QMC Assays Exceed Historical Results
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QMC ASSAYS EXCEED HISTORICAL RESULTS
March 5, 2018 Vancouver, British Columbia: QMC Quantum Minerals Corp., (TSX.v: QMC)
(FSE: 3LQ) (OTC PINK: QMCQF) (“QMC” or "the Company"). QMC is pleased to report that the
company has received very positive assay results from the recent channel sampling program undertaken
on the Irgon Dike at the company’s 100% owned Irgon Lithium Mine Project, S.E. Manitoba.
HIGHLIGHTS:
➢ 144 channel samples (over 139.1m) were obtained from 11 sawn channel cuts across the width of
the Irgon Dike (Figure 1).
➢ The best channel sample interval returned 1.43% Li2O over 18.0m - including 1.73% Li2O over
14.0m.
➢ Lithium grades of up to 4.31%, 4.0% and 3.05% Li 2O over one metre intervals were reported in
the assay results.
• 22.2% of the pegmatite assays returned a grade greater than 1.5% Li2O.
• 41.1% of the pegmatite assays returned a grade greater than 1.0% Li2O.
• 54.4% of the pegmatite assays returned a grade greater than 0.5% Li2O.
➢ Tantalum (Ta), Niobium (Nb), Rubidium(Rb), Cesium (Cs) an d Beryllium (Be) grades of up to
319, 275, 2961, 567 and 325 ppm respectively were encountered over one-meter sample intervals.
➢ The interval exhibiting the highest tantalum assay was from Cut 3: it returned 225ppm Ta over
5.6m.
➢ The interval exhibiting the highest cesium assay was from Cut 8: it returned 376ppm Cs over 4.7m.
➢ The interval exhibiting the highest niobium assay was from Cut 3: it returned 166ppm Nb over
4.0m.
A summary of complete Li2O results is tabulated below:
IRGON DIKE Li2O CHANNEL SAMPLING SUMMARY TABLE
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* NOTE: Cuts 2A, 5A and 8A are part of Cuts 2, 5 and 8 respectively; however, they are separated out as
the dike bifurcates at these sites and the “A” section predominantly consists of the central raft of (Li -
bearing) mafic volcanic host rock.
** NOTE: Cut 11 was unable to be sawn across the entire width of the pegmatite dike as its northern
contact was not accessible due to being covered by muskeg.
All samples were analyzed by SGS Labs in Lakefield, Ontario using a sodium peroxide fusion and
subsequent ICP -AES and ICP MS scans for 56 elements including Li, Ta, Nb, Cs, Rb and Be - all
elements which may potentially be found within the Winnipeg River area rare element -bearing
pegmatites. Figure 1 below illustrates the outcrop trace of the Irgon Dike and the locations of the sawn
channel sample cuts.
Cuts 2, 5 and 8 (indicated by the * in the above table) were obtained at the very eastern exposed extremity
of the dike on surface. The dike here has begun to finger into the host basa ltic wall rock. At surface
level, the width of the dike is reduced as it appears to bifurcate; however, the pegmatite dike remains host
to significant spodumene (lithium) mineralization.
Cut 1, located approximately 71m west of Cut 8 (the easternmost sample site) was taken across the widest
exposed section of the dike, the best interval which reported 14m at 1.73% Li2O.
Overall sampling on surface indicates the spodumene mineralization is uniform both in abundance and
crystal size. Spodumene mineraliz ation is fairly ubiquitous throughout the dike and its crystal length is
generally around 3 -5cm which greatly reduces any inherent “nugget effect” that would occur with the
presence of much larger crystals that generally occur in pegmatites.
The company is also encouraged by the tantalum grades that have been received by the surface sampling.
Mineralization remains open in all directions.
Where rafts of host rock were encountered within the boundaries of the Irgon Dike on the surface, the
company separated the different lithologies but included the mafic rafts as part of the calculated grade of
the cut. These basaltic rafts samples, although separated from the pegmatite samples, returned anomalous
values of Li2O to 0.77% and cesium to 567ppm.
QMC’s surface results confirm both the consistency and continuity of the spodumene mineralization and
the contained Li2O content within the dike at surface. The current QMC results compare very favourably
to the historic assays reported by the 1956 Manitoba Assessment Report (AR94932) obtained from the
historical drilling and underground crosscut sampling.
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Figure 1. Channel sample locations on the Irgon Pegmatite Dike, Cat Lake Area, S.E. Manitoba.
HISTORICAL RESOURCE
Between 1953-1954, the Lithium Corporation of Canada Limited drilled 25 holes into the Irgon Dike and
subsequently reported a historical resource estimate of 1.2 million tons grading 1.51% Li20 over a strike
length of 365 meters and to a depth of 213 meters (Northern Miner, Vol. 41, no.19, Aug. 4, 195 5, p.3).
This historical resource is documented in a 1956 Assessment Report by B. B. Bannatyne for the Lithium
Corporation of Canada Ltd. (Manitoba Assessment Report No. 94932). This historical estimate is
believed to be based on reasonable assumptions and neither the company nor the QP have any reason to
contest the document’s relevance and reliability. The ongoing detailed channel sampling and a subsequent
drill program will be required to update this historical resource to current NI 43 -101 standards. Hi storic
metallurgical tests reported an 87% recovery from which a concentrate averaging 5.9% Li 2O was
obtained.
During this historical 1950 era work program, a complete mining plant was installed on site designed to
process 500 tons of ore per day and in a ddition, a three -compartment shaft was sunk to a depth of 74
meters. On the 61-metre level, lateral development was extended off the shaft for a total of 366 meters of
drifting from which six crosscuts transected the dike. The work was suspended in 1957, a waiting a more
favourable market for lithium oxides and at this time the mine buildings were removed.
The mineral reserve cited above is presented as a historical estimate and uses historical terminology
which does not conform to current NI43 -101 standards . A qualified person has not done sufficient
work to classify the historical estimate as current mineral resources or mineral reserves. Although the
historical estimates are believed to be based on reasonable assumptions, they were calculated prior to
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the implementation of National Instrument 43 -101. These historical estimates do not meet current
standards as defined under sections 1.2 and 1.3 of NI 43 -101; consequently, the issuer is not treating
the historical estimate as current mineral resources or mineral reserves.
Qualified Person and NI 43-101 Disclosure
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Bruce E. Goad, P. Geo.
who is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
About the Company
QMC is a British Columbia based company engaged in the business of acquisition, exploration and
development of resource properties. Its objective is to locate and develop economic precious, base, rare
metal and resource properties of merit. The Company’s properties include the Irgon Lithium Mine project
two VMS properties, the Rocky Lake and Rocky-Namew known collectively as the Namew Lake District
Project. Currently, all of the company’s properties are located in Manitoba.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of
QMC QUANTUM MINERALS CORP.
“Balraj Mann”
Balraj Mann
President and Chief Executive Officer
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