Great Bear Resources Announce 11.6% Zinc and 479 g/t Silver Sampled at Surprise Creek

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November 29, 2016 – Vancouver, BC, Canada. – Great Bear Resources Ltd. (TSXV:GBR today reported results released by Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V: MTB, “Mountain Boy”) from the Ataman VMS zone at the Surprise Creek project in Golden Triangle district of British Columbia.

November 29, 2016 – Vancouver, BC, Canada. – Great Bear Resources Ltd. (TSXV:GBR today reported results released by Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V: MTB, “Mountain Boy”) from the Ataman VMS zone at the Surprise Creek project in Golden Triangle district of British Columbia.  The Surprise Creek property is owned 50% by Great Bear and 50% by Mountain Boy, with Mountain Boy acting as operator.  The Ataman zone is located 12 kilometres north of paved Highway 37A, the main access route to Stewart, British Columbia.  Highlights of surface sampling results from the summer 2016 field program include:

  • Three grab samples collected from proximal float boulders with visible sphalerite assayed 3.04, 3.13 and 11.64% zinc
  • A sample of float composed of brecciated chert and barite fragments cemented by limonite yielded 479 g/t silver, 0.17 g/t gold, 2.45% lead and 0.70% zinc
  • A grab sample of an in-situ limestone/chert horizon with fine grained sphalerite returned 81 g/t silver, 0.22% lead and 5.53% zinc
  • A 1.0 m chip sample of barite-carbonate veining with visible galena and sphalerite returned 297 g/t silver, 0.85% lead and 3.10% zinc

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