Relevant Gold Samples 18.9 g/t Au and 486 g/t Ag along 2.7 km of Mineralized Shear Zones at Shield- Carissa, Wyoming
Relevant Gold Samples 18.9 g/t Au and 486 g/t Ag
along 2.7 km of Mineralized Shear Zones at Shield-
Carissa, Wyoming
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / December 14, 2023 / Relevant Gold Corp.
(TSXV:RGC) (OTCQB:RGCCF) ("Relevant Gold" or the "Company") reports multiple high-
grade gold-bearing orogenic shear zones cutting newly recognized mafic greenstones within its
100% owned, 1,557 hectare (3,847 acre) Shield-Carissa project, part of the Company's 14,223
hectare land position in the South Pass Gold Field, Wyoming, USA. The Company completed its
2023 detailed mapping and rock chip sampling program in August and successfully identified
five new mineralized shears within a NE-trending structural corridor at least 2.7km x 1km
(Figure 1) returning numerous gold and silver bearing samples highlighted by 18.9 g/t Au
and 486 g/t Ag (Table 1). The corridor includes three principal target zones hosting multiple
historic gold mines and prospects. The most well-defined is the Palmetto Zone where 2023
mapping identified over 1 km of interlacing shears linking the historic Carrie Shields and
B&H mines (Figure 1).
Highlights of the 2023 Shield-Carissa program
• Newly identified 2.7km x 1km NE-trending structural corridor cutting favorable
mafic greenstone host rocks similar to those that host mineralization elsewhere in the
district.
• 59 grab and rock chip samples were taken along this corridor, of which 35% of samples
reported anomalous gold (greater than 0.1 g/t Au).
• High-grade rock chip sample results include:
o A0843932 - 18.9 g/t Au - quartz vein.
o A0843826 - 13.4 g/t Au - altered wall rock.
o A0843806 - 9.39 g/t Au - quartz vein.
o A0843824 - 5.87 g/t Au - altered wall rock.
o A0843933 - 5.56 g/t Au - altered wall rock.
o A0843813 - 0.45 g/t Au and 486 g/t Ag - actinolite/chlorite/sulfide vein.
o See the full table of highlighted results here.
• The corridor includes three target zones: 1) Palmetto, 2) Hornet, and 3) Gold Nugget.
• Overall results continue to show Abitibi Gold Belt-style geology and scalable, high-grade
orogenic mineralization, reaffirming the Company's thesis connecting Wyoming gold
to the prolific Abitibi gold belts.
"Camp-scale potential continues to unfold in the South Pass Gold Field with another high-grade
district-scale orogenic gold system at Shield-Carissa emerging from our 2023 systematic
exploration work," said Relevant Gold CEO, Rob Bergmann. "We are delighted to see this
pioneering exploration validate our Abitibi-gold thesis for Wyoming and continue to open up the
rest of our large property portfolio where recon work shows numerous additional, and
potentially well mineralized, shears that remain to be drilled. The thesis works, and we are
stacking up high-grade, district-scale targets for continued discovery drilling campaigns in the
future."
Summary of 2023 Shield-Carissa Work
Previous (2019) reconnaissance work by the Company along the shear structures that host the
historic B & H and Carrie Shields mines identified alteration and quartz veining typical of
Abitibi-type orogenic-style gold systems. Grab sampling along the shears included highlight
samples reporting 6.5 g/t Au. Several samples reporting high gold grades (>5 g/t Au), with the
best two returning 18.9 g/t Au and 486 g/t Ag (Table 1), have emerged from the Company's
more detailed 2023 work program that focused on the corridor between and along strike of these
two historic mines. 2023 geological mapping and sampling identified five new mineralized
shear zones, two of which appear to connect these historic mines (Figure 1). In addition to the 5
new shear zones, the 2023 mapping program identified multiple wedges of Abitibi-style mafic
greenstone rocks including amphibolite and mafic metavolcanics where historical mapping
indicated only metagraywacke rocks. These greenstone wedges are bounded by secondary shear
structures and are hydrothermally altered to chlorite-actinolite-carbonate ± quartz-oxidized
sulfide schists cut by mineralized quartz veins reporting highlights results of 5.56 g/t Au.
