Moneta Intersects Significant Gold Mineralization and Confirms Continuity from Infill Drilling on the South West Deposit at the Tower Gold Project
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NEWS RELEASE – 19/2022 Symbol: TSX: ME FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Moneta Intersects Significant Gold Mineralization and Confirms Continuity from
Infill Drilling on the South West Deposit at the Tower Gold Project
Toronto, Ontario – August 25, 2022 - Moneta Gold Inc. (TSX: ME) (OTCQX: MEAUF) (XETRA: MOP)
(“Moneta”) is pleased to announce the assay results from seven (7) drill holes from infill drilling on the
South West gold deposit at the Tower Gold project, located 100 kilometres (“km”) east of Timmins,
Ontario. The drilling was conducted as part of the current 70,000 m infill and resource upgrade drill
program on the recently announced mineral resource estimate of 4. 3 million (“ M”) ounces (“oz”)
indicated gold (“Au”) and 7.5 Moz inferred Au (see May 11, 2022 press release) at the Tower Gold project.
Drilling Highlights:
South West
• MGH22-288 intersected 37.40 m @ 1.12 grams per tonne “g/t” Au, including 12.40 m @ 2.98
g/t Au, including 7.60 m @ 4.19 g/t Au, including 2.00 m @ 11.87 g/t Au, including 1.00 m @
16.10 g/t Au
• MGH22-288 intersected 21.90 m @ 1.43 g/t Au, including 9.15 m @ 2.82 g/t Au, including 5.15
m @ 3.96 g/t Au, including 2.00 m @ 5.59 g/t Au, including 1.00 m @ 6.41 g/t Au
• MGH22-287 intersected 14.28 m @ 1.98 g/t Au, including 8.55 m @ 3.06 g/t Au, and 1.60 m @
9.71 g/t Au, including 0.60 m @ 15.90 g/t Au
• MGH22-283 intersected 11.05 m @ 3.10 g/t Au, including 8.05 m @ 3.99 g/t Au, including 2.85
m @ 6.16 g/t Au
• MGH22-293 intersected 56.50 m @ 1.03 g/t Au, 11.05 m @ 2.76 g/t Au, including 3.00 m @ 6.70
g/t Au, including 1.00 m @ 11.20 g/t Au
• MGH22-291 intersected 20.50 m @ 1.61 g/t Au, including 12.00 m @ 2.21 g/t Au, including 1.00
m @ 7.10 g/t Au and 5.15 m @ 2.38 g/t Au
• MGH22-288 intersected 8.00 m @ 2.13 g/t Au, including 2.00 m @ 6.81 g/t Au, including 1.00 m
@ 12.00 g/t Au
• MGH22-293 intersected 13.50 m @ 1.23 g/t Au, including 1.00 m @ 11.30 g/t Au
• MGH22-291 intersected 3.70 m @ 3.34 g/t Au, including 1.00 m @ 9.52 g/t Au
• MGH22-283 intersected 7.65 m @ 2.40 g/t Au, including 1.65 m @ 9.05 g/t Au, including 1.00 m
@ 13.30 g/t Au
• MGH22-287 intersected 7.90 m @ 1.64 g/t Au, including 4.05 m @ 2.81 g/t Au, including 2.16 m
@ 4.00 g/t Au, including 1.08 m @ 5.97 g/t Au
• MGH22-288 intersected 12.00 m @ 1.73 g/t Au, including 6.00 m @ 3.05 g/t Au, including 2.00
m @ 6.78 g/t Au, including 1.00 m @ 7.19 g/t Au
Gary O’Connor, Moneta’s President and Chief Executive Officer commented, “These latest drill results ,
designed to infill and upgrade the recently updated open pit and underground mineral resources at South
West at the Tower Gold project, have highlighted the continuity and extensions of the current South West
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mineral resource estimate. Results have confirmed both good grade and widths across wide zones of
mineralization within the current South West open pit and underground mineral resources. We look
forward to completing the Tower Gold project Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) during the third
quarter of this year and to releasing additional drill results from the current resource infill and upgrade
drill program as they become available.”
