Warrior Gold Intersects 155 g/t Au over 0.75 m at Goodfish-Kirana Property, Kirkland Lake, Ontario
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Warrior Gold Intersects 155 g/t Au over 0.75 m
at Goodfish-Kirana Property, Kirkland Lake, Ontario
Toronto, February 9, 2022 – Warrior Gold Inc. (TSX-V - WAR) (“Warrior Gold” or the “Company”) is
pleased to report the results of the Company’s Fall 2021 eight hole diamond drill program (2,829 m) at the
Goodfish-Kirana Project (the “Property”) located in the Kirkland Lake Camp, Ontario. Seven holes targeted
the A Zone extension and one hole tested a geophysic al / structural target to the northeast of the A Zone.
All seven A Zone drill holes intersected gold mineralization and high grade gold was intersected in the
hanging wall, north of the A Zone structure.
Program Highlights:
• Drilling on the west side of the A Zone has extended mineralization 100 metres down dip and confirmed
the continuity of a high grade trend and integrity of the geology model. The A Zone remains open to
the west and at depth.
• Drill holes GK21-049 and GK21-050 intersected high grade gold in addition to visible gold in the quartz
veins immediately to the north of the A Zone in the hanging wall of the structure.
Significant Results:
A Zone HW (North of A Zone, hanging wall)
• GK21-049: 155.00 g/t Au over 0.75 m
• GK21-050: 17.38 g/t Au over 2.25 m
o Including 72.10 g/t Au over 0.50 m (the other half of core for this sample assayed 561 g/t Au over
0.50 m)
A Zone
• GK21-046: 1.10 g/t Au over 7.00 m
• GK21-047: 1.30 g/t Au over 3.00 m
• GK21-049: 2.93 g/t Au over 7.78 m
• GK21-050: 1.36 g/t Au over 2.60 m
Danièle Spethmann, President and CEO, stated, “We are extremely pleased with the success of the Fall
drill program that not only intersected fantastic grades of gold just north of the Main Break but also
reconfirmed our geological model that second and third order structures in the Kirkland Lake camp host
high grade gold. Warrior’s Goodfish-Kirana Property is roughly six kilometres north of the structures that
host the deposits that make up the Macassa Mine, one of the richest gold mines in Canada 1. Geological
structures on Warrior’s properties have likely benefited from the gold mineralizing events that enriched the
nearby deposits. As well, exploration work to date supports our belief that the gold grades at Goodfish-
Kirana increase with depth as is common in the Abitibi Greenstone belt.”
1 https://www.kitco.com/news/2022-01-21/Macassa-shines-as-richest-gold-mine-in-Canada-in-Q3-2021-report.html
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Figure 1. Warrior Gold Land Position in the Kirkland Lake Camp
Table 1. Significant Assay Intercepts from Fall 2021 Drill Program
Drill Hole Zone
From
(m)
To
(m)
Length
(m)
Grade
(Au g/t)
Vertical
Depth (m)
EOH
(m)
GK21-046 A Zone 280.00 287.00 7.00 1.10 200 357
GK21-047 A Zone 328.00 331.00 3.00 1.30 241 396
GK21-048 A Zone 241.00 242.58 1.58 0.57 173 258
Including 242.28 242.58 0.30 2.16
GK21-049 A Zone HW 319.00 319.75 0.75 155.00 270 396
A Zone 375.95 383.73 7.78 2.93 318
GK21-050 A Zone 310.76 313.36 2.60 1.36 225 456
A Zone HW 418.75 421.00 2.25 17.38 301
Including 419.27 419.77 0.50 72.1(1)
GK21-051 A Zone 198.00 200.00 2.00 0.30 147 237
GK21-052 Exploration NSR 303
GK21-053 A Zone 394.00 395.63 1.63 1.02 326 426
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Drill Hole Zone
From
(m)
To
(m)
Length
(m)
Grade
(Au g/t)
Vertical
Depth (m)
EOH
(m)
Total Metres 2,829
Note: (1) This intersection encountered VG; the other half of core assayed 561 g/t Au over 0.50 m.
The data in this Table 1 is presented as follows:
• Intervals are core length and not true width.
• Assays have not been capped.
• Abbreviations: FW = foot wall, HW= hanging wall *VG = visible gold, NSR = no significant results.
A Zone
The A Zone consists of vein- hosted gold mineralization in a shear zone that strikes 300 ° and dips steeply
to the north. The shear zone varies from 1 m to 20 m in width and is spatially associated with the contact
between Mg-tholeiitic mafic volcanic rocks to the south and a Fe-tholeiitic mafic volcanic rocks to the north.
This shear zone has been intersected to a vertical depth of 3 75 m below surface and has a drill -defined
strike length of approximately 650 m. The zone is characterized by moderate to strong deformation textures
and structures with pervasive sericite ± carbonate ± silica alteration (Figure 2).
GK21-046 and GK21-047 were drilled to test the down dip mineralization in the east side of the A Zone and
confirmed the continuity of the favourable gold bearing structure and alteration previously intersected in
historical drill holes GF92- 017 (4.67 g/t over 7.6 m) and GF95- 022 (1.41 g/t over 4.3 m) at around 200 m
below surface (Figure 3).
