Prosper Gold Reports Drill Results and Prepares IP Survey at Golden Sidewalk Project, Red Lake, ON
January 9th, 2023 TSXV: PGX
OTCQX: PGXFF
NEWS RELEASE
Prosper Gold Reports Drill Results and Prepares IP Survey at Golden
Sidewalk Project, Red Lake, ON
Vancouver, British Columbia – January 9 th, 20 23 – Prosper Gold Corp. (" Prosper Gold " or the
"Company") (TSXV:PGX) reports results from its initial drilling program at Skinner North at the Golden
Sidewalk Project in Red Lake, Ontario. The program was successful in intersecting several paralleling shear
zones exhibiting strong deformation, hydrothermal alteration, and gold mineralization under cover in an
unexplored region. The geological and mineralogical features in the recent drilling have reaffirmed the
exploration concept in this part of the Project . Given the disseminated nature of the mineralization the
Company will soon be commencing an Induced Polarization (“IP”) survey covering the 2 by 3 -kilometre
Skinner Target area.
“The Fall 2022 drill program represents the only diamond drilling at the Skinner North Prospect to date,”
commented Peter Bernier, CEO. “ We are excited that the exploration concept has been validated and
confirmed the presence of multiple gold hosting, highly deformed, parallel west -northwest trending shear
zones. The Skinner T arget Area presents a sizeable, highly prospective, exploration opportunity in a
completely new and unexplored region of the project.”
Fall 2022 Skinner Diamond Drilling
A diamond drilling program totaling 1,252 metres in 8 drill holes was completed in November of 2022 at
the newly outlined Skinner North Prospect, situated within the 2 by 3-kilometre Skinner Target Area. The
drilling program was designed to test for gold mineralization and structure at depth beneath the Skinner #1
trench that was exposed and sampled in the summer of 2022 (see the Company's Sept. 7, 2022 news release
for details) and to test additional structural targets interpreted from the summer 2022 ground magnetic
survey data.
Table 1. Significant assays from initial Skinner North diamond drilling.
Hole ID From (m) To (m) Interval (m) Au (g/t)
DD22SK001 35 54.5 19.5 0.49
Incl. 35 41 6 0.98
DD22SK002 16.15 18.5 2.35 3.08
Incl. 16.15 25 8.85 1.00
DD22SK003 33.0 34.0 1.0 1.18
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DD22SK004 18.65 26.0 7.35 1.15
DD22SK005 77.0 78.5 1.5 1.60
and 132.5 134.0 1.5 3.10
DD22SK007 218.0 218.75 0.75 0.654
DD22SK008 8.0 9.5 1.5 0.686
** true widths are unknown
Drill holes DD22SK001 through DD22SK004 were completed in the immediate area of the Skinner #1
trench. The four holes intersected strongly sheared mafic volcanics cut by felsic to ultramafic dikes with all
lithologies encounter ed locally exhibiting moderate to strong ankerite-silica-biotite-chlorite ± sericite
alteration and gold mineralization associated with a pyrrhotite-pyrite ± chalcopyrite sulphide assemblage.
Drill hole DD22SK005 was a 1 00-metre step -back from DD22SK002 designed to test for gold
mineralization roughly 80 metres down-dip of that encountered in the surface sampling. Two discrete gold-
bearing intervals were encountered, associated with moderately to strongly sheared mafic volcanics
exhibiting moderate silica-ankerite ± biotite alteration.
Figure 1. Plan map showing Fall 2022 drill collars relative to greater Skinner Target Area.
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Figure 2. Plan map showing November 2022 diamond drill hole
locations with interpreted 2022 ground magnetics.
Table 2. Drill collar details of specified drill holes (coordinates provided in UTM NAD83, zone 15).
Hole ID Easting (m) Northing (m) Azimuth (°) Dip (°) Length (m)
DD22SK001 506202 5676584 125 -75 131
DD22SK002 506226 5676588 185 -45 56
DD22SK003 506226 5676588 145 -45 86
DD22SK004 506226 5676588 225 -45 95
DD22SK005 506253 5676663 200 -45 221
DD22SK006 506114 5676715 200 -45 221
DD22SK007 506063 5676731 125 -60 221
DD22SK008 506042 5676270 200 -45 221
Drill hole DD22SK006 was designed to test for gold mineralization 150 metres to the west -northwest of
DD22SK002 as well as to test several subparallel structural features interpreted from the magnetic data.
