Deep Exploration Drilling to Start at Standby Gold Project Targeting and Extending Two Gold Zones 750 Meters and 1500 Meters Down Plunge on East Limb Structure MMV-TSX-V MNRLF-OTCQB
Deep Exploration Drilling to Start at Standby
Gold Project Targeting and Extending Two
Gold Zones 750 Meters and 1500 Meters Down
Plunge on East Limb Structure
MMV-TSX-V
MNRLF-OTCQB
VANCOUVER
,
Sept. 18, 2019
/CNW/ - Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd. and Mineral Mountain
Resources (SD) Inc. ("
Mineral Mountain
" or the "
Company
") (TSXV: "MMV") is pleased to
announce that Major Drilling, experienced in directional drilling technology for the mineral exploration
industry, have began a
4,000 m
drill program to target historic high grade gold intersections and
extend gold mineralization along the
East Limb Shear Structure
in iron formation. Only the initial
450 m
plunge length of the structure was defined and partially tested during Mineral Mountain's 2018
Phase 1 drilling program. Historic intersections along the
East Limb Structure,
which hosts the
Standby Mine, include
BLG-UG3=
24.0 m
@ 3.36 g/t Au
down plunge from the historic mine and
SM87-3A=
3.10 m
@ 10.29 g/t Au
intersected
1800 m
down plunge along the structure. The major
benefits to employing directional drilling technology is that it enables the Company to dramatically
lower overall drill costs by utilizing shorter directional offsets from a deep trunk hole to test the gold
bearing structure along plunge rather than drilling each hole from surface, provides quicker turn-
around for assays because of the reduced meter necessary to effect multiple penetrations of the
mineralized zone and, importantly reduces the local environmental impact by utilizing fewer drill sites.
Scope of Directional Drill Program
A "trunk hole" of up to 1600 meters in length will be directed down the plunge of the East Limb
Structure using directional drilling technology towards two separate historic gold zones, Target 1
(shallower) and Target 2 (deepest), that are about
750 m
apart. Several shorter off set holes will
then be drilled between the two targets, including above and below Targets 1 and 2, to more
thoroughly explore the East Limb Structure.
The Standby Target -Thickened Iron Formation Cut by a Regional Deformation Zone
The Standby Mine, a turn of the 20
th
century producer, is situated 16 miles (25 km) south of the
Homestake Gold Mine, the largest iron-formation-hosted gold deposit in the world, having produced
over 40 million ounces of gold over its 125 year history at an average historical reserve grade of
approximately 0.27 opt (8.38 g/t Au).
The Standby Target is situated in the northern portion of the
5 mile long (8 kms) Standby-Bloody
Gulch-Lookout Trend
, and represents the southern extension of the
Homestake Corridor,
which
comprises tightly folded and thickened iron formation, the gold-host rock, cut by numerous major
northwest trending, steep, mineralized structures
.
Based on 3D modelling of the Company's 2013
airborne magnetics, surface geological mapping and the control provided by several historic deep
hole arrays completed by Homestake Mining in 1986-87, The Standby Target Trend alone is of
sufficient scale (i.e. multi-kilometer plunge length of structurally thickened iron formation) to host a
major gold ore-bearing structure on the scale of the Homestake 9-Ledge, without even considering
the numerous other major structural trends within gold bearing iron formation present on Mineral
Mountain's 30 sq. km
Rochford
District land package.
Drilling to date by Mineral Mountain has partially defined a gold-bearing, arsenopyrite-pyrrhotite
mineralized, near-vertical shear zone in iron formation, approximately
30 m
wide, striking 129
degrees Azimuth, in structurally thickened iron formation which comprises a tight isoclinal, steeply
dipping closed anticlinal structure forming the eastern limb of the Standby Syncline. This structure,
the East Limb Structure, has been traced for over 400 meters to date in the Company's 2018
drilling, and the Company's database confirms that this gold mineralization also continues through a
number of deep drill holes up to 1.8 kilometers down-plunge that were drilled by Homestake Mining
in 1986-87. In 1987, Homestake drilled SM87-3A which intersected
3.1 m
@ 10.29 g/t Au
at about
1800 m
down plunge. As one example from this trend to date, MMV drill hole ST18-006 intersected
2.12 g/t Au over 20 meters
, including
4.39 g/t Au over
2.5 m
and
5.24 g/t Au over
1.5 m
,
230m
below surface. This drill hole is
50m
down plunge of historical drill hole BLG-UG3 which graded
3.36
g/t Au over 24 meters
. The ST18-006 intersection occurs within a
34 m
wide classic Homestake-
style quartz vein-hydrothermal chlorite breccia with quartz flooding, 3-15% coarse-grained
arsenopyrite and 3-7% pyrrhotite, within the host iron formation.
About Mineral Mountain Resources and the Rochford Gold Project
Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd., through its wholly owned subsidiary Mineral Mountain Resources
(SD) Inc., is focused on the exploration and, if warranted, development of its 100%-owned
Rochford Gold Project
situated along the highly prospective
Homestake Gold Belt
in the Black
Hills of
South Dakota
, U.S.A.
The Rochford Project covers in excess of 7,500 acres and
covers five major trends of structurally thickened auriferous iron formation comparable to
the geological setting of the ledge-type gold mineralization developed at the Homestake
Mine.
Magnetic 3D modelling of the Company's airborne survey in 2013, combined with surface geological
mapping, and the compilation of historic drilling, highlights 3 high priority exploration targets trends,
including the Standby Mine Target, coincident with structurally thickened, sheared, gold-bearing iron
formation within the Mineral mountain land package.
Since 2013, the Company has continued to expand its land position in the
Rochford
gold district by
professional claim staking and by purchasing strategically located private properties that fall along
two of the major sub-parallel structural trends that host Ledge-type gold mineralization. The
Company now owns the largest land position in the
Rochford
greenstone belt and now possesses by
far the largest and most comprehensive database for the district in modern day exploration history,
including the first time that all available data has been compiled and synthesized in modern GIS and
3D imaging software! The Rochford Project is vastly under-explored and has the potential to host
several district scale gold discoveries.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
MINERAL MOUNTAIN RESOURCES LTD.
"Nelson W. Baker"
, President and CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as such term is defined in
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release.
Forward looking information
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be "forward-looking information"
under Canadian securities laws. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical
facts, that address events or developments that the Company expects to occur, constitute forward
looking- information. Forward looking information consists of statements that are not historical
facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "could" or
"should" occur. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-
looking information are based on reasonable assumptions, such information does not constitute
guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in forward-
looking information. Factors that cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward-
looking information include gold prices, results of exploration and development activities,
regulatory changes, defects in title, availability of materials and equipment, timeliness of
government approvals, continued availability of capital and financing and general economic,
market or business conditions. The Company cautions the foregoing list of important factors is not
exhaustive. Investors and others who base themselves on the Company's forward-looking
information should carefully consider the above factors as well as the uncertainties they represent
and the risk they entail. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-
looking information are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will
prove to be correct. Please see the public filings of the Company at
www.sedar.com
for further
information.
SOURCE
Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd.
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Brad Baker, Vice-President Corporate Development & Director, (778)
383-3975, [email protected], Or visit our website: www.mineralmtn.com
CO: Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd.
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