 |
-48 |
82.5 |
San Francisco |
SFDH-039 |
442514 |
6588473 |
2757 |
124 |
-85 |
481.4 |
San Francisco |
Table 2: Turmalina Metals Phase 2 drill hole locations
reported in this release. Co-ordinate projection - WGS84
UTM Zone 19 South.
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