Silver Spruce Verifies High Grade Polymetallic Zinc-Copper-Silver at Melchett Lake
Silver Spruce Verifies High Grade Polymetallic Zinc-Copper-Silver
at Melchett Lake
November 12, 2019 - Bridgewater, NS - (TSXV:SSE) – Silver Spruce Resources Inc. ("Silver
Spruce" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the receipt of the initial batch of sample assays
from its October 2019 field due diligence program on the Melchett Lake Zn-Au-Ag volcanogenic
massive sulphide (“VMS”) project, an advanced precious and base metal project in the Thunder
Bay Mining District, northern Ontario, Canada.
“We are very pleased to verify the high grades and polymetallic nature of the Relf and Nakina
targets located 5 kilometres apart in the favorable quartz -sericite-pyrite horizon. The first batch
contains several samples with elevated precious metals including those from the Relf Zone,” stated
Greg Davison , Director of Silver Spruce. “We continue to update the multi -element data as
available and advance our due diligence, while building our GIS database with recently revised
drill hole co-ordinates, geophysical and geological information focusing on priority drill targets”.
Due Diligence and Exploration
The current work was performed to update and verify t he multi-kilometre strike length of the
known areas of mineralization, broad intervals of mineralization, intense alteration profile similar
to well-known polymetallic deposits, and presence of h igh-grade values of both precious metals
and base metals reported from the historical exploration. The team examined the principal
showings and trenches, and drill core at the Relf and Nakina targets along the principal mineralized
trend. A total of seventy-two (72) rock and core samples were collected, sixty (60) of which were
submitted for multi-element geochemical analysis.
Rock sampling was carried out at both the Nakina and Relf targets at known trench locations. The
Nakina targets are characterized by high silica-pyrite and a well -foliated micaceous fabric. The
Relf trenches are intensely altered and well oxidized on surface with extensive gossans with very
friable to siliceous quartz-sericite schists, pervasive discoloration by iron and massive to spongy
ferroan “blackjack” sphalerite in thin stringers to sphalerite-pyrite lenses over an exposure of more
than forty by twenty metres.
The following tabulation reports the principal precious and base metal assay data from the first
batch of rock samples collected from the Nakina and Relf Zones. Zinc values range up to 14.7%,
lead to 0.96%, copper to 0.52%, silver to 301g/t, and gold to 0.737g/t and clearly represent the
polymetallic nature of the mineralization from both targets, particularly the Relf Zone. The
samples exhibit low alkali content and elevated values of heavy metals, including Te, Bi, Se, Sb,
Hg, Cd and In, associated with sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite and pyrite observed in the rock
samples.
Sample No. Zinc ppm Lead ppm Copper ppm Silver ppm Gold ppm Zinc % Silver g/t
Nakina Zone
108101 20 10.6 16.5 1.1 0.031
Web Site Infill Media Release
108102 2 0.4 0.7 0.02 0.002
108103 3310 892 58.6 1.6 0.088
108104 >10000 6690 399 4.06 0.383 3.24
108105 108 63.8 11.8 0.31 0.022
108106 230 22.5 52 1.04 0.012
Relf Zone
108201 203 12.4 51.7 1.02 0.012
108204 >10000 622 1465 27 0.053 3.98
108205 >10000 634 1470 27.5 0.03 1.08
108207 >10000 1185 2250 52.7 0.034 4.42
108210 >10000 2740 5180 >100 0.737 9.12 131
108211 >10000 863 2050 39.1 0.054 4.89
108217 >10000 9650 1600 >100 0.119 14.7 301
For comparison with the due diligence samples, at the Nakina l Zone, Nakina Mines reported, in
separate samples, 14.85% Zn and 28.8g/t Au from a pyritized felsic volcanic unit. Rock sampling
of a pyritized felsic volcanic unit in the Nakina 2 Zone by Kerr Addison returned a value of
15.08g/t Au. Selected grab samples taken from the Relf Zone by Shawmin averaged 13.0% zinc
(Zn), 1.2% lead (Pb), 0.26% copper (Cu) and 325g/t silver (Ag); best results received were 19.1%
Zn, 2.2% Pb, 0.40% Cu, 565g/t Ag and 1.7 2g/t gold (Au). A selection of Relf Zone samples
collected in 1984 by Kerr Addison geologist and current Silver Spruce director G. Davison is
shown below.
Sample No. Zinc % Lead % Copper % Silver g/t Gold g/t
1061 12.90 1.920 0.288 552 0.020
1062 2.63 0.870 0.116 254 0.012
1063 2.77 0.356 0.164 157 0.037
1064 11.60 0.866 0.507 278 0.028
1065 16.80 2.400 0.075 655 0.018
1066 8.26 0.330 0.972 170 0.025
1067 11.10 1.300 0.142 394 0.022
1068 9.88 0.558 0.154 179 0.035
Gold mineralization in the Iron Lake area, which was not examined during the October 2019 field
due diligence program, contained similar sericite-silica altered felsic metavolcanic s with 3-8%
pyrite, with lesser chalcopyrite and sphalerite. Grab samples re ported 7.7g/t Au, 13.05g/t Au and
13.48g/t Au. “Sampling and exploring this gold mineralization in the Iron Lake area will be a top
priority during our second field due diligence program slated over the next few months,” stated
Greg Davison, Director of Silver Spruce.
