Mawson Commences Exploration Programs in Finland and Australia
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NEWS RELEASE June 24, 2020
Mawson Commences Exploration Programs in Finland and Australia
Vancouver, Canada — Mawson Resources Limite d (“Mawson”) or (the “Company”) (TSX:MAW)
(Frankfurt:MXR) (PINKSHEETS: MWSNF) is pleased to announce the recommencement of activities in Finland and the
initiation of exploration activities in Australia.
Highlights:
Following the successful winter resource expansion drilling program at the Rajapalot project in Finland, fieldwork
has recommenced targeting year-round accessible strike extensions to mineralization;
In Victoria, Australia, exploration programs for Fosterville-style mineralization have commenced in the Company’s
Sunday Creek, Redcastle and Doctor’s Gully areas;
Mr. Hudson, Chairman and CEO, states, "We are excited to start exploration on our new acquisitions in Australia and
recommence exploration in Finland. We have many reasons to be confident to find repeats of our mineralizing system in
Finland along the 3 kilometre trend at Hirvimaa, that is located immediately along strike from our resource areas.
In Victoria, preliminary field investigations confirm the presence of extensive gold-mineralizing systems in all three project
areas, and heavily support the proposed strategy to explore for Fosterville-like, shallow orogenic epizonal gold. We look
forward to commencing exploration and ultimately drilling projects in Australia and Finland in the coming months.”
In Australia, following a review of historic literature, compilation and assessment of data, field teams have conducted
reconnaissance exploration at the Sunday Creek, Redcastle and Doctors Gully projects. Re-logging of Sunday Creek diamond
drill core combined with initial field work indicates upside potential for gold external to the previously mapped dyke rocks.
At Redcastle and Doctors Gully comprehensive surface mapping , geophysical, geological and geochemical surveys are
planned, to be followed by drilling in Q4 2020. Further information will be released shortly.
In Finland, a geophysical team has been mobilized to conduct fixed loop transient electromagnetic (“TEM”) surveys along
a 3 kilometre trend within the Hirvimaa permit. The first Hirvimaa target zone is located in all-year permitted drill areas and
500 metres along strike from the Palokas resource area (Figur e 1), where results from drilling earlier this year included
PAL0222 returning 8.2 metres @ 19.1 g/t Au and 1,572 ppm cobalt from 266.9 metres and PAL0228 containing 7.0 metres
@ 17.0 g/t gold, 2,168 ppm cobalt from 251.4 metres. Targets generated from TEM surveys will be drilled during Q3 to Q4
2020 utilizing new geologic and geochemical targeting information gained during the recently completed drill program.
The geophysical character of the gold-cobalt mineralizatio n at Rajapalot is well understood. Fixed-loop transient
electromagnetic (“TEM”) anomalies correspond closely with known mineralized areas. Many geological and geochemical
features motivate further assessment of the Hirvimaa area. These include:
The two largest Rajapalot-style gold-min eralized boulders on the project area have been found in the down-ice
direction from the TEM survey area (Figure 1). Previously announced drill samples from the boulders included 0.6
metres @ 21.3 g/t gold and 0.8 metres @ 13.1 g/t gold;
A total of 17 previously reported surface grab samples (8 outcrop samples and 9 boulder grab samples) within a
300 metre by 100 metre area at Hirvimaa returned up to 1,520 g/t gold (minimum 0.0 g/t gold) and averaged
55.5 g/t gold. Additionally, 3 channel samples from the same area assayed 2 metres @ 21.5 g/t gold (including
0.5 metres @ 85.6 g/t gold), 1.1 metres @ 0.7 g/t gold and 0.6 metres 0.3 g/t gold;
o Approximately half the samples were Rompas-style calc-silicate vein hosted mineralization that is
interpreted to be located in the adjacent stratigraphic sequence to the disseminated high-grade Rajapalot
style of mineralization (Figure 1; Palokas, South Palokas and Raja prospects are of the Rajapalot type);
A 120 shallow hole diamond drill program within an area of 2.5 kilometres by 0.5 kilometres was completed in the
TEM survey area. The average depth of each drill hole wa s 7.3 metres and the average thickness of glacial soil
overburden was 3.9 metres. The drill program defined a 600-metre-long mineralized-host rock trend defined by
geology and low tenor gold anomalism in bedrock, with the best result being 1 metre @ 0.12 g/t gold;
Sporadic previously reported deeper diamond drilling within the trend includes PAL0008, located 680 metres north
of Palokas, returned 3.0 metres @ 1.4 g/t gold from 31 metres. Anomalous cobalt, interpreted to be spatially
related to gold-cobalt mineralization has been interested in drill hole PAL0143 containing 4.1 metres @ 386 ppm
Co from 93.1 metres and PAL0139 returning 2.0 metres @ 365 ppm Co from 41.6 metres;
Detailed ground magnetic surveys have defined areas with reverse remanent magnetism caused by pyrrhotite likely
to be associated with gold mineralization.
