GobiMin Inc. - Diamond Drill Results Update for the 2012 Campaign at the Sawayaerdun Gold Project
26.03.2013 | CNW
TORONTO, March 26, 2013 /CNW/ - GobiMin Inc. (TSX-V: GMN) ("GobiMin") is pleased to announce diamond drill results for the 2012 diamond drilling campaign completed on its 70% owned Sawayaerdun Gold Project located in northwestern Xinjiang Uyger Autonomous Region of the Republic of China.Highlights of the 2012 drill program include the following intersections from Zone IV.
ZK10019 with an intersection width of 35.8 m of 1.67 g/t gold from a depth of 451.12 m;
ZK2713 with an intersection width of 30.8 m of 1.17 g/t gold from a depth of 507.59 m;
ZK4318 with an intersection width of 56.6 m of 1.95 g/t gold from a depth of 497.67 m;
Z5912 with an intersection width of 27.1 m of 2.33 g/t gold from a depth of 349.75 m;
ZKWX-3 with an intersection width of 50.6 m of 1.73 g/t gold from a depth of 0 m.
Sawayaerdun Gold Project Update
GobiMin has completed a program of 68 diamond drill holes at Sawayaerdun in northwest Xinjiang, China in October 2012 as scheduled for a total of 31,000 m. This drilling concentrated on in-filling the main mineralized structure at Zone IV to improve the reliability of the previously announced National Instrument 43-101 compliant mineral resource estimate. Further testing of the Zone I mineralization was also completed. All of the assays for this drilling campaign have now been received.
Sawayaerdun Geology
The Zone IV and Zone I structures are part of a series of sub-parallel shears that dip steeply, at approximately 70°, to the west along a structural corridor that strikes east-northeast within fine-grained Devonian clastic metasedimentary rocks. These metasedimentary rocks are composed of a turbidite sequence that has been altered to phyllite and becomes more carbonaceous in the proximity of the mineralized shears. The mineralized shear that hosts Zone IV is mapped over a strike length of about 6,500 m within GobiMin's tenements with drilling confirming the presence of gold mineralization over much of its length and to depth. Mapping along Zone I, which is sub-parallel and 1,200 m east of Zone IV, has shown that this mineralized structure continues over 3,200 m of strike length.
Table 1 shows significant intersections in Zone IV for the 2012 drill program and Table 2 shows the same for Zone I. Estimated true width ("ETW") has been calculated for each intersection.
Table 1 Zone IV Significant Intersections for the 2012 Drill Program
Core Approx.
Hole ID From To Length Au (g/t) Dip of Zone ETW (m)
ZK0007 303.79 305.79 2.00 1.43 -70 1.06
ZK0305 147.80 158.80 11.00 2.39 -70 6.49
incl. 147.80 151.80 4.00 3.61 -70 2.36
ZK0402 198.00 200.00 2.00 1.32 -70 1.50
ZK10015 373.33 390.74 17.41 1.28 -70 8.18
ZK10019 451.12 486.88 35.76 1.67 -70 17.88
incl. 483.88 485.88 2.00 4.56 -70 1.00
ZK10716 388.81 413.43 24.62 0.97 -70 9.60
ZK11604 126.04 132.04 6.00 2.03 -70 4.26
ZK11616 453.93 460.93 7.00 1.09 -70 3.08
ZK13207 230.90 234.40 3.50 1.56 -70 2.00
ZK13211 260.00 263.00 3.00 1.08 -70 1.44
ZK13215 327.03 331.03 4.00 0.92 -70 2.00
ZK1906 89.34 93.34 4.00 1.89 -64 2.68
and 195.00 199.00 4.00 1.79 -64 2.68
and 214.00 235.00 21.00 2.21 -70 12.39
incl. 230.00 232.00 2.00 3.72 -70 1.18
ZK1908 98.48 100.48 2.00 2.71 -64 1.18
and 224.61 230.61 6.00 1.34 -64 3.54
and 244.61 266.23 21.62 1.97 -70 10.81
ZK2008 253.60 256.60 3.00 1.21 -70 1.35
ZK2307 167.01 186.01 19.00 2.18 -50 14.06
and 253.74 279.04 25.30 1.84 -70 11.89
incl. 174.01 177.01 3.00 4.78 -70 1.41
and 275.44 278.44 3.00 3.53 -70 1.41
ZK2705 66.91 86.91 20.00 1.78 -45 19.40
and 100.09 140.40 40.31 1.54 -70 31.04
incl. 136.40 138.40 2.00 4.24 -70 1.54
ZK2708 223.70 233.90 10.20 1.63 -45 8.36
and 294.22 309.22 15.00 1.36 -70 7.50
incl. 226.90 228.90 2.00 4.54 -70 1.00
ZK2713 507.59 538.37 30.78 1.17 -70 12.93
ZK3106 181.99 196.99 15.00 0.85 -70 11.10
ZK3512 361.18 365.18 4.00 1.51 -70 2.16
ZK3612 539.80 543.80 4.00 1.41 -70 1.68
ZK3616 594.10 606.10 12.00 1.16 -70 7.20
ZK4318 497.67 554.24 56.57 1.95 -70 32.20
incl. 498.67 500.67 2.00 6.98 -70 0.68
and 504.67 510.67 6.00 4.93 -70 2.04
ZK5105 236.05 250.05 14.00 1.95 -70 7.42
ZK5115 489.14 504.10 14.96 1.29 -70 5.83
ZK5211 457.96 461.96 4.00 0.96 -70 2.24
ZK5215 700.70 704.70 4.00 1.30 -70 1.68
ZK5912 349.75 376.80 27.05 2.33 -70 20.83
incl. 368.99 373.80 4.81 3.64 -70 3.70