GK21-048 was planned to test a target identified by study work from Mira Geoscience based on density of
veining and fracturing. This hole confirmed the continuity of the A Zone structure to the west and intersected
0.57 g/t over 1.58 m at around 173 m below surface.
GK21-049, GK21-050 and GK21- 053 were drilled in the west side of the A Zone to test extensions of a
higher grade trend that plunges steeply to the southwest and was identified in previous drill holes including
GK21-044, GK19-022, and GK19-019 (Figure 3). All three holes intersected typical A Zone structures and
alteration. GK21-049 intersected a highly brecciated silica zone (from 375.95 m downhole) that typifies the
higher gold results found in this trend with 2.93 g/t over 7.78 m.
GK21-051 is a 50 metre step out on the east side of the A Zone that tested a target defined by vein density
and fracturing identified by a study from Mira Geoscience. The hole intersected a zone of intense veining
and although the strong alteration typically associat ed with the A Zone structure was not present, the
intersection assayed 0.30 g/t over 2.0 m.
A Zone HW (North of A Zone, hanging wall)
On the north side of the A Zone, hanging wall, gold mineralization was intersected in discrete quartz
carbonate veins in the Fe-tholeiite rocks that predominate in this area. GK21- 049 intersected 155.0 g/t
over 0.75 m. Visible gold was observed in the qu artz vein in GK21-050 during core logging and a 0.50 m
segment returned assays 72.10 g/t in one half of the core and 561.00 g/t Au from a sample of the other half
of the core.
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Geophysics and Structural Target 200 m NE of A Zone Area
GK21-052 was drilled to test a geophysical and structural target that is located approximately 200 m
northeast of the eastern limit of the A Zone. This hole intersected 3.5 m of strong shearing and foliation
with coincident sericite and carbonate alterati on with quartz/carbonate veining; the assays did not return
any significant gold results.
Figure 2. Plan View of the A Zone with Fall 2021 Drill Hole Locations and Assay Results
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Figure 3. Longitudinal Section of the A Zone
Drilling Contract, Analytical Protocol and QA/QC
The Fall 2021 drilling program, undertaken by SMP Drilling based in Rouyn, Quebec, was undertaken from
October 14 through November 16, 2021. The drill hole diameter is NQ.
An Optical Televiewer imaging (OTV) survey of the eight drill holes (2,829 m) from the current drill program
was completed at the end of the drill program. The data is still being processed and will assist in advancing
the modelling of the geology, structural domains, and the controls of gold mineralization.
Program design, management, supervision, and Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QA/QC) were
conducted by Warrior Gold’s exploration group under the direction of Susan Lomas, P.Geo., Principal
Technical Advisor. Mike Kilbo urne, P.Geo. managed all aspects of the core logging which included:
photography, geology, structural measurements, magnetic susceptibility, core recovery and the insertion of
standards and blanks. Standards were obtained from OREAS North America Inc.
Drill core samples were cut by diamond saw at Warrior Gold’s core logging facility. Field duplicate samples,
blank rock samples and certified reference materials were inserted into the sample sequence at a frequency
of one per 20 samples. A halved core sampl e was left in the core box with the other half core sent for
sample analysis and either transported by Warrior Gold’s personnel in securely sealed bags or picked up
by ALS. Samples were prepared at ALS Limited’s sample laboratory in Timmins, Ontario and then shipped
to ALS's Vancouver facility for gold analysis by Fire Assay (50 gm subsample) with atomic absorption (AA)
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and gravimetric finish for samples greater than 3.0 g/t Au. ALS is a certified and accredited laboratory
service. ALS routinely inserts certified gold reference materials, blanks and pulp duplicates, and results of
all QC samples are reported.
The QA/QC results from the drilling program and the technical information contained in this news release
has been approved by Susan Lomas, P.Geo. who is a Qualified Person as defined in National Instrument
43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Warrior Gold Inc.
Warrior Gold is a TSX Venture Exchange listed company that has consolidated significant and prospective
land packages in the Kirkland Lake Gold Camp in Ontario, Canada. The properties are hosted in the Abitibi
Greenstone Belt, one of the world’s best-endowed greenstone belts with +200 million ounces of gold
produced to date2. The properties are host to regional and property-scale mineralized structures that are
considered to be second-order structures off the Larder Lake Cadillac Deformation Zone – LLCDZ – the
regional structure in the belt known to be spatially associated with the gold mines hosted in the camp.
The properties assembled include: the 100%-owned Goodfish-Kirana, the Arnold property and the recently
optioned KL West (KLW) and KL Central (KLC). Warrior’s land position in the Kirkland Lake Gold Camp
comprises 19,350 ha, over 378 claims and 29 patented claims and ranks the Company as one of the largest
landholders in the Kirkland Lake region.
For additional information please contact:
Danièle Spethmann, P.Geo.
President & CEO
Warrior Gold Inc.
+1 647 344-3433
Daniel Rodriguez
Corporate Development
Warrior Gold Inc.
+1 604 353-4080
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2 https://mmsd.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/PDF/MIS2020TableG01a-en.pdf