Dunnedin Closes Acquisition of the Mohave Copper Porphyry Project in Arizona, USA
Dunnedin Closes Acquisition of the Mohave Copper
Porphyry Project in Arizona, USA
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 22, 2019) - Dunnedin Ventures Inc.
(TSXV: DVI)
(the "Company" or
"Dunnedin") today announced that it has closed the acquisition of 100% of the Mohave copper-molybdenum-silver porphyry
project ("Mohave") in Mohave County, Arizona, USA, from Bluestone Resources Inc. ("Bluestone"). For details of the transaction
see Dunnedin's news release of March 4, 2019.
Claudia Tornquist, President of Dunnedin, said, "We are thrilled to close this acquisition which expands Dunnedin's copper
portfolio to three advanced stage porphyry projects in North America. At Mohave we will benefit from the excellent work done by
the previous operator Bluestone from whom we inherited a comprehensive suite of high-quality exploration data. In 2011
Bluestone drilled 11 core holes and reported anomalous mineralization over significant intervals in all holes.
The work to date
strongly indicates that there is a large system of porphyry style Cu-Mo-Ag mineralization present at Mohave and we have a
number of promising targets which we intend to follow-up on in the fall, after we complete the summer exploration programs on
our Canadian porphyry projects MPD and Trapper."
Mohave Project Summary
Mohave is a 10 km
2
property located in the prolific mineral producing Basin and Range Province of Arizona and 33 kilometres
west of Freeport McMoran's Bagdad copper porphyry mine. The project is ideally situated just west of Highway 93 which links
Las Vegas and Phoenix (Figure 1).
Figure 1
- Location
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Limited exploration at Mohave to date (26 drill holes since 1960's) clearly indicates the potential to discover a sizeable porphyry
style copper-molybdenum-silver (Cu-Mo-Ag) deposit. Historic geological, geochemical and geophysical data shows the project
has many hallmarks of a silica-rich calc
alkalic porphyry system:
Cu-Mo-Ag geochemical anomalies and structural controls are associated with Laramide intrusions, analogous to those
described at Bagdad
Multiple and complex Cu-Mo-Ag emplacement is related to lithological and structural events (breccias, hydrothermal
veining/stockwork) with younger Mo-Ag and Pb-Zn-Ag overprints
Examples of reported historic values include 0.49% Cu over 59.4 m, 0.2% Cu, 0.011% Mo, and 2.35 g/mt Ag over 65.8 m
and 0.3% Cu, 0.01% Mo, and 2.54 g/mt Ag over 70.7 m
A broad Induced Polarization (IP)/chargeability anomaly 4 km long and 3 km wide, bounded by semi
circular
structure/faults and coinciding with strong Cu-Mo and Ag rock and soil geochemical anomalies
Presence of supergene oxidation of a quartz vein pyrite
chalcopyrite hypogene sulfide system
Typical concentric alteration pattern and assemblages consistent with potassic, intermediate argillic, phyllic and propylitic
horizontal and vertical zonation
Recent comprehensive work by the previous operator Bluestone provides Dunnedin with a solid framework from which to
resume exploration. Bluestone reported favourable mineralization at surface to depths of 390 m from the first drill program in
over 20 years (3,500 m in 11 inclined holes in 2011).
Bluestone's work also included: IP/magnetic/radiometric ground
geophysics, ASTER remote sensing, >1,000 rock and soil geochemical samples, petrography/age dating and detailed
lithological-structural-alteration mapping. Many of the datasets demonstrate the distinctive round or "donut-shaped" features
typical of porphyry centres (Figures 2).
Figures 2 - Ground magnetics, IP sections, copper geochemistry and molybdenum geochemistry
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Dunnedin's exploration program in 2019 will evaluate historically defined targets, coincident geophysical/geochemical
signatures and in particular, numerous anomalies not yet tested by previous drilling.
Disclaimer
Management cautions that Dunnedin has not performed any exploration on the Mohave Project to date. Historic information
reported herein was obtained from publicly available and industry related reports. This news release contains historic data that
Dunnedin believes to be from reliable sources using industry standards at the time, but the Company has not independently
verified, or cannot guarantee, the accuracy of the information disclosed, and readers should use caution in placing reliance on
such information. Comparisons to adjacent or similar mineral properties, deposits and mines are provided for information
purposes only. Dunnedin has no interest in, or rights to explore or mine any such properties and references to deposits and
reserves reported herein are not indicative of deposits or results obtained on the Company's properties.
Jeff Ward, P.Geo, Vice President Exploration and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and
approved the technical information contained in this release.
For further information please contact Mr. Knox Henderson, Investor Relations, at 604-551-2360 or
.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Dunnedin Ventures Inc.
Claudia Tornquist
President & CEO
About Dunnedin Ventures Inc.
Dunnedin Ventures is advancing copper porphyry projects in Canada and the USA; and the Kahuna diamond project in Nunavut,
Canada. Dunnedin's porphyry assets all present known mineral discoveries with the potential to hold large-scale deposits. They
include the Trapper copper-gold porphyry project in the northern Golden Triangle region of British Columbia, the MPD copper-
gold porphyry project in the prolific Quesnel Trough in south-central British Columbia and the Mohave copper-molybdenum-silver
porphyry project near the world-class Bagdad mine in Arizona.
The advanced-stage Kahuna diamond project in Nunavut hosts a high-grade, near surface inferred diamond resource and
numerous kimberlite pipe targets.
Dunnedin holds diamond interests in 1,664 km
2
of mineral tenure located 26 kilometres from
Rankin Inlet and adjacent to Agnico Eagle's Meliadine gold mine.
Dunnedin's exploration is aimed at the discovery of
diamondiferous kimberlite pipes, working with its advisor and largest shareholder Dr. Chuck Fipke.
Based in Vancouver, Dunnedin is backed by a world-renowned team of exploration experts with decades of combined
exploration experience and significant capital market strength. Dunnedin is part of the Discovery Group of companies led by
John Robins, one of the most successful mining entrepreneurs in Canada.
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Company's future operations and business prospects, are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
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undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
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