OMG NEWS RELEASE 1 Omai Intersects Gold in Broccoli Hill Trenches and Drill Holes
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Omai Intersects Gold in Broccoli Hill Trenches and Drill Holes
January 19, 2022 Toronto, Ontario — Omai Gold Mines Corp. (TSXV:OMG) ("Omai" or the "Company") is
pleased to announce exploration results from initial trenching and drilling on the Broccoli Hill target, at its
Omai project in Guyana . Trenching exposed a quartz -rich shear zone with samples assaying 29.3 g/t Au,
7.8 g/t Au, 5.0 g/t Au and 2.2 g/t Au along a 40-metre strike. A first round of drilling on Broccoli Hill, totalling
690 metres, intersected gold mineralization with four of the six holes returning assays greater than 1 g/t Au
and as high as 4.04 g/t Au over 0.9 m and 0.91 g/t over 6.8 m.
Elaine Ellingham, Chief Executive Officer , commented “We are pleased to have delivered on our goal of
completing an NI 43 -101 mineral resource estimate on Wenot by the end of 2021 (see news release Jan
4, 2022). This new mineral resource is quite an achievement for our first year. We are also pleased to
report that our initial trenching and drilling on Broccoli Hill , that commence d late in 2021, has already
resulted in several significant gold values.”
“Broccoli Hill is an area located only 300 metres north of the Wenot pit and less than 200 metres east of
the Fennell pit. These two pits combined, produced over 3.7 million ounces of gold 1. After field work and
trenching in October and November, we completed six initial wide-spaced holes on Broccoli Hill before the
holiday break in December. We intersected gold in four of the six holes and consider this very successful
for first pass drilling on a large, relatively untouched target area. With the knowledge gained, this week we
started additional trenching, mapping and sampling. Over the next couple months, we will advance some
of the property’s prime exploration targets, including Broccoli Hill, that hold potential for new near surface
mineralization amenable to open pit mining” stated Ms. Ellingham.
Broccoli Hill has been worked by artisanal miners for over 100 years. Broad gold anomalies were identified
by previous auger and soil surveys and the airborne geophysical signatures are similar to those of the
Fennell deposit. The abundance of past placer gold workings in the lowlands flanking the hill, together with
the numerous scattered artisanal workings on the hill itself , indicate a nearby gold source (Map 1) .
Exploration across this large 900m by 700m area has been hampered by a lack of knowledge of the
underlying bedrock lithologies due to deep tropical weathering of the bedrock to clay -weathered saprolite
to depths of 25 to 60m, complicated by transported laterite.
Trenching with an excavator on the northwestern part of Broccoli Hill in November exposed a quartz-veinlet-
rich zone. Samples assayed 29 g/t Au, 5.0 g/t Au, 2.2 g/t Au, and 7.8 g/t Au along a 40 m strike. The
orientation of these northeast-trending, northwest dipping vei nlets is consistent with some of the higher-
grade zones within the Fennell deposit, located less than 300 metres to the west. A 1990’s era shallow
auger hole approximately 80 metres east of this trench assayed 12.4 g/t Au from a sample taken from a 4
to 6 m depth.
1 Past production at the Omai Mine (1993 -2005) is summarized in several Cambior Inc. documents available on
SEDAR.com, including March 31, 2006 AIF and news release August 3, 2006.
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Six initial diamond drill holes totalling 690 metres were completed on Broccoli Hill in December, ranging in
depth from 74 to 200 metres. T wo of t hese holes (21ODD-027 and -032) were located to test the high
grade, quartz-rich zone identified in the northwest trench and the other four holes were to test a combination
of soil geochemical anomalies, interpreted structures from the geophysics and other possible quartz veining
and felsic dikes identified from our trenching and mapping. These holes , spanning 850 metres across
Broccoli Hill, provide considerable encouragement with four of the six holes returning assays of more than
1 g/t Au, three with values of greater than 2 g/t Au, and high er values of 4.04 g/t Au, and 2.96 g/t Au in
holes 28 and 30, respectively. The gold is associated with intervals of quartz and quartz-ankerite veining
and weak veinlet stockworks, and in hole 28 appears hosted in a deeply weathered felsic dike. The assay
results for the Broccoli Hill drilling are presented in Table 1 below, and Table 2 summarizing drill hole
locations and Maps 1 and 2 are presented at the end of this news release.
Table 1. Broccoli Hill – Significant Drill Hole Assay Results
Hole ID From
(m) To (m) Interval
(m)
Gold
(g/t)
21ODD-027 70.5 73.5 3.0 0.84
Includes 72.0 73.5 1.50 1.29
81.0 82.5 1.50 0.68
21ODD-028 10.5 14.4 3.90 1.22
including 12.0 12.9 0.90 4.04
21.6 23.2 1.6 0.42
30.0 31.5 1.50 0.47
21ODD-029 No significant values
21ODD-030 18.00 19.5 1.50 2.40
19.50 21.0 1.50 0.25
21ODD-031 No significant values
21ODD-032 109.7 116.5 6.8 0.91
Including 109.7 111.2 1.50 2.96
126.5 128.0 1.50 2.40
144.5 146.0 1.50 VG *
*assays and re-runs returned only anomalous gold values
Drill holes 21ODD-027 and -032 tested the northwest area of Broccoli Hill near the high-grade trench and
auger samples. Hole 21ODD -027 was collared in 25 m of laterite and saprolite , then cut several narrow
intervals of sparse quartz-ankerite veining developed in weakly metamorphosed, propylitic-altered andesite
and basalt. Assays include 1.3 g/t gold over 1.5 m from 72.0 to 73.5 m. Hole 21ODD-032, collared 60
metres east of hole 027, had better results with 0.91 g/t gold across 6.8 m, 2.40 g/t gold across 1.5 m and
visible gold was identified at 145m, but with no significant assay results. This drilling provides evidence that
the favourable northeast trending gold-bearing vein system seen in the Fennell deposit continues east into
Broccoli Hill and to depths of at least 100 metres.
