Banyan Intercepts Extensive Mineralized Zone at Aurex- Mcquesten GOLD Project, Yukon
BANYAN INTERCEPTS EXTENSIVE MINERALIZED ZONE AT AUREX-
MCQUESTEN GOLD PROJECT, YUKON
November 19, 2018 TSX-V: BYN
BANYAN GOLD CORP. (“Banyan” or t he “Company”), is pleased to announce analytical
results from three additional diamond drill holes from the recently completed twelve -hole, 2018
exploration campaign on the Aurex-McQuesten Property, Central Yukon, which is located where
two highly mineralized belts conjoin: Alexco Resource Corp’s High grade silver deposits and
Victoria Gold Eagle project, which is currently being constructed and scheduled to produce over
200,000 ounces of gold starting in second quarter 2019.
“The results from these three additional infill drill holes from the McQuesten Zone of the Aurex-
McQuesten Gold Project continue to demonstrate the potential for a recently recognized near -
surface gold mineralized target with economic potential” stated Tara Christie, President and CEO.
“It was postulated, before this season’s drill program began , that the target area contained near
surface gold mineralization. Thus far, the broad zones of mineralization intersected with Banyan’s
drilling have averaged 0.57 g/t Au; validating the newly developed geologic model. The
McQuesten Zone has existing infrastructure located just 100 m West of the main Yukon
Government highway between Mayo and Keno and just 50m north of the all season road to
Victoria Gold. This access combined with adjacent existing power lines, and the Victoria Gold
heap leach mine being constructed less than 40 km away , gives this property significant
advantages in economics. The average grade of the mineral reserve at Victoria Gold’s eagle
project is 0.67 g/t, full information on the Victoria gold reserve can be found in this release”1
Assays from the three additional holes received are presented in the summary table below , with
highlights including:
• 113.0 metres of 0.74 g/t Au from 63.5 metres in DDH MQ-18-34
o Including 7.1 metres of 1.28 g/t Au from 75.5 metres
• 94.9 metres of 0.64 g/t Au from 8.9 metres in DDH MQ-18-37
o Including 10.5 metres of 1.09 g/t Au from 23.0 metres
o And including 3.6 metres of 5.40 g/ Au from 100.2 metres
These t hree holes along with the four holes released (see News Release dated October 24 th
2018) and hole MQ-18-36 (assays for which remain pending), were designed to test and infill a
500 metre wide zone of the down dip projection of the McQuesten Gold Zone. The McQuesten
Gold Zone represents the surface expression of an approximately 90 metre thick, continuous
calcareous package that transects the area and is interpreted to host to gold mineralization
preferentially within retrograde skarn-related altered horizons.
Table 1: Highlighted Results from McQuesten Gold Zone Drilling Program
Drill Hole From (m) To (m) Interval (m) Au (g/t)
MQ-18-34 63.5 176.5 113.0 0.74
including 63.5 65.0 1.5 1.31
including 75.5 82.6 7.1 1.28
including 86.5 87.5 1.0 1.03
including 92.0 93.5 1.5 3.91
including 118.7 121.0 2.3 1.06
including 124.7 126.4 1.8 1.51
including 132.0 133.0 1.0 1.14
including 137.5 139.0 1.5 11.0
including 143.5 145.0 1.5 0.93
including 149.5 151.0 1.5 0.95
including 167.2 167.8 0.6 17.8
including 170.5 176.5 6 2.21
MQ-18-35 45.0 120.7 75.7 0.28
including 45.0 46.5 1.5 1.70
including 51.0 52.5 1.5 1.04
including 79.5 81.0 1.5 0.94
including 109.2 111.7 2.5 1.18
MQ-18-37 8.9 103.8 94.9 0.64
including 8.9 9.8 0.9 1.78
including 12.8 13.8 1.0 1.25
including 23.0 33.5 10.5 1.09
including 44.0 45.5 1.5 1.52
including 56.7 62.5 5.8 1.66
including 64.7 65.7 1.0 0.92
including 70.0 71.5 1.5 1.11
including 80.5 82.0 1.5 2.06
including 87.4 88.9 1.5 0.96
including 100.2 103.8 3.6 5.40
Completion of 2018 Exploration Program – Aurex-McQuesten Gold Project
The 2018 drill program at Aurex-McQuesten consisted of twelve diamond drill holes totaling 1,414
metres of NTW sized core completed from 11 drill pads. The 2018 drill program targeted a 500
metre wide section of the McQuesten Gold Zone, testing its on-strike extension potential following
upon a gold-in-soil anomaly first identified in a 2017 Banyan soil survey north of the McQuesten
Gold Zone. The first eight holes (MQ-18-30 to MQ-18-37) were designed to infill a 500 metre wide
section of the down dip proje ction of the McQuesten Gold Zone. These holes were on section
with historic holes and together tested a volume of ~12 million metre 3 of the interpreted
mineralized block with a nominal drill-section spacing of 100m and nominal in section drill spacing
of 50 metres.
