Rockhaven Reports First Assay Results from 2021 Exploration at its Klaza Gold-Silver Project, Yukon
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Rockhaven Reports First Assay Results from 2021 Exploration at its
Klaza Gold-Silver Project, Yukon
December 1 5, 20 21 - Rockhaven Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:RK) (“Rockhaven”) is pleased to
announce the first set of assay results from the 2021 exploration program at its 100% owned and
road accessible Klaza property, located in the Dawson Range Gold Belt of southern Yukon.
During summer and fall of 2021, a total of 14,256 m of drilling was completed in 72 holes. The
objectives of this drilling were: (1) expansion of existing mineral resources, (2) re-categorization
of some inferred mineral resources into indicated mineral resources, and (3) evaluation of
exploration targets that lie outside of the known mineral resource areas. This release reports initial
results from holes in and around mineral resources at the Central BRX and Central Klaza zones,
and from exploration at the Western BRX Extension, Western Chevron and Kelly Porphyry
targets.
Highlight assay results in this press release include:
Central BRX Zone
• 1.37 g/t gold, 79 g/t silver, 1.2% lead, and 0.8% zinc over 13.42 m (KL-21-509)
• 1.11 g/t gold, 53 g/t silver, 0.3% lead, and 0.6% zinc over 10.38 m (KL-21-507)
• 3.14 g/t gold, 554 g/t silver, 6.0% lead and 1.4% zinc over 1.38 m (KL-21-512)
• 13.50 g/t gold, 111 g/t silver, 0.7% lead, and 1.2% zinc over 0.81 m (KL-21-511)
• 6.92 g/t gold, 172 g/t silver, 3.1% lead, and 0.8% zinc over 1.26 m (KL-21-508)
Central Klaza Zone
• 1.55 g/t gold, 10 g/t silver, 0.1% lead and 0.3% zinc over 10.05 m (KL-21-518)
• 9.56 g/t gold, 31 g/t silver, 0.1% lead and 1.2% zinc over 0.69 m and
3.92 g/t gold, 1,225 g/t silver, 3.8% lead and 2.7% zinc over 0.55 m (KL-21-515)
Western BRX Extension
• 1,160 g/t silver, 8.4% lead and 5.2% zinc over 0.54 m (KL-21-492)
Western Chevron
• 2.69 g/t gold, 171 g/t silver, 2.1% lead and 4.4% zinc over 0.87 m (KL-21-501)
“These initial results from 2021 drilling are a first step in achieving the objectives of the 2021 drill
program, with expansion and infill drilling in and around known mineral resources consistently
returning grades in line with the mineral resource estimate , while also identifying potential new
discoveries at outside exploration targets,” stated Matt Turner, Rockhaven’s CEO. “Drilling
within the planned open pit returned solid intercepts that should contribute to the confidence in the
mineral resource estimate for the Klaza Deposit. Additionally, grades such as those seen in hole
KL-21-512, which lie immediately adjacent to the conceptual mine plan in the Klaza PEA (see
Rockhaven press release dated July 13, 2020 ), are highly encouraging and may provide the
opportunity to expand the contemplated open pit in that direction . We will continue to update
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shareholders as assays are received from an additional 43 drill holes, all of which are in areas of
known mineralization.”
Maps showing the locations of completed drill holes and core photos from significant mineralized
veins can be viewed on the Rockhaven website at www.rockhavenresources.com.
Infill and Resource Expansion Drilling
Infill and resource expansion drilling was undertaken in the Central and Western BRX zones and
in the Eastern, Central and Western Klaza zones. Included in this release are results from the first
nine holes completed on the Central BRX and Central Klaza zones in 2021. Of particular
significance, all six holes announced from the Central BRX Zone intersected near surface
mineralization that lies in a poorly defined portion of the current mineral resource. Data from
2021 holes will be incorporated into a n updated mineral resource estima te, expected to be
completed in the second quarter of 2022 . Significant assays from early, infill and resource
expansion drill holes are shown in the following table.
