Mineral Mountain Research Confirms A Regional Connection Between the Rochford and Homestake Districts MMV-TSX-V MNRLF-OTCQB M8M:FRANKFURT
Mineral Mountain Research Confirms A Regional Connection
Between the Rochford and Homestake Districts
MMV-TSX-V
MNRLF-OTCQB
M8M:FRANKFURT
VANCOUVER, BC
,
April 19, 2022
/CNW/ - Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd. ("
Mineral Mountain
" or the "
Company
") (TSXV: MMV)
(OTCQB: MNRLF) (FRANKFURT: M8M) is pleased to announce that Mineral Mountain's structural compilation completed by globally
renowned SRK Consulting and the recently completed Re-Os age dating of sulfide mineralization by Dr.
Holly Stein
of the AIRIE (Applied
Isotope Research) program at
Colorado State University
confirm a regional connection between the
Rochford
and Homestake gold
camps (
see Figures 1 and 2 attached
). The critical insights are:
For most of their histories, the
Rochford
and Homestake Districts were adjacent
Restoration of 14 km of offset along the regional Homestake Shear Zone directly juxtaposes the two camps and connects their
major anticlinoria into a single early structure
In both camps, gold mineralization is hosted in iron formation wrapping around these regional antiforms
Although the iron formations are different in age in the two camps,
the architecture and geology are nearly identical.
Figure 1
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Figure 2
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Iron formation-hosted (BIF) gold mineralization in the northern Black Hills is found in two regions: the Homestake camp around Lead and
Mineral Mountain's 7800-acre Rochford Project. The recognition of a major shear zone between the two camps has profound
implications for gold exploration within Company Claims. Restoration of at least 14 kilometers of late-stage offset along this shear
system places the
Rochford
and Homestake camps in direct proximity, and links their hosting anticlinoria into a single major regional
scale structure, with older stratigraphy containing the Homestake iron formation dominating around Lead and younger iron formations
around
Rochford
.
"Unfolding" the complexly deformed Precambrian rocks in the northern Black Hills reveals
a single major antiform that controls gold
mineralization
that is profoundly well-mineralized and contains the supergiant Homestake camp, the highly prospective and
underexplored
Rochford
camp, and, also controls the Tertiary-aged Wharf Mine that contains >8 million ounces of gold remobilized from
older Precambrian iron formation at depth. Most of the shearing that displaced the Homestake and
Rochford
districts occurred during a
regional gold mineralization event at ~1735 Ma, which has been recently confirmed through precise Re-Os sulfide age dating by Mineral
Mountain. This event introduced >70 million ounces of gold into the Homestake deposit and formed
widespread virtually unexplored
gold mineralization in the
Rochford
District
. Given the similarities between the two camps,
Rochford
is interpreted to contain very
high potential
for multiple
Homestake-type iron formation gold targets. Unpublished age dating of the Precambrian schists within the
Rochford
District, combined with the new structural insights from the SRK study, opens up the possibility for exposures of older
Homestake Mine stratigraphic units, including the Homestake iron formation itself, within deeply uplifted structural blocks particularly in
the northeastern part of the district.
Mineral Mountain has assembled a district-scale land position at
Rochford
totaling 7,858 acres through ongoing acquisitions since 2016.
Around a dozen historic mines produced up to 50,000 ounces of gold each from iron formation-hosted deposits in the
Rochford
District
at Homestake-like average grades ranging
from 4 to 10 g/t Au
. Only two of these mines have been drill-tested in any significant way;
Mineral Mountain's Standby Mine and the Cochrane Mine (of which Mineral Mountain controls >1,500 meters of down-plunge extent
below a depth of 300 meters). Of 184 exploration holes known to have been drilled in the
Rochford
District prior to the entry of Mineral
Mountain in 2013 totaling just 29,085 meters, all but a handful have been limited to depths of less than 250 meters. Many areas of iron
formation with strong gold mineralization at surface have never been drill tested at all. The new technical insights at
Rochford
have
enabled Mineral Mountain's technical team to evaluate and rank the prospective drill targets.
About Mineral Mountain
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
physically situated 26 kilometers south of the
world's richest and largest orogenic gold deposits, the Homestake Mine, within the highly prospective
Homestake Gold Belt
in the
Black Hills of
South Dakota, U.S.A.
With the staking of the Black Eagle-King of the West-Yellow Bird Trend, the Rochford Project now covers
7,858 acres
, covering four
major trends of structurally thickened auriferous iron formation comparable to the ledge-type gold mineralization developed at the
Homestake Mine. The Standby Mine Target, the Company's flagship project is the most advanced gold exploration target within the
Rochford Gold Project is believed to possess the requisite volume of altered and gold-mineralized iron formation needed to contain
a
large, economic gold resource.
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! The Rochford Project is vastly under-
explored and has the potential to host several district scale gold discoveries.
In the coming weeks, Mineral Mountain will be providing exciting new information pertaining sampling
results from our five strongest
gold targets
defined to data and details of our fully permitted
9,000 m
drill program to test the Standby Mine target down-plunge.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
MINERAL MOUNTAIN RESOURCES LTD.
"Nelson W. Baker"
, President and CEO
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activities, that contracted parties provide goods and/or services on the agreed timeframes, that equipment necessary for exploration is
available as scheduled and does not incur unforeseen break downs, that no labour shortages or delays are incurred, that plant and
equipment function as specified, that no unusual geological or technical problems occur, and that laboratory and other related services
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Such factors include, among others, the interpretation and actual results of current exploration activities; changes in project parameters
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should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information.
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For further information:
Brad Baker, Vice-President Corporate Development & Director, (778) 383-3975 [email protected],
www.mineralmtn.com
CO: Mineral Mountain Resources Ltd.
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