Banyan Gold Files Technical Report for AurMac Property, 6.2 Million Ounce Updated Mineral Resource Estimate, Yukon, Canada
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Banyan Gold Files Technical Report for AurMac Property, 6.2 Million Ounce
Updated Mineral Resource Estimate, Yukon, Canada
July 7, 2023 TSX-V: BYN
VANCOUVER, BC, July 7, 2023 - Banyan Gold Corp . (the "Company" or "Banyan") (TSX-V:
BYN) (OTCQB: BYAGF) announces the filing of the Technical Report to support the Updated
Mineral Resource Estimate (“ Mineral Resource”) in accordance with the Canadian Institute of
Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (“ CIM”) Definition Standards incorporated by reference in
National Instrument 43-101 (“ NI 43 -101”) for the AurMac Property. The AurMac Property is
located in the Mayo Mining district, approximately 40 kilometres (“km”) northeast from the village
of Mayo, Yukon and 356 km north of Whitehorse, Yukon (the “AurMac Property”). The Technical
Report was prepared by Marc Jutras, P.Eng., M.A.Sc., Principal, Ginto Consulting Inc., Tawnya
Thornton, P.Eng., of JDS Energy & Mining Inc. and Deepak Malhotra, PhD., of Forte Dynamics.
The Technical Report is available for review on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s
website at www.banyangold.com.
As announced on May 24, 2023, the Updated AurMac Mineral Resource comprises a total
inferred mineral resource of 6,181,000 ounces of gold (Table 1) on the road accessible AurMac
Property.
This pit constrained mineral resource is contained in three near/on-surface deposits: the Airstrip,
Powerline and Aurex Hill deposits. The Resource Estimate is summarized below in Table 1
Table 1: Pit- Constrained Inferred Mineral Resources – AurMac Property
Deposit Gold Cut-Off
(g/t)
Tonnage
(Mt)
Average Gold
Grade (g/t)
Contained Gold
(koz)
Airstrip 0.25 41.2 0.68 897
Powerline 0.25 197.4 0.61 3,840
Aurex Hill 0.30 74.3 0.60 1,444
Total Combined 0.25 to 0.3 312.9 0.61 6,181
Notes:
1. The effective date for the Mineral Resource is May 18, 2023.
2. Mineral Resources which are not Mineral Reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. The estimate
of Mineral Resources may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation,
sociopolitical, marketing, changes in global gold markets or other relevant issues.
3. The CIM Definition Standards were followed for classification of Mineral Resources. The quantity and grade
of reported Inferred Mineral Resources in this estimation are uncertain in nature and there has been insufficient
exploration to define these Inferred Mineral Resources as an Indicated Mineral Resource and it is uncertain if
further exploration will result in upgrading them to an Indicated or Measured Mineral Resource category.
4. Mineral Resources are reported at a cut-off grade of 0.25 g/t Au for the Airstrip and Powerline and 0.3 g/t Au
for the Aurex Hill deposits, using a US$/CAN$ exchange rate of 0.75 and constrained within an open pit shell
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optimized with the Lerchs-Grossman algorithm to constrain the Mineral Resources with the following estimated
parameters: gold price of US $1,800/ounce, US$2.50/t mining cost, US$5.50/t processing cost, UD$2.00/t
G+A, 80% heap leach recoveries, and 45° pit slope.1
5. The number of tonnes was rounded to the nearest hundred thousand. The number of ounces was rounded to
the nearest thousand. Any discrepancies in the totals are due to rounding effects; rounding followed the
recommendations as per NI 43-101.
2023 Exploration Update
Banyan initiated its 2023 exploration program on March 1, 2023 and has had up to three (3) drills
operating on the Property. Ninety-four (94) drill holes and over 22,000 metres (“m”) of drilling has
been completed to date which together closed the gap between the Powerline Zone and Aurex
Hill Zone and extended the Aurex Hill Zone further to the east.
Qualified Persons
Paul D. Gray, P.Geo., is a “qualified person” as defined under NI 43-101, and has reviewed and
approved the contents of this new release. Mr. Gray has verified the data disclosed in this news
release, including the sampling, analytical and test data underlying the information.
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About Banyan
Banyan's primary asset, the AurMac Property is comprised of the Aurex and McQuesten
properties, as well as claims staked and owned 100% by Banyan, and adjacent to Victoria Gold's
Eagle Gold Mine, in Canada’s Yukon Territory. The updated resource for the AurMac Property of
6.2 million ounces has an effective date of May 18, 2023.
The 173 square kilometres (“ sq km”) AurMac Property lies 30 km from Victoria Gold’s Eagle
Project and adjacent to Hecla Mining’s high grade Keno Hill Silver mine. The property is
transected by the main Yukon highway and access road to the Victoria Gold open-pit, heap leach
Eagle Gold mine. The AurMac Property benefits from a 3-phase powerline, existing power station
and cell phone coverage. Banyan has a right to earn up to a 100% interest, in both the Aurex and
McQuesten Properties, subject to certain royalties.
In addition to the AurMac Property, the Company holds the Hyland Gold Project, located 70 km
Northeast of Watson Lake, Yukon, along the Southeast end of the Tintina Gold Belt (the “Hyland
Project”). The Hyland Project represents a sediment hosted, structurally controlled, intrusion
related gold deposit, within a large land package (over 125 sq km), accessible by a network of
existing gravel access roads.
Banyan trades on the TSX -Venture Exchange under the symbol “ BYN” and is quoted on the
OTCQB Venture Market under the symbol “ BYAGF”. For more information, please visit the
corporate website at www.banyangold.com or contact the Company.
1 The gold price and cost assumptions are consistent with current pricing assumptions and costs and, in particular, are
consistent with those employed for recent technical reports for similar pit-constrained Yukon gold projects.
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ON BEHALF OF BANYAN GOLD CORPORATION
(signed) “Tara Christie”
Tara Christie
President & CEO
For more information, please contact:
Tara Christie • 778 928 0556 • [email protected]
Jasmine Sangria • 604 312 5610 • [email protected]
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comprised of historical facts and is based upon the Company’s current internal expectations, estimates, projections,
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forward-looking information. Forward looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, the
Company’s plans for exploration; and statements regarding exploration expectations, exploration or development plans
and timelines; mineral resource estimates; mineral recoveries and anticipated mining costs. Factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include uncertainties inherent in resource
estimates, continuity and extent of mineralization, capital and operating cos ts varying significantly from estimates, the
preliminary nature of metallurgical test results, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental,
environmental or other project approvals, political risks, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing
needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, changes in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity prices,
and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry, enhanced risks inherent to conducting
business in any jurisdiction, and those risks set out in Banyan’s public documents filed on SEDAR. Although Banyan
believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are
reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news
release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Banyan
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