The 2023 work program defined three new target zones along the 2.7 km Shield-Carissa trend: 1)
Palmetto, 2) Gold Nugget and 3) Hornet (Figure 1). Each zone is characterized by high-grade
gold hosted in shear zones cutting favorable greenstone host rocks and are further described
below.
Figure 1: Plan map highlighting 2023 rock chip sampling results and newly expanded target
zones. Click the image above to access a high-resolution version.
Palmetto Zone
The Palmetto zone lies at the southwestern end of the trend and incorporates at least three
anastomosing shear zones that lie between, and host, the historical Carrie Shields and B & H
mines. The shears are developed along the contacts between mafic rocks and Miner's Delight
metagreywacke and show multiple generations of quartz veining. The highest gold grades occur
in gray quartz veinlets carrying pyrite and arsenopyrite. Depending on host lithology, alteration
selvages are dominated by chlorite-amphibole-carbonate or quartz-sericite-pyrite- both with
minor tourmaline. The alteration selvages are commonly gossanous and is highlighted by
samples returning 9.39 g/t Au and 13.4 g/t Au, locally with significant silver mineralization
highlighted by a sample returning 486.9 g/t Ag. The surrounding limonite-stained, fractured
country rock commonly hosts lower-grade gold mineralization.
The central shear appears to be the most continuous-traceable through outcrops for over 1 km
from the Carrie Shields mine to northwest of the B&H mine. 2023 sampling along this shear is
highlighted by samples returning 13.4 g/t Au, which corroborates earlier samples taken on this
shear 150 meters to the NW of the B&H that returned highlighted samples of 6.72 g/t Au. The
B&H mine shear runs about 150m to the southeast of the central shear and is traceable for
approximately 600 metres. Prior sampling along the interpreted surface projection of the B&H
shear found gold mineralization highlighted by samples returning 4.85 g/t Au in outcrops and
waste piles, with 2023 sampling ranging from below detection limit - to 5.87 g/t Au. The third
shear runs parallel to, and about 250m northwest of, the central shear and is the least well
defined. Sampling along it reports highlighted values of 9.32 g/t Au.
Gold Nugget Zone
This mineralized structure lies north of the Palmetto Zone and is intermittently exposed through
cover. It is traceable through historic exploration diggings including a series of backfilled shafts
and small prospects. Dumps here show mylonitized, hydrothermally altered amphibolite and
gray, quartz-carbonate veins which reported from below detection limit to 2.9 g/t Au.
Hornet Zone
This mineralized area lies more or less on strike with and to the northeast of the Palmetto Zone.
It appears to be a splay off the regionally important Anderson Ridge Fault and includes at least
two mineralized strands. Mineralization is similar to that seen elsewhere in the South Pass
Greenstone Belt and has yielded the highest-grade sample collected to date from the entire
Shield-Carissa project area from a 1-2m wide shear zone developed along the limb of an
anticline. Here, the contact between amphibolite and metagraywacke is cut by quartz veining
with a broad alteration selvage from which separate selected grab samples returned 18.96 g/t Au
and 5.56 g/t Au, respectively.
Summary
The Shield-Carissa project fits the Abitibi gold model and continues to show a strong correlation
to the directly adjacent +180,000oz historic Carissa mine. Further exploration and definition of
the wedges of mafic rocks and mineralized shear structures throughout the property will be an
important next step to refine drill targets. The 2.7km footprint of mineralized shear structures and
alteration indicates a very large mineralizing system that has never been drilled. Additionally,
this project continues to illustrate its connection to the Abitibi gold belt during the time of gold
mineralization, further supporting district-scale orogenic potential at Shield-Carissa and
throughout the rest of the Company's Wyoming portfolio.
Shield-Carissa Project - Assay Highlights
Sample
ID
Au
(ppm)
Ag
(ppm)
As
(ppm)
Sb
(ppm)
W
(ppm)
Rock Type
A0843932 18.96 1.86 186 0.9 2.3 Gray quartz veins with pyrite ±
arsenopyrite.
A0843826 13.39 5.02 >10,000 183 14.4 Quartz vein selvage with
arsenopyrite.
