Wellgreen Platinum Announces Far West Zone PGM-Nickel-Copper
Results and Field Program Summary
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 14, 2014) -
Wellgreen Platinum Ltd. (TSX-VENTURE:WG)(OTCQX:WGPLF) is pleased to
announce the final results from the most recent field program at
its 100%-owned Wellgreen PGM-nickel-copper project, located in the
southwest of Canada's Yukon Territory. The latest assay results
received are from the Far West Zone and, together with previously
released results, extend mineralization over approximately 2.5
kilometres from the Far East Zone on the easternmost end of the
known Wellgreen resource area to the Far West Zone on the
westernmost end. Mineralization in the Far West Zone is
characterized by continuous higher grade ultramafic zones that
begin at surface to a tested depth of 150 metres and remain open to
further expansion.
The results from the Far West Zone include new drilling, as well
as new, continuous and complete assays from historic drill core
that was previously only selectively sampled for high grade massive
sulphide intervals. These new assay samples from historic drill
core in the Far West Zone have confirmed the continuity of broader
zones of higher grade mineralization around the previously sampled
massive sulphide zones as seen in other areas of the Wellgreen
deposit. Highlights from drilling in the Far West Zone include hole
208 which intercepted 142.5 metres of PGM-Ni-Cu mineralization from
surface grading 3.76 g/t platinum equivalent ("Pt Eq.") or 0.89%
nickel equivalent ("Ni Eq."), with a grade thickness value of over
500 gram-metres Pt Eq. Hole 209, drilled up dip from 208,
intercepted 69.6 metres grading 3.55 g/t Pt Eq. or 0.85% Ni Eq.,
and drill hole 220, drilled down dip of 208, intercepted 150.0
metres of mineralization starting from surface that graded 2.67 g/t
Pt. Eq. or 0.63% Ni Eq., including 54.0 metres grading 3.91 g/t Pt
Eq. or 0.93% Ni Eq. Please refer to the cross section in Figure 1
and to Table 1 for individual assay results and the metal prices
used to calculate Pt Eq. and Ni Eq.
There are two ultramafic bodies in the Far West Zone, with only
limited drilling in the southern body having been conducted to
date. This southern ultramafic zone will be a priority target for
future drilling. The more well-defined northern ultramafic zone
spans 175 metres at surface and has significantly elevated PGM and
copper grades. For example, drill hole 087 intercepted 16.9 metres
grading 2.23 g/t platinum+palladium+gold ("3E") and 0.99% copper,
starting 3.7 metres from surface. Another 29.8 metre intercept was
encountered 75.0 metres from surface in hole 087 that graded 2.33
g/t 3E and 0.99% copper. Mineralization remains open at depth and
there has been no deep testing in the Far West Zone or adjacent
West Zone. Mineralization is also open along strike to the west,
but appears to plunge under younger cover based on magnetics and
soil geochemistry.
Greg Johnson, Wellgreen Platinum's President and CEO, stated,
"These results from the Far West Zone further expand our
understanding of the extent of mineralization at our Wellgreen
project, building upon those which have been reported since last
fall. The thick bands of higher grade mineralization interpreted to
be up to 500 metres in width in the core of the ultramafic body
have been shown to extend from the Far East Zone through the East
Zone and Central Zone and now into the West and Far West, covering
a strike length of approximately 2.5 kilometres. The results show
that these higher grade bands come to surface and remain open to
further expansion. Many of the best drill holes to date are located
on the edge of the known deposit and will be priority targets for
step out testing in the 2014 program. Over the past year our
drilling and sampling work at Wellgreen has been designed to
increase confidence in the continuity and predictability of the
controls to the mineralization as a basis for an updated geologic
and resource model."
The polymetallic mineralization at Wellgreen includes platinum,
palladium and gold along with significant nickel, copper and cobalt
that occur together. At longer term average metal prices and
proportionally allocated costs including processing, transport,
smelting and refining for each of the metals, the net economic
contribution is anticipated to be largest for platinum, palladium
and gold (3E elements), followed by nickel, then copper and cobalt.
Platinum and nickel equivalent values referred to in this release
are intended to reflect total metal equivalent content in platinum
or nickel, respectively, using relative prices for each of the
metals (see the footnote following Table 1 below).
Mr. Johnson continued, "Engineering and modelling work for the
Preliminary Economic Assessment update continues at Wellgreen with
a focus on sequencing higher grade material, particularly in the
initial years of production, while at the same time highlighting
the ultimate scalability and cost benefits of a large scale open
pit operation. We look forward to providing a significant update to
our shareholders when that work is completed, which we anticipate
will be by July 2014."
To view Figure 1 - Far West Zone Cross Section 577,000 E, please
visit the following link:
http://www.wellgreenplatinum.com/images/2014_may_farwest_577000e-web.jpg.
