15.10 g/t Gold at the South West Deposit Symbol: TSX: ME
Moneta Intercepts 2.33 m @ 10.21 g/t Gold, 5.50 m @ 4.65g/t Gold and 1.00 m @
15.10 g/t Gold at the South West Deposit
Symbol: TSX: ME
TORONTO, April 11, 2018 /CNW/ - Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc. (TSX:ME) (OTC:MPUCF)
(XETRA:MOP) ("Moneta" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results from eight additional
diamond drill holes completed on the South West Deposit ("South West") located within the Company's
Golden Highway Project (located 110 km east of Timmins, Ontario, see Figure 1).
Highlights:
Step-out drilling at South West continued to extend the strike and depth extent of the tension vein
structures, the SW-1 and SW-2 mineralized shoots and intersected a new shoot (SW-5). Drilling
has increased the total number of veins to fifteen and mineralized shoots to five.
Tension Veins
• Yew Vein Drill hole MGH17-073 intersected 2.33 metres ("m") @ 10.21 grams per tonne gold ("g/t
Au") including 0.91 m @ 15.35 g/t Au, extending the vein to depth
• Willow Vein Drill hole MGH17-073 intersected 1.00 m @ 15.10 g/t Au confirming the strike and depth
extensions of this vein
• Maple Vein Drill hole MGH17-075 intersected 1.31 m @ 7.46 g/t Au extending the up-dip portion of the
vein near surface
• Arbutus Vein Drill hole MGH17-070 intersected 3.00 m @ 4.41 g/t Au and drill hole MGH17-073
intersected 5.00 m @ 4.12 g/t Au, extending the vein to depth
• Tamarack Vein Drill hole MGH17-065 intersected 2.00 m @ 4.61 g/t Au, extending the vein to depth
• Balsam Vein
(one of the six core veins) Drill hole MGH17-065 intersected 5.00 m @ 2.26 g/t Au, extending the vein to depth
• Cedar Vein
(one of the six core veins) Drill hole MGH17-075 intersected 1.05 m @ 8.20g/t Au extending the vein to the north
SW-1 and SW-2 Mineralized Shoots
• SW-1: Drill hole MGH17-065 intersected 5.50 m @ 4.65 g/t Au, expanding the shoot to the south
• SW-2: Drill hole MGH17-075 intersected 1.67 m @ 5.15 g/t Au, expanding the shoot to the south
SW-5 (new) Mineralized Shoot
• Drill hole MGH17-069 intersected a new shoot (SW-5) intersecting 2.61m @ 6.35 g/t Au, including 1.00 m @ 12.15 g/t Au,
expanding the system 150 m to the east
Gary O'Connor, CEO & Chief Geologist commented, "We are very pleased to see the continued
expansion of gold mineralization in the South West area. Step-out drilling has extended the strike and
depth extent of the veins and mineralized shoots. The drilling continues to expand the size potential and
confirms the grades of these higher-grade structures being targeted by the drilling. The total number of
veins has increased to fifteen and mineralized shoots to five. We have been very encouraged by the
results to date and continue to drill at South West to expand the size of the system, increase the number
of veins and shoots, and confirm the higher grades."
The latest assay results are from eight drill holes totalling 4,885.90 m of drilling at South West testing
higher grade structural targets. The ongoing drill program at South West continues as part of the
previously announced exploration drill program undertaken by the Company in late 2017 on the Golden
Highway Project. The program consisted of over 20,000 metres and 50 drill holes and the encouraging
results have driven the Company to expand the drill program. Assays for additional drill holes are pending
and will be released as they become available.
South West Deposit
Drilling to date at South West has been successful in confirming the existence of fifteen tension veins and
five shear plane bounded mineralized shoots. The NW trending tension vein arrays occur as stacked en
échelon veins, steeply dipping to the SW at 70°, and occur south of the ENE trending shear zone within
clastic sediments in contact with the Banded Iron Formation ("BIF"). This sheared contact hosts the
mineralized shoots or "D" structures which plunge ~65° to the west and occur up to 50 m long, 25 m wide
and have been traced to depths of 400 m.
The tension veins and stock-work style veining within the shoots occur as quartz-carbonate-pyrite veins
within a distinct ankerite alteration halo occasionally associated with sericite. A zone of pyrite-chlorite and
quartz veinlets occurs adjacent to the veins and also hosts mineralization. The veins can be brecciated
and occur as quartz matrix supported breccia zones.
The modelled veins have an average width of approximately 3.00 m and are spaced 25 m to 30 m apart.
The veins can be traced for up to 350 m strike length, have been historically drilled to 1,200 m depth and
remain open to the south. A fifth (SW-5) mineralized shoot has now been successfully drilled to the east
extending the foot print of the vein system to 1,000 m. The newly tested fifteenth vein (Gap Vein) occurs
to the east in the Gap area.
