moneta markets

Moneta Continues to Extend Gold Mineralization on the Westaway Deposit with up to 8.00 m @ 5.34 g/t Gold and 19.30 m @ 3.94 g/t Gold

 

Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc. (TSX: ME) (OTCQX: MEAUF) (XETRA: MOP) ("Moneta" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the partial results from fourteen (14) holes drilled to test the resource extension potential of the Westaway underground gold resource located on the Golden Highway area of the Tower Gold Project. The drill holes were drilled as part of the expanded 20202021 winter drill program on the Tower Gold Project located 100 km east of Timmins, Ontario.

 

Highlights:

 

Drilling has intersected significant gold mineralization in resource step out drill holes at Westaway extending gold mineralization beyond the current resource estimate:

 
  •  MGH21-197, located within the West Block area extended gold mineralization to the south and at depth:
    • Intersected 8.00 metres "m" @ 5.34 grams per tonne "g/t" gold "Au" including 4.00 m @ 10.01 g/t Au, including 2.00 m @ 15.25 g/t Au, including 1.00 m @ 17.60 g/t Au
  •  
  •  MGH21-196, located within the West Block area extended gold mineralization to the south and to depth:
    • Intersected 19.30 m @ 3.94 g/t Au, including 4.50 m @ 8.09 g/t Au, including 1.70 m @ 16.82 g/t Au, including 0.70 m @ 20.00 g/t Au
    •  
    • Intersected 3.45 m @ 6.86 g/t Au
    •  
  •  
  •  MGH21-190, located on the western and depth extensions of the Westaway resource:
    • Intersected 7.10 m @ 2.98 g/t Au, including 4.90 m @ 4.06 g/t Au, including 0.54 m @ 7.64 g/t Au
  •  
  •  MGH21-186, located 300 m south of the current resources in the South Basin area:
    • Intersected 7.00 m @ 2.13 g/t Au including 1.00 m @ 5.39 g/t Au
    •  
    • Intersected 4.00 m @ 3.32 g/t Au including 1.00 m @ 8.95 g/t Au
    •  
    • Intersected 5.00 m @ 4.78 g/t Au including 1.00 m @ 8.36 g/t Au
    •  
  •  

"We are excited to continue to intersect significant gold mineralization from drill holes in our resource expansion drilling at the new Westaway deposit," commented CEO, Gary O'Connor. "The drilling has intersected gold mineralization in large step-outs to the south and west as well as at depth as we look to expand the current underground gold resources at Westaway. Additional holes and assays are still pending from the current drill program which has been testing the resource expansion potential at Westway. Resource expansion drilling is also ongoing on the South West, Windjammer South and 55 resource areas as well as the new Halfway target. The Westaway underground resource currently consists of 662,000 ounces gold inferred resources at a 3.00 g/t Au cut-off within a total Tower Gold project resource of 4.00 Moz gold indicated and 4.40 Moz gold inferred."

 

The latest assay results are from partial results from fourteen (14) drill holes for a total of 9,518.0 m of drilling, completed as part of the current 70,000 m 2020/2021 winter drill program. The fourteen partially reported holes were targeting the extensions of the new Westaway resource to the south, west, east and at depth. Additional assays for the fourteen holes and results from additional drilling, notably to the west and at depth, are still pending. The current drilling was mostly focussed on testing clastic Timiskaming age sediment host rocks to the immediate south of the regional banded iron formation ("BIF") C unit and the gabbro intrusion, in a geological setting currently not hosting significant resources on the Tower Gold project.

 

