- Claudia Project directly south of Cerro Vanguardia Mine: 15 kilometers from the mill
- Minimum of 2,500 meters of drilling within the first 24 months and the option to complete 12,500 meters of drilling within 4 years
- Mirasol retains 2% NSR Royalty upon the exercise of the Option
- Southern most veins on the Cerro Vanguardia property trend onto Claudia Property
- Five distinct, highly prospective vein trends within the very large Claudia Property
- Drill ready targets with water permits and access agreements in place
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mirasol Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: MRZ) (OTC: MRZLF) (the "Company" or "Mirasol") is pleased to report the signing of an Option Agreement ("Agreement") with Cerro Vanguardia SA Gold-Silver Mine ("CVSA") owned by AngloGold Ashanti (92.5%) and FOMICRUZ S.E. (7.5%) for the exploration of Mirasol's Claudia Gold-Silver Project ("Claudia"), located directly south of the CVSA Gold-Silver Mine in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina.
"The Agreement with CVSA demonstrates the potential for continued discovery and resource development at Claudia," Mirasol's President Tim Heenan stated. "The 2% royalty has the potential to offer significant near-term value to Mirasol shareholders as resources defined at Claudia could be processed quickly and efficiently at the nearby Cerro Vanguardia mill."
Figure 1: District Regional Map
The extensive 65,192-hectare Claudia Gold-Silver Project is a highly prospective, low sulphidation epithermal (LSE) gold/silver project, located in the Deseado Massif of Argentina's Santa Cruz province, directly adjacent to the southern border of the producing CVSA Mine. Five distinct prospective vein trends have been identified at Claudia including the Curahue Vein Field and the Rio Seco Prospect. In 2012, Mirasol discovered the large northwest trending 15-kilometer long Curahue vein field, which may be considered a southern parallel structure, similar to the controlling structures further north at the Cerro Vanguardia vein field. Curahue hosts six isolated vein segments. Claudia also hosts two shallow paleo-surface expressions of "sinter fields" at both Calandria and Rio Seco. These sinters are considered attractive targets as any mineralized structure found beneath would be completely preserved and not reduced by erosion. Neither of these sinter occurrences have been drilled to date. The exploration potential of the Claudia Project, particularly along the largely untested Curahue and Rio Seco trends, show clear potential for Vanguardia-style vein-hosted epithermal gold-silver mineralization.
Figure 2: Principal Prospects and Mineralized Trends
Terms of the Claudia Option Agreement
a) Within the first two years of the Agreement CVSA may complete such mapping and sampling, trenching and geophysics as required in its absolute discretion to develop drill targets, and fulfill a minimum drilling commitment of 2,500 meters diamond drilling; and then CVSA will have the option, subject to the term of the agreement, to:
1) Complete within three years, not less than an aggregate of 6,000 meters of diamond drilling;
2) Complete within four years, not less than an aggregate of 12,500 meters of diamond drilling;
b) Upon completion of the above commitments, CVSA shall have the right to exercise the Option under the Agreement and subject to the terms of the Royalty Agreement, CVSA shall grant Mirasol a 2% Net Smelter Royalty on future production from the Claudia Project.
History at Mirasol's Claudia Property
The Claudia Project was originally staked in 2004 as part of Mirasol's Santa Cruz exploration program. Mirasol, in conjunction with various joint venture (JV) partners, has completed over 19,000 meters of combined reverse circulation (RC) and diamond core (DDH) drilling, more than 4,000-line kilometers of ground magnetometry, 249-line kilometers (43 km2) of gradient array IP geophysics covering six separate blocks, almost 100-line km's electrical IP- Pole-di-Pole geophysical lines, collected over 3,500 rock chip samples, 4,500 rock trench channel samples from 200 trenches, close to 1000 MMI geochemical soil samples and 1,500km2 in detailed geological mapping.
Between 2006 and 2010 two phases of drilling were completed with a JV partner, including 3,794 meters of drilling in 26 holes and 3,168 meters of RC drilling in 25 holes. Drilling results from these campaigns included multiple intercepts with greater than 100 g/t silver, including five intercepts from 118 g/t silver to 217 g/t silver and up to 1.3 g/t gold.
During 2012, Mirasol's inhouse exploration team expanded and defined the impressive 15 km long Curahue vein trend, which is largely concealed by shallow gravel cover (<5m) and is seen to host six large individual vein trends, namely the Europa, IO, Ganymede, Callisto, Themisto and Sinope segments. Large extensions of these trends have been traced under cover by electrical IP (Gradient Array) geophysical campaigns.
