5.78 g/t Gold at Windjammer North Symbol: TSX: ME
Moneta Intercepts 9.50 m @ 7.52 g/t Gold, 3.00 m @ 3.60 g/t Gold, and 1.00 m @
5.78 g/t Gold at Windjammer North
Symbol: TSX: ME
TORONTO, June 5, 2018 /CNW/ - Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc. (TSX: ME) (OTC: MPUCF) (XETRA:
MOP) ("Moneta" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results from six diamond drill holes
completed on the Windjammer North area ("Windjammer North") located within the Company's Golden
Highway Project (located 110 km east of Timmins, Ontario).
Highlights:
Step-out drilling at Windjammer North was designed to test the up and down plunge extensions of
the two main plunging zones of gold mineralization previously identified at Windjammer North
(Press release, 05 October 2017) as well as test Zone 3 and Zone 4 at depth.
Plunging Zones
Zone 1 Drill hole MGH17-049 extended Zone 1 by 125 m up-plunge
and intersected 3.00 metres ("m") @ 3.60 gram per tonne gold
("g/t Au"), including 1.00 m @ 7.56 g/t Au.
Zone 2 Drill hole MGH17-049 extended Zone 2 up-plunge by 125 m in
hold intersecting 2.21 m @ 2.11 g/t Au.
Zone 3
Drill hole MGH17-053 intersected Zone 3 extending the zone
by over 125 m down-plunge to the west, assaying 9.50 m @
7.52 g/t Au including 2.82 m @ 19.46 g/t Au. MGH17-046 and
MGH17-049 extended the zone up-plunge by up to 150 m
intersecting 1.00 m @ 5.78 g/t Au and 2.00 m @ 2.14 g/t Au
Zone 4 Zone 4 was confirmed in Holes MGH17-053 and MGH17-040
intersecting 0.80 m @ 4.92 g/t Au and 2.27 m @ 1.66 g/t Au
Gary O'Connor, CEO & Chief Geologist commented, "We are very pleased to have extended the up-dip
and down-dip plunges of the two main zones of mineralization at Windjammer North and confirmed two
additional zones at depth. Drilling has extended the size of mineralization within this gold system and has
confirmed our interpretation and the high-grade potential at Windjammer North. The encouraging results
add to our inventory of targets with good potential within the Golden Highway Project beyond the South
West and Discovery areas with Windjammer North also returning good intercepts from step-out
drilling."
The latest assay results are from six drill holes totalling 3,085.0 m of drilling completed at Windjammer
North testing higher grade structural targets. The drill program at Windjammer North was part of the
previously announced exploration drill program undertaken by the Company in late 2017 on the Golden
Highway Project, which was expanded to 41,100 m in 70 drill holes. Additional assays for drilling
conducted at South West and the "55" area are pending and will be released as they become available.
Windjammer North
The Windjammer North area is located immediately south of, and parallel to the regional Destor-
Porcupine Fault Zone ("DPFZ"), trending ENE (070°) and is hosted primarily within altered komatiitic
ultramafic rocks of the Kidd-Munro assemblage in contact with basaltic flows. The target consisted of two
main west plunging (~25°W) zones up to 50 m wide and up to 15 m thick, that can be traced for over 400
m in strike length. The third and fourth zones were tested and confirmed in this drill program. Two
additional zones have also potentially been identified but not yet modelled. The zones show an aggregate
thickness of close to 80 m.
Windjammer North consists of massive to brecciated ultramafic metavolcanics that have been altered to
grey to green-grey fuchsite-carbonate assemblage in the western and central portion of the zone with
more mafic metavolcanics to the east displaying albite bleaching and sericite alteration. Fracture-filling
chlorite and specular hematite are common. Gold mineralization is associated with pyrite-rich white to
light grey quartz veining and veinlets. The structural corridor has been intruded by variably altered felsic
intrusive dykes.
Windjammer North Drill Results
Drill holes MGH17-040 and MGH17-042 were drilled to test the high-grade core of Zone 3 and Zone 4.