The latest assay results are from seven (7) drill holes for 5,328.0 m of diamond drilling completed at South
West as part of an initial 70,000 m drill program planned as resource infill and upgrade drilling. Two (2) of
the holes MGH22-290 and MGH22-290A did not reach targeted depth. Drilling is being conducted on 50
m centres as step-outs and infill of previous drill holes.
Figure 1: Tower Gold Project - General Location Map
Table 1: Selected Significant Drill Results
Hole From To Length Au Gram metres
(#) (m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g x m)
MGH22-283 472.35 480.90 8.55 1.42 12.1
includes 476.50 480.90 4.40 2.23 9.8
includes 478.00 480.00 2.00 3.10 6.2
MGH22-283 597.00 598.00 1.00 6.22 6.2
MGH22-283 749.20 757.00 7.80 1.52 11.9
includes 749.80 750.25 0.45 15.50 7.0
and 755.50 757.00 1.50 1.99 3.0
MGH22-283 899.00 910.05 11.05 3.10 34.3
includes 902.00 910.05 8.05 3.99 32.1
includes 904.15 907.00 2.85 6.16 17.6
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MGH22-283 950.00 957.65 7.65 2.40 18.4
includes 956.00 957.65 1.65 9.05 14.9
includes 956.00 957.00 1.00 13.30 13.3
MGH22-287 99.90 104.18 4.28 3.09 13.2
includes 101.00 102.00 1.00 4.95 5.0
MGH22-287 186.00 190.00 4.00 1.54 6.2
includes 187.00 188.00 1.00 4.57 4.6
MGH22-287 396.10 404.00 7.90 1.64 13.0
includes 398.45 402.50 4.05 2.81 11.4
includes 398.45 400.61 2.16 4.00 8.6
includes 399.53 400.61 1.08 5.97 6.4
MGH22-287 471.12 485.40 14.28 1.98 28.3
includes 471.75 480.30 8.55 3.06 26.2
includes 471.75 472.80 1.05 4.92 5.2
and 475.60 477.20 1.60 9.71 15.5
includes 476.60 477.20 0.60 15.90 9.5
MGH22-287 528.00 534.00 6.00 1.93 11.6
includes 529.00 532.30 3.30 3.20 10.6
includes 530.90 531.75 0.85 5.33 4.5
MGH22-287 630.00 644.35 14.35 0.87 12.5
includes 630.00 632.00 2.00 4.18 8.4
MGH22-287 672.00 676.50 4.50 1.85 8.3
includes 675.00 676.50 1.50 3.09 4.6
includes 676.00 676.50 0.50 4.46 2.2
MGH22-287 888.00 902.00 14.00 0.80 11.2
includes 898.80 902.00 3.20 2.21 7.1
includes 898.80 900.75 1.95 2.45 4.8
MGH22-288 250.50 272.40 21.90 1.43 31.3
includes 251.00 260.15 9.15 2.82 25.8
includes 251.00 256.15 5.15 3.96 20.4
includes 253.85 255.85 2.00 5.59 11.2
includes 253.85 254.85 1.00 6.41 6.4
MGH22-288 371.60 409.00 37.40 1.12 41.9
includes 371.60 384.00 12.40 2.98 37.0
includes 376.40 384.00 7.60 4.19 31.8
includes 376.40 378.40 2.00 11.87 23.7
includes 376.40 377.40 1.00 16.10 16.1
MGH22-288 418.00 422.50 4.50 1.54 6.9
includes 418.00 420.00 2.00 2.67 5.3
includes 419.00 420.00 1.00 3.48 3.5
MGH22-288 592.00 604.00 12.00 1.73 20.8
includes 594.00 600.00 6.00 3.05 18.3
includes 594.00 596.00 2.00 6.78 13.6
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includes 595.00 596.00 1.00 7.19 7.2
MGH22-288 763.00 776.00 13.00 1.34 17.4
includes 764.00 765.80 1.80 6.41 11.5
includes 764.75 765.80 1.05 8.33 8.7
MGH22-288 795.00 803.00 8.00 2.13 17.0
includes 801.00 803.00 2.00 6.81 13.6
includes 801.00 802.00 1.00 12.00 12.0