Technical and Environmental Background (Finland)
The host rocks to the gold and cobalt mineralization at Rajapalot (Finland) comprise sulphides (pyrrhotite>>pyrite) with biotite-muscovite-
chlorite schists at Raja and South Palokas and Mg-Fe amphibole-biotite-chlorite rocks at Palokas. Veining and fracture-fill minerals include
pyrrhotite, magnetite and magnetite-pyrrhotit e (+/- quartz, tourmaline). Retrograde ch lorite after biotite, generations of seco ndary
muscovite (“sericite”) and vein-controlled chlorite+/- tourmaline and magnetite are also present. Preliminary hand-held XRF ana lysis
confirms the presence of associated scheelite and molybdenite, the former visible under UV light as tiny veinlets and disseminations. The
minerals associated with the gold are clearl y post-metamorphic, reduced, and most likely driven by hydrothermal fluids from nea rby
granitoid intrusions. Chlorite and fine muscovite are regarded as the lowest temperature silicate minerals with gold, structurally controlled
in apparent spatial association with quartz and/or K-feldspar veins. Altered rocks enclosing the mineralized package contain lo cally
abundant talc and tourmaline.
All Finnish maps have been created within the KKJ3/Finland Uniform Coordinate System (EPSG:2393).
Channel samples are considered representative of the in-situ mine ralization samples and sample widths quoted approximate the tr ue
width of mineralization, while grab (boulder) samples are selective by nature and are unlikely to represent average grades on the property.
The qualified person for Mawson's Finnish projects, Dr. Nick Cook , President for Mawson and a Fell ow of the Australasian Instit ute of
Mining Metallurgy has reviewed and verified the contents of this release.
NI 43-101 Technical Report (Finland):
On December 19, 2018, Mawson filed an independent National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report (the “NI 43-101 Technical Report”)
on the Mineral Resource Estimate for the Raja and Palokas Prospects, at the 100% owned Rajapalot Project in Finland, (the “NI 43-101
Technical Report ”), in support of the Company’s news release dated December 17, 2018 . The NI 43-101 Technical Report was
authorized by Mr. Rod Webster of AMC Consultants Pty Ltd (“AMC”) of Melbourne, Australia, and Dr. Kurt Simon Forrester of Arn
Perspective of Surrey, England. Each of Mr . Webster and Dr. Forrester are independent “q ualified persons” as defined by Nationa l
Instrument 43-101. The NI 43-101 Technical Re port may be found on the Company’s website at www.mawsonresources.com or under
the Company’s profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. For the 2018 resource, the gold equivalent ("AuEq") value was calculated using
averaged prices of the time, resulting in the following formula: AuEq g/t = Au g/t + (Co ppm/608) with assumed prices of Co $30 /lb;
and Au $1,250/oz. AuEq varies with Au and Co prices.
About Mawson Resources Limited (TSX:MAW, FRANKFURT:MXR, PINKSHEETS:MWSNF)
Mawson Resources Limited is an exploration and development company. Mawson ha s distinguished itself as a leading Nordic Arctic
exploration company with a focus on the flag ship Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finl and and is now developing interests in Vi ctorian
gold properties in Australia.
On behalf of the Board,
"Michael Hudson"
Michael Hudson, Chairman & CEO
Further Information
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Forward-Looking Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements or forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securitie s laws (collectively,
"forward-looking statements"). All statements herein, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Although Mawson believes
that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements are typically
identified by words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate, and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to
future events. Mawson cautions investors that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results or performance, and that actual results
may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, c apital and other costs varying
significantly from estimates, changes in world metal markets, chan ges in equity markets, the potential impact of epidemics, pan demics or other public
health crises, including the current outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 on the Company’s business, planned drill programs and results
varying from expectations, delays in obtaining results, equipment failure, unexpected geological conditions, local community relations, dealings with non-
governmental organizations, delays in operations due to permit grants, environmental and safety risks, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed under
the heading "Risk Factors" in Mawson's most recent Annual Information Form filed on www.sedar.com. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of
the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, Mawson disclaims any intent or oblig ation to update any
forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise.
Figure 1: Regional map of Rajapalot project area showing diamond drill results, 2018 NI 43-101 resource areas overlain on simplified geological map of mineralized host package, mafic rocks and metasedimentary host rocks (Sequences 1 & 2). The planned TEM survey area
is shown extending to the northeast of Palokas in areas where year-round drilling is permitted (frozen ground and winter snow cover is required for drilling in the Palokas to Raja areas). Note the extension of the mineralized package, two strike-parallel boulder trends, and
anomalously high gold and cobalt results from initial drilling (blue stars > 250 ppm Co). Boulder highlights are included – note that general ice flow direction is NW to SE.