MGH17-040 confirmed the two zones intersecting 1.04 m @ 4.48 g/t Au and 10.81 m @ 1.44 g/t Au,
including 0.74 m @ 2.19 g/t Au from Zone 3. Hole MGH17-042 also intersected the fourth and deeper
zone which returned 2.27 m @ 1.66 g/t Au at a depth of 582.45 m.
Drill hole MGH17-046 confirmed the up-plunge continuity of Zone 1 by 75 m returning 3.17 m @ 1.99 g/t
Au and intersected Zone 3 at depth which returned 1.00 m @ 5.78 g/t Au.
Drill hole MGH17-049 tested and confirmed the shallow up-plunge continuity of Zones 1 and 2 by up to
125 m returning 3.00 m @ 3.60 g/t Au including 1.00 m @ 7.56 g/t Au from Zone 1 at a depth of 143.50
m, and 2.21 m @ 2.11 g/t Au from Zone 2 at a depth of 198.66 m. The hole also intersected 2.00 m @
2.14 g/t Au in Zone 3.
Hole MGH17-053 was drilled to test the down plunge extensions of Zone 1 and Zone 3. Zone 1 was
extended by 50 m and returned 0.31 m @ 3.37 g/t Au. Zone 3 was extended by 125 m intersecting 9.50
m @ 7.52 g/t Au including 2.82 m @ 19.46 g/t Au which included 0.82 m @ 45.70 g/t Au and 0.97 m @
10.90 g/t Au at 463.2 m depth. A new and potentially fourth zone was intersected at depth (561.40m)
returning 0.80 m @ 4.92 g/t Au and 0.90 m @ 4.38 g/t Au.
Drill hole MGH17-054 tested the shallow up dip plunge of Zones 1 and 2 to the east but appears to have
been drilled too far south.
Table 1: Windjammer North: Selective Significant Drill Results
Hole From To Length Au Zone
# (m) (m) (m) (g/t) #
MGH17-040 451.07 452.11 1.04 4.48 3
MGH17-040 466.92 477.73 10.81 1.44* 3
includes 466.92 467.39 0.47 2.01 3
and 470.26 471.00 0.74 2.19 3
MGH17-040 582.45 584.72 2.27 1.66* 4
includes 583.85 584.72 0.87 2.85 4
MGH17-046 229.00 232.17 3.17 0.99* 1
MGH17-046 444.50 445.50 1.00 5.78 3
MGH17-049 143.50 146.50 3.00 3.60 1
includes 145.50 146.50 1.00 7.56 1
MGH17-049 198.66 200.87 2.21 2.11 2
MGH17-049 375.00 377.00 2.00 2.14 3
MGH17-053 193.77 194.78 1.01 2.33
MGH17-053 321.34 321.65 0.31 3.37 1
MGH17-053 462.30 471.80 9.50 7.52* 3
includes 462.30 463.27 0.97 10.90 3
and 467.30 470.12 2.82 19.46 3
includes 469.30 470.12 0.82 45.70 3
MGH17-053 561.40 562.20 0.80 4.92 4
MGH17-053 569.90 570.80 0.90 4.38 4
Intercepts are calculated using a 2.0 g/t Au cut-off unless noted (*), maximum of 2m internal waste and no top
cap. All intercepts are reported as drill widths and thought to be close to 100% of true widths.
Please click below for Figure 1: Windjammer North Location Map- Golden Highway Project:
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Please click below for Figure 2: Windjammer North: Geology and Drill Location Map
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Figure 3: Windjammer North: Schematic Cross Section
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Table 2: Drill Hole Details
Hole Easting Northing Elevation Azimuth Inclination Depth
# mE mN masl ° ° m
MGH17-040 572,358 5,371,361 330 160 -65 630.00
MGH17-042 572,406 5,371,446 331 160 -60 651.00
MGH17-046 572,618 5,371,376 337 160 -65 450.00
MGH17-049 572,697 5,371,377 330 160 -65 400.00
MGH17-053 572,268 5,371,315 329 160 -65 654.00
MGH17-054 572,905 5,371,390 329 160 -62 300.00
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
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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
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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
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SOURCE Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc.
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For further information: Gary V. O'Connor, CEO and Chief Geologist, 416-357-3319; Ian C. Peres,
President & CFO, 416-579-3040
CO: Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc.
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