MGH22-288 861.00 870.00 9.00 1.04 9.4
includes 862.50 865.50 3.00 2.63 7.9
includes 864.00 865.50 1.50 4.10 6.2
MGH22-290 35.55 45.00 9.45 1.04 9.8
includes 35.55 38.00 2.45 2.88 7.1
includes 37.00 38.00 1.00 5.13 5.1
MGH22-291 37.50 58.00 20.50 1.61 33.0
includes 39.00 51.00 12.00 2.21 26.5
includes 39.00 40.00 1.00 7.10 7.1
and 45.85 51.00 5.15 2.38 12.3
includes 45.85 47.00 1.15 3.74 4.3
MGH22-291 368.30 372.00 3.70 3.34 12.4
includes 369.15 370.15 1.00 9.52 9.5
MGH22-291 548.00 552.90 4.90 1.28 6.3
includes 551.10 552.25 1.15 4.97 5.7
MGH22-291 630.00 644.35 14.35 0.87 12.5
includes 630.00 632.00 2.00 4.18 8.4
includes 630.00 631.00 1.00 4.94 4.9
MGH22-291 672.00 676.50 4.50 1.85 8.3
includes 673.00 676.50 3.50 2.10 7.4
includes 676.00 676.50 0.50 4.46 2.2
MGH22-291 791.00 801.00 10.00 0.84 8.4
includes 791.00 796.00 5.00 1.36 6.8
includes 791.00 795.00 4.00 1.48 5.9
includes 791.00 792.00 1.00 3.91 3.9
MGH22-291 895.00 896.00 1.00 7.22 7.2
MGH22-291 947.00 959.00 12.00 0.97 11.6
includes 955.00 956.00 1.00 8.40 8.4
MGH22-291 963.00 967.50 4.50 2.59 11.7
includes 963.50 966.45 2.95 3.39 10.0
includes 965.60 966.45 0.85 4.60 3.9
MGH22-293 88.50 124.00 35.50 0.43 15.3
includes 94.50 100.00 5.50 1.47 8.1
includes 98.00 99.00 1.00 3.04 3.0
MGH22-293 137.00 159.20 22.20 0.51 11.3
includes 151.00 154.00 3.00 2.15 6.5
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includes 153.00 154.00 1.00 4.26 4.3
MGH22-293 355.30 362.25 6.95 1.15 8.0
includes 357.90 360.50 2.60 1.85 4.8
includes 359.00 360.00 1.00 2.41 2.4
MGH22-293 394.00 453.00 59.00 0.67 39.5
includes 412.50 422.00 9.50 1.20 11.4
includes 413.00 414.00 1.00 3.44 3.4
and 441.00 448.00 7.00 2.06 14.4
includes 442.00 443.00 1.00 4.59 4.6
MGH22-293 528.50 532.00 3.50 1.47 5.1
includes 530.00 532.00 2.00 2.38 4.8
MGH22-293 619.50 647.00 27.50 0.99 27.2
includes 633.80 642.50 8.70 1.95 17.0
includes 633.80 635.00 1.20 5.72 6.9
includes 634.30 635.00 0.70 6.75 4.7
MGH22-293 712.00 743.00 31.00 0.45 14.0
includes 728.50 742.00 13.50 0.85 11.5
includes 739.00 742.00 3.00 2.42 7.3
includes 741.00 742.00 1.00 5.35 5.4
MGH22-293 807.75 810.80 3.05 2.23 6.8
includes 809.00 810.80 1.80 3.66 6.6
includes 810.00 810.80 0.80 6.69 5.4
MGH22-293 844.50 855.50 11.00 0.68 7.5
includes 846.00 850.00 4.00 1.18 4.7
includes 849.00 850.00 1.00 2.30 2.3
MGH22-293 881.60 906.60 25.00 1.18 29.5
includes 897.00 906.60 9.60 2.16 20.7
includes 902.00 903.30 1.30 4.99 6.5
includes 903.00 903.30 0.30 9.30 2.8
MGH22-293 938.00 951.50 13.50 1.23 16.6
includes 949.00 950.00 1.00 11.30 11.3
MGH22-293 976.00 1032.50 56.50 1.03 58.2
and 1013.00 1024.05 11.05 2.76 30.5
includes 1013.00 1020.05 7.05 3.66 25.8
includes 1013.00 1016.00 3.00 6.70 20.1
includes 1014.00 1015.00 1.00 11.20 11.2
Note: Intercepts are calculated using a 0.20 g/t Au cut-off, a maximum of 3m internal dilution and no top cap applied. Drill
intercepts are not true widths, are reported as drill widths, and are estimated to be 70% to 95% of true width.
