TORONTO, April 21, 2022 /CNW/ - Superior Gold Inc. ("Superior Gold" or the "Company") (TSXV: SGI) (OTCMKTS: SUPGF) is pleased to announce additional high-grade drill results from its ongoing underground diamond drill program at its 100%-owned Plutonic Gold mine in Western Australia.
Plutonic is a world-class Archean lode-style gold mineralized system that has produced close to six million ounces of gold over 32 years of continuous operation and encompasses a Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource of 1.89 million ounces together with an Inferred Mineral Resource of 3.07 million ounces. The Company's continuous exploration effort underpins a commitment to resource growth.
Results are provided for 12 underground exploration drill holes, drilled from November 2021 to January 2022, for a total of 1,616 metres of drilling. This drilling was focused on extending and infilling the Eastern Mining Front, which includes the Caribbean, Cortez and A134 Zones. The Eastern Mining Front is yet to be fully drill tested and remains open along strike and up-dip.
HIGHLIGHTS (all from the Caribbean Zone)
These results potentially expand the Eastern Mining Front by a further 180 metres, directly adjacent to existing underground infrastructure, thus requiring minimal capital to develop the area
The location of this drilling is shown in Figures 1 to 5 below. The intersections are shown in Table 1 below. Reported intersections are over a minimum downhole length of 0.30 metres (~0.20 metres true width).
Chris Jordaan, President and CEO of Superior Gold stated: "Today's drill results continue to support the Company's strategy of opening new mining fronts at Plutonic.
During 2021, the Company has provided a number of exploration updates on drilling along the Western Mining Front and Baltic Gap. The targeted drilling is consistent with the Company's stated exploration strategy to accelerate exploration and identify new mining fronts to further improve mining grades, increase productivity and reduce remnant mining in 2022 and beyond.
Today's results give us further confidence that extensions of the Plutonic orebody to the east can be systematically targeted. These include results such as hole UDD24919 which intersected 4.3 g/t gold over 5 metres and hole UDD24922 which intersected 4.3 g/t gold over 3.8 metres, both located on the Eastern Mining Front.
The expansion into new mining fronts is a key component of our current strategy to extend Plutonic's mine life and increase production by improving our mining grades and efficiencies. Utilizing a dedicated exploration drill rig, our ongoing drill programs will continue to test the new mining front and other proximal targets to focus on reserve and resource expansion. Drilling results from this program will not be reflected in the upcoming update to the Mineral Resource estimate. However, the Company will consider these results in future updates and the design of the 2023 mine plan."
Superior Gold's mine exploration program is designed to open new mining fronts by targeting extensions of high-grade mineralization that are close to existing infrastructure but outside of the current Mineral Resources. Numerous significant historical high-grade intercepts, both throughout and peripheral to the large mineralized system at Plutonic, have yet to be followed up. The immediate focus is on expanding key areas to open new mining fronts in the Eastern Mining Front (which includes the Caribbean, Cortez and Z134 zones).
The Eastern Mining Front extends approximately 2.4 kilometres along the eastern edge of the Caspian, Caribbean, Cortez and A134 Zones of the Plutonic underground mine. It remains open, with several historic high-grade intercepts confirming mineralization continuity outside of Mineral Resources, as shown in Figure 5.
Today's near-mine exploration drill results extend from the Caribbean Zones– covering approximately 200 metres of the Caribbean Eastern Mining Front Figures 2, 3 and 4.
The Eastern Mining Front Zone results include 4.3 g/t gold over 3.8 metres intersected in hole UDD24922, located approximately 70 metres from the existing Mineral Resource envelope, and 4.3 g/t gold over 5 metres, in hole UDD24919 located approximately 20 metres from current infrastructure. The highest-grade intercept is 6.8 g/t gold over 1 metre in hole UDD24923 which is adjacent to the existing development.
