VR Resources Completes DCIP surveys at Empire and Silverback Copper – Gold Projects in Ontario
VR Resources Completes DCIP surveys at Empire and Silverback Copper –
Gold Projects in Ontario
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 28, 2024 -- VR Resources Ltd. (TSX.V: VRR, FSE: 5VR; OTCBB: VRRCF), the
"Company", or “VR”, is pleased to announce the completion of two, state-of-the-art DCIP geophysical surveys at its Empire
and Silverback projects in northwestern Ontario, with inversions underway, preliminary results under review, and drill planning
underway.
A field photo highlighting road-accessible logistics is shown below in Photo 1A. The surveys were completed as planned; on
time and on budget, as described in NR-24-26 from November 12 th. Data quality for both surveys is good, with minimal EM
coupling at surface, low noise, and strong correlation to conductivity in previously collected airborne EM data. Details include:
• Empire Project: roughly 7km of 2D DCIP readings were completed along 3 lines across the Westwood target, a 3km
long magnetic anomaly, with a survey depth penetration of 500m.
• Silverback Project: A 4 x 4 km 3D-array DCIP grid was completed, generating 90,000 unique dipoles, with 500 m depth
penetration. As shown in Figure 1 , the grid is centred on a shear zone with 9.5g/t gold, 5.6% copper, and 52 g/t
silver, and it covers the recently announced gold-enriched porphyry intrusion, and as shown in Photo 2, quartz vein
stockworks discovered in outcrop during the survey, near a 6-channel EM anomaly from an OGS survey in 1980.
Surface mineralization near the Trans Canada highway at the Westwood target averages 0.2% Cu, 0.54 g/t Pt+Pd, and 0.14
g/t Au in disseminated sulfide. A new outcrop of iron-stained ultra-mafic rock with disseminated and vein sulfide was
discovered during the survey (see Photo 1B). Overall, the three DCIP lines are designed to outline the areas of strongest
conductivity and chargeability related to this sulfide mineralization, aided by detailed magnetic data already in hand.
From VR's CEO Justin Daley: "The results of both DCIP surveys have already exceeded expectations, giving us robust and
integrated exploration targets across the various geophysical data sets acquired to date. We look forward to providing further
details as we work with DIAS to complete survey inversions, and work internally to refine drill targets. I would like to thank the
DIAS field crew for their hard work completing these surveys as winter arrived quickly in Upsala this past week.”
Photo 1 . (A) DIAS crew member spooling reference wire across the main access road at Silverback over the main gold
showing at the centre of the 4 by 4 km 3D-array DCIP survey block. (B) Newly discovered outcrop during the DCIP survey on
the Westwood grid, Empire Project. Pervasively altered mafic/ultramafic rock with quartz-carbonate veining, disseminated and
vein-related copper sulfide. The DCIP survey is designed to delineate the center of this copper-nickel hydrothermal-magmatic
mineral system.
About the Empire and Silverback Projects
The Silverback project consists of 71 mineral claims in 1 contiguous block covering 4,442 hectares and Empire consists of
313 mineral claims in 1 contiguous blocks covering 10,254 hectares . The projects are located on Federal crown land, with
mineral rights administered by the Ontario Ministry of Mines. There is a 2% net smelter royalty on the claims. There are no
annual payments, but the Ministry requires certain annual exploration expenditures and reporting (ie. mineral assessment
reports) in order to maintain a mineral claim in good standing. The projects fall within the Lac de Mille Lac First Nation
traditional territories.
Technical Information
Surface grab samples and drill core samples were submitted for geochemical analysis to the AGAT laboratory in Thunder Bay,
Ontario. Drill core was logged, cut and sampled at the Holbik Exploration warehouse in Upsala, Ontario, with sample
preparation completed by AGAT in Thunder Bay alongside gold and PGE determination by atomic absorption assay. ICP-MS
analyses for base metals, whole rock, and trace elements is performed at AGAT’s laboratory in Calgary, AB. Analytical
results are subject to industry-standard and NI 43-101 compliant QAQC sample procedures, including the systematic insertion
of sample duplicates, blanks and certified reference material (CRM) done both externally and internally at the laboratory by
AGAT, as described by AGAT.
Technical information for this news release has been prepared in accordance with the Canadian regulatory requirements set
out in National Instrument 43-101. Justin Daley, P.Geo., President & CEO at VR and a non-independent Qualified Person
oversees and/or participates in all aspects of the Company’s mineral exploration projects, and the content of this news release
has been reviewed on behalf of the Company by the Executive Chairman, Dr. Michael Gunning, P.Geo., a non-independent
Qualified Person.
About VR Resources Ltd.
VR is an established junior exploration company based in Vancouver (TSX.V: VRR; Frankfurt: 5VR; OTCQB: VRRCF). VR
evaluates, explores and advances opportunities in copper, gold and critical metals in Nevada, USA, and Ontario, Canada. VR
applies modern exploration technologies, in-house experience, and expertise in greenfields exploration to large-footprint
systems in underexplored areas/districts. The foundation of VR is the proven track record of its Board in early-stage
exploration, discovery and M&A. The Company is financed for its mineral exploration and corporate obligations. VR owns its
projects outright and evaluates new opportunities on an ongoing basis, whether by staking or acquisition.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
“Justin Daley”
Justin Daley, MSc, P.Geo
President & CEO
For general information please use the following:
Website: www.vrr.ca
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 778-731-9292
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Figure 1. Simplified geophysical targeting map with DCIP grid design for the Silverback project. Spring 2023 drilling tested two
smaller conductors from the DIGEM survey, shown in purple (deeper) and red (shallower). An untested 6-channel EM anomaly
from 1980 OGS survey Map 80534 coincides with a 2-line DIGEM conductor, adjacent to the mafic intrusion, and near a 99 th
percentile gold in lake sediment anomaly. The new DCIP data is expected to refine all of the conductors along the 2 km trend
of known mineralization.
Photo 2 . Newly discovered outcrop of quartz vein stockworks with sulfide in gabbro at Silverback, with location shown in
Figure 1 above, in the northeast corner of the DCIP grid. This is very similar to the style of gold mineralization seen 3km to the
southwest in drill Hole 2. The outcrop was discovered by the DIAS crew during the DCIP survey, and nearby the 1980 6-
channel EM anomaly from OGS Map 80534.
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