All of the metal values reported by past operators in the Melchett Lake area, were sourced from
grab samples which may not be representative of the metal grades, and are historical in nature.
Maps and site photographs of the core and trench areas are available on the Silver Spruce website
at Melchett Maps and Melchett Photos, and the geological and GIS compilations will be reported and
posted on the Company website in due course.
Project Background
The Property, located within Melchett Lake greenstone belt of the English River Sub-province of
the Archean -age Superior Province, is underlain by a bimodal mafic -felsic sequence of
pyroclastics, tuffs and flows with cherts and Fe-lean to Fe-rich iron formation. Several occurrences
of polymetallic Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag-Au VMS style mineralization are similar in character to ore deposits
exploited at Mattabi, Winston Lake, Geco, Brunswick, Rouyn-Noranda and Uchi Lake. There are
locally high-grade lenses of Zn & Ag with variable Cu, Au and Pb, and historical gold grades to
28.8g/t Au, silver grades to 560g/t Ag and zinc grades to 19.1%.
Highlights of the prospective geology, alteration and mine ralization include multiple folded or
stacked horizons of coincident alteration and metal mineralization, high Zn/Cu, Zn/Pb and Ag/Au
ratios, extensive remobilization of major and trace elements with defined enrichment (Fe, Mg, Co,
Cr, Cd) and depletion (Na, Sr, Ca) zones, and continuity, increased alteration and anomalous metal
values over large intervals (up to 245 metres in DDH SB-07-01 from 345-590metres) with a strong
electromagnetic (BHTEM) 20 channel off-hole response.
Geochemical Analysis, Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Samples were collected by the Company's QP s, packaged in plastic bags with Tyvek tags and
shipped by contract air services to Nakina and, using the QPs’ private vehicles, delivered directly
to the ALS Global sample preparation facilities in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Photographs of the
individual rock and core samples were collected from each sample prior to shipment and all images
will be made available on the Company web site in due course.
Samples were weighed on receipt (WEI-21) and logged into the global tracking system (LOG-22).
The samples were crushed to 70% passing 2mm (PREP-31) and a split of up to 250 grams was
pulverized to 85% passing 75 micrometres ( -200 mesh). The sample pul ps were transferred
internally to ALS Global's North Vancouver analytical facility for analysis. ALS Global in North
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a facility certified as ISO 9001:2008 and accredited to
ISO/IEC 17025:2005 from the Standards Council of Canada.
The first batch of thirteen rock samples are reported herein. Twenty-four pulps (25gram split) were
submitted for analysis by Aqua Regia Digestion followed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass
Spectrometry (ICP-MS) multi-element analyses (ALS Code AuME-TL43, 51 elements). Thirty-
six pulps also were submitted for whole rock oxide, metals and multi-element analysis. Results of
forty-seven samples are pending.
All precious and base metal analyses that reached the over-limits of AuME-TL43 were re-analyzed
with an Ore Grade method. Over -limit Zn (>1%) and Ag (>100ppm) samples were analyzed by
Ore Grade Aqua Regia Digestion followed by Ore Grade Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic
Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES) for Ag (ALS Code Ag-OG46) and Zn (ALS Code Zn-OG46).
No independent or in-house quality control samples (blanks, standards, duplicates) were inserted
into the sample sets. ALS Global conducts its own internal QA/QC program of blanks, standards
and duplicates, and the results are provided with the Company sample certificates. The results of
the ALS control samples will be reviewed by the Company's QP and evaluat ed for acceptable
tolerances. All sample and pulp rejects will be stored at ALS Global pending full review of the
analytical data, and future selection of pulps for independent third -party check analyses, as
requisite.
Qualified Person
Greg Davison, MSc, PGeo and Silver Spruce Director, is the Company’s internal Qualified Person
(QP) for the Melchett Lake Project and is responsible for the technical content of this press release
within the meaning of National Instrument 43 -101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects
("NI 43 -101"), under TSX guidelines. Mr. Davison worked the Melchett Lake area as Project
manager and VP Exploration for Kerr Addison Mines (1983 and 1984) and Tribute Minerals (1999
to 2002), respectively. Consulting geologist Luc LePage, MSc, PGeo was the manager of the on-
site activities for the field program and is a QP within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101"), under TSX guidelines.
About Silver Spruce Resources Inc.
Silver Spruce Resources Inc. is a Canadian junior exploration company pursuing development of
the Pino De Plata project in western Chihuahua State, Mexico. The Company has signed a binding
Letter of Intent to acquire 100% of the Melchett Lak e Zn-Au-Ag project in northern Ontario,
Canada and a binding Letter of Agreement to acquire 100% of the advanced Cocula gold project
in Jalisco State, Mexico. Silver Spruce Resources Inc. continues to investigate opportunities that
Management has identified or that have been presented to the Company for consideration.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this
release. The company seeks Safe Harbour.
Contact:
Silver Spruce Resources Inc.
Karl Boltz, President/CEO/Director
(866) 641-3397
www.silverspruceresources.com