Midland Identifies a New GOLD-Bearing Corridor ON Its Lewis Project Northwest of the Nelligan Deposit
MIDLAND IDENTIFIES A NEW GOLD-BEARING CORRIDOR ON ITS LEWIS PROJECT
NORTHWEST OF THE NELLIGAN DEPOSIT
Montreal, October 15, 2020. Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”) (TSX-V: MD) is pleased to
report the discovery of new gold showings on surface on its Lewis project, wholly owned by Midland
and located approximately 60 kilometres southwest of the town of Chapais in Abitibi, Quebec.
This new project, acqui red in April 2020 , consists of 172 claims (9 5 km2) and cov ers a strategic
position characterized by a regional flexure proximal to the Guercheville-Opawica deformation zone.
The Lewis project is located approximately 60 ki lometres northwest of the Nelligan deposit, jointly
held by Iamgold Corporation (75%) and Vanstar Mining Resources (25%).
During the prospecting campaign conducted in June, two new gold occurrences were discovered about
400 metres apart on surface in the northwest part of the Lewis project, approxim ately 8 kilometres
northeast of the former Lac Shortt min e. These showings yielded several anomalous gold values in
grab samples, with grades ranging from 0.2 g/t Au to 2.1 g/t Au and could be hosted by the same
ENE-trending deformation corridor which has never been drill-tested. These new gold occurrences are
characterized by the presence of numerous quartz-carbonate veins with pyrite miner alization. Grab
samples are selective by nature and unlikely to represent average grades of the mineralized zones.
Follow-up work including mechanical stripping, channel sampling, prospecting and soil sampling will
take place in October, in an effort to assess the extent of these new mineralized zones.
The Lewis gold property is located approximately 60 kilometres northwest of the Nelligan deposit ,
which hosts inferred resources totalling 96.99 million tonnes at a grade of 1.02 g/t Au for 3.19 million
ounces of gold (Source: Iamgold Corporation website ; as at December 31, 2019 ). Approximately
10 kilometres west of the Lewis property, the former Lac Shortt mine historically produced 2.7 million
tonnes of ore grading 4.6 g/t Au (Source: MERN-SIGEOM).
Cautionary statement:
Mineralization occurring at the N elligan and Lac Shortt gold deposits is not necessarily indicative of
mineralization that may be found on the Lewis property held by Midland.
Quality Control
Exploration programs a re designed, and results are in terpreted by Quali fied Persons employing a
Quality Assurance/Quality Control program consistent with industry best practic es, including the use
of s tandards and blanks for every 20 samples. Samples from the Lewis project were analyzed by
atomic absorption (AA-23) at ALS Minerals laboratories in Val d’Or, Quebec. All samples are also
analysed for multi -elements, using fou r-acid ICP –AES method (ME-ICP61) at ALS Minerals
laboratories in Vancouver, British Columbia.
About Midland
Midland targets the exc ellent mineral potential of Quebec to m ake the discovery of new wor ld-class
deposits of gold, platinum g roup elements and base metals. Midland is proud to count on repu table
partners such as BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Probe Metals Inc., Wallbridge Mining Co mpany L td,
Agnico Eagle Min es Limited, Osisko Mining Inc., SOQUEM I NC., Nunavik Mineral Exploration
Fund, and Abcourt Mines Inc. Midland prefers to wor k in partnership and intends to quickly conclude
additional agreements in rega rd to newly acquired proper ties. Man agement is current ly reviewing
other opportunities and projects to build up the Company portfolio and generate shareholder value.
This press release was prepared by Mario Masson, VP Exploration for Midland, certified geologist and
Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. For further i nformation, please consult M idland’s website
or contact:
Gino Roger, President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel.: 450 420-5977
Fax: 450 420-5978
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.explorationmidland.com
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release.
This press release may co ntain forward-looking statements that ar e subject to known and unknown
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual resul ts to vary materially from targeted results. Such
risks a nd uncertainties incl ude t hose described in Midl and’s pe riodic reports incl uding the an nual
report or in the filings made by Midland from time to time with securities regulatory authorities.