Vulcan Minerals Inc. Grabs 8.5 grams per tonne Gold in Newfoundland
October 26 2020 - 10:42AM
Vulcan Minerals Inc. (“the Company” -
“Vulcan” TSX-V: VUL), provides the following
exploration update.
Springdale Gold Project
A reconnaissance visit has been made to the
Springdale project in north central Newfoundland to scout the
access to the Maple Leaf gold showings via woods roads and trails,
and to locate the site of previously constructed trenches. Access
was identified and the trenches located. The trenches were back
filled but two samples were taken from adjacent outcrop. One sample
assayed 8.4 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from a quartz sulphide rich
stringer in mafic volcanics.
This visit was not designed to be a
comprehensive prospecting venture but a reconnaissance trip to
confirm historical locations and access. Historic results from this
showing yielded up to 54 g/t gold in grab samples, 840 g/t gold in
heavy mineral concentrates (stream sample) and visible gold in
tills (Noranda work assessment 1988 report 12 H/9 /1092 filed with
government). The Maple showing is on structural trend with the
Burnt Berry prospect, approximately 3 kilometers (km) southwest,
where historic work has reported 6.6 g/t gold over 7.2 meters in
channel sampling (Noranda 1988 assessment report 012H/0963 filed
with government). Work is ongoing, compiling and interpreting
previous geochemical sampling in the area towards designing a
comprehensive exploration program for these showings. The Company
notes that historic results may not be indicative of current and
future exploration results.
Gander North
Gold
The Gander North claims are situated along the
east side of the Gander structural belt which has become the
location of a gold staking rush in light of recent, quartz vein
hosted high grade gold drill intersections in the area by NewFound
Gold Corp. Two prospecting trips have been made to the property to
confirm the historic prospector reports of an extensive silica zone
which yielded elevated gold assays up to 0.5 g/t gold in grab and
float samples. Ground inspection verifies the occurrence of a
significant zone of quartz vein flooding and related silica
alteration in a chloritized belt of metamorphosed sediments
exhibiting variable schistose deformation indicative of proximity
to the Gander GRUB line structural suture. The zone contains
pervasive disseminated to stringer sulphides and has been traced in
outcrop over 400 meters along strike and up to 80 meters in width
and open in both directions. The zone has been sampled on an
initial basis to obtain a baseline for the various rock types
present. Assays are pending. Further work will be required to
adequately sample and delineate this zone.
Patrick Laracy P. Geo., President notes “ This
zone appears to have had more than one episode of quartz veining
all of which were observed to be sulphide bearing to varying
degrees. Given the elevated gold assays from cursory historic work,
we hope to confirm that the system is gold bearing. This will
encourage an intensive evaluation of this mineralized zone. We have
found no reported trenching or drilling in government assessment
files for this zone.”
In addition the property contains a portion of a
significant gold in till anomaly along its western boundary where
numerous till samples have assayed in excess of 1000 parts per
billion (ppb) gold (equivalent to 1 g/t gold) and up to 27,000 ppb
gold on the adjacent property and up to 2000 ppb gold on Vulcan’s
property. Further sampling will be required to better delineate the
nature of these anomalies. The location of the claims may become
strategic as work is reasonably anticipated on the immediately
adjacent property where much of the historic work was focussed.
Gander
South
The Gander South property is situated 8 km from
the Beaver Brook Antimony mine along the Dog Bay Line suture which
hosts gold showings along trend. The property contains an
unevaluated gold and arsenic stream silt anomaly in a favorable
structural setting. Recently, Newfound Gold Corp. (news release
dated August 27 2020) announced a new gold discovery at the Eastern
Pond prospect based on sub crop samples of up to 15 g/t gold and
tills containing up to 216 gold grains, part of an area currently
outlined over a 4 km strike length. This new discovery is 45 km
south of Newfound’s Queensway North discovery which is the focus of
current drilling. The company’s Gander South property is
approximately 5 kms northwest of the Eastern Pond discovery and is
the closest claim group to the discovery other than claims owned by
Newfound Gold.
Exploration Plan
The company has mobilized a geological crew to
the Springdale and Gander properties to further prospect and
acquire soil samples in proximity to the known showings. The
company expects that these field programs will continue to the end
of November. Based on the results of this work, further action will
be determined. The recent $1,000,000 financing by the Company will
facilitate the exploration of these projects. All properties are
road and trail accessible. An updated slide presentation regarding
Vulcan’s projects and providing context for the discussions herein
is available on its website at www.vulcanminerals.ca
Patrick J. Laracy, P.Geo, President is the
qualified person responsible for the contents of this news release
as defined in National Instrument 43-101.
Vulcan Minerals is a precious and base metals
exploration company based in St. John’s Newfoundland. The company
has a strategic land position in three active Newfoundland gold
exploration and development belts. It also holds 63% of the shares
in Red Moon Resources Inc. (TSXV: RMK), an industrial minerals
company that produces gypsum from its Ace Mine in western
Newfoundland. Red Moon also owns a salt project in western
Newfoundland containing a NI 43-101 compliant resource of 908
million tonnes of rock salt suitable for road de-icing purposes.
This project is at the prefeasibility stage.
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and
does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release. This release may contain certain forward-looking
statements. Actual events or results may differ from the Company’s
expectations. Certain risk factors beyond the Company’s control may
affect the actual results achieved. Accordingly, readers are
advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information.
Except by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise forward-looking information.
For information please contact:Patrick J.
Laracy, P.Geo.President (709)
754-3186laracy@vulcanminerals.cawww.vulcanminerals.ca
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