Drill Hole # |
Easting |
Northing |
Drill hole |
Dip |
Azimuth |
End of |
Downhole |
Downhole |
Downhole |
Au (gpt) |
Est True |
UDD24916 |
4828 |
11538 |
1267 |
4 |
79 |
210 |
21.2 |
25.2 |
4.0 |
3.2 |
2.8 |
75.0 |
80.0 |
5.0 |
2.4 |
3.5 |
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96.5 |
97.2 |
0.7 |
3.6 |
0.5 |
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134.0 |
135.0 |
1.0 |
3.9 |
0.7 |
|||||||
198.0 |
200.0 |
2.0 |
3.6 |
1.4 |
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UDD24917 |
4836 |
11552 |
1265 |
2 |
79 |
234 |
88.6 |
89.6 |
1.0 |
5.9 |
0.7 |
163.0 |
165.5 |
2.5 |
1.3 |
1.8 |
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UDD24918 |
4849 |
11579 |
1261 |
-11 |
75 |
144 |
No Significant Intercept |
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UDD24919 |
4850 |
11619 |
1257 |
12 |
100 |
124 |
15.8 |
20.7 |
5.0 |
4.3 |
3.5 |
UDD24920 |
4850 |
11632 |
1255 |
13 |
96 |
144 |
No Significant Intercept |
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UDD24921 |
4850 |
11636 |
1254 |
-13 |
95 |
129 |
No Significant Intercept |
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UDD24922 |
4850 |
11636 |
1254 |
0 |
94 |
90 |
68.4 |
72.2 |
3.8 |
4.3 |
2.7 |
UDD24923 |
4850 |
11646 |
1253 |
3 |
89 |
105 |
76.6 |
77.6 |
1.0 |
6.8 |
0.7 |
UDD24924 |
4850 |
11657 |
1251 |
-14 |
99 |
66 |
3.0 |
4.0 |
1.0 |
3.3 |
0.7 |
49.3 |
54.6 |
5.3 |
3.9 |
3.7 |
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UDD24925 |
4851 |
11706 |
1244 |
-6 |
109 |
174 |
No Significant Intercept |
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UDD24926 |
4851 |
11743 |
1239 |
-43 |
119 |
69 |
9.1 |
10.0 |
0.9 |
5.4 |
0.6 |
UDD24927 |
4851 |
11743 |
1240 |
-14 |
117 |
126 |
8.8 |
9.5 |
0.7 |
3.8 |
0.5 |
The technical report supporting the mineral resources identified in this press release is entitled, "2020 Mineral Resource and Reserve Estimate for the Plutonic Gold Operations Including Main Open Cut Pit Area", is dated December 30, 2020, is effective December 31, 2019, and is available under Superior Gold's profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company's website at www.superior-gold.com.
Scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Ettienne Du Plessis, who is a "qualified person" as defined by NI 43-101. Mr. Du Plessis is not independent of the Company within the meaning of NI 43-101.
Drilling is completed with NQ2 core diameter (50.7 mm) and samples are from whole core. Gold results were determined by Aurum Laboratories (Perth) and/or Plutonic laboratory using fire assay fusion. Standards, blanks and duplicates are included in approximately every 20 samples for Quality Assurance/Quality Control purposes by the Company as well as the laboratory.
Superior Gold is a Canadian-based gold producer that owns 100% of the Plutonic Gold Operations located in Western Australia. The Plutonic Gold Operations include the Plutonic underground gold mine and central mill, numerous open-pit projects including the Plutonic Main Pit push-back project, the Hermes open pit projects, and an interest in the Bryah Basin joint venture. Superior Gold is focused on expanding production at the Plutonic Gold Operations and building an intermediate gold producer with superior returns for shareholders.
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Superior Gold is a Canadian based gold producer that owns 100% of the Plutonic Gold Operations located in Western Australia. The Plutonic Gold Operations include the Plutonic underground gold mine and central mill, numerous open pit projects including the Plutonic Main Pit...
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