Pistol Bay Mining (TSX.V-PST) has executed a Definitive Option Agreement with AurCrest Gold to acquire all of the mining claims held by AurCrest in the Confederation Lake greenstone belt southeast of Red Lake, Ontario.
The AurCrest property comprises of 108 mining claims with a total of 321 claim units with an area of 5,136 ha and covers a 31 km length of the Confederation Lake greenstone belt. It includes two substantial mineral deposits and a number of mineralized drill intersections that are in need of follow-up drill testing.
Charles Desjardins, President of Pistol Bay, stated, “Upon completion of this acquisition, Pistol Bay is a major land holder in a very prolifically mineralized VMS-rich belt. Our holdings include the largest zinc-copper-silver deposit in the area, the second-largest VMS deposit remaining (Fredart Lake Property), and a portfolio of exploration targets ready for follow up drilling. Pistol Bay anticipates commencing an ambitious exploration program in November 2016 that will not only pursue existing targets and known VMS deposits, but will use the latest airborne geophysical survey technologies to explore the whole area to a greater depth than was possible in the past.”
The Arrow Zone has a 43-101 compatible mineral resources as follows:
3% Zn equivalent cutoff:
Indicated Resource 2,071,000 tonnes @ 5.92% Zn, 0.75% Cu, 21.1 g/t Ag and 0.58 g/t Au
Plus Inferred Resource 120,550 tonnes @ 2.60% Zn, 0.56% Cu, 18.6 g/t Ag and 0.40 g/t Au
5% Zn equivalent cutoff:
Indicated Resource 1,762,000 tonnes @ 6.75% Zn, 0.79% Cu, 22.3 g/t Ag and 0.61 g/t Au
Plus Inferred Resource 51,630 tonnes @ 3.86% Zn, 0.79% Cu, 23.9 g/t Ag and 0.58 g/t Au
10% Zn equivalent cutoff:
Indicated Resource 633,000 tonnes @ 14.3% Zn, 1.11% Cu, 31.7 g/t Ag and 0.85 g/t Au
The other substantial deposit is the Copperlode “A” or Fredart Zone. It has a historical mineral resource of 425,000 tonnes grading 1.56% copper. This historical resource estimate does not comply with the standards of National Instrument 43-101 and has not been reviewed by a Qualified Person. The zone was drill-tested to a depth of approximately 200 metres over a length of 350 metres, and was reported as being open at depth. The area was also explored for molybdenum in the 1970s, and samples containing up to 1.46% Mo were reported.
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