Discussion of Drill Results
South West
Infill drilling at South West was focused on infilling and extending the wide stacked extensional quartz
veins hosting the current underground gold resource from vertical depth s surface of 300 m to vertical
depths of up to 800 m below surface. The South West underground resource currently hosts an indicated
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resource of 0.17 million tonnes (“Mt”) @ 4.54 g/t Au containing 25,000 oz gold and an inferred resource
of 6.76 Mt @ 4.36 g/t Au containing 948,000 oz gold, and an open pit resource of 11.18 Mt @ 0.88 g/t Au
for 316,000 oz gold indicated and 41.18 Mt @ 0.90 g/t Au for 1, 195,000 oz gold inferred (see May 11,
2022 press release). The western and upper portions of the drill holes tested the open resources contained
within the Westaway open pit located adjacent to and west of South West, and currently comprised of
0.31 Mt @ 2.22 g/t Au for 22,000 oz gold indicated and 15.53 Mt @ 2.14 g/t Au for 1,067,000 oz gold
inferred.
Figure 2: South West - Tower Gold: Infill Drill Location Map
Table 2: Resource Infill Drill Hole Details
Hole Easting Northing Elevation Azimuth Inclination Depth
(#) (mE) (mN) (masl) (°) (°) (m)
MGH22-283 571170 5369568 326 50 -65 1101.0
MGH22-287 571239 5369595 323 50 -60 988.0
MGH22-290A 571066 5369505 326 50 -65 189.0
MGH22-290 571066 5369505 330 70 -60 147.0
MGH22-291 571067 5369503 328 70 -70 996.0
MGH22-288 571439 5369742 325 50 -60 870.0
MGH22-293 571200 5369702 328 50 -60 1037.0
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Figure 3: South West - Tower Gold: Infill Drilling Cross Section
QA/QC Procedures
Drill core is oriented and cut with half sent to AGAT Laboratories Inc. (AGAT) for drying and crushing to -2 mm, with
a 1.00 kg split pulverized to -75 µm (200#). AGAT is an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory. A 50 g charge is Fire Assayed
and analyzed using an 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 routi ne pulp repeats and coarse reject sample duplicates, as well as completing routine third-party check
assays at Activation Laboratories Ltd. Randall Salo, P.Geo., who is a qualified person “QP” as defined by NI 43-101,
managed the drill program. Jason Dankowski, P.Geo. V.P. Technical Services & Geology for Moneta , who is a QP as
defined by NI 43-101 has reviewed and approved the technical contents of this press release.
About Moneta Gold
Moneta is a Canadian -based gold exploration company focussed on advancing its 100% wholly owned Tower Gold
project, which currently hosts a gold mineral resource estimate of 4.3 Moz indicated and 7.5 Moz inferred. The
Corporation’s 2022 drill program is primarily designed to infill and upgrade the resource categories o f the mineral
resources. An updated PEA study encompassing the entire Tower Gold project is planned to be completed in the
third quarter of 2022. Moneta is committed to creating shareholder value through the strategic allocation of capital
and a focus on t he current resource upgrade drilling program, while conducting all business activities in an
environmentally and socially responsible manner.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Gary V. O’Connor, CEO
416-357-3319
Linda Armstrong, Investor Relations
647-456-9223
The Company’s public documents may be accessed at www.sedar.com. For further information on the Company, please visit our website at
www.monetagold.com or email us at [email protected].
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