A0843806 9.39 0.2 401 1 2.5 Shear zone with gray quartz
veins.
A0843824 5.87 2.69 >10,000 74.3 48.7 Altered wallrock.
A0843933 5.56 2.75 826.5 1.5 2.6 Altered mafic rock with quartz
veins.
A0843827 2.89 0.2 449.5 2.5 1.4 Amphibolite with grey quartz
veins.
A0843808 1.77 0.5 194 1 1.5 2m shear zone with massive
quartz veins.
A0843829 1.27 0.2 184 1.2 232 Mylonitic actinolite schist with
quartz veins.
A0843828 1.25 0.43 457 1.5 2.1 Mylonitic actinolite schist with
quartz veins.
A0843941 0.83 1.41 2,086 4.4 3.2 Quartz vein.
A0843936 0.69 0.28 150 1.8 1.8 Gray quartz vein.
A0843819 0.68 0.52 219 2.9 2 1m wide quartz vein in 3m
wide shear zone.
A0843820 0.64 0.41 268 1.9 1.1 Quartz vein and breccia in 2m
shear zone.
A0843935 0.59 0.43 103 2.1 5.3 Quartz-carbonate-sulfide vein.
A0843813 0.45 486.9 4,430 37 14.8 Actinolite-chlorite-sulfide vein.
A0843816 0.42 0.19 266 1.4 3.9 1m quartz vein zone.
A0843818 0.41 1.16 247 4.4 3.9 Altered cataclastic breccia.
A0843822 0.23 0.3 379 2.8 1.3 Quartz veins and cataclastic
breccia in a 2m shear zone.
A0843809 0.17 0.12 90.6 1.1 0.8
Inclined shaft 15m deep.
Sample of quartz vein with
oxidized sulfide.
Shield-Carissa Project - Assay Highlights
A0843846 0.13 0.05 31.9 0.9 1 Pin-stripped amphibolite with
quartz veins.
A0843821 0.11 0.55 445 2.4 8.5
Quartz veins and cataclastic
breccia within a 2m wide shear
zone.
A0843830 0.10 0.26 48.8 1.9 3.5 Metagabbro with oxidized
quartz veins.
Table 1: Highlight assay results from the 2023 mapping and sampling program. Anomalous gold
(>0.1 g/t Au) is displayed along with highly anomalous vector element geochemistry displayed
in bold.
QAQC
Samples were submitted to MSALabs laboratory (ISO XYZZ) for preparation and analysis at
their Val-d'Or, Quebec and Langley, B.C. facilities in Canada. Samples were prepared and
analyzed for gold using PhotonAssayTM at the Val-d'Or location and multi-element geochemistry
at the Langley, B.C. location. All samples were assayed for gold using the CPA-Au1 method
with a >250g sample, and also analyzed for multi-element ICP-MS geochemistry using method
IMS-230 with a 4-acid digestion. Overlimit results for silver (>100ppm Ag) were further
analyzed with the CPA-Ag method with a >250g sample.
MSALabs employs an internal QA/QC to ensure proper sample preparation and equipment
calibration. Additionally, Relevant Gold's QA/QC program includes regular insertion of CRM
standards, duplicates, and blanks in the sample batches to further monitor lab accuracy, precision
and equipment calibration. All results and QA/QC have been reviewed by Mr. Brian Lentz, CPG,
who is the Chief Exploration Officer and Qualified Person for the Company.
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The scientific and technical contents of this release have been approved by Mr. Brian C. Lentz,
CPG #11999, Chief Exploration Officer of the Company, who is a "Qualified Person" as defined
by Canadian National Instrument 43-101 (Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects). Mr.
Lentz is not independent of the Company.
About Relevant Gold Corp.
Relevant Gold Corp. is a North American gold exploration company focused on the acquisition,
exploration, discovery, and development of district-scale gold projects in the state of Wyoming -
one of the most mining-friendly jurisdictions in the United States and globally. Founded by
experienced exploration geologists, Relevant Gold is managed by a highly respected team with a
proven record of significant value creation for shareholders.
On behalf of Relevant Gold Corp.,
Rob Bergmann, Chief Executive Officer
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