Bravada to Mobilize Drill Rig to Test the Feeder Target at Wind Mountain Gold/Silver Project, Nevada
Bravada to Mobilize Drill Rig to Test the
Feeder Target at Wind Mountain Gold/Silver
Project, Nevada
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - November 10, 2020) -
Bravada Gold Corporation
(TSXV: BVA) (FSE: BRTN) (OTCQB: BGAVF) (the "Company" or "Bravada") announces that a drill rig
is expected to mobilize to the Company's 100% owned
Wind Mountain gold/silver project
in
northwestern Nevada after the US Thanksgiving holiday. Three or four reverse-circulate drill holes are
planned to depths ranging from 360m to 580m as the first relatively deep test of the interpreted feeder
zone of this large hydrothermal system.
The
Feeder target
is interpreted as the deeper source area for gold/silver-bearing hydrothermal fluids
that resulted in the shallower disseminated gold/silver open-pit deposit previously mined by Amax Gold
and the remaining Resources defined by Bravada. Evidence for the target concept is from Amax's
shallow condemnation drill holes and Bravada's geological mapping, geochemical sampling, magnetic
geophysics, and nearby 2017/18 deep drill holes. Disseminated gold and silver mineralization on the
Wind Mountain property is exposed over a strike length of +6km, indicating a robust gold system that
spread laterally over a large area within permeable host sediments; however, a high-grade "feeder"
zone has not been discovered to date and that is the objective of this campaign.
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In other project news
, assays for diamond drilling completed at Bravada's
Highland gold/silver
project
are still pending as assay labs continue to be backed up due to Covid-19 issues and delayed
drilling programs that are now underway, which have overwhelmed assay labs. Assays now are
expected in December.
Field work was initiated in late October at the Company's 100% owned
SF/HC gold project
. Initial work
included geologic mapping, rock-chip sampling, and claim staking. SF is a Carlin-type gold property
located along the Battle Mountain-Eureka Gold trend, approximately 6 kilometers east of Barrick's
Goldrush/Red Hill development-stage gold mine in the prolific Cortez district.
About Wind Mountain
The Wind Mountain Property is in northwestern Nevada approximately 160km northeast of Reno in a
sparsely populated region with excellent logistics, including county-maintained road access and a power
line to the property. It is an historic past-producing, bulk-tonnage gold-silver mine. An independent
resource estimate and Preliminary Economic Evaluation for Wind Mountain commissioned by Bravada
in 2012 reported:
570,000 ounces of gold and 14.7 million ounces of silver in the Indicated category, and
354,000 ounces of gold and 10.1 million ounces of silver in the Inferred category.
See the table below and news release NR-06-12 dated April 11, 2012 for details of the resource update.
Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Inferred
resources are considered too speculative geologically to have economic considerations applied to them
that would enable them to be classified as mineral reserves. There is no assurance that any part of the
resources will ultimately be converted to mineral reserves.
Mine Development Associates compiled the Technical Report and PEA. Thomas Dyer, P.E. is a Senior
Engineer for MDA and is responsible for sections of the Technical Report involving mine designs and
the economic evaluation, and Steven Ristorcelli, C.P.G., is a Principal Geologist for MDA and is
responsible for the sections involving the Mineral Resource estimate. These are the Qualified Persons of
the technical report for the purpose of Canadian NI 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Economic
Analyses of Mineral Projects. Details of the PEA produced by Mine Development Associates (MDA) of
Reno can be found on SEDAR, as previously reported (see NR-07-12 dated May 1, 2012). Note that
although the PEA was encouraging, it is preliminary in nature, 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 PEA will be
realized.
Tons
oz Au/T
oz Ag/T
Tonnes
gms
Au/T
gms
Ag/T
oz Au
oz Ag
Indicated resource
Oxide at 0.005 oz Au/ton cut off
58,816,000
0.010
0.25
53,372,051
0.343
8.6
564,600
14,539,000
Mixed/Sulfide at 0.01 oz Au/ton
cut off
498,000
0.012
0.40
451,906
0.411
13.7
5,900
197,000
Total
59,314,000
53,823,956
570,500
14,736,000
Inferred resource
Oxide at 0.005 oz Au/ton cut off
19,866,000
0.006
0.17
18,027,223
0.206
5.8
125,200
3,443,000
Mixed/Sulfide at 0.01 oz Au/ton cut off
14,595,000
0.016
0.46
13,244,102
0.549
15.8
229,100
6,672,000
Total
34,461,000
31,271,325
354,300
10,115,000
About Bravada
Bravada is an exploration company with a portfolio of high-quality properties in Nevada, one of the best
mining jurisdictions in the world. Bravada has successfully identified and advanced properties with the
potential to host high-margin deposits while successfully attracting partners to fund later stages of project
development. Three of Bravada's ten Nevada properties are being funded by partners. Bravada's value
is underpinned by a substantial gold and silver resource with a positive PEA at Wind Mountain, and the
Company has significant upside potential from possible new discoveries at its exploration properties.
Since 2005, the Company signed 32 earn-in joint-venture agreements for its properties with 19 publicly
traded companies, as well as a similar number of property-acquisition agreements with private
individuals. Bravada currently has 10 projects in its portfolio, consisting of 764 claims for approximately
6,100 ha in two of Nevada's most prolific gold trends. Most of the projects host encouraging drill
intercepts of gold and already have drill targets developed. Several videos are available on the
Company's website that describe Bravada's major properties, answering commonly asked investor
questions. Simply click on this link
http://www.bravadagold.com/en/management-videos.php
.
Joseph Anthony Kizis, Jr. (AIPG CPG-11513, Wyoming PG-2576) is the qualified person responsible for
reviewing and preparing the technical data presented in this release and has approved its disclosure.
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On behalf of the Board of Directors of Bravada Gold Corporation
"Joseph A. Kizis, Jr."
Joseph A. Kizis, Jr., Director, President, Bravada Gold Corporation
For further information, please visit Bravada Gold Corporation's website at
bravadagold.com
or contact
the Company at 604.684.9384 or 775.746.3780.
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