Sienna Resources Acquires the Marathon North Palladium Property Bordering Generation Mining Limited in Northern Ontario
23 Enero 2020 - 2:03AM
Sienna Resources Inc. (SIE—TSX.v) (A1XCQ0 –FSE)
(SNNAF—OTCBB) (the “
Company”) is pleased
to announce that it has acquired the Marathon North Palladium
Property in Northern Ontario directly bordering Generation Mining
Limited’s (GENM: CSE) Marathon Palladium Project. This new project
encompasses approximately 2,500 acres. According to Generation
Mining’s webpage, the Marathon deposit is ‘one of’ the largest
undeveloped platinum group metal mineral resources in North America
hosting several PGM-Copper deposits, including the 7.1 million
ounce palladium-equivalent Marathon Deposit. On January 6, 2020,
Generation Mining Limited released a preliminary economic
assessment (PEA) giving Marathon an after-tax net present value
(NPV) of $871 million.
Jason Gigliotti, President of Sienna states, “We
are extremely pleased to be able to acquire a large block of land
directly bordering one of the largest palladium deposits in North
America. This is an excellent complement to our
platinum-palladium-nickel project in Sweden. Platinum and palladium
prices have been some of the best performing metal prices recently,
especially palladium, which is right near an all-time high. The
timing for our new platinum-palladium project acquisition could not
be more opportune. We are formulating plans to commence operations
as soon as possible on our Marathon North Palladium Project and
concurrently expecting to restart drilling in Sweden on our
platinum-palladium-nickel Slättberg project. We had positive
drilling on the last phase and have used that data to zero in on
the best targets. Sienna is partnered with the NYSE’s EMX Royalty
Corporation (EMX: NYSE) on this project, who are one of the most
respected companies in mining. We feel that there is a massive
demand and appetite for platinum and palladium assets and Sienna’s
goal is to be a significant player in this arena in 2020.”
Sienna conducted a two-hole drill program in
October 2019 at its Slättberg project in southern Sweden. That
program targeted two electromagnetic (“EM”) anomalies detected by
downhole surveys performed at the end of the 2018 drill program.
One was detected in the vicinity of drill hole SIE-18-006 located
at the west end of the trend of historic nickel mines, and one in
the vicinity of drill hole SIE-18-003, near the center of the trend
of mineralization (see Fig. 1).
Drill hole SIE-19-002 was drilled to test a
strong EM response to the west of drill hole SIE-18-003 in the
center of the trend of mineralization. Drill hole SIE-19-002
intersected a PGE rich vein 0.55 meters wide (from 88.0 m to 88.55
m), averaging 0.22% Ni, 1.79% Cu, and 4.15 ppm (4.15 g/t) PGE (4.05
g/t Pt vs 0.095 g/t Pd). Taking recent metal prices and assuming
100 percent recovery the hole returned 4.66g/t PdEq, 9.03g/t PtEq,
4.44% CuEq, and 1.72% NiEq. The unusual enrichment of PGE in this
vein is notable and represents one of the highest values ever
reported from the property. PGE contents seen in Sienna’s 2019
drill holes demonstrate strong PGE potential on the project. Drill
hole SIE-19-002 also intersected unmapped mine workings at a depth
of 70 meters. This demonstrates that nickel mineralization was
mined at a larger scale than was indicated by historic records.
Drill hole SIE-19-001 was drilled to test the
western anomaly. Several zones of sulfide mineralization were
intercepted in the hole over a 28 meter interval from depths of 167
to 195 meters. This represents the broadest zone of sulfide
mineralization ever intersected on the property. Sulfide
mineralization was present as massive sulfide veins and in
breccias, and is associated with, an unusually thick swarm of mafic
dikes. The best intercept from within the zone of sulfide
mineralization was 5.0 meters (from 167.75 m to 172.75 m) averaging
0.57% Ni, 0.47% Cu, 0.06% Co, and 0.48 ppm PGE*, or just over 1% Ni
equivalent using current metal prices.
Textures in the sulfide intervals are suggestive
of tectonic remobilization of sulfides from a nearby source.
Multiple thick mafic dikes were also intercepted in SIE-19-001,
which are not seen in surface exposures, nor in the shallow drill
holes elsewhere in this area. The abundance of sulfide, higher PGE
values, and a swarm of mafic dikes suggest that Sienna is moving
closer to a source area for the sulfide mineralization and
associated mafic intrusions as it drills to progressively deeper
levels in the western target area.
To view an enhanced version of Figure 1, please
visit:https://orders.newsfilecorp.com/files/854/51764_3936d040a4dcc96c_002full.jpg
*True thickness estimated to be 55-65% of
reported interval
ᵻ True thickness estimated to be 25-40% of
reported interval
The technical contents of this release were
approved by Greg Thomson, PGeo, a qualified person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101. These new claims were acquired via
staking.
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“Jason Gigliotti” President, Director Sienna
Resources Inc.
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