Nevada Sunrise Announces Intercept of 2.22 Grams/Tonne Oxide Gold over 25.9 Metres at the Kinsley Mountain Gold Project, Nevada
Nevada Sunrise Announces Intercept of 2.22
Grams/Tonne Oxide Gold over 25.9 Metres at
the Kinsley Mountain Gold Project, Nevada
VANCOUVER, BC
,
Oct. 5, 2023
/CNW/ -
Nevada Sunrise Metals Corp. ("Nevada Sunrise",
or
the "
Company
") (TSXV: NEV) (OTC: NVSGF) announced today that its joint venture partner,
CopAur Minerals Inc. ("
CopAur"
) has reported the results from the first four reverse circulation
("RC") holes completed during 2023 exploration at the Kinsley Mountain Gold Project ("Kinsley
Mountain" or the "Project") in
Elko County, Nevada
.
The four RC holes reported today targeted near-surface oxide gold mineralization within the Main Pit
North area located 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) southeast of the Western Flank Zone (Figure 1). Drilling
at Main Pit North during 2020 intersected high-grade oxide gold intercepts within the gold-
hosting Dunderberg shale approximately 75 metres (246 feet) outside the current resource pit shell,
thus providing opportunities for near-pit resource expansion.
Hole
KMR23-03,
collared 200 metres (656 feet) north of the current pit shell, returned
2.22 grams
per tonne ("g/t") oxide gold over 25.9 metres (85 feet); including 4.2 g/t oxide gold over 10.7
metres (35 feet)
(Table 1 and Figure 1). The intercept is significant given that at depth it lies within
50 metres (164 feet) of the current oxide resource pit shell. Together with prior RC drilling by the
Kinsley Mountain joint venture outside the historical pit limits, including drill hole KMR20-030 that
yielded 9.83 g/t oxide gold over 7.6 metres (25 feet)
[1]
, this new intercept reaffirms the presence of
an oxide gold mineralized stratigraphic interval of approximately 30 metres (98 feet) true thickness
hosted within the Dunderberg shale and underlying
Hamburg
limestone that warrants additional
drilling.
1
See New Placer Dome Gold Corp. News Release dated April 6, 2021
Drill holes
KMR23-04
and
KMR23-02
flanking
KMR23-03
to the west and east returned
2.02 g/t
gold over 7.6 metres (25 feet); and 1.5 g/t gold over 4.6 metres (15.1 feet),
respectively further
demonstrating the significance of the Dunderberg-Hamburg units as the premiere oxide gold host at
Kinsley Mountain. Drill hole
KMR23-01
did not return significant intercepts.
Table 1: Kinsley Mountain 2023 Reverse Circulation Drilling Gold Intercepts
Hole ID
Zone
From
To
Interval
(m)*
Gold
(g/t)*
NaCN
(Sodium Cyanide)
Soluble Gold Recovery (%)
(dip/azimuth)
(m)
(m)
KMR23-02
(-45/200)
Main Pit North
146.3
150.9
4.6
1.50
90 %
KMR23-03
(-50/200)
118.9
144.8
25.9
2.22
88 %
including
125.0
135.6
10.7
4.20
96 %
KMR23-04
(-63/283)
117.3
125.0
7.6
2.02
92 %
* True widths of the mineralized intervals are interpreted to be between 60-90% of the reported lengths.
Figure 1. Kinsley Mountain 2023 RC and Diamond Drilling Completed (CNW Group/Nevada Sunrise
Metals Corporation)
Summary of the 2023 Exploration Program at Kinsley Mountain
A total of seven (7) RC drill holes and three (3) diamond drill holes comprising 2,285 metres (7,495
feet) were completed in 2023 at the high-grade Western Flank Zone, the Main Pit North, and the
new
Kinsley Ridge
target (see Figure 1). All samples, including QA/QC samples, were shipped to
ALS Global in
Vancouver, Canada
("ALS") for multi-element analysis and fire assay for gold. Results
from the remaining five (5) holes drilled in the 2023 program will be released following their receipt
and interpretation by CopAur, operator of the Project.
About Kinsley Mountain
Kinsley Mountain hosts a historic past-producing mine that yielded 138,000 ounces of near-surface,
open-pit oxide gold mined by Alta Gold Company between 1995-1999 (see Figure 1).
The Project hosts current indicated mineral resources comprising a National Instrument 43-101
compliant gold resource consisting of
418,000 indicated ounces of gold grading 2.63 g/t gold
(4.95 million tonnes)
, and
117,000 inferred ounces of gold averaging 1.51 g/t gold (2.44
million tonnes)
, at cut-off grades ranging from 0.2 to 2.0 g/t gold
1
.
