Dios discovers new gold occurrences 8 km west of its K2 project: up to 6.72 g/t gold on WI-Target Montreal, Quebec – DIOS EXPLORATION discovers new gold occurrences 8 km west of K2, up to 6.72 grams per ton gold in rocks and significantly up to 233 ppb gold in B-
November 29, 2017
Dios discovers new gold occurrences 8 km west of its K2 project:
up to 6.72 g/t gold on WI-Target
Montreal, Quebec – DIOS EXPLORATION discovers new gold occurrences 8 km west of
K2, up to 6.72 grams per ton gold in rocks and significantly up to 233 ppb gold in B-
horizon 50 m apart, some 700 m down-ice of electromagnetic conductor anomalies.
Prospecting and mapping was carried out by Dios Exploration on K2 in 2017, along
Lower Eastmain Greenstone belt, James Bay Eeyou Istchee, Quebec. Special effort was
put on Attila showings extents, on the magnetic lineament along southwest margin of
Kali plug and on the Western (inputs/vtem) conductor area.
At western end of wholly-owned K2 gold-silver-copper property, previous airborne
geophysical surveys defined a non-outcropping three-kilometer long electromagnetic
conductor at margin of Kali plug and adjacent volcanics: WI-target (9 inputs & vtem
anomalies). The inputs may be interpreted as two parallel eastwest conductors at
southeast limit of a 4 x 0.5 km low magnetic anomaly . Further west, additional
inputs-EM conductors extend for a minimum strike length of 7-8 kilometer within
favourable volcanic rocks.
Reconnaissance was difficult due to bogs overlying most of western inputs. A single soil test-line
of 4 samples was possible over two NE-SW drumlins between 2 inputs, and two of these B-
horizon samples (50m apart) show very significant gold contents, i.e. 49 and 283 ppb gold . This
B-horizon gold-in-soil anomaly remains open to the north (bog) and laterally. Along same
drumlin , a glacial rock boulder with 1% pyrite assayed 6.72 g/t Au, 29 g/t Ag & 0.12% Cu.
Some 700 meters east of the goldbearing boulder is a non-outcropping 1km-long vtem
conductor coincidental with the three most eastern inputs. Systematic soil-sampling along the
drumlin as well as induced polarization over the WI-target are planned. Processing of available
airborne mag-vtem data for disseminated/ weak conductors (apparent induced polarization)
is in progress.
About 8km east of WI-target, the main Attila showing , a chalcopyrite-rich stringer/
quartz- chlorite- carbonate stockwork zone extending over 75m and about 5-15m wide
yielded up to 8.08 g/t Au, 96.7 g/t Ag, 2.43% Cu & 0.17% Zn. A total of 13 rock samples
collected in 2016 from the «Attila Zone» averaged grades of 1.07 g/t Au, 38.8 g/t Ag,
1.25% Cu & 0.01% Bi. Approximately 100m north, Attila-North, a plurimetric sub-
parallel horizon extending over 50m with narrow quartz-carbonate-pyrite veins,
returned five samples greater than 1 g/t Au (up to 3.64 g/t Au & 26.7 g/t Ag in 2016).
2017 work extended Attila another 150-200m east:
Induced polarization is considered over Attila area west of Kali fault.
Magnetic tilt lineament suggests that similar favourable volcanic environment hosting
most of the K2 gold-copper-silver sulphidic mineralization (Attila-type: PY-CPY-MC/CL-SI-
AK stringers) extends to the west for 3 kilometers along the Kali intrusion. About 2.5km
west of Attila, the new Tikka showing that is composed of a sericitized & silicified felsic
dyke (15-25m thick) hosting 1-3% disseminated pyrite, with cm concentrations of 5-10%
pyrite & tr-1% malachite/chalcopyrite in the foliation. That prospective mineralized
altered dyke injected within dacite striking NNE was followed over a 360m-strike and
remains open in both directions. Located 1km further east, the Vichnu showing is
composed of sulfurized (py-cpy) dacite along metric QP dykes. Best 2017 assays of these
mineralisation are:
Sample easting northing Au (g/t) Ag (g/t) Cu %
W205775 T 305450 5793987 0.017 5 0.719
W205776 T 305342 5793970 1.485 23 0.473
W205789 T 305765 5794103 0.033 6.4 0.865
W205794 T 305415 5794050 1.700 3.5 0.118
W205951 V 306511 5794171 0.076 15.3 1.68
W205952 V 306520 5794166 0.062 11.1 1.34
T=TIKKA V=VICHNU
About 1km north of Attila, the new Brahma showing is composed of a set of N270-
oriented cm fractures, well biotitized and silicified within dacites at the margin of the
Kali QP. It is typically composed of 1-5% pyrite & 5-10% chalcopyrite (malachite) as
fracture-filling with 1-2 % disseminated in the wall-rocks. Sampling returned the
following results:
Sample easting northing Au (g/t) Ag (g/t) Cu %
W205659 307708 5794923 0.123 11.6 1.02
W205661 307700 5794911 0.202 9.9 0.95
W205663 307648 5794892 0.393 2.7 0.32
easting northing Au (g/t) Ag (g/t) Cu %
308300 5793881 1.625 54.7 1.960
308535 5794204 0.732 3.2 0.071
308536 5794204 0.762 28.5 0.039
308551 5794204 0.456 4.3 0.029
308554 5794227 0.342 0.5 0.002
308555 5794082 0.338 0.5 0.005
254 rock samples, 44 soil/b-horizon samples & 26 blanks were collected and sent for
assays (Au-AA23 & ME-ICP41) at Val d Or ALS Global laboratory. Dios 2017 rock
sampling returned 53 gold assays (or 21%) between 0.1 and 6.72 g/t Au, including 5
samples greater than 1.0 g/t Au (6.72, 1.92, 1.7, 1.625 & 1.485 g/t Au). Gold is
associated with significant silver values grading up to 148.0 g/t Ag; including 27
samples over 10.0 g/t Ag (or 11%) & 37 samples over 5.0 g/t Ag (or 15%) and copper
values up to 3.62%; with 40 samples over 0.1% Cu (or 16%) & 11 samples over 1.0% Cu
(or 4%). One sample graded 1.34% Zn and 5 samples are over 0.1% Zn.
This press release was prepared By Harold Desbiens, M.Sc. Geo and 43-101 QP