Rokmaster Provides Update on the Revel Ridge Project
Rokmaster Provides Update on the Revel
Ridge Project
VANCOUVER, BC
,
June 21, 2022
/CNW/ - Rokmaster Resources Corp. (TSXV: RKR) (OTCQB:
RKMSF) (FSE: 1RR1) ("Rokmaster" or "the Company") is pleased to provide an update of the
exploration programs at the Revel Ridge Project ("Revel Ridge" or "the Project").
The spring 2022 drill program concluded on
June 15, 2022
which had a total of 3,246 metres of
drilling in ten drillholes, all of which successfully intersected the Revel Ridge deformation zone
structure. All drill core samples have been delivered to the laboratory and results will be published as
they are compiled. Rokmaster has now completed approximately 34,000 metres of drilling in 95
drillholes since
September 2020
.
With the recently achieved overall gold recoveries of 96.8% (see
June 1
st
, 2022
News Release
),
Rokmaster is eager to incorporate its repeatable gold extraction process together with its expanded
drill program results towards an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") which is
expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2022.
Commencing in
July 2022
, the Company plans to initiate its summer drill program totalling
approximately 5,000 metres. This program will test the main deformation zone from surface to the
southeast, including the Zinc Creek showing area which occurs along strike approximately
950 m
to
the southeast, and shares many characteristics of the Revel Ridge Main Zone ("RRMZ")
mineralization. The program will also test the RRMZ and Yellowjacket Zones ("RRYZ") to the
northwest, down-dip from certain 2021 surface drillholes which returned strong RRMZ and RRYZ
intersections.
The current resource at Revel Ridge consists of:
Measured & Indicated (M&I): 1.36 million gold equivalent ("AuEq") ounces contained within 6.73
million tonnes with an average grade of 6.27 g/t AuEq.*
Inferred (Inf): 1.22 million AuEq ounces contained within 6.00 million tonnes at an average grade
of 6.33 g/t AuEq.*
John Mirko
, President and CEO of Rokmaster stated:
"Rokmaster's aggressive drill programs continue to target areas well outside of the current Mineral
Resource boundaries, with previously revised AuEq values documented in the Measured, Indicated,
and Inferred early 2022 Mineral Resource Estimate. Rokmaster previously added significant AuEq
ounces in every classification, and with the Revel Ridge Project hosting one of the largest
undeveloped orogenic polymetallic-gold deposits in the Western Cordillera, we are optimistic about
continued expansion with each successive drill program. The RRMZ currently has a strike length
exceeding 3.2 km with a down-dip extent exceeding 1.2 km as defined by diamond drilling.
Geological and geochemical data suggests that the Revel Ridge deformation zone, the structure
hosting the RRMZ mineralization, has a strike length exceeding 6 km so the potential area to explore
is nearly double the current extent of the RRMZ. Given the recent metallurgical test achievements
showing overall gold recoveries of 96.8% in the Revel Ridge Main Zone and the continued expansion
of known mineralized zones, I'm confident the Revel Ridge Project has been significantly de-risked
and is on track to moving Rokmaster closer to achieving its goal of becoming a significant producer."
Corporate Updates
Rokmaster is pleased to report the appointment of Mr.
Connor Malek
, B.Sc. to the position of
Vice President of Exploration for the Company.
Mr. Malek has been active in the mineral
exploration business for over 12 years. Following two years' experience in remote geochemical
sampling and underground and open-pit gold production in
Western Australia
, Mr. Malek completed
a B.Sc. (High Honors) in Geology from the
University of Saskatchewan
. Mr. Malek then assisted
with the expansion of Nexgen Energy's Arrow uranium deposit before starting with a partner at First
Geolas Consulting, where he worked for multiple mineral exploration companies while prospecting
and developing exploration projects. With extensive experience in the research and exploration of
many commodities in multiple geological environments and jurisdictions, Mr. Malek has come to
manage numerous prospecting, geochemical sampling, geophysical, and complex drilling programs,
specializing in efficient planning, execution and reporting on field work. Connor will continue to work
closely with Dr.
Jim Oliver
on the Company's Revel Ridge Project.
In addition, the Company has granted 5,000,000 incentive stock options to certain directors, officers,
consultants and advisors of the Company under the Company's stock option plan. The options are
exercisable for a period of 5 years at an exercise price of
$0.20
per common share.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of
Rokmaster Resources Corp.
John Mirko
,
President & Chief Executive Officer.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term in defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
press release.
About Rokmaster
Rokmaster controls a portfolio of three significant exploration and development projects all of which
are located in southern
British Columbia
in regions of excellent infrastructure. The three projects
include:
1
.
Revel Ridge.
