Banyan Strengthens Board of Directors with Appointment of Marc Blythe
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BANYAN STRENGTHENS BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH
APPOINTMENT OF MARC BLYTHE
February 24, 2022 TSX-V: BYN | OTCQB: BYAGF
VANCOUVER, BC, February 24, 2022 – Banyan Gold Corp . (the " Company" or "Banyan")
(TSXV: BYN) (OTCQB: BYAGF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Marc Blythe as a
Director of the Company.
Mr. Blythe is an independent mining consultant who provides diligence reviews and operational
advice to mining companies and financiers. He brings over 29 years of experience in operations,
exploration, mergers and acquisitions, financing, and corporate strategy in the mining sector.
Mr. Blythe previously served as Vice-President of Corporate Development at Nevsun Resources
Ltd. from 2017 until its acquisition by Zijin Mining Group Ltd. for $1.9 billion in 2018 and he was
President & CEO of Tarsis Resources Ltd. (now Alianza Minerals Ltd.) (TSXV: ANZ) from 2007
until 2015 and concurrently served as Vice- President, Mining of Almaden Minerals Ltd. (TSX:
AMM, NYSE MKT: AAU) from 2006 to 2011. He also held various senior management positions
with Placer Dome Inc. and WMC Ltd. Mr. Blythe is currently a member of the boards of Alianza
Minerals Ltd., Mich Resources Ltd., Arcus Development Group, Visionary Gold Corp. and Au Gold
Corp. He is a registered professional engineer in British Columbia and has a Master of Business
Administration from La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia and a Bachelor of Mining
Engineering degree from the Western Australian School of Mines.
"On behalf of the Board of Directors, I welcome Mr. Blythe to the team as we move towards our
Resource update and PEA," said Tara Christie, President & CEO. “His experience and knowledge
in project development will add value to the Board’s skills as Banyan continues to advance and
realize the full value potential of its AurMac and Hyland Projects.”
The Company has issued 400,000 stock options at $0.395 per share to a director of the Company.
They are exercisable for a period of 5 years.
Upcoming Events
Banyan will be attending:
● BMO 31st Global Metals & Mining Conference – February 27 - March 2, 2022
● International Deal Gateway – March 4, 2022
● Metals Investor Forum Vancouver – March 10-11, 2022
o Booth and Presentation
● 121 Mining Investment Las Vegas – March 30-31, 2022
● Mines & Money Connect – April 5-7, 2022
● Vancouver Resource Investment Conference – May 16-17, 2022
o Booth and Presentation
All events are subject to change.
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2022 Exploration Program Update
Banyan started its 2022 exploration program on January 26, 2022 and has three drills operating
on the property. Ten drill holes and over 2,000 metres (“m”) of drilling has been completed of the
planned 30,000 m drill program.
COVID-19 Update
Banyan Gold continues to take proactive measures to protect the health and safety of our Yukon
communities, our contractors and our employees from COVID 19. Exploration activities will
continue to have additional safety measures in place, regularly updated to follow and exceed all
the recommendations of Yukon’s Chief Medical Officer.
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 Gold, and adjacent to Victoria
Gold's Eagle Gold Mine, in Canada’s Yukon Territory. The initial resource for the AurMac Property
of 903,945 oz Au (see Table 1 below) was announced in May 2020. Our major strategic
shareholders include Franklin Gold and Precious Metals Fund, Osisko Development, and Victoria
Gold Corporation. Banyan is focused on gold exploration projects that have the geological
potential, size of land package and proximity to infrastructure that is advantageous for a mineral
project to have potential to become a mine. Our Yukon based projects both fit this model and our
objective is to gain shareholder value by advancing projects in our pipeline.
The 173 sq km AurMac Property lies 30 km from Victoria Gold's Eagle Project and adjacent to
the Keno Hill Silver District operated by Alexco Resource Corp. (“ Alexco”) and is highly
prospective for structurally controlled, intrusion related gold-silver mineralization. The property is
located adjacent to the main Yukon highway and just off the main access road to the Victoria Gold
open-pit, heap leach Eagle Gold mine. The AurMac Property benefits from a 3-phase powerline,
existing Yukon Energy Corp. switching power station and cell phone cov erage. Banyan has
optioned the properties from Victoria Gold and Alexco, respectively, with a right to earn up to a
100% interest, subject to royalties.
The Initial Mineral Resource Estimate for the AurMac Property was prepared in 2020 and
consisted of 903,945 ounces of gold (see Table 1 ). It is a near surface, road accessible pit
constrained Mineral Resource contained in two near/on-surface deposits: the Airstrip deposit and
the Powerline Deposit.
Table 1: Pit-Constrained Inferred Mineral Resources at a 0.2 g/t Au Cut-Off – AurMac Property
Deposit Classification
Tonnage
Tonnes
Average Au
Grade
g/t
Au Content
oz
Airstrip Inferred 45,997,911 0.524 774,926
Powerline Inferred 6,578,609 0.610 129,019
Total Combined Inferred 52,576,520 0.535 903,945
Notes:
1. The effective date for the Mineral Resource is May 25, 2020.
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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 definitions 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 0.2 g/t Au, using a US$/CAN$ exchange rate of 0.75 and
constrained within an open pit shell optimized with t he Lerchs-Grossman algorithm to constrain the Mineral
Resources with the following estimated parameters: gold price of US$1,500/ounce, US$1.50/t mining cost,
US$2.00/t processing cost, US$2.50/t G+A, 80% heap leach recoveries, and 45° pit slope.
5. The Mineral Resource Estimate was prepared in accordance with National Instrument NI 43-101, Standards
of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”) requirements by Marc Jutras, P.Eng., M.A.Sc., Principal, Ginto
Consulting Inc, with technical report filed on SEDAR on July 7,2020.
The Hyland Gold Project, located 70 km Northeast of Watson Lake, Yukon, along the Southeast
end of the Tintina Gold Belt is a sediment hosted, structurally controlled, intrusion related gold
deposit, with a large land package (over 125 sq km), with the resource contained in the Main Zone
area (900 m x 600 m) daylighting at surface and numerous other known surface gold targets. It
appears the Main Zone oxide zone would be amenable to heap leach open pit mining, with column
leach recoveries of 86%. The project has an existing gravel access road.
Table 2 shows the Hyland Main Zone Indicated Gold Resource Estimate, prepared 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.
Table 2: Hyland Main Zone Indicated Gold Resource Estimate
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
Notes:
1. Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
2. All figures are rounded to reflect the relative accuracy of the estimate.
3. 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.
4. Mineral Resource Estimate prepared in accordance with NI 43-101 by Robert Carne, Allan Armitage and Paul
Gray dated and filed on SEDAR on May 1, 2018.
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.
Qualified Person
Paul D. Gray, P.Geo., Vice Presiden t of Exploration for the Company, is a “qualified person” as
defined under National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-
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101”), and has reviewed and approved the content of this news release. Mr. Gray has verified the
data disclosed in this press release, including the sampling, analytical and test data underlying
the information
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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Company’s plan for a Resource update at the AurMac Propert y and the commencement of a Preliminary Economic
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