Table 1: Selected Significant Drill Results

 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
ProjectTargetHoleFrom ToLengthAuVein
(Area)(Name)(#)(m)(m)(m)(g/t)Name
GHWWAMGH21-176189.00190.001.003.65New
GHWWAMGH21-176200.00202.702.701.88WA-12
includes202.00202.700.705.38WA-12
GHWWAMGH21-177566.00568.002.003.13WA-2
includes567.00568.001.005.38WA-2
GHWWAMGH21-17870.9078.007.100.84WA-14
includes75.0077.002.001.35WA-14
GHWWAMGH21-181108.00114.006.000.69WA-9
includes108.00108.500.504.40WA-9
GHWWAMGH21-182431.20435.103.901.14WA-5
includes431.20433.001.802.01WA-5
GHWWAMGH21-183766.70769.002.301.50WA-2
includes766.70767.500.803.73WA-2
GHWWAMGH21-186322.00340.0018.001.18WB-11
includes324.00331.007.002.13WB-11
includes326.00327.001.005.39WB-11
and 334.60335.200.603.65WB-11
GHWWAMGH21-186352.00356.004.003.32New
includes352.00354.002.005.57New
includes352.00353.001.008.95New
GHWWAMGH21-186372.00377.005.004.78New
includes376.00377.001.008.36New
GHWWAMGH21-188235.00240.005.000.98WB-12
includes238.00239.001.003.34WB-12
GHWWAMGH21-188331.00333.002.001.22New
includes332.25333.000.753.23New
GHWWAMGH21-188558.00574.8016.800.96WB-5
includes558.00560.002.003.76WB-5
includes558.00559.001.004.71WB-5
GHWWAMGH21-190478.50485.607.102.98WA-1
includes480.70485.604.904.06WA-1
includes484.10484.640.547.64WA-1
GHWWAMGH21-192372.10391.0018.901.21WA-5
includes372.10372.600.507.44WA-5
and 389.00391.002.003.99WA-5
includes390.00391.001.004.63WA-5
GHWWAMGH21-192380.00391.0011.001.32New
includes389.00391.002.003.99New
GHWWAMGH21-192397.00423.5026.500.71WA-4
includes406.50407.000.504.05WA-4
and422.60423.500.903.70WA-4
GHWWAMGH21-196131.00134.453.456.86WB-12
GHWWAMGH21-196148.00167.3019.303.94WB-11
includes148.00152.504.508.09WB-11
includes149.80151.501.7016.82WB-11
includes149.80150.500.7020.00WB-11
and 154.50162.608.104.12WB-11
includes155.40156.200.8013.00WB-11
and161.70162.600.908.09WB-11
GHWWAMGH21-197135.00143.008.005.34WB-10
includes139.00143.004.0010.01WB-10
includes139.00141.002.0015.25WB-10
includes140.00141.001.0017.60WB-10
 


Intercepts are calculated using a 3.0 g/t Au cut-off or geological boundary, a maximum of 3m internal dilution and no top cap applied. All intercepts are reported as drill widths and estimated to be 75% to 95% of true width.

 

Discussion of Drill Results

 

The fourteen (14) drill holes for 9,518.0 m were drilled to test extensions and gaps of the new Westaway resource, including the West Block zone and the South BIF target located on the southern margins of the Timiskaming age sedimentary basin. Drilling was targeting clastic sediment hosted gold mineralized stacked quartz veins south of the BIF C unit and south of the gabbro intrusion. The partial assay results confirmed good extensions to the south, east and within the basin south of the BIF C unit and south of the post-mineral gabbro, as well as at depth. Additional assay results from the current drill holes and additional drill holes are still pending from the Westaway resource expansion drill program.

 

Drill results from the current program at Westaway confirmed the occurrence of the same style of steep west dipping higher grade stacked quartz veins sets and associated ankerite-albite-sericite-pyrite alteration haloes. Mineralization was extended up to 300 m to the south in hole MGH21-186 and to the east within the West Block area as well as to the west of the current gold resource. The Westaway underground resource currently consists of 662,000 ounces gold inferred resources at a 3.00 g/t Au cut-off within a total Tower Gold project resource of 4.00 Moz gold indicated and 4.40 Moz gold inferred.

 

West Block Area

 

Drill hole MGH21-196 was drilled to extend gold mineralization south of the late gabbro intrusion in the West Block zone and intersected up to 19.30 m @ 3.94 g/t Au, including 4.50 m @ 8.09 g/t Au, including 1.70 m @ 16.82 g/t Au, including 0.70 m @ 20.00 g/t Au from the WB-11 vein and 3.45 m @ 6.86 g/t Au from the WB-12 vein. Drill hole MGH21-197 was located to the north of the gabbro within a gap in the resource and intersected up to 8.00 m @ 5.34 g/t Au including 4.00 m @ 10.01 g/t Au including 2.00 m @ 15.25 g/t Au including 1.00m @ 17.60 g/t Au from the WB-10 vein.