Rokmaster is currently updating a PEA and conducting property wide exploration
and drill programs at the Revel Ridge Project located in southeastern
British Columbia
35 km's
north of the
City of Revelstoke
. Revel Ridge is host to a high-grade gold and polymetallic
orogenic sulphide deposit which has been the subject of a PEA Technical Report dated
December 8, 2020
and a Technical Report of an Updated Mineral Resource Estimate on the
Revel Ridge Property, dated
January 17, 2022
.
2
.
Big Copper.
Rokmaster controls the Big Copper Property in the
Kimberley
area of southern
British Columbia
. Big Copper is a high-grade copper-silver occurrence hosted in mid-Proterozoic
rocks. Copper-silver mineralization has been traced for 4.5 km along strike and is exposed in a
series of adits and trenches over approximately
500 m
of vertical relief. Big Copper likely
belongs to a class of stratabound replacement copper-silver deposits hosted within mid –
Proterozoic quartzitic sediments. The style and stratigraphic setting of mineralization at Big
Copper may be analogous to similar stratabound silver-copper deposits in
NW Montana
, e.g.,
the Troy Mine (a significant past producer of copper and silver) and
Hecla's
Montanore pre-
development project, with, 112 million tonnes Inferred at 54.8 g/t Ag and 0.7% Cu*. (
Hecla
,
2020 Annual Report, Pg. 119.
www.hecla-mining.com
).
1
Footnote (1).
The qualified person has been unable to
verify this inferred resource.
3
.
Duncan Lake Zinc.
Duncan is a carbonate hosted silver-lead-zinc deposit located near Duncan
Lake in southern
British Columbia
. The deposit is hosted within a Cambrian age Badshot
Limestone which also hosts Zn-Pb-Ag mineralization at Teck's recently producing Pend Oreille
Mine as well as past producers including the Blue Bell Mine, Reeves MacDonald Mine, Jersey
Emerald and HB mines. Mineralization at Duncan Lake forms in the crest and limbs of the
regional scale Duncan Lake anticline, where strong zinc-lead +/- silver mineralization has been
traced by surface and underground drilling for approximately
2,500 m
. At Duncan Lake,
Rokmaster will be targeting > 30 Mt of 8-10% Zn,+Pb+Ag. Historical background and a
geological synthesis of the Duncan Lake deposit is provided in a NI 43-101 report by
Lane, B.,
2018: Technical Report on the Duncan Lake Project.
Quality Assurance/Quality Control.
Dr.
Jim Oliver
, P. Geo. supervised all aspects of the drilling
and sampling undertaken in the 2021 and 2022 underground and surface diamond drill program. All
assay samples have been collected from ½ HQ core, sawn with a diamond saw with the sample
intervals marked by technical personnel. A full QAQC program using blanks, standards and
duplicates was utilized to monitor analytical accuracy and precision. QAQC samples are submitted
approximately at every 20th sample, or a minimum of 5% of the total sample stream. Appropriate
standards are used to provide quality control information on high grade and medium to low grade
samples. A limestone blank is inserted after any sample that has macroscale characteristics of
higher-grade mineralization. Duplicate samples are repeat analysis of designated primary sample
pulps. The samples were sealed on site and shipped to MSALABS in
Langley, British Columbia
.
MSALABS is an ISO 17025 (Testing and Calibration Laboratory) and an ISO 9001 (Quality
Management System) Certified Laboratory. Drill core samples were crushed to 2 mm and a 500-
gram sub sample was pulverized with 85% of the sample passing 75 microns. The sub-sample was
analysed using a combination of MSALABS FAS211 for Au and ICP–240 (4 acid digestion) for silver,
base metals and other trace elements. FAS211 for gold is an ore grade fire assay of a 50 g pulp
with an AAS finish with a detection range between 0.01 and 100 ppm). ICP-240 utilizes four acid
digestion and provides ore grade analytical data on silver, base metals and 26 other elements.
The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with Canadian
regulatory requirements as set out in National Instrument 43-101 and reviewed and approved by
Eric
Titley P.Geo
., who is independent of Rokmaster and who acts as Rokmaster's Qualified Person.
*(Technical Report and Updated Mineral Resource Estimate of the Revel Ridge Polymetallic
Property Revelstoke Mining Division,
British Columbia, Canada
,
William Stone
, Ph.D., P.Geo.
Fred
Brown
, P.Geo.
Jarita Barry
, P.Geo.
David Burga
, P.Geo.
Eugene Puritch
, P.Eng., FEC, CET Stacy
Freudigmann, P.Eng. F.Aus.IMM. P&E Mining Consultants Inc. Report 411 Effective Date:
November 15, 2021
Signing Date:
January 17, 2022
filed on SEDAR.)
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