Argo's Talbot Lake Gold Project Permitted for Drilling
Argo's Talbot Lake Gold Project Permitted for
Drilling
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 18, 2023) - Argo Gold Inc. (CSE: ARQ) (OTCQB: ARBTF)
(XFRA, XSTU, XBER: A2ASDS)
("
Argo
") announces that Argo's 100% owned Talbot Lake Gold
Project located 100 kilometres northeast of Pickle Lake, Ontario is now permitted for exploration and
drilling.
Talbot Lake is 8742 hectares of mineral claims covering known high-grade gold mineralization
and 23-line kilometre strike length of basalts with iron formations containing very high-quality exploration
targets for gold mineralization.
There is approximately 50,000 oz. at ~ 14 g/t (gram/tonne) gold based on
diamond drilling to 200 metres.
This is a historical estimate, which in the context of NI 43-101 means an
estimate of the quantity and grade that has not been verified as a current mineral resource and was
prepared before Argo acquired an interest in the Talbot Lake property and cannot be relied on.
Gold in
this quartz vein is not known to be directly associated with local iron formations.
Previous exploration
focused on the high-grade gold quartz vein mineralization and overlooked the banded iron formation type
of gold mineralization (as at the Musselwhite Mine).
Argo acquired the Talbot Lake Project in June 2020 and proceeded with a detailed review, exploration
planning and submitted permitting documentation in late 2020.
Argo looks forward to working with
Eabametoong First Nations at the Talbot Lake Gold Project.
Talbot Lake was identified in the early 1980's by a belt-scale litho-geochemical exploration program
targeting banded iron formations throughout the Pickle and Red Lake greenstone belts by Dome
Exploration (Canada) Limited.
Identified targets by this project included; Opapimiskan Lake (now the
Musslewhite Mine), Dona Lake (now the Dona Lake Mine), and Talbot Lake.
Ground prospecting at
Talbot Lake identified a high-grade gold quartz vein on the property which subsequently became the
focus of all exploration efforts.
The vein itself is hosted in tholeiitic to komatiitic basalts and has been
channel sampled on surface for a length of 48 metres over an average width of 3.28 metres for an uncut
grade of 13.8 grams per tonne gold; the vein was drilled to a depth of 200 metres.
Denison acquired the
property in 1998 and further drilling extended the vein continuity to a depth of 250 metres.
Denison also
performed down hole orientation surveys on several of the Dome drill holes and determined that the
auriferous vein, based on pierce points, was increasing in strike length at depth.
Denison briefly
optioned the property to Abbastar Resources who carried out a drill program and noted in the press
release that gold mineralization occurred in both quartz vein host and iron formation host rocks.
Argo's exploration program for Talbot Lake will consist of; basic geological mapping of the iron
formation, GPS relocation of the diamond drill holes, an airborne survey followed by the generation of
drill targets proximal to known high-grade gold mineralization and a revised focus on the nearby folded
iron formation in a postulated analogous structural setting to that of the Musselwhite Mine.
Historical geological and geophysical exploration of the Talbot Lake gold occurrence area identified
strong disruptions of the magnetic fabric likely due to faulting and/or demagnetisation (Dome
Exploration, OGS Assessment File).
Iron formations most commonly have magnetic high signatures and
can also be conductive.
A historical GeoTEM AEM/AMAG survey covers the property and provides
good base layers of magnetic and electromagnetic data.
However, the flight line spacing of 200 meters,
combined with a magnetic sensor terrain clearance of 80 meters, does not produce high enough
resolution required for precise geological interpretation and drill hole targeting.
To acquire the required
magnetic resolution, a helicopter borne magnetic gradient survey is planned with survey line spacing of
75 meters and terrain clearance of 30 meters.
Bill Kerr, P.Geo, Exploration Geologist of Argo Gold, is the Qualified Person who assumes responsibility
for the technical disclosures in this news release.
Argo also announces that the Lindbergh Oil Well has been on production since late March and Argo's
37.5% of the Lindbergh Oil Well is currently producing approximately 50 barrels oil/day.
Argo also has an
area of mutual interest at Lindbergh whereby Argo can participate in additional oil wells for 37.5% of the
drilling, completion and equipping costs of future wells drilled at Lindbergh for 37.5% of the oil production
from future wells.
In the area proximal to the producing Lindbergh oil well, the operator has identified up
to 6 additional well development locations.
Argo is currently completing a private placement of 12,000,000 shares at a price of $0.10 per share, for
gross proceeds of up to $1,200,000.
The proceeds of the financing will be used for, participation in the
Sparky oil wells, advancement of the gold projects, and general corporate purposes.
Finder's fees may
be payable to qualified individuals pursuant to which the finder may receive a finder's fee equal to 8% of
the gross proceeds of the financing attributable to such finder.
About Argo Gold
Argo Gold is a Canadian mineral exploration and development company.
Information on Argo Gold can
be obtained from SEDAR at
www.sedar.com
and on Argo Gold's website at
www.argogold.com
.
Argo
Gold is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (
www.thecse.com
) (CSE: ARQ) as well as (OTCQB:
ARBTF) and (XFRA, XSTU, XBER: A2ASDS).
For more information please contact:
Judy Baker, CEO
(416) 786-7860
www.argogold.com
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limited to the financing not being completed in its entirety, or at all, delays or uncertainties with drilling
and surface preparation work, and not achieving hoped for exploration success.
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