 

South Basin

 

Drill hole MGH21-186 was drilled at Westaway to test the extensions of mineralized structures towards the southern margins of the sedimentary basin and intersected up to 7.00m @ 2.13 g/t Au including 1.00 m @ 5.39 g/t Au from WB-11, and 4.00 m @ 3.32 g/t Au including 2.00 m @ 5.57 g/t Au including 1.00 m @ 8.95 g/t Au from a new zone. MGH21-186 also intersected 5.00 m @ 4.78 g/t Au including 1.00 m @ 8.36 g/t Au from a new structure.

 

Western Extensions

 

Drill hole MGH21-190 was drilled to test the western extensions of the Westaway mineralization and intersected up to 7.10 m @ 2.98 g/t Au, including 4.90 m @ 4.06 g/t Au, including 0.54 m @ 7.64 g/t Au from the WA-1 structure. Drill hole MGH20-192 intersected veining of up to 11.00 m @ 1.32 g/t Au including 2.00 m @ 3.99 g/t Au on the western extensions of veins.

 

Cannot view this image? Visit: https://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/4852/90295_e6722aaa44a95b83_002.jpg

Figure 1: Westaway Drill Program: Drill hole Location Map

To view an enhanced version of Figure 1, please visit:
https://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/4852/90295_e6722aaa44a95b83_002full.jpg

 

Cannot view this image? Visit: https://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/4852/90295_e6722aaa44a95b83_003.jpg

Figure 2: Westaway Drill Program: Drill hole Location Map

To view an enhanced version of Figure 2, please visit:
https://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/4852/90295_e6722aaa44a95b83_003full.jpg

 

Cannot view this image? Visit: https://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/4852/90295_e6722aaa44a95b83_004.jpg

Figure 3: Westaway Resource Drilling- Cross Section

To view an enhanced version of Figure 3, please visit:
https://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/4852/90295_e6722aaa44a95b83_004full.jpg

 

Table 2: Drill Hole Details*

 
                                                                                                                
HoleEastingNorthingElevationAzimuthInclinationDepth
(#)(mE)(mN)(masl)(°)(°)(m)
MGH21-176570061536869431860-60720.0
MGH21-177570141536863031950-60702.0
MGH21-178570134536875531950-60477.0
MGH21-179570218536882832060-60699.0
MGH21-180570219536870031950-60702.0
MGH21-181570297536876332050-60726.0
MGH21-182570222536857631950-60720.0
MGH21-183569916536866931950-60774.0
MGH21-186570457536877031850-60741.0
MGH21-188570452536889332150-60831.0
MGH21-190570096536886032050-63798.0
MGH21-192570113536879431950-60600.0
MGH21-196570462536901632055-62417.0
MGH21-197570383536908632155-62611.0
 

 

 

*Assay results for the reported holes are not complete. Full assay results from drill holes will be released upon receipt.

 

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 routine pulp repeats and coarse reject sample duplicates, as well as completing routine third-party check assays at Activation Laboratories Ltd. Kevin Montgomery, P.Geo. is a qualified person under NI 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical contents of this press release.

 

About Moneta

 

Moneta is a TSX listed Canadian based gold exploration company focussed on the development of gold resources in the Timmins Gold Camp, Ontario. The Company's flagship project, covering the Golden Highway and Garrison Gold deposits, the Tower Gold project is located 100 km east of Timmins and hosts a total indicated resource of 3,967,000 ounces contained gold and a total inferred resource of 4,399,000 ounces contained gold. The project includes a total of 3,335,000 ounces of open pit indicated resources contained within 116.7 Mt @ 0.89 g/t Au and 2,270,000 ounces of open pit inferred resources contained within 79.4 Mt @ 0.89 g/t Au, at a cut-off grade of 0.30 g/t Au. The project also includes 632,000 ounces of indicated underground resources contained within 4.9 Mt @ 4.05 g/t Au and 2,129,000 ounces of inferred underground resources within 15.7 Mt @ 4.21 g/t Au, at a 2.60 g/t Au cut-off grade at South West and 3.00 g/t Au cut-off grade at the other underground deposits.

