CALGARY,
Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Boxxer
Gold Corp. (BXX-TSXV) (OTC Other-BXXRF) ("Boxxer or the
Company") is very pleased to provide an update on the ongoing
diamond drilling program on its 100% owned Boss porphyry
copper-gold Boss project in Nevada; including visual observation of the
core from the first two drill holes and the addition of mineral
tenures to the DOK copper-gold property in British Columbia.
Highlights:
a) |
DDH-08-2011 intersected visible malachite +/- bornite + azurite
mineralization over a core interval of 47.5 m from 1.79m to 49.3m
and at the core interval of 181.0m and the core interval of
278.0m, |
b) |
DDH-09-2011 intersected visible malachite +/- bornite + azurite
+ chalcopyrite mineralization over a core interval of 41.06m from
1.83m to 42.89m and over a core interval of 5.12m from 170.0m to
175.12m, |
c) |
The mineralization occurs as dissemination, fractures and
veinlets hosted in skarn, and |
d) |
Two additional mineral tenures have been added to the DOK
copper-gold property. |
Boxxer's President and CEO, Elmer B. Stewart, explained; "The current
drilling program has intersected the mineralized skarn intersected
in DDH-07-2011 to the west and at depth. Copper
mineralization is also exposed in outcrop for a vertical distance
of approximately 10m above the location of the drill hole collars
which suggests a thickness of approximately 50m to the mineralized
skarn. The data and textures observed in the core suggests
that the mineralization is hosted in a large metasomatic skarn
related to a porphyry system".
Diamond Drilling Results:
DDH-08-2011 is an inclined (-75 degrees) HQ
diameter hole that was completed to depth of 439.3 m. The upper
295m portion of this hole is dominantly interlayered skarn and
marble below which is carbonaceous limestone to the bottom of the
hole.
DDH-09-2011 is a vertical HQ diameter hole that
is currently drilling in an interlayered sequence of marble and
skarn. The top 175 m portion of this hole is covered in
this news release.
The reader is cautioned that visible copper
mineralization does not necessarily equate to significant
concentrations of copper. There is no assurance that the assay
results of the samples from these drill holes will yield
significant copper grades. The core intervals shown in this news
release are not true thickness.
Analytical results for the mineralized core
intervals observed in diamond drill hole ("DDH") DDH-08-2011 and
DDH-09-2011 have not been received. The current drill holes
were drilled from the same location as DDH-07-2011. A plan map
showing the location of the drill holes can be viewed on the
Company's website at www.boxxergold.com. (see: Boss project -
Maps)
Future Boss Drilling Plans:
Boxxer currently plans to complete two diamond
drill holes in the vicinity of the former Oro Amigo mine to test
two large positive chargeability anomalies and follow-up the
results of drill hole DDH-B-05-09 (total depth 47.9m) that
intersected a weighted average grade of 1.05% copper and 0.15 g/t
gold over an interval of 20.0 metres (see News Release dated
May 19, 2009). The mineralization in
the Oro Amigo mine and in
DDH-B-05-09 is interpreted to represent a "leakage" zone from the
deeper, large chargeability anomaly.
DOK Property:
Boxxer is pleased to announce the addition of
two additional mineral tenures (totalling 866.7 Hectares or 2,140.8
acres) to the DOK copper-gold-molybdenum-silver property located in
northwest British Columbia. These
mineral tenures were added to cover a coincident potassium/positive
magnetic signature outlined by an airborne geophysical survey
completed in 2011. These mineral tenures are subjected to the
terms and conditions of the option agreement on the DOK property
executed in 2011.
About Boxxer Gold Corp.
Boxxer is a Canadian junior resource company
involved in the exploration of the Boss and Buena Vista copper
projects in the state of Nevada,
the DOK copper-gold porphyry property in Northwest B.C., the East
Breccia copper-silver-molybdenum property in Ontario. Boxxer also has the Crescent
Peak gold-silver project in Nevada
and the Gordon Lake gold project located 110 kilometres north of
Yellowknife NWT, Canada.
Elmer B. Stewart,
MSc. P. Geol., President of Boxxer Gold, is the Company's nominated
Qualified Person pursuant to National Instrument 43-101, Standards
for Disclosure for Mineral Projects, has reviewed the technical
information disclosed in this news release.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Elmer B. Stewart P. Geol.
MSc.
President and CEO
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Forward-Looking Statements: This news
release may contain certain forward-looking information. All
statements included herein, other than statements of historical
fact, are forward-looking information and such information
involves various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance
that such information will prove to be accurate, and actual results
and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such information. There is no certainty that either the
copper mineralization intersected in DDH-08-2011 or DDH -09-2011
would yield significant grades of copper or that the chargeability
targets located on the Boss project can either be extended or that
additional mineralization would be found. There is no
certainty that the coincident potassium/positive magnetic signature
outlined by the high resolution magnetic survey on the DOK property
will locate significant mineralization. For any
forward-looking information given, Management has assumed that the
results it has received and the interpretation thereof are
reliable, and has applied geological and geophysical interpretation
methodologies which are consistent with industry standards.
Although Management has a reasonable basis for the conclusions
drawn, actual results may differ materially from those currently
anticipated in such statements. A description of assumptions used
to develop such forward-looking information and a description of
risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially
from forward-looking information can be found in Boxxer's
disclosure documents on the SEDAR website at
www.sedar.com. Boxxer does not undertake to update any
forward-looking information except in accordance with applicable
securities laws.
SOURCE Boxxer Gold Corp.