Zone ID Drill Hole From
(m)
To
(m)
Interval
(m) +
Au
(g/t)
Ag
(g/t)
Pb
(%)
Zn
(%)
Central BRX KL-21-507 34.97 45.35 10.38 1.11 52.6 0.3 0.6
incl. 34.97 35.77 0.80 4.91 444.0 3.1 4.7
and incl. 43.80 44.58 0.78 6.86 87.0 0.1 NSV
Central BRX KL-21-508 36.44 37.70 1.26 6.92 172.0 3.1 0.8
incl. 37.00 37.70 0.70 10.90 289.0 5.4 1.5
Central BRX KL-21-509 33.30 46.72 13.42 1.37 78.6 1.2 0.8
incl. 35.00 36.61 1.61 5.69 396.0 6.9 1.3
and incl. 43.48 46.72 3.24 2.11 106.0 1.2 2.0
Central BRX KL-21-510 33.74 38.50 4.76 1.47 37.8 0.5 0.5
incl. 38.00 38.50 0.50 9.53 153.0 1.1 2.7
Central BRX KL-21-511 54.37 55.18 0.81 13.50 111.0 0.7 1.2
Central BRX KL-21-512 52.10 53.48 1.38 3.14 554.0 6.0 1.4
incl. 52.78 53.48 0.70 3.67 1,060.0 11.8 2.8
and 63.13 64.17 1.04 1.38 67.9 0.7 0.5
Central Klaza KL-21-514 84.16 84.66 0.50 3.42 7.5 0.1 0.3
and 107.00 109.66 2.66 1.78 10.4 0.1 0.8
incl. 109.16 109.66 0.50 7.46 32.5 0.4 1.7
Central Klaza KL-21-515 22.35 22.82 0.47 9.02 190.0 0.3 0.6
and 124.97 127.76 2.79 2.46 3.4 0.1 0.5
and 140.72 142.93 2.21 3.45 19.9 0.1 0.4
and 175.38 176.07 0.69 9.56 31.3 0.1 1.2
and 195.45 196.00 0.55 3.92 1,225.0 3.8 2.7
and 206.83 207.84 1.01 1.65 20.6 0.1 0.5
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and 238.50 239.00 0.50 16.20 95.9 0.2 0.7
Central Klaza KL-21-518 108.40 109.03 0.63 5.31 37.4 0.8 1.7
and 171.95 182.00 10.05 1.55 9.8 0.1 0.3
incl. 171.95 176.10 4.15 2.09 15.4 0.2 0.5
and incl. 179.50 180.00 0.50 11.65 57.0 0.2 1.4
and 196.30 196.80 0.50 4.75 53.2 0.7 1.0
+ Represents the diamond drill hole core length. True widths are estimated to be 80 -90% of the interval as the majority of vein
intersects had contacts that were at or near perpendicular to core axis.
Western BRX Extension Exploration Target
A total of 1,456 m of drilling was completed in seven holes that form a continuous 1,060 m long
fence across the westerly projection of the Western BRX vein, the highest-grade gold zone
identified on the property to date. This drilling searched for the strike extension of the vein west
of a post-mineralization fault that truncates the known vein, in an overburden-covered area hosting
a number of previously untested geophysical anomalies. Veining was intersected in several of the
drill holes with the most notable result from KL-21-492, which returned 1,160 g/t silver, 8.41%
lead and 5.15% zinc over 0.54 m . The mineralogy and the bonanza grade silver assay likely
indicate a depositional setting that is more distal to the heat source than the veins comprising the
current resource . Veins in this area probably lie in a silver-lead-zinc rich portion of the
mineralizing system. This conclusion is supported by a single trench that was dug up -dip of the
drill intersection in hole KL-21-492, which exposed a 1 m wide vein of nearly massive galena with
assays still pending.
The results from this drill hole and trench are significant as they represent a s tep-out of 750 m
from the Western BRX Zone. Future drilling and surface trenching will assess the potential of this
new vein, working eastward to determine whether an area of gold enrichment is present closer to
the Western BRX Zone . Significant results from th is hole and others on the westerly fence are
shown in the table below.
Zone ID Drill Hole From
(m)
To
(m)
Interval
(m) +
Au
(g/t)
Ag
(g/t)
Pb
(%)
Zn
(%)
Western BRX
Extension
KL-21-491 5.05 6.00 0.95 0.29 144.0 0.6 1.1
and 114.80 115.31 0.51 0.12 79.1 5.7 NSV
Western BRX
Extension
KL-21-492 176.78 177.32 0.54 0.01 1,160.0 8.4 5.2
Western BRX
Extension
KL-21-497 125.50 126.00 0.50 1.01 110.0 1.6 0.6
+ Represents the diamond drill hole core length. True widths are unknown at this time.