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Holes 21ODD-028, -029 and -031 were drilled in the central area of Broccoli Hill. Hole 028, near the hilltop,
tested a large >0.1 g/t gold-in-soil anomaly where trenching exposed a quartz-bearing ferruginous duricrust
(with anomalous gold at 70 to 180 ppb) which is interpreted to be the weathering surface developed over a
felsic intrusive. The hole cut a set of saprolit ized quartz -bearing felsic dikes high in the hole, with one
assaying 4.04 g/t gold over 0.9 metres. Most of the hole intersected andesitic to basaltic lithologies with a
few narrow quartz veins with only anomalous gold. Holes 029 and 031 were also located to test the broad
soil anomaly. Hole 031 intersected an overprinting of silicification and patchy biotite alteration, indicative
of higher temperatures and possibly of a nearby intrusive, but with no significant gold values.
Hole 21ODD-030, located over 840 metres east of hole 027, tested a strong soil-auger anomaly (with values
>0.2 g/t gold). A sample from 18.0 to 19.5 metres returned 2.40 g/t gold over 1.5 m in a weathered basalt
within the saprolite and additional quartz veining continue d into fr esh rock but without significant gold
values. A scattering of quartz vein fragments observed while establishing the drill pad are likely related to
this mineralization. Within this hole, sheared granodiorite lenses were observed and b elow 75 m a visually
impressive wispy calc -silicate alteration stockwork is developed in basalt, containing garnet -diopside-
rhodonite altered xenoliths. No gold values were returned but l ate stage rhodochrosite veining noted near
the bottom of the hole marks the contact between basalt and microdiorite.
This late 2021 trenching and drilling provides valuable information on Broccoli Hill, confirming the presence
of gold mineralization acr oss the large target area. Mineralization is consistent with the previously mined
deposits, being associated with stockworks of quartz veinlets or brittle fractured and annealed felsi c dikes.
With this information, additional field work including trenching a nd mapping recommenced this week .
Drilling is expected to re-start in 3 to 4 weeks.
Quality Control
Omai maintains an internal QA/QC program to ensure sampling and analysis of all exploration work is
conducted in accordance with best practices. Certified reference materials , blanks and duplicates are
entered at regular intervals. Samples are sealed in plasti c bags and shipped to MSALABS Guyana Inc.,
a certified laboratory in Georgetown, Guyana, respecting the best chain of custody practices. At the
laboratory, samples are dried, crushed up to 80% passing 2 mm, riffle split (250 g), and pulverized to 95%
passing 105 μm, including cleaner sand. 30 g of pulverized material are then fire assayed by atomic
absorption (AA). Initial assays with results above 3,000 ppb gold are re -assayed with gravimetric finish.
Certified reference materials and blanks meet with QA/QC specifications.
Qualified Person
John Spurney is a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 "Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects" and has approved the technical information contained in this news release. Mr. Spurney is not
considered to be independent for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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About Omai Gold Mines Corp.
Omai Gold Mines Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary Avalon Gold Exploration Inc., holds a 100%
interest in the Omai Prospecting License covering 4,590 acres (18.575 sq. km) that includes the past
producing Omai gold mine, and a 100% interest in the adjo ining Eastern Flats Mining Permits covering
1,519 acres. Once South America’s largest producing gold mine, Omai produced over 3.7 million ounces
of gold between 1993 and 2005. The Company plans to continue to expand the known m ineral resources,
while advancing exploration on key targets, providing a solid opportunity to create significant value for all
stakeholders.
For further information, please see our website www.omaigoldmines.com or contact:
Elaine Ellingham P.Geo.
President & CEO
Phone: +1-416-473-5351
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes certain “ forward-looking statements” under applicable Canadian securities
legislation. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the
timing of completion of the drill program, and the potential for the Omai gold project to allow Omai to
build significant gold resources at attractive grades, and forward-looking statements are necessarily based
upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include,
but are not limited to general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; delay or
failure to receive regulatory approvals; the price of gold and copper; and the results of current exploration.
There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not
place undue reliance on forward -looking statements. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation
to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as required by law.
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Table 2. Coordinates for Drill Holes 21ODD-027 to 21ODD-032
Hole ID Azimuth
(degrees)
Inclination
(degrees)
Elevation
(m)
Final
Depth
(m)
Easting Northing*
21ODD-027 180 -50 85 101 305372 602634
21ODD-028 180 -75 143 74 305765 602537
21ODD-029 180 -75 117 113 306034 602425
21ODD-030 180 -60 71 101 306216 602585
21ODD-031 30 -60 85 101 305915 602180
21ODD-032 180 -50 89 200 305430 602640
*PSDA56 Zone 21N UTM Grid
Map 1. Broccoli Hill Historic Workings and Old Soil and Auger Sampling Results plus 2021 Drill Holes
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Map 2. Map Showing Broccoli Hill Trenching and Diamond Drill Holes with Highlights of Results