Galileo Announces Filing of NI 43-101 Technical Report on Majuba Hill Copper Project
30 Agosto 2017 - 7:30AM
Galileo Exploration Ltd. (the “Company”)
(TSX-V:GXL) announces that the Company has completed and filed a
technical report titled “NI 43-101 Technical Report, Majuba
Hill Copper Project, Pershing County, Nevada, USA” dated effective
May 31, 2017 (the “Report”) prepared in accordance with
National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects (“NI 43-101”). A copy of the Report is available under the
Company’s profile at www.SEDAR.com and on the Company’s website.
As previously disclosed by the Company, on July 24, 2017, the
TSX Venture Exchange accepted for filing a mining lease and option
to purchase agreement for the Majuba Hill Copper project.
Highlights of the 43-101 Report Include -
- The Majuba Hill Copper Project is an early stage porphyry
related copper exploration project located in the Antelope Mining
District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA. It is 70 road miles
southwest of Winnemucca, Nevada and 156 miles from Reno.
- The property consists of three patented claims, 108 unpatented
lode claims, and one oversized section (656 acres) of private
surface and mineral rights, in total covering about 2,618 acres
(1,060 hectares, 4.09 square miles).
- Majuba Hill shows indications of a potentially large Cu – Ag
+/- Au mineralized body with many features in common with both
large porphyry copper and silver – tin type
mineralization.
- The Antelope (Majuba Hill) District was initially discovered in
1907 with the discovery of copper stained outcrops and cassiterite
float. Oxide copper-silver veins are found in the upper part of the
system while at depth, quartz-sulfide stockwork veinlets (porphyry
copper style) are more predominant.
- Between 2007 and the present, 35 holes with a total of 18,584
feet were drilled at Majuba. Prior to this, 28 holes with a
total of 23,316 feet were drilled between 1920 and 1975, most of it
by Minefinders Corporation Ltd. in the early 1970s.
- The most important hole to date is the southwest-directed hole
MMX-24 that drilled 1200 feet (366 metres) at a -45 angle.
The hole intersected 370 feet (113 m) @ 0.45% Cu from 730-1100 feet
(222.5- 366 m). This interval is within a thick zone of
copper mineralization from 0-1200 feet @ 0.17% Cu.
- The hole also had 1200 feet (0-1200 feet) @ 8.1 g/T Ag. No gold
analysis was done. Below ~700 feet (213 m), MMX-24
intersected good copper and silver grades in prominent,
porphyry-style, stockwork veins with chalcopyrite and disseminated
chalcopyrite in extensive quartz-sericite-pyrite altered rhyolite
and rhyolite porphyry with potassic-feldspar flooding.
- Historic underground mining on the property reportedly produced
2.8 million lbs. of copper, 184,000 ounces of silver, 885,800 lbs.
lead, 106,000 lbs. zinc, and 21,000 lbs. tin between 1907 and
1960. A total of 5,800 ounces of placer and lode gold have been
recovered from the district but It is not clear if the source of
the placer gold is the Majuba complex or older mesothermal veins
known to exist in the region.
- The project is centered on the mid-Tertiary age, felsic Majuba
Hill Intrusive Complex. The complex is a nested series of rhyolite
porphyry to latite rocks forming a subvolcanic intrusive porphyry
into Cretaceous granodiorite and Triassic Auld Lang Syne
metasediments.
- The Majuba Complex includes numerous Tertiary age crosscutting
dikes, intrusive breccias, and hydrothermal breccias.
Hypogene porphyry copper, silver, and gold mineralization (with
associated zinc) occurs in the intrusive as stockwork veining with
chalcopyrite and disseminated chalcopyrite. The oxide
mineralization extends from the surface to at least 500 feet;
intrusive hosted hypogene mineralization was intersected in the
deepest holes at 2,500 feet.
- The paragenesis at Majuba is complex at best since it is not
simply a sequence of wall rock alteration and vein filling.
Multiple large fluid “soaking” metasomatic events overprinted
previous large- and small-scale systems with apparent pulses of
metal from diverse sources.
- The general pattern of alteration follows a porphyry related
pattern of distal propyllitic, with phyllic, potassic, and silicic
proximal to the center of the system. Strong sericite,
silica, and argillite alteration are found in the upper portions of
the rock mass, especially along the major fracture
zones.
- Due to the complex mineralogy and setting, applying a simple
deposit model to Majuba is a daunting task. The odd
combination of metals (Cu, Sn, W, Mo, Au, Ag, As, Bi, U) is likely
the result of overprinting of systems and intrusions through
time. Based on the regional setting, district scale zoning,
and mineralization style, the best fit for a general exploration
model is a porphyry copper and related vein system
- The $450,000 budget covers the initial effort to identify and
prioritize drill targets, drill 2 or 3 test core holes, and covers
land holding costs for 2017 and 2018. Based on previous efforts,
the primary targeting tool will be IP-resistivity
geophysics.
- Other suggested work includes structural feature mapping, along
with selective rock chip sampling of fracture fillings to determine
if specific structural trends relate to geochemical assemblages.
This would help to work out the confusion of overprinted
mineralizing systems. Another suggested approach would be to
use short wave infrared or another mineral mapping method on
surface rocks and core to build a 3D picture of the
alteration.
Alan J. Morris, MSc, CPG of Ruby Mountain GIS is the Qualified
Person under National Instrument 43-101 who is the author of the
Report and who has also reviewed and approved the technical content
of this news release.
ON BEHALF OF GALILEO EXPLORATION LTD.
“Ron
Rieder”
Ronald A. RiederCEO/President
Galileo Exploration Ltd.
407 - 325 Howe Street Vancouver, BC V6C
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This
news release contains “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of Canadian securities legislation. These include, without
limitation, statements with respect to: the strategic plans, timing
and expectations for the Company’s exploration and drilling
programs on the Majuba Hill property, geological interpretations,
mineral estimates and sampling results. Such forward‑looking
statements or information are based on a number of assumptions,
which may prove to be incorrect. Assumptions have been made
regarding, among other things: the conditions in general economic
and financial markets; availability of skilled labour; timing and
amount of expenditures related to exploration and drilling
programs; interpretations of mineral estimates; and effects of
regulation by governmental agencies. The actual results could
differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of risk factors including: the timing and
content of work programs; results of exploration activities; the
interpretation of drilling results and other geological data;
receipt, maintenance and security of permits and mineral property
titles; environmental and other regulatory risks; project cost
overruns or unanticipated costs and expenses; and general market
and industry conditions. Forward-looking statements are based on
the expectations and opinions of the Company’s management on the
date the statements are made. The assumptions used in the
preparation of such statements, although considered reasonable at
the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such,
readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the
statements were made. The Company undertakes no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements included in this
news release if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other
circumstances should change, except as otherwise required by
applicable law.
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