South West Drill Results
Drill holes MGH17-068, MGH17-070 and MGH17-073 successfully connected the veins historically drilled
below South West at depths of up to 1,200 m, to the new up-dip extensions. The near surface projections
of the Arbutus and Yew veins from depth has now been confirmed. Drill testing of the Arbutus vein
assayed 3.00 m @ 4.41g/t Au (MGH17-070) and 5.00 m @ 4.12g/t Au, including 2.00 m @ 6.13g/t Au
(MGH17-073). Drilling of the Yew vein returned 2.80 m @ 3.75g/t Au including 0.80 m @ 6.37g/t Au
(MGH17-070) and 2.33 m @ 10.21g/t Au (MGH17-073). The Willow vein returned intersections of 5.62m
@ 3.13g/t Au (MGH17-068), 0.67 m @ 11.25g/t Au (MGH17-070), and 1.00 m @ 15.10g/t Au (MGH17-
073) from the up-dip zone. Drilling also intersected the EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 and Beech veins however these
have not yet been drilled and modelled in sufficient detail to be included in the current vein total.
Drill hole MGH17-075 was drilled to test the southern extensions of the SW-2 shoot, the northern strike
extensions of three of the original six veins (Cedar, Pine and Spruce) and the depth extensions of the
Maple, Oak and Willow veins which occur in an area to the east of the central block. The hole extended
the SW-2 shoot to the south (1.67 m @ 5.55g/t Au and 1.01 m @ 6.74g/t Au), and intersected the Cedar
(1.05 m @ 8.20g/t Au), Pine (0.37 m @ 7.71g/t Au), Spruce (0.70 m @ 2.48g/t Au), Maple (1.31 m @
7.46g/t Au) and Oak (1.00 m @ 4.50g/t Au) vein structures. Assays for the bottom of hole MGH17-075
are pending.
The MGH17-065 and MGH17-071 holes were drilled to test the down dip extensions of the first six
modelled veins, the Tamarack vein and the SW-1 shoot. The drilling confirmed the extensions of
Tamarack intersecting 2.00 m @ 4.61g/t Au in MGH17-065 and 1.80 m @ 3.42g/t Au in hole MGH17-071.
The SW-1 mineralized shoot was intersected in hole MGH17-065 intersecting 8.00 m @ 3.77g/t Au
including 5.50 m @ 4.65g/t Au, at a depth of 566.00 m. The depth extensions of the Birch, Cedar, Balsam
and Spruce vein structures were intersected with results of up to 5.00 m @ 2.26g/t Au for Cedar in hole
MGH17-065, 1.00 m @ 2.98g/t Au for Birch in hole MGH17-071 and Spruce with up to 1.00 m @ 4.24g/t
Au in MGH17-065.
The extensions of the west block veins were tested in hole MGH17-072 and returned up to 1.35 m @
5.24g/t Au and the extension of Elm vein returned 2.90 m @ 3.27g/t Au at a depth of 371.00m.
Drill hole MGH17-069 was testing the new Gap vein which is currently the eastern most vein structure
identified and the BIF contact to the east of this. The hole intersected the Gap Vein at 206.10m returning
1.00 m @ 4.17g/t Au and intersected a fifth "D" structure/mineralized shoot at 568.38 m depth assaying
2.61 m @ 6.35g/t Au including 1.00 m @ 12.15g/t Au. The new mineralized shoot extended the system by
150 m to the east.
Table 1: South West: Selected Significant Drill Results
Hole From To Length Au Vein
# (m) (m) (m) (g/t) Name
MGH17-065 508.00 510.00 2.00 4.61 Tamarack
includes 509.00 510.00 1.00 6.81 Tamarack
MGH17-065 566.00 574.00 8.00 3.77 SW-1
Includes 567.80 573.30 5.50 4.65 SW-1
includes 567.80 569.46 1.66 5.95 SW-1
MGH17-065 658.00 663.00 5.00 2.26 Cedar
MGH17-065 782.00 783.00 1.00 4.24 Spruce
MGH17-068 263.64 264.50 1.76 4.80 EB-3
MGH17-068 321.00 321.51 0.51 6.24 New vein
MGH17-068 362.59 368.21 5.62 3.13 Willow
includes 362.59 363.60 1.01 6.63 Willow
MGH17-069 206.10 207.10 1.00 4.17 Gap Vein
MGH17-069 568.39 571.00 2.61 6.35 SW-5
MGH17-069 569.00 570.00 1.00 12.15 SW-5
MGH17-070 98.07 98.74 0.67 11.75 Willow
MGH17-070 267.00 270.00 3.00 4.41 Arbutus
MGH17-070 360.00 362.80 2.80 3.75 Yew
includes 362.00 362.80 0.80 6.37 Yew
MGH17-071 374.00 377.00 3.00 2.31 West Vein
MGH17-071 451.20 453.00 1.80 3.42 Tamarack
MGH17-071 630.00 631.00 1.00 2.98 Birch
MGH17-071 655.70 659.20 3.50 2.04 New vein
includes 655.70 656.50 0.80 4.30 New vein
and 658.20 659.20 1.00 3.67 New vein
MGH17-072 164.65 166.00 1.35 5.24 New vein
MGH17-072 182.00 183.00 1.00 4.44 New vein
MGH17-072 347.00 348.00 1.00 4.11 West Vein
MGH17-072 371.00 373.90 2.90 3.27 Elm Vein
MGH17-073 172.86 173.90 1.04 4.89 New vein
MGH17-073 286.00 287.00 2.00 3.71 EB-3
MGH17-073 460.00 461.00 1.00 15.10 Willow
MGH17-073 500.00 505.00 5.00 4.12 Arbutus
includes 503.00 505.00 2.00 6.13 Arbutus
MGH17-073 551.59 553.92 2.33 10.21 Yew
includes 551.59 552.50 0.91 15.35 Yew
and 553.16 553.92 0.76 11.25 Yew
MGH17-075 80.91 82.58 1.67 5.15 SW-2
includes 80.91 81.76 0.85 6.74 SW-2
MGH17-075 102.00 103.00 1.00 6.16 SW-2
MGH17-075 106.60 107.65 1.05 8.20 Cedar
MGH17-075 135.80 136.17 0.37 7.71 Pine
MGH17-075 271.92 275.00 3.08 3.99 Maple
includes 272.90 274.21 1.31 7.46 Maple
includes 273.80 274.21 0.41 15.75 Maple
MGH17-075 334.00 335.00 1.00 4.50 Oak
MGH17-075 563.00 564.00 1.00 5.98 EB-3
Intercepts are calculated using a 2.0 g/t Au cut-off, maximum of 2m internal waste and no top cap. All
intercepts are reported as drill widths.