As shown to the right in Figure 2 - Grade-Thickness Plan View,
there are nearly 800 drill holes that define the main Wellgreen
deposit, with 242 drill holes exceeding a grade-thickness value of
100 gram-metres (g-m) Pt Eq., 127 with greater than 200 g-m, 24
with greater than 500 g-m and 8 holes with grade-thickness values
between 900 g-m and 1500 g-m Pt Eq. Twelve of these holes occur in
the Far West Zone, with grade thickness values between 100 and 500
g-m Pt Eq. in mineralization that begins at surface. Many of the
highest grade-thickness drill holes across the deposit remain open
to expansion, particularly down dip to the south and along the
sedimentary contact at depth. These offsets to known existing broad
areas of higher grade mineralization will be a priority for the
2014 exploration program.
To view Figure 2 - Grade Thickness Plan View, please visit the
following link:
http://www.wellgreenplatinum.com/images/2014-may-pteq-total-grade-thickness-planview.jpg.
Table 1 - Drill Hole Intercept Highlights Far West Zone Cross
Section 577,000 E1
Drill Hole |
|
Downhole |
Base Metals |
Precious Metals |
Total Metals |
Pt Eq.-length |
3E length |
From |
To |
Width |
Ni |
Cu |
Co |
Ni Eq. |
Pt |
Pd |
Au |
3E |
Pt
Eq. |
Ni Eq. |
m |
m |
m |
% |
% |
% |
% |
g/t |
g/t |
g/t |
g/t |
g/t |
% |
g/t-m |
g/t-m |
WS87-061 |
|
45.0 |
84.3 |
39.3 |
0.28 |
0.68 |
0.027 |
0.58 |
0.93 |
0.46 |
0.23 |
1.62 |
3.70 |
0.87 |
145 |
64 |
WS87-062 |
|
73.3 |
116.4 |
43.2 |
0.28 |
0.66 |
0.021 |
0.57 |
0.87 |
0.51 |
0.25 |
1.62 |
3.59 |
0.85 |
155 |
70 |
incl |
|
93.3 |
112.2 |
18.9 |
0.42 |
0.88 |
0.029 |
0.80 |
1.27 |
0.79 |
0.30 |
2.36 |
5.09 |
1.20 |
96 |
45 |
WS87-081 |
|
3.1 |
95.4 |
92.4 |
0.20 |
0.28 |
0.017 |
0.33 |
0.40 |
0.23 |
0.07 |
0.70 |
1.90 |
0.45 |
176 |
64 |
WS87-085 |
|
9.1 |
67.8 |
58.6 |
0.26 |
0.17 |
0.017 |
0.35 |
0.42 |
0.30 |
0.06 |
0.78 |
2.01 |
0.48 |
118 |
45 |
WS87-087 |
|
3.7 |
20.5 |
16.9 |
0.24 |
0.99 |
0.020 |
0.65 |
1.60 |
0.45 |
0.18 |
2.23 |
4.57 |
1.07 |
77 |
38 |
and |
|
39.7 |
162.7 |
123.0 |
0.23 |
0.59 |
0.019 |
0.48 |
0.72 |
0.34 |
0.25 |
1.30 |
3.04 |
0.72 |
374 |
160 |
incl |
|
75.0 |
104.8 |
29.8 |
0.35 |
0.99 |
0.025 |
0.76 |
1.28 |
0.59 |
0.46 |
2.33 |
5.02 |
1.18 |
149 |
69 |
WS87-104 |
|
158.9 |
175.0 |
16.1 |
0.09 |
0.36 |
0.012 |
0.25 |
0.47 |
0.22 |
0.23 |
0.92 |
1.77 |
0.41 |
28 |
15 |
WS87-105 |
|
3.7 |
45.3 |
41.6 |
0.22 |
0.09 |
0.012 |
0.27 |
0.24 |
0.22 |
0.04 |
0.51 |
1.47 |
0.35 |
61 |
21 |
WS88-130 |
|
11.0 |
53.5 |
42.5 |
0.21 |
0.07 |
0.013 |
0.26 |
0.19 |
0.17 |
0.01 |
0.38 |
1.34 |
0.32 |
57 |
16 |
WS88-132 |
|
7.9 |
75.8 |
67.9 |
0.22 |
0.08 |
0.013 |
0.27 |
0.19 |
0.17 |
0.03 |
0.39 |
1.40 |
0.34 |
95 |
27 |
WS88-133 |
|
9.1 |
98.2 |
89.1 |
0.26 |
0.09 |
0.014 |
0.31 |
0.29 |
0.25 |
0.05 |
0.59 |
1.71 |
0.41 |
152 |
53 |
WS88-134 |
|
4.9 |
44.8 |
39.9 |
0.22 |
0.10 |
0.013 |
0.28 |
0.22 |
0.17 |
0.02 |
0.41 |
1.44 |
0.35 |
58 |
16 |
WS88-135 |
|
11.3 |
47.2 |
35.9 |
0.19 |
0.06 |
0.013 |
0.23 |
0.18 |
0.15 |
0.02 |
0.34 |
1.20 |
0.29 |
43 |
12 |
WS12-207 |
|
202.0 |
216.0 |
14.0 |
0.15 |
0.31 |
0.017 |
0.30 |
0.14 |
0.07 |