The final four holes of the Aurex-McQuesten 2018 program were designed to test:
1) A gold-in-soil anomaly identified in the 201 7 soil survey north of the McQuesten Gold
Zone (MQ-18-38) and;
2) The on strike extension of the McQuesten Gold Zone east of the main 500 metre wide
calacerous block tested by the first eight holes (MQ-18-39 to MQ-18-41).
In conjunction with the diamond drilling program, one trench (108 meters) was completed in the
McQuesten Gold Zone to further support the newly generated geologic model.
Additionally, a property wide soil survey was carried out covering approximately 12 km 2 with line
and station spacing of 100m and 25m respectively. These samples are currently being assessed
by XRF techniques and these results will serve to guide next season’s planned definition drilling
program.
Detailed plan maps and drill hole sections in support of these released analytical drill hole results
will be made available on the Company’s website.
Information on Victoria Gold’s Eagle Project
Victoria Gold is currently constructing the Eagle Gold Project, just 40 km to the northwest of the
Aurex-McQuesten. Full information on this project and its feasibility can be found on their website
www.vitgold.com and the details on the Reserve, dated September 12, 2016, mentioned in this
release are below.
Eagle and Olive Mineral Reserve
Type
Ore
(Mt)
Diluted Grade
(g/t)
Contained Gold
(koz)
Eagle Crushed Ore 101 0.72 2,330
Olive Crushed Ore 7 0.95 200
Total Crushed Ore 108 0.73 2,530
Eagle Run of Mine Ore 15 0.27 133
Total 123 0.67 2,663
Analytical Method
All drill core samples collected from the 2018 McQuesten program were analyzed at Bureau
Veritas Minerals of Vancouver, B.C. utilizing the aqua regia digestion ICP-MS 36-element AQ200
analytical package with FA450 50 -gram Fire Assay with AAS finish for gol d on all samples. All
core samples were split on-site at Banyan’s core processing facilities in Elsa, Yukon. Once split,
half samples were placed back in the core boxes with the other half of split samples sealed in
poly bags with one part of a three -part sample tag inserted within. Samples were delivered by
Banyan personnel or a dedicated expediter to the Bureau Veritas, Whitehorse preparatory
laboratory where samples are prepared and then shipped to Bureau Veritas’s Analytical
laboratory in Vancouver, B.C . for pulverization and final chemical analysis. A robust system of
standards, ¼ core duplicates and blanks was implemented in the 2018 exploration drilling
program and was monitored as chemical assay data became available.
Technical Information
The technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Paul D. Gray,
P.Geo., a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at 3:10-3:30PM, Coast High Country Inn, Whitehorse, YT, Ballroom
A
Speaker: James Thom, Senior Geologist & Field Manager will present a talk on “Intrusion Related
Sediment Hosted Gold Mineralization: Perspectives from Hyland & Aurex- McQuesten, Yukon”
Banyan Gold has also launched information on the Hyland Go ld project on the Vrify website,
including the 3D model on the Hyland Gold Resource.
https://vrify.com/explore/projects/196/sites/961
About Banyan Gold
Banyan is a growth stage gold exploration company whose flagship property, the Hyland Gold
Project, is approximately 70km NE of Watson Lake, Yukon, along the southeast end of the Tintina
Gold Belt.
The Hyland Main Zone Indicated Gold Resource Estimate, pr epared in accordance with NI 43 -
101, at a 0.3 g/t gold equivalent cutoff, contains 8.6 million tonnes grading 0.85 g/t AuEq for
236,000 AuEq ounces with an Inferred Mineral Resource of 10.8 million tonnes grading 0.83 g/t
AuEq for 288,000 AuEq ounces.
Cut-off Grade
(AuEq g/t) In situ Tonnes
Au Ag AuEq
Grade
(g/t) Ozs Grade
(g/t) Ozs Grade
(g/t) Ozs
Indicated
0.3 8,637,000 0.78 216,000 7.04 1,954,000 0.85 236,000
Inferred
0.3 10,784,000 0.77 266,000 5.32 1,845,000 0.83 288,000
(1) Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. All figures are rounded
to reflect the relative accuracy of the estimate.
(2) Mineral resources are reported at a cut-off grade of 0.3 g/t AuEq. AuEq grade is based on $1,350.00/oz Au, $17.00/oz
Ag and assumes a 100% recovery. The AuEq calculation does not apply any adjustment factors for difference in
metallurgical recoveries of gold and silver. This information can only be derived from definitive metallurgical testing which
has yet to be completed.
The 9,230 ha Aurex-McQuesten Property, in close proximity to Victoria Gold's Eagle Project and
Alexco Resource's Keno Hill Silver District, is highly prospective for structurally controlled,
intrusion related gold-silver mineralization in relation to quartz monzonite dykes of the Tombstone
intrusive suite.
Banyan trades on the TSX -Venture Exchange under the symbol “BYN”. For more information,
please visit the corporate website at www.BanyanGold.com or contact the Company.
ON BEHALF OF BANYAN GOLD CORPORATION
"Tara Christie"
Tara Christie
President & CEO
For more information, please contact:
Tara Christie David Rutt
Tel: (888) 629-0444 Tel: (888) 629-0444
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
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