Indicated resources are inclusive of
302,000 ounces averaging 6.11 g/t gold
hosted within the
Secret Canyon Shale at the Western Flank Zone
1
.
1
Technical Report on the Kinsley Project,
Elko County, Nevada
, U.S.A., dated
June 21, 2021
, with
an effective date of
May 5, 2021
, and prepared by
Michael M. Gustin
and
Gary L. Simmons
, and
filed under New Placer Dome Gold Corp.'s issuer profile on SEDAR (
www.sedar.com
).
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and
approved by
Robert M. Allender, Jr.
, CPG, RG, SME, who is a Qualified Person for Nevada Sunrise
as defined in National Instrument 43-101 –
Standards of Disclosure
for Mineral Projects
.
Methodology and QA/QC
Assaying was performed by ALS, a ISO-IEC 17025:2017 and ISO 9001:2015 accredited analytical
laboratory that is independent of CopAur, Nevada Sunrise, and their respective Qualified Persons.
Drill core and RC samples were subject to crushing to a minimum of 70% passing 2 mm, followed by
pulverizing of a 250-gram split to 85% passing 75 microns. Gold determination was via standard 30-
gram fire assay analysis with atomic absorption spectroscopy ("AAS") finish, in addition to 51
element ICP-MS. Samples returning greater than 10 g/t gold are subject to gravimetric finish.
Samples with gold values greater than 0.1 g/t gold are also subject to leach analysis where the
sample is treated with a 0.25% NaCN solution and rolled for an hour. An aliquot of the final leach
solution is then centrifuged and analyzed by AAS.
CopAur reports that it follows industry standard procedures for the work carried out on the Project,
with a quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program. Blank, duplicate, and standard samples
were inserted into the sample sequence sent to the laboratory for analysis. CopAur states it
detected no significant QA/QC issues during its review of the 2023 data, and reports that it is not
aware of any drilling, sampling, recovery, or other factors that could materially affect the accuracy or
reliability of the data referred to herein.
About Nevada Sunrise
Nevada Sunrise is a junior mineral exploration company with a strong technical team based in
Vancouver, BC
,
Canada
, that holds interests in lithium, gold, and copper exploration projects located
in the
State of Nevada, USA
.
Nevada Sunrise owns 100% interests in the
Gemini,
Jackson Wash
and
Badlands
lithium projects,
all of which are located in the Lida Valley in
Esmeralda County, NV.
The Company owns
Nevada
water right Permit 86863,
also located in the Lida Valley basin, near Lida, NV.
The Company's key gold asset is a 20.01% interest in a joint venture at the
Kinsley Mountain Gold
Project
near
Wendover, NV
with CopAur Minerals Inc. The Company has elected not to contribute
to the 2023 exploration program at Kinsley Mountain and expects to incur dilution of its participating
interest in the joint venture to an approximate 19.0% interest.
Nevada Sunrise has the right to earn a 100% interest in the
Coronado VMS Project
, located
approximately 48 kilometers (30 miles) southeast of
Winnemucca, NV.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This release may contain forward
–
looking statements. Forward looking statements are statements
that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects",
"plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "potential" and similar
expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "could" or "should" occur and
include disclosure of anticipated exploration activities. Although the Company believes the
expectations expressed in such forward
–
looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may
differ materially from those in forward looking statements. Forward
–
looking statements are based
on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of the Company's management on the date such statements
were made. The Company expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any
forward
–
looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Such factors include, among others, risks related to the interpretation and actual results of
historical production at Kinsley Mountain, reliance on technical information provided by third
parties on any of our exploration properties, including access to historical information on the
Kinsley Mountain property as well as specific historical data associated with drill results from the
property, information received from CopAur Minerals Inc., current exploration and development
activities; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; current economic
conditions; future prices of commodities; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; failure of
equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to perform;
failure of CopAur Minerals Inc. to complete anticipated work programs; labor disputes and other
risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals, financing or in the
completion of exploration, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors"
in the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis for the Nine Months ended
June 30, 2023
,
which is available under Company's SEDAR profile at
www.sedar.com
.
Although Nevada Sunrise has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual
actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information,
there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated
or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate as actual
results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Nevada
Sunrise disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Accordingly, readers should not
place undue reliance on forward-looking information.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined
in the policies of TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
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