Figure 3: Curahue Trend – Principal Mineralized Vein Segments and Themisto Chargeability Target
At the Rio Seco prospect, located on the easternmost part of Claudia, Mirasol's early prospecting discovered the first outcropping veins at Claudia where select surface samples returned up to 20.1 g/t gold and 1,175 g/t silver from the "J Vein". Saw-cut channel and trench intersections returned 0.7 meters at 13.9 g/t gold and 229 g/t silver and 10.5 meters of 1.9 g/t gold and 22 g/t silver from mineralized zones along the expansive Rio Seco vein field (see news release June 14, 2012).
During Q2 2012, Mirasol drilled a total of 2,599 meters in 25-holes. The best results included individual assays of up to 0.83 meters at 6.59 g/t gold and 139.3 g/t silver (9.12 g/t gold equivalent) and broad intersections of anomalous gold and silver up to 15.3 meters of 0.29 g/t gold and 50.9 g/t silver (1.22 g/t gold equivalent) (see news release March 4, 2013).
During 2016/17, under a previous JV with CVSA, a combined 7,525 meters of RC and DDH drilling was completed at Claudia. The majority of the drilling was focused along a 2.2-kilometer section of the "IO vein", one of the six prospects identified to-date along the 15 km long Curahue trend (see news release December 16, 2016 and February 17, 2017).
A major "milestone" of the CVSA drilling at the "IO" vein was the discovery of a 600 meter long, open-ended mineralized body hosting silver/gold mineralization which starts a few meters below surface and has been drill tested to a vertical depth of 135 meters. This strongly mineralized trend requires follow-up work both downdip and along the strike of the structure. Highlight results included:
High-grade vein: 0.6 m at 11.72 g/t gold and 1,224 g/t silver.
Vein and veinlet composite: 9.3 m at 1.40 g/t gold and 134.6 g/t silver.
From October 2017 through March 2019, Mirasol with a JV partner drilled 2,529 meters in 12 holes at Claudia. Drilling completed to July 2018 focused mostly at the Curahue prospect, with 10 DDH holes totaling 2,270 m completed, to test targets on the Europa, IO, Themisto and Callisto segments, along the extension of the Curahue trend.
Drill results from the Curahue prospect, Europa and IO vein trends include 0.6 m at 0.08 g/t gold and 610.0 g/t silver, 0.55 m at 1.15 g/t gold and 22.9 g/t silver; and 0.9 m at 1.95 g/t gold and 5.7 g/t silver from the Cilene prospect (see news release September 17, 2018).
Following termination of that JV, Mirasol completed additional surface exploration work resulting in the definition of new drill targets that remain to be tested. A total of 249 new rock chip samples were collected from the Curahue trend, with results up to 7.99 g/t gold and 69 g/t silver. In addition, two new IP geophysical surveys, focused on the Curahue and Themisto prospects, were completed extending existing survey coverage at Claudia (see news release May 8, 2019).
Rubi Copper Project in Chile
Mirasol today also announces that the option agreement on the Rubi Copper Porphyry Project in Chile ("Rubi") with Mine Discovery Fund Pty Ltd. ("MDF"), a private Australian company, has been terminated. MDF exceeded its contractual minimum commitment by spending US$890,000 on exploration during the term of the option agreement (see news release dated October 15, 2020). The exploration program included field mapping, surface sampling, geophysics and 1,887 meters of drilling at the Lithocap and Zafiro targets. Having recovered an undivided 100% interest in Rubi, Mirasol is evaluating options to refine remaining drill targets at Rubi and is currently in discussions with potential alternative partners to drill test these targets.
About Mirasol Resources Ltd
Mirasol is a well-funded exploration company with 18 years of operating, permitting and community relations experience in the mineral rich regions of Chile and Argentina. Mirasol controls 100% of the high-grade Virginia Silver Deposit in Argentina and is currently self-funding exploration at two flagship projects, Sobek and Inca Gold, both located in Chile. Mirasol also continues to advance a strong pipeline of highly prospective early and mid-stage projects.
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Forward Looking Statements: The information in this news release contains forward looking statements that are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such differences include: changes in world commodity markets, equity markets, costs and supply of materials relevant to the mining industry, change in government and changes to regulations affecting the mining industry and to policies linked to pandemics, social and environmental related matters. Forward-looking statements in this release include statements regarding future exploration programs, operation plans, geological interpretations, mineral tenure issues and mineral recovery processes. Although we believe the expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, results may vary, and we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Mirasol disclaims any obligations to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law.