Please click here for Figure 1: South West Location Map- Golden Highway Project:
http://www.monetaporcupine.com/i/maps/2018-04-11_NR-Fig1.jpg
Please click here for Figure 2: South West: Geology and Drill Location Map:
http://www.monetaporcupine.com/i/maps/2018-04-11_NR-Fig2.jpg
Please click here for Figure 3: South West: Schematic Cross Section:
http://www.monetaporcupine.com/i/maps/2018-04-11_NR-Fig3.jpg
Table 2: Drill Hole Details
Hole Easting Northing Elevation Azimuth Inclination Depth
# mE mN masl ° ° m
MGH17-065 570,540 5,369,300 320 90 -55 793.90
MGH17-068 571,201 5,369,632 325 90 -56 453.00
MGH17-069 571,571 5,369,897 325 30 -60 573.00
MGH17-070 571,205 5,369,757 325 90 -53 525.00
MGH17-071 570,600 5,369,220 320 90 -50 846.00
MGH17-072 570,555 5,369,444 320 90 -55 501.00
MGH17-073 571,000 5,369,757 320 90 -58 600.00
MGH17-075 571,032 5,369,457 320 90 -51 594.00
QA/QC Procedures
All core drilling conducted by Moneta is oriented. Drill core is sawn and half is sent ALS Canada Inc. for
drying and crushing to -2 mm, with a 1.00 kg split pulverized to -75 µm (200#). A 50 g charge is Fire
Assayed and analyzed using a AAS finish for Gold. Samples above 10.00 g/t Au are analyzed by Fire
Assay with a gravimetric finish and selected samples with visible gold or high-grade mineralization are
assayed by Metallic Screen Fire Assay on a 1.00 kg sample. Moneta inserts independent certified
reference material and blanks with the samples and assays routine pulp repeats and coarse reject
sample duplicates with the samples, as well as completing third-party check assays at Activation
Laboratories Ltd. Gary O'Connor, MAusIMM is a qualified person under NI 43-101 and has reviewed and
approved the contents of this press release.
About Moneta
The Company holds a 100% interest in 5 core gold projects strategically located along the Destor-
Porcupine Fault Zone in the Timmins Gold Camp with over 85 million ounces of past gold production. The
projects consist of the Golden Highway, North Tisdale, Nighthawk Lake, Kayorum and Denton projects.
The Golden Highway Project covers 12 kilometres of prospective ultramafic/mafic volcanic/sedimentary
rocks along the DPFZ hosting a NI 43-101 indicated resource estimate of 1,091,000 ounces (31.1 Mt at
1.09 g/t Au) and 3,204,000 ounces inferred (83.3 Mt at 1.20 g/t Au), clustered within four kilometres.
The Company's public documents may be accessed at www.sedar.com. For further information on the
Company, please visit our website at www.monetaporcupine.com or email us at
This news release includes certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements,
collectively "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation.
Forward-looking statements are frequently identified by such words as "may", "will", "plan", "expect",
"anticipate", "estimate", "intend" and similar words referring to future events and results. Forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to information with respect to the future performance of the
business, its operations and financial performance and condition such as the Company's drilling program
and the timing and results thereof; and the ability of the Company to finance and carry out its anticipated
goals and objectives.
Forward-looking statements are based on the current opinions and expectations of management. All
forward-looking information is inherently uncertain and subject to a variety of assumptions, risks and
uncertainties, including the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development, fluctuating
commodity prices, competitive risks and the availability of financing, as described in more detail in our
recent securities filings available at www.sedar.com. Actual events or results may differ materially from
those projected in the forward looking-statements and we caution against placing undue reliance thereon.
We assume no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements.
SOURCE Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc.
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