Prosper Gold Extends Length of Gold-bearing System at Golden Corridor to 2.8 km, Intercepts Include 22.7 g/t Gold over 0.55 m - Golden Sidewalk Project, Red Lake, ON

2022-01-17 / @nasdaq

 

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prosper Gold Corp. ("Prosper Gold" or the "Company") (TSXV:PGX) is pleased to report that it has now intersected gold mineralization along 2.8 kilometres of the Golden Corridor trend at the Golden Sidewalk Project Red Lake, Ontario. The Company has completed reconnaissance drilling totaling 21,103 metres in 66 diamond drill holes over 4.8 kilometres of the Golden Corridor (Figure 1). Drilling continues to outline a large hydrothermal system, intersecting ankerite ± biotite alteration with gold mineralization (Figure 2).

Highlights:

  • Hydrothermal system with gold mineralization along 2.8 kilometres of structural corridor that is parallel and proximal to regional unconformity
  • The system remains open to the east
  • High grade intervals up to 22.7 g/t gold over 0.55 m
  • Vein size, abundance, and degree of alteration increase with depth
  • $2.5 M in Company treasury – drilling is ongoing

“Prosper has discovered a large hydrothermal system at the Golden Corridor,” commented Peter Bernier, CEO. “The presence of the unconformity, the geology, scale, alteration, widespread gold in drilling and the high till samples down-ice tells us we are on to something significant.”

The hydrothermal system drilled to date is approximately 2.8 kilometres long and remains open to the east. Mineralization and alteration assemblages are relatively consistent along the mineralized trend. Pyrite ± arsenopyrite ± visible gold occurs in quartz-ankerite ± biotite veins and within silica-ankerite ± biotite altered wallrock.

The Company has planned a series of deeper drill holes in the western portion of the system as vein thicknesses and hydrothermal alteration intensities are increasing at depth. Drill holes designed to test approximately 300 metres down-dip of the mineralized intercepts encountered in shallow drilling to date within the footwall (southern) fault zone at the western structural corridor. Observations in drill core to date have shown that higher temperature alteration, predominantly a silica-biotite assemblage, enveloping larger veins and vein arrays persists in deeper intersections.

Additional drilling is planned for the eastern portion of the system where several gold intercepts were encountered in recent drilling which will be followed up on, including 22.7 g/t gold over 0.55 metres in drill hole DD21GC039 (Table 1). Drilling in late 2021 in the eastern portion of the system at the Golden Corridor was successful in intersecting gold mineralized quartz-ankerite-pyrite veins and wallrock alteration. Drill holes DD21GC050 through DD21GC053 each intersected several intervals of gold mineralization below the footwall fault that coincides with the ultramafic-mafic volcanic contact.

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Table 1. Significant assays received to date.

Hole IDFrom (m)To (m)Interval (m)Au (g/t)
DD21GC00146.5481.501.15
and213214.51.501.74
     
DD21GC004362.7364.72.002.36
     
DD21GC005272.5273.61.105.07
     
DD21GC011162.51641.503.89
     
DD21GC01449501.001.46
     
DD21GC020120.5121.81.301.79
and2492523.002.03
     
DD21GC023127128.51.501.05
and340353.513.500.46
     
DD21GC030156.65157.150.505.63
and191.5192.71.201.73
     
DD21GC0318910011.000.35
     
DD21GC033266.39267.391.001.19
     
DD21GC03551.452.20.807.81
     
DD21GC0362993001.004.82
     
DD21GC038104.5105.61.101.95
     
DD21GC03976.5577.10.5522.70
     
DD21GC04291.593.52.000.94
     
DD21GC044206.93208.881.951.99
     
DD21GC046105.311126.690.25
and139.5140.51.001.25
and202.52041.502.04
and2852861.001.36
     
DD21GC04965661.001.11
and137138.51.501.13
     
DD21GC0507778.51.501.73
and207.52091.501.30
and2542551.001.20
     
DD21GC0512182213.001.13
and256.52592.501.49
and3023031.003.89
and306.23070.804.50
and333.9334.70.802.43
     
DD21GC05245461.001.59
and109.5111.52.002.76
and163.15164.151.002.14
and1701733.001.08
     
DD21GC05385861.002.51
and168169.61.603.03
and194196.52.501.99
and216.4217.220.822.63
     
DD21GC057122.5123.51.001.04
     
DD21GC058146.5149.32.802.06
and1521531.001.14
     
DD21GC060193193.50.501.97
     
DD21GC062167.35167.850.501.1
and174.85175.70.851.56
     
DD21GC06339.8541.51.651.69
and312.532815.50.2
     
DD21GC065515321.25
     
DD21GC066276.52770.51.02

** true widths are unknown

Table 2. Drill collar details of specified drill holes (coordinates provided in UTM NAD83, zone 15).

