TSX-V: MXR
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VANCOUVER,
Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - MAX
Resource Corp. (TSX.V: MXR) (OTCBB: MXROF) (Frankfurt: M1D)
has received assays from seven core holes (521 m) drilled in
June 2012 at the high grade
silver/copper DeSoto soil anomaly, 1.4 km to the northwest of the
main mineralized zone at the historic Majuba Hill mine in
Nevada. These shallow
step-out holes were drilled to test the extension of near-surface
oxide mineralization at DeSoto, where the discovery hole, MM-18,
intercepted 29.2 m of 30.5 g/t Ag and 0.69% Cu (98.3 g/t silver
equivalent("AgEq")) in the fall of 2011. The DeSoto
soil anomaly was defined by soil sampling and measures
approximately 2 km long by 1 km wide, with values as high as 1.53%
Cu and 209 g/t Ag in soils. Significant copper and silver
mineralization was intercepted in four of the seven holes drilled,
confirming DeSoto as the second highly prospective mineralized zone
to be identified by MAX at Majuba Hill project. Highlights
of this drilling at DeSoto included 7.8 m @ 28.0 g/t Ag and
0.57% Cu (81.5 AgEq) in hole DSM-02 and 6.4 m @ 38.8 Ag and
0.70% Cu (105.1 g/t AgEq) in DSM-06.
The first hole of the June drill program, MM-21
(announced Sept 11, 2012), was
drilled 250 m southeast of the middle portal of the past-producing
Majuba Hill mine and confirms the southeast extension of
near-surface high-grade supergene oxide mineralization identified
by Max at the historic Majuba Hill mine, where Phase I drilling by
MAX in 2011 intercepted long intervals of high grade silver and
copper mineralization near surface in five holes. Hole MM-21
intercepted 4.6 m @ 58.0 g/t Ag and 7.6 m @ 0.80% Cu within an
overall mineralized intercept of 332 m @ 12 g/t Ag and 0.13% Cu
(23.9 g/t AgEq) in oxides that began within 12 m of
surface. Hole MM-21, combined with historic data,
serves to confirm the extension of the high-grade mineralized
system 500 m to the southeast of the Majuba Hill mine and to a
depth of at least 350 m from surface. We now believe that Majuba
Hill is a significant porphyry system with a chalcocite blanket;
the next phase of drilling at Majuba Hill will focus on the
expansion of the known mineralized zone within this target
area.
Significant intervals from the DeSoto drilling
are summarized in the following table:
Hole |
Azimuth |
Angle |
Total
Depth |
From
(m) |
To
(m) |
Thickness
(m) |
Cu
(%) |
Ag
(g/t) |
AgEq
(g/t) |
DSM-01 |
059 |
-45 |
128.8 |
71.6 |
73.1 |
1.5 |
.50% |
36.4 |
92.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DSM-02 |
125 |
-45 |
66.3 |
3.0 |
4.7 |
2.7 |
0.58% |
17.7 |
72.7 |
|
|
|
|
46.5 |
54.3 |
7.8 |
0.57% |
28.0 |
81.5 |
Includes |
|
|
|
52.8 |
54.3 |
1.5 |
2.13% |
101.9 |
342.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DSM-04 |
310 |
-64.3 |
16 |
9.1 |
10.7 |
1.6 |
0.34% |
18.5 |
50.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DSM-06 |
115 |
-45 |
31.0 |
6.1 |
7.6 |
1.5 |
0.39% |
26.0 |
63.2 |
|
|
|
|
19.5 |
25.9 |
6.4 |
0.70% |
38.8 |
105.1 |
Includes |
|
|
|
19.5 |
21.0 |
1.6 |
1.26% |
81.7 |
200.8 |
Includes |
|
|
|
24.1 |
25.9 |
1.8 |
1.47% |
65.6 |
204.6 |
Note: Silver equivalent is calculated based on
100% metallurgical recovery and five-year historic metal prices of
$24 U.S. for silver and $3 U.S. per pound for Copper.
Hole DSM-02 was drilled 200 m northwest of the
DeSoto discovery hole, MM-18, and intercepted 7.8 m @ 28 g/t Ag and
0.57% Cu (81.5 g/t AgEq), inclusive of 1.5 m of 101.9 g/t Ag and
2.13 % Cu. A further 310 m to the northwest, hole DSM-06
intersected a separate mineralized zone that included intervals of
1.6 m @ 81.7 g/t Ag and 1.26% Cu and 1.8 m @ 65.6 g/t Ag and 1.47%
Cu within 26 m of surface. This initial shallow drilling
indicates the presence of high grade copper and silver
mineralization in the Auld Lang Syne formation at DeSoto and has
provided us with a better understanding of the structural fabric of
the system and the depositional environment. We believe that
DeSoto is a replacement system within the Auld Lang Syne formation;
detailed structural mapping and sampling will focus on the
direction and mineralogy of mineralization at DeSoto and its
relationship to the Majuba diking and main intrusive system on the
Majuba property prior to resumption of drilling.
Maps showing drilling locations from our
exploration programs at Majuba Hill are available on our web site
at www.maxresource.com.
Majuba Hill is the site of numerous past
producing mines, with historic production reported of 12% copper
(Mason Valley Copper, 1918) and
silver grades up to 40 oz/t Ag. The Majuba Hill project
encompasses 3,128 acres of surface and mineral rights that includes
patented lode mining claims. The property is easily accessed
via 23 miles of well-maintained dirt roads leading from U.S.
Interstate 80, and lies 30 miles northwest of Coeur d'Alene's
Rochester silver mine, which
contains a NI 43-101 compliant Measured and Indicated Resource of
263.9 million tons grading 0.46 oz/ton Ag and 0.004 oz/ton
Au. (The Coeur Technical Report on the Rochester Mine is
available on SEDAR). For more detailed information on the Majuba
Hill project, please visit our web site at www.maxresource.com.
This news release has been reviewed by Mr.
Clancy J. Wendt, P. Geo, a
"qualified person" as that term is defined under National
Instrument 43-101. The historic information provided has not
been verified by MAX and is for reference only.
About MAX Resource Corp.
MAX Resource Corp. is a Canadian exploration
company focused on gold and silver exploration in Nevada. For more information, please visit our
web site at www.maxresource.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of
MAX Resource Corp.
"STUART ROGERS"
Stuart Rogers
President
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potential mineralization and resources, exploration results, and
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materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking
statements: changes in the world wide price of mineral commodities,
general market conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration,
risks associated with development, construction and mining
operations, the uncertainty of future profitability and the
uncertainty of access to additional capital.
SOURCE MAX Resource Corp.