Western Chevron Exploration Target
The Western Chevron target lies 800 m to the southwest of the Western BRX Zone, in the same
fault block. Several previous holes drilled in this lightly explored area returned encouraging
results. A total of 619.8 m of drilling was completed in 4 holes, 3 of which intersected significant
mineralization. These results are shown in the table below.
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Zone ID Drill Hole From
(m)
To
(m)
Interval
(m) +
Au
(g/t)
Ag
(g/t)
Pb
(%)
Zn
(%)
Western
Chevron
KL-21-501 109.73 110.60 0.87 2.69 171.0 2.1 4.4
Western
Chevron
KL-21-513 91.74 92.96 1.22 1.03 78.7 1.2 0.6
Western
Chevron
KL-21-516 99.00 99.63 0.63 4.25 35.0 1.1 0.9
+ Represents the diamond drill hole core length. True widths are unknown at this time, although the majority of vein intersects had contacts that
were at or near perpendicular to core axis.
Kelly Porphyry
The Kelly Porphyry target lies about 800 m southeast of the known mineral resources and is
believed to core the hydrothermal system that deposited the epithermal vein system. The porphyry
target is define d by a very large copper -molybdenum-gold soil geochemical anomaly with
coincident magnetic lows, chargeability highs (>70 ms) and resistivity lows (<100 ohm -m). A
total of 2,578 m of drilling was completed in nine drill holes on the Kelly Porphyry target in 2021.
While broad, significant intercepts were not encountered in this campaign, pervasive porphyry-
style stockwork veining and alteration was logged throughout the holes. Interpretation of the drill
results suggests that the 2021 holes may be located within the ‘pyrite halo’ that often encircles
nearly all porphyry centres. Additionally, several phases of Casino Suite intrusive rocks were
identified within the Kelly Porphyry target area, an important feature associated with the main
mineralizing event at the Casino deposit that lies approximately 100 km to the northwest of Klaza.
Lithogeochemical vectors indicate that the best potential for porphyry-style mineralization lies to
the northeast of the 2021 drill holes, in an area characterized by strong chargeability highs and
coincident resistivity lows.
QA/QC
All analyses for rock and core samples from the 2021 program were performed by ALS Minerals
with sample preparation in Whitehorse and assays and geochemical analyses in North Vancouver.
Core samples were routinely analyzed for gold by fire assay followed b y atomic absorption (Au-
AA24) and 48 other elements by inductively coupled plasma -mass spectrometry (ME -MS61).
Samples that exceeded the detection limits of the routine methods were assayed for silver, copper,
lead and zinc by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (Ag/Cu/Pb/Zn - OG62)
and gold by gravimetric analysis (Au -GRA22). Rigorous procedures were in place regarding
sample collection, chain of custody and data entry. Certified assay standards, coarse reject
duplicates, field duplicat es and blanks were routinely inserted into the sample stream to ensure
integrity of the assay process. All of the results reported have passed the QA/QC screening.
Qualified Persons
Technical information in this news release has been approved by Matthew R. Dumala, P.Eng., a
geological engineer with Archer, Cathro & Associates (1981) Limited and qualified person for the
purpose of National Instrument 43-101.
About Rockhaven
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Rockhaven Resources Ltd. is a well-funded explorer focused on the exploration and development
of its 100% -owned, camp -scale Klaza Property, which hosts the Klaza Deposit and numerous
lightly explored exploration targets. Rockhaven has completed a mineral resource estimate and a
preliminary economic assessment on the Klaza deposit (see Klaza Property Technical Report with
an effective date of July 10, 2020 and titled, “Technical Report and Preliminary Economic
Assessment Update for the Klaza Property, Yukon, Canada.” which can be viewed at
www.sedar.com under the Rockhaven profile or on the Rockhaven website at
www.rockhavenresources.com).
Matthew Turner
President, CEO and Director
Rockhaven Resources Ltd.
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