Transition Metals and Implats Commence Next Phase Drilling Program at the Sunday Lake Pt-Pd-Cu-Ni Project
SUDBURY, ON, Aug. 19, 2015 /CNW/ - Transition Metals Corp. (XTM – TSX.V) ("Transition", "the Company") and Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (Implats) are pleased to announce that they have resumed drilling on the Sunday Lake Property, located near Thunder Bay, Ontario. The project is a Joint Venture owned 75% by Implats and 25% by Transition. The project is solely funded by Implats until the completion of a Feasibility Study.
The exploration program will include regional mapping and prospecting, and a minimum of 3,500 metres of diamond drilling. The focus of the drilling program will be to expand and more fully assess the continuity of the Pt+Pd+Au (PGM) mineralization intersected along the basal contact of the Sunday Lake Intrusion (SLI) to the southwest and northeast of the previous drilling. (Figure 1).
Commenting on the project, company CEO and President Scott McLean stated "This next phase of drilling will seek to further expand known zones of mineralization and to evaluate new portions of this large and prospective mineralized intrusion, significantly expanding the amount of exploration drilling completed on the property since discovery."
Drilling to date has established continuity of PGM mineralization over an area approximately 700 metres long and 300 metres wide, at depths between 370 to 800 metres below surface and remains open for further expansion in all directions. The mineralization has Pt:Pd ratios of approximately 2 to 1 which is exceptionally high for magmatic Ni-Cu-PGM deposits. Highlight drill intersections from drilling completed to date is presented below in Table 1.
Highlights include: (refer to releases dated Jan 27th, 2014, June 4th, 2014, Jan 26th, 2015)
| Table 1: Summary of Drill Intersections. | |||||||||
| Drill Hole | From (m) | To (m) | Length (m) | Pt (g/t) | Pd (g/t) | Au (g/t) | Pt+Pd+Au (g/t) | Cu (%) | Ni (%) |
| SL-13-002 | 395.00 | 415.20 | 20.20 | 2.11 | 0.95 | 0.16 | 3.22 | 0.26 | 0.11 |
| SL-13-006 | 567.00 | 575.00 | 8.00 | 1.23 | 0.72 | 0.09 | 2.04 | 0.20 | 0.08 |
| SL-14-003 | 389.30 | 401.00 | 11.70 | 1.79 | 0.94 | 0.06 | 2.79 | 0.12 | 0.04 |
| and | 532.00 | 540.00 | 8.00 | 2.52 | 1.16 | 0.17 | 3.85 | 0.30 | 0.10 |
| SL-14-006 | 825.00 | 835.90 | 10.90 | 1.38 | 0.83 | 0.09 | 2.30 | 0.30 | 0.12 |
| SL-14-008 | 656.60 | 663.60 | 7.00 | 1.99 | 1.19 | 0.12 | 3.30 | 0.37 | 0.15 |
Intersections interpreted to be close to true thickness
About the Sunday Lake Property
The Sunday Lake PGM-Cu-Ni discovery is located approximately 25 kilometres north of Thunder Bay and 25 kilometres west of Panoramic's Thunder Bay North Ni-Cu-PGM deposit. The property covers a 3.5 kilometre diameter circular reversely-polarized magnetic anomaly associated with a large buried mafic-ultramafic intrusion interpreted to be Proterozoic in age and related to the Midcontinental Rift (MCR). In January of 2014 the company announced the discovery hole that intersected 20.2 metres grading 3.22 g/t combined PGMs. Drilling on the project continues to expand and define new zones of high platinum tenor mineralization with funding for the project being solely provided by Implats towards the completion of a Feasibility Study. In April of 2014, Transition and Implats were awarded the Bernie Schneider's Discovery of the Year Award in recognition for this discovery.
Qualified Person
The technical elements of this press release have been approved by Mr. Grant Mourre, P.Geo. (APGO), a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.
About Transition Metals Corp
Transition Metals Corp. (XTM -TSX.V) is a Canadian-based, multi-commodity project generator that specializes in converting new exploration ideas into Canadian discoveries. The award-winning team of geoscientists has extensive exploration experience in established, emerging and historic mining camps and actively develops and tests new ideas for discovering mineralization in places that others have not looked, which often allows the company to acquire properties inexpensively. The team is rigorous in its fieldwork and combines traditional techniques with newer ones to help unearth compelling prospects and drill targets. Transition uses the project generator business model to acquire and advance multiple exploration projects simultaneously, thereby maximizing shareholder exposure to discovery and capital gain. Joint venture partners earn an interest in the projects by funding a portion of higher-risk drilling and exploration, allowing Transition to conserve capital and minimize shareholder's equity dilution. The company, which went public in 2011, has an expanding portfolio that currently includes 30 gold, copper, nickel and platinum projects primarily in Ontario, Nunavut and Saskatchewan.
About Impala Platinum Limited
Implats is in the business of mining, refining and marketing of platinum group metals (PGMs), as well as nickel, copper and cobalt. The group produces approximately 22% of the world's supply of primary platinum and in FY2014 produced 2.370 million ounces of PGMs, including 1.178 million ounces of platinum. Implats' mining interests are found on the two most significant known platinum group mineral-bearing orebodies in the world: The Bushveld Complex in South Africa and The Great Dyke in Zimbabwe. Impala Refining Services (IRS) takes advantage of Impala's excess smelting and refining capacity to process the concentrate and matte produced by the various mine-to-market group operations as well as material purchased from third party companies. Toll-refining is also undertaken on behalf of other companies. Implats has a primary listing on the JSE (IMP). The share may also be traded via a sponsored level 1 ADR programme (IMPUY).
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