Several intervals of strongly sheared and altered (ankerite-chlorite-silica ± biotite ± sericite) mafic volcanics
were encountered, some with felsic to ultramafic dikes and all with variable amounts of pyrite-pyrrhotite ±
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chalcopyrite, with anomalous gold values. The textural and compositional features o f the shear zones
intersected in drill hole DD22SK006 bear similarities with gold -bearing, deformed and altered intervals
encountered in the drilling underneath the Skinner #1 trench (refer to Figure 3).
Drill holes DD22SK007 & 008 were completed roughly 400 metres to the southwest of the Skinner #1
trench to test for gold mineralization within sheared mafic volcanics that were exposed historically through
stripping and washing. Both holes encountered sheared mafic volcanics comprising a structural zone 50 –
60 metres wide, highly deformed and variably silica-carbonate ± biotite altered (Figure 4).
Figure 3. Photographs showing textural and composition similarities between gold -
bearing core and weakly anomalous core from drill hole DD22SK006. A) Silica-ankerite-
biotite-chlorite-sericite altered and sheared mafic volcanics with pyrrhotite-pyrite ±
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chalcopyrite mineralization. B) Silica-ankerite-chlorite-biotite altered and sheared mafic
volcanics with pyrrhotite-pyrite-chalcopyrite mineralization.
Figure 4. Representative photograph of drill core from large, west-northwest trending
shear zone encountered in drill holes DD22SK007 & 008 (interval shown is from 138.7 m
to 156.3 m in DD22SK007).
Next phase of Exploration at Skinner Target Area
The mineralization encountered in the maiden drill program at the Skinner North Prospect is comprised
predominantly of disseminated sulphides, the nature of which is conducive to identification through the
implementation of Induced Polarization (“IP”) geophysical surveys. As such, the Company will commence
an IP survey in the coming weeks that will cover the 2 by 3-kilometre Skinner Target Area and provide the
Company with drill targets to evaluate in conjunction with existing geophysical, geochemical and
geological data sets.
About the Golden Sidewalk
The Golden Sidewalk is a district -scale gold exploration project covering over 160 square kilometres of
contiguous mineral claims and mining leases in the western Birch-Uchi Greenstone Belt, approximately 60
km east of Red Lake, Ontario and 60 km northeast of Kinross Gold’s Dixie Project, acquired from Great
Bear Resources in 2022. The vehicle-accessible project straddles 12 kilometres of the Balmer Assemblage
– Narrow Lake Assemblage unconformity, a regional-scale feature that has been the Red Lake exploration
guide, but which has seen limited exploration in the project area. The “Golden Corridor” lies immediately
north of the unconformity and is characterized as a highly pro spective trend of coincident favourable
magnetic and resistivity lineaments supported by highly anomalous gold-in-till samples covering 7.0 by 0.5
kilometres. An additional highly prospective target area was defined in 2021, termed the Skinner North
Target Area, where 2022 channel sampling results include 9.69 gpt gold over 3.0 metres and 13.13 gpt gold
over 1.8 metres and till samples containing up to 1,014 gold grains, was drilled for the first time in
November of 2022. Historical drilling by previous ope rators at the Bathurst Mine, Joe Vein, KT vein,
Dunkin and Vihonen prospects reported high -grade gold intercepts which have yet to be followed up by
Prosper Gold.
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QA/QC Procedures
Quality assurance and quality control measures implemented by the Company include the insertion of
certified reference materials in the sample sequence at a rate of 1 in 20 for both blank material and certified
reference standards. Analytical results for reference standard and blank samples are scrutinized internally
to ensure adequate analytical precision and accuracy in both sample preparation and instrumental
procedures. A chain of custody from drilling to laboratory is strictly monitored to ensure sampl e and
analytical integrity and reliability. Half-split core samples are sent to AGAT Laboratories in Thunder Bay,
Ontario, where they are analyzed in 50-gram aliquots using Fire-Assay with ICP-OES finish. Any overlimit
analyses (>10 g/t Au) are re-analyzed with a pulp metallic screen method designed to give the most accurate
representation of gold concentration in each sample. AGAT Laboratories in Thunder Bay, ON, is an
accredited testing laboratory having been assessed by the Standards Council of Canada (S CC) and found
to conform with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed by Rory Ritchie, P.Geo.,
Vice-President of Exploration for Prosper Gold and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.
For a detailed overview of Prosper Gold please visit www.ProsperGoldCorp.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Per: “Peter Bernier”
Peter Bernier
President & CEO
For further information, please contact:
Peter Bernier
President & CEO
Prosper Gold Corp.
Cell: (250) 316-6644
Email: [email protected]
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