Murchison Minerals Provides Exploration Update on The Ongoing PYC Drill Program at its 100% -owned HPM Project
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News Release
Murchison Minerals Provides Exploration Update on The Ongoing PYC
Drill Program at its 100% -owned HPM Project
November 18, 2021 (Burlington, Ontario) : Murchison Minerals Ltd. (“Murchison” or the “Company”)
(TSXV: MUR) is pleased to announce that to-date it has successfully completed seven drill holes totalling
1,599 metres of the currently ongoing drill program at the Haut-Plateau de la Manicouagan (“ HPM”)
project located in Quebec. Thus far drilling has tested approximately 550 metres of the 1.95 kilometre
airborne electromagnetic anomaly resulting in significant pyrrhotite with minor chalcopyrite
mineralization observed in all seven holes. The observed sulphide is consistent with the mineralization
mapped on surface (see August 16 news release). The sulphide consists of metre-scale massive to semi-
massive pyrrhotite as well as intermittent breccias and disseminations over tens of metres within a dark
fine grained gabbroic unit . A handheld portable Niton XRF confirms the presence of nickel, copper and
cobalt within the sulphide intervals and assays are pending.
The ongoing drill program is expected to continue throughout the month of November with the objective
of defining additional mineralization along strike at PYC. The PYC target is considered highly prospective
and is located only eight km from rail and power access. Pending assay res ults, Murchison anticipates
completing additional drilling at PYC in the future to further define the full extent of the mineralization ,
as well as to drill test some of Murchison’s other high-priority exploration targets such as Syrah, Dix and
Barre de Fer.
President and Chief Executive Officer Troy Boisjoli comments:
“We are very pleased with the PYC drilling results to-date, they are another step in defining the district
scale Ni-Cu-Co potential at the HPM project. In parallel to drilling at PYC we continue to develop the
portfolio of high-potential prospects at HPM . To support this process, the Company has engaged the
services of Lightfoot Geoscience to help define the camp scale potential at HPM.”
Vice President of Exploration John Shmyr comments:
“This current drill program has exceeded our expectations demonstrating that the PYC mineralization has
excellent continuity along strike and at depth. We are very excited to see mineralization observed in all the
current holes from this program and we are more than pleased with the results thus far of the inaugural
drill campaign at HPM.”
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Figure 1: Location map of the 2021 Drill Collars overlain on the PYC geophysical anomaly.
Table 1 Collar Information
UTM Projected Coordinate System: NAD83 UTM Zone 19N.
Drill Hole Easting
UTM*
Northing
UTM*
Elevation
(m)
Azimuth
(⁰ North)
Dip
( ⁰ )
EOH
(m)
PYC21-001 613090 5722052 908 46 -49 152
PYC21-002 613090 5722052 908 46 -75 257
PYC21-003 613024 5722126 898 43 -51 128
PYC21-004 613024 5722126 898 57 -79 449
PYC21-005 613445 5721845 902 216 -46 170
PYC21-006 613445 5721845 902 216 -70 285
PYC21-007 613494 5721806 905 193 -45 158
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Figure 2: Semi-massive and breccia pyrrhotite mineralization observed in hole PYC21-001
Figure 3: Close-up of pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite mineralization within hole PYC21-001.
PYC Drill Program
The 2021 fall HPM drill campaign consists of one helicopter-supported drill supplied by Logan Drilling
Group of Stewiacke, Nova Scotia. Work crews are based at the nearby Station Uapishka . The program is
focused on testing the subsurface of the PYC mineral ized body that assayed as high as 0.79% Ni, 0.14%
Cu, and 0.15% Co from grab samples collected during the spring 2021 prospecting program. The surface
mineralization at PYC has been observed on surface over a strike length of 1.7 km with potential 1.95
km strike length indicated by recent electromagnetic airborne geophysics. The mineralization on surface
has been systematically sampled to confirm to a 42 metre-width in two steeply dipping parallel lenses (28
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metres- and 31 metres-wide) that were separated by 30 metres of unmineralized gabbro within one
location.
Geophysical modelling of the PYC area from the 2021 airborne electromagnetic geophysical data has
produced maxwell plate models that approximate the sulphide mineralization and extend to a depth of
300 metres (potential depth limit of the modelling for a vertical conductor). The planned drill holes are
designed to test the geophysical modelling.
About Lightfoot Geoscience Inc.
Peter Lightfoot Ph.D. and P.Geo ., is the President and Chief Geologist at Lightfoot Geoscience Inc. Mr.
Lightfoot is a skilled geologist with significant experience in the minerals industry (Inco and Vale), Ontario
Geological Survey, and academia. He was responsible for technical aspects of exploration, research and
development portfolio, strategic studies of the nickel market, and mentoring geoscience staff.
Qualifying Statement
The foregoing scientific and technical disclosures on the HPM project have been reviewed by John Shmyr,
P.Geo., VP Exploration, a registered member of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan
and current holder of a special authorization with the Ordre des Géologues du Québec. Mr. Shmyr is a
Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
About the HPM Project
The HPM project is located east of the Manicouagan Cra ter, the site of a major meteorite impact estimated
to be 215 million years old. The extensive water reservoir supports five hydro-power installations. The existing
Quebec Cartier rail line, located 8 kilometres west of the PYC project area, links Labrador City to Port Cartier
and Sept Iles, two major iron ore port facilities.
The project is within the H aut-Plateau de la Manicouagan area . The claims host prospective gabbroic,
ultramafic and anorthositic bodies within the Manicouagan metamorphic complex and are associated with
significant nickel -copper-cobalt mineralization identified by a total of 32 diamond drill holes (6,479 m)
completed in 2001-2 and 2008-9.
The majority of the past drilling at HPM targeted the Barre de Fer geophysical conduc tor and confirmed the
known nickel-copper-cobalt mineralization approximately 300 metres along strike and to a depth of about
280 metres. The mineralization remains open at depth and partially along strike.
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Figure 4: HPM Location Map.
About Murchison Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: MUR)
Murchison is a Canadian‐based exploration company focused on nickel -copper-cobalt exploration at the
100%-owned HPM project in Quebec and the exploration and development of the 100%-owned Brabant Lake
zinc‐copper‐silver project in north‐central Saskatchewan. The Company also holds an option to earn 100%
interest in the Barraute VMS exploration project also located in Quebec, north of Val d’Or. Murchison
currently has 153.2 million shares issued and outstanding.
Additional information about Murchison and its exploration projects can be found on the Company’s
website at www.murchisonminerals.com. For further information, please contact:
Troy Boisjoli, President and CEO or Erik H Martin, CFO
Tel: (416) 350‐3776
CHF Capital Markets
Thomas Do, IR Manager
Tel: 416-868-1079 x 232
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