Red Pine Intersects High-Grade Gold in the Jubilee Shear Zone – 34.4 g/t over 3.7 m within 12.7 m at 10.6 g/t; 4.6 g/t over 6.2 m within 41 m at 1.6 g/t (all in true width)
Red Pine Intersects High-Grade Gold in the Jubilee Shear Zone – 34.4 g/t over
3.7 m within 12.7 m at 10.6 g/t; 4.6 g/t over 6.2 m within 41 m at 1.6 g/t (all in true
width)
TORONTO, March 04, 2019 -- Red Pine Exploration Inc. (TSX-V: RPX) ("Red Pine" or the "Company") announces new results
from its delineation drilling of the Surluga Deposit (“Surluga” or the “Deposit”). The Surluga Deposit 1 is one of two (2) known
resources, identified to date, on the large 6,519 hectares Wawa Gold Property, located near Wawa, Ontario. These latest
results will be included a revised NI 43-101 resource estimate for the Deposit expected in Q2 2019.
Quentin Yarie, President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Pine stated, "Our in-fill drilling program in the Surluga Deposit
continues to discover zones of high-grade mineralization inside and outside of the current footprint of the inferred resource.
The holes reported here were planned to close gaps identified in the process of updating the current Surluga Deposit. Most of
the tested gaps are adjacent to the existing underground infrastructure of the Surluga and Jubilee Mines.”
Drilling highlights (Table 1):
• Discovery of high-grade gold in delineation holes of the Surluga Deposit:
◦ Hole SD-18-255 contains 10.6 g/t gold over 12.7 m (true width) including 34.4 g/t gold over 3.7 m (true width);
◦ Hole SD-18-258 contains 1.6 g/t gold over 41.0 m (true width) including 5.2 g/t gold over 3.1 m and 4.6 g/t gold
over 6.2 m (true width);
◦ Hole SD-18-251 contains 4.0 g/t gold over 2.9 m (true width).
Red Pine’s work to improve its understanding of the geological factors that control higher-grade gold mineralization in the
Surluga Deposit, has enabled the Company to identify zones where significant gold mineralization can be expected. Holes SD-
18-251, 252 and 254 intersected a shallow zone of high-grade mineralization at the southern end of the Surluga Deposit. Hole
SD-18-255 discovered the deeper extension of this same zone of high-grade mineralization. Additional drilling will be
necessary to define the zone’s size and possible extension.
Infill and confirmation drilling in the Jubilee Shear Zone
Red Pine’s 2018 diamond drill program, from July to early January 2019, targeted strategic areas in the Surluga Deposit where
geological modelling suggested that high-grade mineralization would be discovered. Drilling results to date support the
potential for the Surluga Deposit to host a higher-grade gold resource, accessible using the existing underground
developments of the Surluga Mine. Recent drilling is also confirming that additional gold zones exist below the Jubilee Shear
Zone (host of the Surluga Deposit) and that higher-grade mineralization can be found in those gold zones. Assay results for
another 20 infill drill holes completed in the Surluga Deposit are still pending. The Company remains on track to deliver an
updated resource estimation for the Surluga Deposit in Q2 2019.
Table 1. Highlights of the 2018 drilling results in the Jubilee Shear Zone
Hole From
(m)
To
(m)
Length
(m)*
Calculated true
width (m)
Gold
(g/t) Az Dip X Y Z
SD-18-
249 190.7 199.6 8.9 7.4 0.8 359 64 6681125316045 376.3
SD-18-
251
162.1 176.2 14.1 13.4 1.1
323 61 6681115316045 376.3
Including
173.2 176.2 3.0 2.9 4.0
SD-18-
252 171.2 182.3 11.1 10.3 0.6 306 76 6681115316045 376.3
SD-18-
254
167.0 175.2 8.2 8.2 1.8
279 53 6681115316045 376.3
Including
168.9 175.2 6.3 6.3 2.1
SD-18-
180.7 195.8 14.1 12.7 10.6
Including
189.7 193.8 4.1 3.7 34.4
Including
255 249 49 6681115316045 376.3190.4 192.0 1.6 1.4 80.4
SD-18-
257 154.1 161.5 7.4 5.6 0.7 203 66 6679855315923 374.3
SD-18-
258
225.2 269.8 44.6 41.0 1.6
313 77 6681695315848 351.2
Including
246.8 250.2 3.4 3.1 5.2
263.1 269.8 6.7 6.2 4.6
Two photos accompanying this announcement are available at :
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Wawa Gold Project Background
Since December 2014, Red Pine's exploration work has involved the ongoing sampling of 42,000 m of historic core that was
never sampled by previous operators of the project, and exploration drilling campaigns. To date, the Company has completed
over 59,000 m of drilling and made four discoveries along the extension of the Surluga Deposit: the Surluga North Zone; the
Hornblende-William Zone; the Minto Mine South Zone and; the Grace-Darwin Zone. These are part of the Wawa Gold Corridor,
a gold-mineralization zone that extends for more than 5 kilometres. The Company released a maiden resource of 100,000
ounces of gold at an average grade of 6.8 g/t for the Minto Mine South Deposit2 in November 2018.
Red Pine’s on-going drill program is designed to potentially expand the size of the existing inferred gold resource at the
Surluga Deposit and connect the other zones of gold mineralization along the Wawa Gold Corridor.
On-site Quality Assurance/Quality Control (“QA/QC”) Measures
Drill core samples were transported in security-sealed bags for analyses to Activation Laboratories Ltd. in Ancaster, Ontario.
Individual samples are labeled, placed in plastic sample bags and sealed. Groups of samples are then placed into durable rice
bags and then shipped. The remaining coarse reject portions of the samples remain in storage if further work or verification is
needed.
Red Pine has implemented a quality-control program to comply with best practices in the sampling and analysis of drill core.
As part of its QA/QC program, Red Pine inserts external gold standards (low to high grade) and blanks every 20 samples in
addition to random standards, blanks, and duplicates.
Qualified Person
Quentin Yarie, P Geo. is the qualified person responsible for preparing, supervising and approving the scientific and technical
content of this news release.
About Red Pine Exploration Inc.
Red Pine Exploration Inc. is a gold and base-metals exploration company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The
Company's common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "RPX".
Red Pine has a 60% interest in the Wawa Gold Project with Citabar LP. holding the remaining 40% interest. Red Pine is the
Operating Manager of the Project and is focused on expanding the existing gold resource on the property.
For more information about the Company visit www.redpineexp.com
Or contact:
Quentin Yarie, President & CEO, (416) 364-7024, [email protected]
Or Mia Boiridy, Investor Relations, (416) 364-7024, [email protected]
1NI 43-101 inferred resource of 1,088,000 ounces of gold at a 1.71 grams per tonne (g/t) using a 0.40 g/t gold cut-off grade
for pit-constrained and 2.50 g/t gold cut-off grade for underground-constrained resources, contained in 19.82 million tonnes
open along strike and at depth. The Cut-off grades are based on a gold price of US$1,250 per once and a gold recovery of 95
percent (Mineral Resource Statement, Surluga-Jubilee Gold Deposit, Wawa Gold Project, Ontario, SRK Consulting (Canada)
Inc (effective May 26, 2015)).
2NI 43-101 maiden resource of 100,000 ounces of gold at an average grade of 6.8 g/t using a cut-off grade of 3.5 g/t gold
(Initial Technical Report for the Minto Mine South Property, Golder Associates Ltd. (effective Nov. 7, 218)).
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