0.08 |
0.29 |
1.44 |
0.35 |
20 |
4 |
WS12-208 |
|
0.0 |
142.5 |
142.5 |
0.35 |
0.68 |
0.029 |
0.66 |
0.74 |
0.37 |
0.23 |
1.33 |
3.76 |
0.89 |
535 |
189 |
WS12-209 |
|
0.0 |
69.5 |
69.5 |
0.47 |
0.44 |
0.030 |
0.69 |
0.52 |
0.32 |
0.10 |
0.94 |
3.55 |
0.85 |
247 |
65 |
WS13-216 |
|
49.0 |
61.0 |
12.0 |
0.28 |
0.50 |
0.023 |
0.51 |
0.48 |
0.21 |
0.13 |
0.82 |
2.76 |
0.66 |
33 |
10 |
WS13-218 |
|
0.0 |
19.0 |
19.0 |
0.26 |
0.70 |
0.022 |
0.57 |
0.65 |
0.32 |
0.24 |
1.21 |
3.28 |
0.78 |
62 |
23 |
WS13-219 |
|
0.0 |
64.0 |
64.0 |
0.29 |
0.66 |
0.022 |
0.58 |
0.81 |
0.41 |
0.28 |
1.50 |
3.56 |
0.84 |
228 |
96 |
WS13-220 |
|
0.0 |
150.0 |
150.0 |
0.24 |
0.45 |
0.020 |
0.45 |
0.57 |
0.31 |
0.19 |
1.06 |
2.67 |
0.63 |
400 |
159 |
incl |
|
58.0 |
112.00 |
54.0 |
0.32 |
0.76 |
0.025 |
0.65 |
0.82 |
0.45 |
0.32 |
1.59 |
3.91 |
0.93 |
211 |
86 |
WS13-224 |
|
0.0 |
56.4 |
56.4 |
0.19 |
0.14 |
0.014 |
0.27 |
0.44 |
0.23 |
0.07 |
0.74 |
1.68 |
0.40 |
95 |
42 |
1Footnotes to Drill Interval Tables and Figures: Highlighted
figures related to intervals that are greater than 3.0 g/t Pt Eq.
(1) Nickel equivalent (Ni Eq. %) and platinum equivalent (Pt Eq.
g/t) calculations reflect total gross metal content using US$ of
$7.58/lb nickel (Ni), $2.85/lb copper (Cu), $12.98/lb cobalt (Co),
$1270.38/oz platinum (Pt), $465.02/oz palladium (Pd) and
$1102.30/oz gold (Au) and have not been adjusted to reflect
metallurgical recoveries. The above metal prices are a 20%
reduction of the LME 3-year trailing average metal prices as
presented in the Company's technical report entitled "Wellgreen
Project, Preliminary Economic Assessment, Yukon Canada" dated
August 1, 2012 (the "2012 Wellgreen PEA") and prepared by Andrew
Carter, C.Eng., Pacifico Corpuz, P. Eng., Philip Bridson, P.Eng.,
and Todd McCracken, P.Geo., of Tetra Tech Wardrop Inc. The 2012
Wellgreen PEA is available under the Company's profile on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com. (2) Ni Eq. % and Pt Eq. g/t in "Base Metals" and
"Precious Metals" columns only refers to equivalents of base and
precious metals respectively, not total metals. In the "Total
Metals" column the Pt Eq. includes both base and precious metals,
as does the NiEq. (3) 3E represents the sum of platinum, palladium
and gold, measured in g/t. (4) Significant interval defined as a
minimum 15 g-m Pt Eq. interval. (5) Cutoff grade of 0.2% Ni Eq. (6)
Internal dilution up to six continuous metres of <0.2% Ni Eq.
(7) True thicknesses have not been measured. The 2012 Wellgreen
PEA. Readers should note that the 2012 Wellgreen PEA is preliminary
in nature, in that it includes Inferred Mineral Resources that are
considered too speculative geologically to have economic
considerations applied to them that would enable them to be
categorized as Mineral Reserves, and there is no certainty that the
2012 Wellgreen PEA will be realized. A Mineral Reserve has not been
estimated for the project as part of the 2012 Wellgreen PEA. A
Mineral Reserve is the economically mineable part of a Measured or
Indicated Mineral Resource demonstrated by at least a
prefeasibility study.
