Margaux Resources Ltd. Commences 2018 Drill Program; Initiates Testing of Sheep Creek Gold District Mine Dumps for Gold Recovery; Provides Update on Tungsten Tailings
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NEWS RELEASE
Margaux Resources Ltd. Commences 2018 Drill Program; Initiates Testing of
Sheep Creek Gold District Mine Dumps for Gold Recovery; Provides Update on
Tungsten Tailings
CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (June 6, 2018)
Margaux Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MRL, OTCQB:MARFF) ("Margaux" or the "Company") is pleased to announce
it has commenced its 2018 drill program; has initiated testing of Sheep Creek Gold District historic mine dumps for
potential gold recovery; and provides an update on the Company’s tungsten tailings metal recovery and remediation
initiative.
Highlights
• 2018 drill program has commenced.
• Testing of Reno and Nugget mine dumps initiated (Sheep Creek Gold District) for gold recovery potential.
• Tungsten tailings testing underway, initial results expected in the upcoming months.
• Tailings site visit by the Honourable Michelle Mungall, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources
for the province of British Columbia.
Commences 2018 Drill Program
Margaux has mobilized a diamond drill rig to the Company’s Kootenay Arc Zinc District and a 1,000 metre, NQ2-sized
drill program has commenced. Drilling is testing a north-northeast trending airborne EM conductor located west of
both the historic Jersey lead -zinc and the Emerald tungsten mines. The program, which will consists of 4 or 5 drill
holes, is targeting gold skarn related mineralization within a thick sequence of limestone and meta-sediments.
Drill targets for the Sheep Creek Gold District are being finalized and drilling to test these gold targets is expected to
commence in June-July once the higher elevation snow pack has melted allowing for access to the property. Further
information on the Sheep Creek Gold District drill program will be released shortly.
For greater information on Margaux’s 2018 drill program, please see the latest video on the Company website at
https://margauxresources.com/.
Testing of Sheep Creek Gold District Mine Dumps
Margaux has also initiated lab-scale testing of historic mine dumps within the Company’s Sheep Creek Gold District,
to determine the potential for gold recovery. Under the direction of CRONIMET Mining Processing AG (“CRONIMET”),
samples of dump material from the historic Reno and Nugget mines are being tested for sensor-based sorting in an
independent research facility. Sorting methodology to be tested will include inductive electromagnetics, visual range
optical and near-infrared sorting, as well as x-ray transmission.
The Reno and Nugget mines are two of the highest grade historic gold producers in the Sheep Creek Gold District.
Total historic production from the Reno mine is 237,200 tonnes at an average grade of 19.2 g/t gold, and from the
Nugget is 51,150 tonnes, also at an average grade of 19.2 g/t gold (2). Historical cut-off grade for the mines is reported
as 8.5 g/t gold.
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The Company’s dump sampling program is the first step in characterizing these dumps in terms of quantity and grade
of contained vein material, and in determining whether existing sorting technology can separate this mineralized
material from waste rock, for economic milling/gold recovery. This work will determine whether the Company
proceeds with bulk sample permit applications for the mine dumps.
Tungsten Tailings Update
As previously announced, Margaux is performing a preliminary assessment of the Company’s brownfield historical
tungsten tailings, to assess the viability of remediating the tailings site, and the potential to economically produce a
marketable mineral concentrate from the entirety of the tailings deposit. For this project, the Company has formed
partnerships with CRONIMET Mining Processing AG (“CRONIMET”) (see Company press release September 13,
2017), who brings global expertise in m ineral processing and metal recovery from low- grade waste rock and mine
tailings, and with the Salmo Watershed Streamkeepers Society (“Streamkeepers”), who provides guidance and
expertise with regards to environmental issues (see Company press release August 18, 2017).
The Company’s tungsten tailings project represents the waste product from historic tungsten mining at the Emerald
tungsten mine. The precise quantity of tailings is unknown, however mine records document 1.45 million tonnes of
production at an average grade of 0.76% W03 and with a tungsten recovery rate from milling of 82% (1).
In 2017, Margaux and its partners completed a sampling program as a first -step method of confirming tungsten
content within the tailings. A total of 84 assays were completed, reflecting samples collected from different depths
at 11 sites within the tailings deposit. The average grade, based on these 84 individual samples, was 0.11% tungsten
trioxide (W03). This correlates well with the expected grade based on production and recovery records.
The second-step was the collection of a 3,500 kg small-scale sample of the tailings material which was shipped to
CRONIMET for testing. The test work by CRONIMET is underway to fully characterize the tailings for metal content
and for other components which may be recoverable, and to determine practical and economical processing options.
Initial results are expected in the upcoming months.
In conjunction with the ongoing test work, Margaux is preparing a joint application to the British Columbia Ministry
of Energy, Mines & Petroleum Resources, and the Ministry of Environment & Climate Change Strategy, for a Permit
under the BC Mines Act to undertake a Bulk Sample of up to 10,000 tonnes of historic tailings, which includes an on-
site pilot scale processing facility (see Company press release February 7, 2018). Once test work is complete and
details of the process methodology are finalized, the joint application for the bulk sample testing program will be
submitted.
Pre-application meetings with various regulatory personnel have been positive, including a recent site visit to the
tungsten tailings by the Honourable Michelle Mungall, Minister of Energy, Mines and Petrol eum Resources for the
province of British Columbia.
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Notes
(1) Lawrence, E.A., 1974. A Summary Report of the Production History and Geology of the Salmo Division, Canex
Placer Limited, Canex Placer Limited, Tungsten Division, Salmo B.C., February 1974.
(2) Matthews, W.H., 1953. Geology of the Sheep Creek Camp, BC Department of Mines Bulletin 31.
Qualified Person
Linda Caron, M.Sc., P.Eng, Margaux’s Vice President of Exploration, is the Company’s Qualified Person as defined by
NI 43-101 who has reviewed and approved the technical information contained within this press release.
About Margaux Resources Ltd.
Margaux Resources Ltd. (TSX.V: MRL, OTCQB: MARFF) is a mineral acquisition and exploration Company focused on
the development of gold , zinc and tungsten de posits in the Kootenay Arc, in the southeastern region of British
Columbia. The Company is directed by a group of highly successful Canadian business executives and is focused on
exploration of the Company’s Kootenay Arc Zinc District, and Sheep Creek Gold District.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward looking statements including those describing Margaux's future plans and
the expectations of management that a stated result or condition will occur. Any statement addressing future events
or conditions necessarily involves inherent risk and uncertainty. Actual results can differ materially from those
anticipated by management at the time of writing due to many factors, the majority of which are beyond the control
of Margaux and its management. In particular, this news release contains forward- looking statements pertaining,
directly or indirectly, to the following: Margaux's exploration plans and work commitments, the potential of mineral
resources and potential for recovery thereof, the timing of reporting exploration results, as well as other market
conditions and economic factors, business and operations strategies . Readers are cautioned that the foregoing list
of risk factors should not be construed as exhaustive. These statements speak only as of the date of this release or as
of the date specified in the documents accompanying this release, as the case may be. The Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward- looking statements except as expressly required by applicable
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the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Margaux Resources Ltd.
Tyler Rice
President, CEO and a Director
(403) 537-5590