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- Claudia Project 就在 Cerro Vanguardia 矿以南:距离磨坊 15 千米
- 在前 24 个月内至少钻探 2,500 米,并可选择在 4 年内完成 12,500 米的钻探
- 行使期权后,Mirasol保留2%的NSR特许权使用费
- Cerro Vanguardia房产的大部分南部血管都倾向于克劳迪娅地产
- 在超大型的克劳迪娅地产中,有五种截然不同、极具前瞻性的静脉趋势
- 已签订用水许可证和准入协议的目标准备就绪
不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华,2023 年 5 月 23 日(GLOBE NEWSWIRE)— Mirasol Resources Ltd.(TSX-V: MRZ)(场外交易所: MRZLF) (那个”公司“或”Mirasol“)欣然报告与AngloGold Ashanti(92.5%)和FOMICRUZ S.E.(7.5%)拥有的Cerro Vanguardia SA金银矿(“CVSA”)签署了期权协议(“协议”),用于勘探位于圣克鲁斯省CVSA金银矿以南的米拉索尔克劳迪娅金银项目(“克劳迪娅”),阿根廷。
“与CVSA的协议表明了克劳迪娅继续发现和资源开发的潜力,” 米拉索尔总裁蒂姆·海南表示。“2%的特许权使用费有可能为Mirasol股东提供可观的短期价值 因为克劳迪娅定义的资源可以在附近的Cerro Vanguardia工厂快速高效地进行处理。”
图 1:地区区域地图
占地65,192公顷的克劳迪娅金银项目是一个前景广阔的低硫化超热(LSE)黄金/白银项目,位于阿根廷圣克鲁斯省的德塞阿多地块,直接毗邻生产CVSA矿的南部边界。克劳迪娅已经确定了五种不同的潜在静脉趋势,包括库拉休静脉油田和里约塞科展望。2012年,米拉索尔发现了向西北延伸的15千米长的大型库拉休静脉场,这可以被视为南方的平行结构,类似于更北边的Cerro Vanguardia静脉场的控制结构。库拉休有六个孤立的静脉片段。克劳迪娅还在卡兰德里亚和里约塞科举办了两场浅层古地表的 “烧结场” 表演。这些烧结矿被认为是有吸引力的目标,因为在下面发现的任何矿化结构都会被完全保存,不会因侵蚀而减少。迄今为止,这两个烧结矿点都没有经过钻探。克劳迪娅项目的勘探潜力,尤其是基本上未经测试的库拉休和里约塞科的勘探潜力,显示出Vanguardia式静脉承载的超热金银矿化的明显潜力。
图 2:主要前景和矿化趋势
克劳迪娅期权协议的条款
a) 在协议的前两年内,CVSA可以完全自行决定完成所需的测绘和采样、挖沟和地球物理学,以制定钻探目标,履行最低钻探2,500米钻石钻探的承诺;然后,根据协议条款,CVSA可以选择:
1) 三年内完成,总共不少于 6,000 米的金刚石钻探;
2)在四年内完成,总共不少于12,500米的金刚石钻探;
b) 完成上述承诺后,CVSA有权行使协议下的期权,根据特许权使用费协议的条款,CVSA应就克劳迪娅项目未来的产量向Mirasol授予2%的净冶炼厂特许权使用费。
米拉索尔克劳迪娅房产的历史
克劳迪娅项目最初成立于 2004 年,是米拉索尔圣克鲁斯探索计划的一部分。Mirasol 与多家合资企业 (JV) 合作伙伴共同完成了超过 19,000 米的联合反循环 (RC) 和金刚石芯 (DDH) 钻探、超过 4,000 线千米的地面磁力测量、覆盖六个独立区块的 249 线千米 (43 km2) 梯度阵列 IP 地球物理线、近 100 线千米的 IP-Pole-di-Pole 地球物理线,收集了 3,500 多个岩屑样本,来自 200 个海沟的 4,500 个岩沟河道样本、近 1000 个 MMI 地球化学土壤样本和 1,500 千米2 在详细的地质测绘中。
2006 年至 2010 年间,与合资伙伴完成了两个阶段的钻探,包括在 26 个洞中钻了 3,794 米,在 25 个洞中钻了 3,168 米的钢筋混凝土钻探。这些活动的钻探结果包括多次截获的银量大于100 g/t,包括从 118 g/t 白银到 217 g/t 白银和高达 1.3 g/t 黄金的五次截获量。