and 468.50 490.36 21.86 1.14 -70 16.83
ZK5920 661.66 667.64 5.98 0.99 -70 3.80
ZK6710 315.26 329.26 14.00 2.23 -70 7.56
ZK6820 490.58 516.11 25.53 1.50 -70 13.20
ZK7505 77.22 87.45 10.23 1.26 -70 3.50
ZK7508 288.53 291.53 3.00 1.21 -70 1.50
ZK7516 400.11 451.24 51.13 1.17 -70 18.92
and 469.17 497.60 28.43 0.77 -70 10.52
ZK8419 591.60 607.60 16.00 1.37 -70 5.92
ZK8423 723.00 735.00 12.00 1.27 -70 6.30
ZK9111 305.89 311.89 6.00 1.59 -70 2.88
ZK9115 448.74 477.81 29.07 1.07 -70 7.90
and 491.71 500.03 8.32 2.07 -70 2.20
incl. 498.03 500.03 2.00 4.32 -70 0.50
ZK9119 627.07 651.12 24.05 1.25 -70 6.80
and 684.01 693.52 9.51 1.54 -70 2.70
ZKWX-3 0.00 50.60 50.60 1.73 -70 38.96
incl. 22.16 25.16 3.00 5.43 -70 2.31
Table 2 Zone I Significant Intersections for the 2012 Drill Program
Core Approx.
Hole ID From To Length Au (g/t) Dip of Zone ETW (m)
IZK0002 80.77 86.27 5.50 0.90 -70 2.10
IZK0005 136.62 141.38 4.76 1.02 -70 3.38
IZK0007 261.60 264.30 2.70 1.23 -70 1.43
IZK0710 271.41 275.49 4.08 1.36 -70 2.33
IZK0813 359.64 362.65 3.01 0.99 -70 1.51
IZK1502 59.00 62.75 3.75 1.22 -70 2.89
IZK1504 209.20 248.71 39.51 1.61 -70 18.96
IZK1510 259.23 270.14 10.91 1.57 -70 4.58
IZK1603 68.82 71.82 3.00 1.04 -70 2.31
IZK1605 170.97 185.14 14.17 1.20 -70 9.07
IZK2405 171.10 181.10 10.00 1.85 -70 6.40
IZK2410 448.27 462.32 14.05 1.50 -70 7.17
IZK3908 141.47 148.45 6.98 1.12 -70 4.47
Sampling Methodology, Quality Control and Quality Assurance
Diamond drill core was sawn on site and samples were transported to the laboratory of the Brigade No. 2 of Xinjiang Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources ("Brigade No. 2") located at Shanshan, Xinjiang. Samples were assayed by atomic absorption spectrometry ("AAS"). Five percent of the sample pulps were re-assayed by the laboratory of Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources located in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Brigade No. 2 includes blank samples within the assay stream. GobiMin's geological consultant Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. ("RPA") examined the results of the duplicate assays and concluded that there is a close correlation in the results from the different laboratories. None of the blank samples indicated the presence of contamination between samples.
Prior to the property visit by RPA, GobiMin had sent 60 samples to the laboratory of SGS Ltd. in Tianjin, China for analysis using fire assay. The SGS Ltd. results show higher gold values than were obtained using AAS. RPA collected nine core duplicates and 20 pulp duplicates for analysis by SGS Ltd. in Tianjin. The results for the core duplicates collected by RPA were similar to the GobiMin results while the pulp duplicates yielded lower results similar to those obtained earlier by GobiMin. AAS is likely to give lower values than standard fire assay. RPA considers that GobiMin should examine whether the assay techniques being used are understating the amount of gold in the Sawayaerdun deposit.
Discussion of the Drilling Results
The results of the 2012 drilling demonstrate that the central part of the Zone IV mineralization is continuous along strike and to depth, that it is relatively wide, and that grades show good continuity. Drilling of the Zone I mineralization confirmed continuity.
Updated Mineral Resource Estimate
RPA is preparing a new mineral resource estimate for the Zone IV and Zone I mineralization. The results of this estimate will be available soon. A copy of the revised technical report will be available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and the website of the Company (www.gobimin.com) within 45 days of this press release.
The technical content of this release has been reviewed and approved by Neil N. Gow, B.Sc.(Hons.), P.Geo., RPA Associate Geologist, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
About GobiMin
GobiMin owns a 70% equity interest in Xinjiang Tongyuan Minerals Ltd. for the development of the Sawayaerdun Gold Project in Xinjiang, China. GobiMin also owns a 40%-50% interest each in four other base metal joint ventures in Xinjiang and retains an 8% equity interest in the Yanxi Copper Property. In addition, GobiMin also holds a 48.02% equity interest in a silver operation.
GobiMin is aggressively seeking opportunities to acquire high quality mining and exploration projects.
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