TORONTO,
July 10, 2014 /CNW/ - Marathon
Gold Corporation ("Marathon" or the "Company") (TSX: MOZ)
announced today the positive results of bedrock and channel
sampling from the Sprite Zone, located 1.5 km NE along strike from
the Leprechaun Gold Deposit, Valentine Lake property (Figure 1).
High grade gold fire assay results from new bedrock character
samples collected over a 600 meter strike length returned 36.10 g/t
Au, 31.37 g/t Au, 28.61 g/t Au, 27.33 g/t Au, 19.79 g/t Au,
12.17 g/t Au, 11.52 g/t Au, 9.73 g/t Au and 9.24 g/t Au. Channel
sampling in the north extension of trench 12300 returned 2.11 g/t
Au over 6 meters with 8.13 g/t Au over 1 meter and 1.51 g/t Au over
1.71 meters including 8.71 g/t Au over 1.0 meters (Figure 1). The
new trenches, overlying magnetic lows interpreted as a splay fault
off the main Valentine Lake Thrust Fault, exposed multiple stacked
quartz-tourmaline-pyrite-gold ("QTP") veins throughout the Sprite
Zone, which now extends along strike for more than 1000 meters.
Assays from channel samples are pending for other new trenches.
Highlights include:
- Targeting for current gold exploration is expanding as
additional zones of high-grade gold mineralization are being
discovered. This high grade is localized in multiple fault splays
overlying magnetic lows up to 500 meters into the hanging wall from
the Valentine Lake thrust fault in the Leprechaun and Sprite areas
and up to 900 meters into the hanging wall from the Valentine Lake
Thrust Fault in the Victory area.
- Good grade gold mineralization in surface channeling of
QTP-rich trench outcrop with 2.11 g/t Au over 6 meters including
8.13 g/t Au over 1 meter and 1.51 g/t Au over 7 meters including
8.71 g/t Au over 1.0 meter in trench 12300.
- High grade gold results from bedrock character sampling of QTP
veining collected over a 600 meter strike length returned 36.10 g/t
Au, 31.37 g/t Au, 28.61 g/t Au, 27.33 g/t Au, 19.79 g/t Au,
12.17 g/t Au, 11.52 g/t Au, 9.73 g/t Au and 9.24 g/t Au. Follow up
channel sampling is planned for additional new trenched areas.
- The new bedrock and channel sampling is located more than 130
meters north of the main Valentine Lake Thrust Fault and overlies
magnetic low regions interpreted as splay faults of the main
Valentine Lake thrust fault (Figure 1).
- The Sprite Zone, located 1.5 km NE along strike from the
Leprechaun Gold Deposit, now exhibits a more than 1000 meter strike
length and winter 2014 drilling in the southwest has demonstrated
that the Sprite Zone contains multiple, wide intervals of
good-grade gold mineralization.
- Systematic prospecting and trenching continues to discover new
gold-rich QTP zones and this exploration work will continue
throughout the summer focused along the entire Sprite Zone as well
as north-east into the Marathon
area, where good gold values were found in extensive QTP-rich
surface veining last year. The program will include examining
historic trenches. The goal of this work is to define additional
drilling targets for ongoing development of near-surface open pit
resources in the Valentine Lake property.
"The continued expansion of the high-grade gold
mineralization at the Sprite Zone is very exciting", said
Phillip Walford, President and CEO.
"These exploration results continue to support the potential for
significant open pit resource growth proximal to the Leprechaun
Gold deposit. Focus of this new mineralization over a magnetic low
located more than 130 to 300 meters into the hanging-wall of
Valentine Lake Thrust Fault shows that the gold mineralization is
not limited to close proximity of the Valentine Lake Thrust Fault
as was first thought and the area to explore for gold has increased
considerably on the property."
All of the samples were fire assayed at Eastern
Analytical Laboratory Ltd., in Springdale, Newfoundland.
Sherry Dunsworth,
M.Sc., P. Geo., VP of Exploration, Marathon's Qualified Person, has reviewed the
contents for accuracy and has approved this press release on behalf
of Marathon.
About Marathon Gold Corporation
Marathon is a
Toronto based gold resource
development company focused on the Valentine Lake property in
central Newfoundland. Marathon's mission is to rapidly move the
Valentine Lake project towards advanced exploration and
pre-development stages. For more information
visit: www.marathon-gold.com.
About the Valentine Lake Project
The Valentine Lake property, owned 100% by
Marathon Gold Corporation, hosts two well defined gold deposits
with NI 43-101 compliant resources: the Leprechaun Gold Deposit and
the Victory Gold Deposit. The Leprechaun Gold Deposit is located
near the south-western end of the Valentine Lake property, and
the Victory Gold Deposit is located 13 kilometers along strike to
the north-east. These gold deposits form part of a 23 km
long, highly prospective gold-bearing mineralized corridor focused
along the Valentine Lake Thrust Fault.
The Leprechaun Gold Deposit has a NI 43-101
compliant Open Pit and Underground Resource (refer to August 1, 2013 news release). The Open Pit
Resource is Measured 3.5 million tonnes containing 247,000 oz Au,
and Indicated 6.2 million tonnes containing 412,000 oz Au, and
Inferred 1.2 million tonnes at 1.82 g/t Au containing 71,000 oz Au.
The Underground Resource is Measured 108,000 tonnes containing
17,000 oz Au, and Indicated 764,000 tonnes containing 100,000 oz
Au, and Inferred 349,000 tonnes containing 69,000 oz Au. As a
result of favorable drilling results in 2013 and 2014, the Sprite
Area, which is adjacent to the Leprechaun Gold Deposit, will be a
focus of continued exploration this year. The Sprite Area adjoins
the Leprechaun Gold Deposit and recent promising drilling is
located 1.5 km to the north east of the Leprechaun Gold
Deposit.
The Victory Gold Deposit (formerly Valentine East Hill) has an Open Pit Resource
(refer to August 1, 2013 news
release). The Open Pit Resource is Indicated 761,000 tonnes
containing 41,000 oz Au, and Inferred 199,000 tonnes containing
9,000 oz Au. Both deposits are open to expansion.
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SOURCE Marathon Gold Corporation
Image with caption: "Figure 1: Location map of Sprite Zone
showing new channel, trenching and bedrock sample locations, the
winter 2014 drilled areas A and B, and the more than 1000 meter
strike length of gold mineralization overlying magnetic low zones.
(CNW Group/Marathon Gold Corporation)". Image available at:
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