Banyan Drills 54m of 0.93g/t Gold at the Main Zone of the Hyland Gold Project, Yukon
*The Hyland Main Zone Inferred Gold Resource, prepared in accordance with NI 43-101, at a 0.6 g/t gold equivalent ("AuEq")
cutoff, contains 12,503,994 tonnes with 361,692 ounces gold at 0.9 g/t and 2,248,948 ounces silver at 5.59 g/t for a
combined gold and silver 396,468 ounces gold equivalent at 0.99 g/t.
Banyan Drills 54m of 0.93g/t Gold at the Main Zone of the Hyland Gold Project, Yukon
November 6, 2017 TSX-V: BYN
BANYAN GOLD CORP. (“Banyan” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce results from the next
six holes of its 2017 Exploration Program at its 100% owned Hyland Gold Project (the “Property”) in
the Yukon’s emerging Selwyn Basin District.
The results from these next six holes, HY17-059 to HY17-062, HY17-064 and HY17-065, continue the
process of building gold ounces within the deposit and extending the known Main Zone mineralization
to the north. Highlighted results from these drill holes include:
27.43 metres of 1.26 g/t Au and 4.11 g/t Ag from 36.58 to 64.01 metres in HY17-062
54 metres of 0.93 g/t and 5.99 g/t Ag from 33.1 to 87.1 metres HY17-065
These long, continuously mi neralized intersections of gold and silver mineralization were punctuated
by high-grade intervals such as 1.5 metres of 6.3 g/t Au and 5.4 g/t Ag from 45.1 to 46.6 metres in
HY17-062 and 24.85 metres of 1.78 g/t Au and 8.23 g/t Ag from 52.15 to 77 metres in drill hole
HY17-065.
The 2017 Hyland exploration program was completed at the end of September and culminated with
3,847 metres of diamond drilling from 25 drill holes focused on in -fill drilling, step-out exploration and
dedicated metallurgical drilling concentrated on the Hyland Gold Main Zone gold -silver deposit. This
year’s exploration efforts were focused on increasing confidence in the Main Zone Resource * model
as well as targeting resource expansion via testing the northern portion of the Main Zone, a previously
under-tested zone prospective for the continuation of the Main Zone gold-silver mineralization.
Tara Christie, President & CEO, state d “HY17-065 is 100 metres north from the last drill section
utilized in the 2012 Hyland Main Zone resource model . More importantly this year’s results
demonstrate continuation of on-surface, oxide mineralization to the north and to depth; both of which
correlate well with our understanding of th is predicable and continuously mineralized near -surface
Main Zone gold-silver deposit.”
Drill holes HY17-059 to HY-17061 were all drilled from the same pad, to maximize drill fence coverage
on this important step-out exploration section. HY17-059 had a steep dip to the east and 060 and 061
were more shallowly east dipping. HY17-060 collared in a mineralized fault and was abandoned at 10
metres due to very po or recovery (<20% recovery – a typical problem when drilling the near -surface
portions of the Main Zone Deposit) . The hole was re-drilled successfully as HY17-061 and intersected
the near surface and deeper mineralized zones on the limbs of the anticline , once again validating the
Main Zone resource model . A deeper mineralized zone was also intersected in HY17 -062, 100m
further to the east along section.
Drill-holes HY17-064 and HY17-065 represent 50 metre and 100 metre step-out exploration test holes,
respectively and targeted a predicted extension to the mineralized zone proximal to the hinge of the
interpreted antiform which controls the Main Zone Deposit. HY17-064, was the 100 metre step-out
exploration hole on this section while HY17-065, the 50 metre step-out drill-hole intersected the near-
surface mineralized zone within the hinge of the antiform.
The full results from the se six drill holes are provided in the following table. Maps with drill -hole
locations and sections can be found on the Company’s website
(http://www.banyangold.com/projects/hyland/).
Hole # Comment From
(m) To (m) Interval (m) Au
(g/t)
Ag
(g/t)
HY17-059 9.14 22.86 13.72 0.28 9.69
incl. 15.95 18.6 2.65 0.53 41.7
33.53 57.91 24.38 0.31 0.25
incl. 45.57 48.77 3.2 0.86 0.46
which incl. 47.25 48.77 1.52 1.16 0.80
HY17-060 Not completed due to poor core recovery. Re-drilled as HY17-061
HY17-061 0 45.32 45.32 0.24 2.25
incl. 25.14 42.1 16.96 0.46 1.40
which incl. 40.34 42.1 1.76 1.27 7.21
107.07 111.75 4.68 0.56 4.88
incl. 108.35 109.73 1.38 0.94 7.20
135.05 147.5 12.45 0.56 2.15
182.2 225 42.8 0.49 1.94
incl. 182.2 187.1 4.9 1.32 1.92
and incl. 204.05 215.9 11.85 0.67 1.42
which incl. 204.05 209.45 5.4 0.97 1.61
HY17-062 23.35 102.72 79.37 0.69 5.18
incl. 36.58 64.01 27.43 1.26 4.11
which incl. 45.11 46.63 1.52 6.30 5.40
and incl. 100.2 102.72 2.52 1.35 24.95
HY17-063 Results Pending
HY17-064 74.63 137.5 62.87 0.234 3.06
incl. 108.65 114.3 5.65 0.55 3.37
HY17-065 33.15 87.14 53.99 0.93 5.99
incl. 52.15 77 24.85 1.78 8.23
which incl. 52.15 54.15 2 5.62 16.10
Lengths above are drill intervals. True widths are estimated to be 60-70% of drilled lengths. HY17-065 is
interpreted to be a true width.
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.
Analytical Method
All drill core samples collected from the Hyland Gold program were analyzed at Bureau Veritas
Minerals of Burnaby, B.C. utilizing the four a cid digestion ICP -MS 35 -element MA300 analytical
package with FA450 50 -gram Fire Assay with AAS finish for gold on all samples. All core samples
were split on -site at Banyan’s core processing facilities at the Hyland Gold Project. 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. All these samples were delivered by Bany an
personnel or a dedicated expe diter to the Bureau Veritas, Whi tehorse preparatory laboratory where
samples are prepared and then shipped to Bureau Veritas’s Analytical laboratory in Burnaby, B.C. for
pulverization and final chemical analysis. A robust system of standards was implemented in the 2017
exploration drilling program and are monitored as chemical assay data become available.
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 Inferred Gold Resource Estimate, pre pared in accordance with NI 43 -101, at a
0.6g/t gold equivalent cutoff, contain s 12,503,994 tonnes with 361,692 ounces gold at 0.9g/t and
2,248,948 ounces silver at 5.59g/t for a combined gold a nd silver 396,468 ounces gold equivalent at
0.99 g/t.
The newly acquired 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 perspective for structurally controlled,
intrusion related gold -silver mineralization in relation t o 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.
The Company will be in attendance and presenting at the Precious Metals Summit in Zurich
and London November 7 – 9, 2017 (http://www.precioussummit.com/).
ON BEHALF OF BANYAN GOLD CORPORATION
(signed) "Tara Christie"
Tara Christie
President & CEO
For more information, please contact:
Tara Christie David Rutt
Tel: (888) 629-0444 Tel: (888) 629-0444
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