 

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.monetaporcupine.com or email us at info@monetaporcupine.com.

 

This news release includes certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements, collectively "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements are frequently identified by such words as "may", "will", "plan", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "intend" and similar words referring to future events and results. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to information with respect to the future performance of the business, its operations and financial performance and condition such as the Company's drilling program and the timing and results thereof; further steps that might be taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19; the impact of COVID-19 related disruptions in relation to the Corporation's business operations including upon its employees, suppliers, facilities and other stakeholders; uncertainties and risk that have arisen and may arise in relation to travel, and other financial market and social impacts from COVID-19 and responses to COVID 19. and the ability of the Company to finance and carry out its anticipated goals and objectives.

 

Forward-looking statements are based on the current opinions and expectations of management. All forward-looking information is inherently uncertain and subject to a variety of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development, fluctuating commodity prices, competitive risks and the availability of financing, as described in more detail in our recent securities filings available at www.sedar.com. Actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements and we caution against placing undue reliance thereon. We assume no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements.

 

 

To view the source version of this press release, please visit https://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/90295

 

 

News Provided by Newsfile via QuoteMedia

The Conversation (0)
Pilbara region, Western Australia, Australia.

Pilbara 2.0: Inside Australia’s Newest Gold Frontier

The Central Pilbara region of Western Australia is undergoing a quiet revolution that is rapidly reshaping the global gold exploration landscape.

Once dismissed as a technically challenging and geologically inconsistent terrain, Pilbara is now emerging as one of the world’s most exciting new gold frontiers and drawing serious attention from institutional investors, driven by transformative discoveries, a maturing geological model and a wave of junior explorers tapping into underexplored intrusive-hosted systems.

Anchored by the multimillion-ounce Hemi discovery — one of the most significant gold finds in Australia in over a decade — this region is not just proving its geological potential, but also demonstrating the kind of scale, consistency and margin profile that modern gold investors seek. As the discovery window remains wide open and valuations are still accessible, the Central Pilbara presents a rare opportunity for early exposure to what may become one of Australia’s next tier-one gold districts.

Keep reading...Show less
A mining truck within the outline of Australia's map on a clear day.

Is Australia on the Brink of a New Mining Super Cycle?

Mining remains as a cornerstone of Australia’s GDP and export earnings, but current global challenges such as trade disputes and price changes may be straining its foundations.

A recent FocusEconomics report tackled Australia’s resource wealth, tracing from the gold rushes of the 1850s to the iron ore and coal booms of the 21st century.

Keep reading...Show less
Kobo Resources Confirms Additional High-Grade Gold Mineralization at Kossou with 15.5 m at 2.3 g/t Au, incl. 8.3 m at 3.43 g/t Au; Outlines Next Phase of Exploration at Kossou

Kobo Resources Confirms Additional High-Grade Gold Mineralization at Kossou with 15.5 m at 2.3 g/t Au, incl. 8.3 m at 3.43 g/t Au; Outlines Next Phase of Exploration at Kossou

 
  •   High-grade gold intercepts highlighted by 15.5 m at 2.30 g/t Au, incl. 8.3 m at 3.43 g/t Au at the Road Cut Zone  
  •  
  •   Initial drilling on the gap between Jagger and Road Cut Zone confirms target structure, warrants further testing  
  •  
  •   Current drill phase complete; Geological modelling and planning underway for 15,000 m drill program expected to begin in H2 2025  
  •  

 

 Kobo Resources Inc. (" Kobo" or the " Company ") ( TSX.V: KRI ) is pleased to report additional diamond drill results from the Road Cut Zone at its 100%-owned Kossou Gold Project (" Kossou ") in Côte d'Ivoire. Results from these holes continue to strengthen the Company's understanding of the key structural controls that define this prospective target area.

News Provided by Business Wire via QuoteMedia

Keep reading...Show less
Maritime Resources (TSXV:MAE)

Maritime Resources

Keep reading...Show less

Latest Press Releases

Related News

×