2012年,Mirasol的内部勘探团队扩大并定义了令人印象深刻的15公里长的库拉休矿脉走向,该趋势在很大程度上被浅层砾石覆盖层(<5m)所掩盖,并被认为是六个大型单体矿脉走向,即欧罗巴、IO、木卫二、卡利斯托、Themisto和Sinope段。电子IP(梯度阵列)地球物理活动掩盖了这些趋势的大幅延伸。
图 3:Curahue 趋势 — 主要矿化矿脉段和 Themisto 可充电性目标
在位于克劳迪娅最东端的里约塞科勘探区,米拉索尔的早期勘探在克劳迪娅发现了第一条露头矿脉,精选的地表样本从 “J Vein” 返回了高达20.1克/吨的黄金和1,175克/吨的银。锯切的河道和沟槽交叉口以13.9克/吨的速度返回了0.7米的黄金和229克/吨的银,从广阔的里约塞科矿脉矿床沿线的矿化区返回了10.5米的1.9克/吨金和22克/吨的银(见2012年6月14日新闻稿)。
在 2012 年第二季度,Mirasol 在 25 个洞中总共钻了 2,599 米。最佳结果包括在6.59克/吨黄金和139.3克/吨银(相当于9.12克/吨金)下进行高达0.83米的单独检测,以及异常金和银的广泛交叉点,最高可达15.3米(0.29克/吨金当量)(见2013年3月4日新闻稿)。
在2016/17年度,根据之前与CVSA的合资企业,在克劳迪娅完成了合计7525米的RC和DDH钻探。大部分钻探集中在 “IO 矿脉” 2.2 公里路段上,这是迄今为止沿着 15 千米长的库拉休趋势确定的六个勘探区之一(见2016年12月16日和2017年2月17日的新闻稿)。
一个大满贯的”里程碑“在CVSA的'IO'矿脉钻探中,发现了一个长达600米的开放式矿化体,其中含有银/金矿化,该矿化体从地表以下几米处开始,已经过钻探测试,垂直深度为135米。这种强烈的矿化趋势需要在结构向下和向上都进行后续工作。亮点结果包括:
高级静脉: 0.6 m,每吨 11.72 g/t 黄金,1,224 g/t 白银。
静脉和静脉复合物: 9.3 m,每吨 1.40 g/t 黄金,134.6 g/t 白银。
从 2017 年 10 月到 2019 年 3 月,米拉索尔与合资伙伴在克劳迪娅的 12 个洞中钻了 2,529 米。截至2018年7月完成的钻探主要集中在库拉休勘探,共完成了10个DDH孔,总计2270米,用于测试库拉休勘探区的目标 欧罗巴, IO, Themisto 和 卡利斯托 细分市场,沿着库拉休趋势的延伸。
来自库拉休勘探、欧罗巴和伊奥矿脉趋势的钻探结果包括0.6米的黄金和610.0克/吨的白银,0.55米的1.15克/吨黄金和22.9克/吨的白银;以及来自Cilene勘探区的0.95克/吨黄金和5.7克/吨的白银(见2018年9月17日新闻稿)。
该合资公司终止后,Mirasol完成了额外的地表勘探工作,从而确定了有待测试的新钻探目标。从库拉休趋势中共采集了249个新的岩石碎片样本,结果高达7.99克/吨的金和69克/吨的银。此外,两项以库拉休和Themisto前景为重点的新知识产权地球物理调查已经完成,扩大了克劳迪娅的现有调查覆盖范围(见2019年5月8日新闻稿)。
智利的鲁比铜项目
Mirasol今天还宣布,与澳大利亚私营公司Mine Discovery Fund Pty Ltd.(“MDF”)达成的智利Rubi Copper Porphyry项目(“Rubi”)的期权协议已终止。在期权协议期限内,MDF在勘探上花费了89万美元,超过了合同的最低承诺(见2020年10月15日的新闻稿)。勘探计划包括实地测绘、地表采样、地球物理学以及在Lithocap和Zafiro目标上进行1,887米的钻探。在收回了Rubi的100%不可分割权益后,Mirasol正在评估完善Rubi剩余钻探目标的备选方案,目前正在与潜在的替代合作伙伴讨论对这些目标进行钻探测试。
关于 Mirasol 资源有限公司
Mirasol 是一家资金充足的勘探公司,在智利和阿根廷矿产资源丰富的地区拥有 18 年的运营、许可和社区关系经验。Mirasol控制着阿根廷100%的高品位弗吉尼亚白银矿床,目前正在自筹资金勘探两个旗舰项目,即Sobek和Inca Gold,这两个项目均位于智利。Mirasol还继续推进一系列前景广阔的早期和中期项目。
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