The Company has now completed reporting results from its field
programs, as well as results from the comprehensively re-logged and
re-sampled historical drill holes. Approximately 40,000 metres of
new drilling, new sampling or re-logging of historic core has been
conducted since the initial resource estimate on the Wellgreen
project was completed in 2011. The 2014 exploration program is
anticipated to test the highest priority, higher grade expansion
targets, as well as to confirm the continuity of the broad, higher
grade mineralization bands in the Far East, East and Central Zones,
along with the depth extensions in the West and Far West Zones. All
of these targets have potential for the discovery of new
mineralization adjacent to the currently defined zones within the
deposit.
About Wellgreen
Platinum
Wellgreen Platinum Ltd. is a Canadian mining exploration &
development company focused on the acquisition and development of
platinum group metals (PGM) projects in politically stable,
mining-friendly jurisdictions. One of few significant undeveloped
PGM deposits outside southern Africa or Russia, our 100% owned
flagship Wellgreen PGM-nickel-copper project located in Canada's
mining-friendly Yukon Territory is just 14 kilometres by
all-weather road from the paved Alaska highway leading to deep sea
ports in Haines and Skagway, Alaska.
The Company has an experienced management team with a track
record of successful large scale project discovery, development,
operations and financing and is focused on advancing Wellgreen
towards production.
Quality Assurance, Quality Control: The geological information
including drill hole and assay results in this news release have
been reviewed, verified and approved by Neil Froc, P. Eng.,
Wellgreen Platinum's Wellgreen Project Manager, a Qualified Person
under the terms of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects of the Canadian Securities
Administrators ("NI 43-101"). All other scientific and technical
information disclosed herein was reviewed, verified and approved by
John Sagman, P.Eng., Wellgreen Platinum's Senior Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer and a "Qualified Person" as defined in NI
43-101.
Wellgreen Platinum maintains a comprehensive chain of custody
and QA-QC program on assays from its Wellgreen project. This
program has been reviewed and verified during visits to the site by
Neil Froc, P.Eng. Split core samples are cut for assay at site with
remaining samples retained for reference. Industry-standard
certified reference materials and blanks along with duplicate
samples are inserted into the sample stream prior to dispatch to
Acme Analytical Laboratories (Vanc) Ltd. in Whitehorse, Yukon.
Platinum, palladium and gold are determined by lead fusion fire
assay with an ICP atomic emission spectrometry finish. Copper,
nickel and cobalt are determined by four-acid digestion followed by
an ICP atomic emission spectrometry finish. Acme Analytical
Laboratories (Vanc) Ltd. is an accredited laboratories and
registered under ISO 9001: 2000.
Forward Looking Information: This news release includes certain
information that may be deemed "forward-looking information".
Forward-looking information can generally be identified by the use
of forward-looking terminology such as "may", "will", "expect",
"intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe", "continue", "plans"
or similar terminology. All information in this release, other than
information of historical facts, including, without limitation, the
potential of the Wellgreen project, information regarding the 2013
field program with respect to resampling, drilling, metallurgical
optimization, engineering and mine planning, potential mining
methods, anticipated metal recoveries, potential economic
contributions of certain metals, potential update to the 2012
Wellgreen PEA, the timing and success of exploration activities
generally, the timing of future technical reports and general
future plans and objectives for the Wellgreen project is
forward-looking information that involve various risks and
uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations
expressed in such forward-looking information are based on
reasonable assumptions, such expectations are not guarantees of
future performance and actual results or developments may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking information.
Forward-looking information is based on a number of material
factors and assumptions. Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from the forward-looking information include
unsuccessful exploration results, changes in project parameters as
plans continue to be refined, results of future resource estimates,
future metal prices, availability of capital and financing on
acceptable terms, general economic, market or business conditions,
uninsured risks, regulatory changes, defects in title, availability
of personnel, materials and equipment on a timely basis, accidents
or equipment breakdowns, delays in receiving government approvals,
the Company's ability to maintain the support of stakeholders
necessary to develop the Wellgreen project, unanticipated
environmental impacts on operations and costs to remedy same, and
other exploration or other risks detailed herein and from time to
time in the filings made by the Company with securities regulatory
authorities in Canada. Readers are cautioned that mineral resources
that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic
viability. Mineral exploration and development of mines is an
inherently risky business. Accordingly, actual events may differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking information.
For more information on the Company and the risks and challenges of
our business, investors should review our annual filings which are
available at www.sedar.com. The Company does not undertake to
update any forward looking information, except in accordance with
applicable securities laws.
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accuracy of this release."
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