Hole IDEasting (m)Northing (m)Azimuth (°)Dip (°)Length (m)
DD21GC0015090525672912355-46420
DD21GC0045091505672906354-45542
DD21GC00550890056729122.5-44302
DD21GC01150904156729500-45209
DD21GC0145085065672741180-45305
DD21GC0205093535673275180-45353
DD21GC0235101315672924315-45386
DD21GC0305096005672921340-45320
DD21GC0315095025672915340-45296
DD21GC0335094025672918340-45323
DD21GC0355094195672870340-45283
DD21GC0365099365673286180-45407
DD21GC038510811567273510-45284
DD21GC0395108115672735190-45302
DD21GC042510609567279310-45332
DD21GC044510328567289110-45299
DD21GC0465099365672925330-45317
DD21GC0495094555672906340-45350
DD21GC050511050567265710-45350
DD21GC051511137567261010-45371
DD21GC052511543567241710-45344
DD21GC053511628567236410-45362
DD21GC0575094755673193180-45260
DD21GC0585095555673153180-45260
DD21GC0605097155673153180-45260
DD21GC0625093155673193180-45269
DD21GC0635098395673170180-85452
DD21GC0655093155673194180-80482
DD21GC0665095545673185180-80470

About the Golden Sidewalk

The Golden Sidewalk is a district-scale gold exploration project covering over 160 square kilometres of contiguous mineral claims and mining leases (see the Company's Aug. 10, Sept. 8, and Sept. 15, 2020 news releases for details) in the western Birch-Uchi Greenstone Belt, approximately 60 km east of Red Lake, Ontario. The vehicle-accessible project straddles 12 kilometres of the Balmer Assemblage – Narrow Lake Assemblage unconformity, a regional-scale feature that has been the Red Lake exploration guide, but which has seen limited exploration in the project area. The “Golden Corridor” lies immediately north of the unconformity and is characterized as a highly prospective trend of coincident favourable magnetic and resistivity lineaments supported by highly anomalous gold-in-till samples covering 7.0 by 0.5 kilometres.

QA/QC Procedures

Quality assurance and quality control measures implemented by the Company include the insertion of certified reference materials in the sample sequence at a rate of 1 in 20 for both blank material and certified reference standards. Analytical results for reference standard and blank samples are scrutinized internally to ensure adequate analytical precision and accuracy in both sample preparation and instrumental procedures. A chain of custody from drilling to laboratory is strictly monitored to ensure sample and analytical integrity and reliability. Half-split core samples are sent to AGAT Laboratories in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where they are analyzed in 50-gram aliquots using Fire-Assay with ICP-OES finish. Any overlimit analyses (>10 g/t Au) are re-analyzed with a pulp metallic screen method designed to give the most accurate representation of gold concentration in each sample. AGAT Laboratories in Thunder Bay, ON, is an accredited testing laboratory having been assessed by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and found to conform with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025:2017.

Qualified Person

The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed by Rory Ritchie, P.Geo., Vice-President of Exploration for Prosper Gold and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.

For a detailed overview of Prosper Gold please visit www.ProsperGoldCorp.com.
        
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Per: Peter Bernier
       Peter Bernier
       President & CEO

For further information, please contact:

Peter Bernier
President & CEO
Prosper Gold Corp.
Cell: (250) 316-6644
Email: Pete@ProsperGoldCorp.com

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Figure 1.

2021 diamond drill hole locations showing drone magnetometer survey and 2020/2021 pristine gold grains-in-till.
Figure 2.

Plan map of drill holes along mineralized trend of Golden Corridor.

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