Golden Ridge Resources Drills 7.42 m of 4.94g/t Au and 48.44g/t Ag (468.31g/t AgEq) at the Heritage Project
Kelowna, February 10, 2021 - Golden Ridge Resources Ltd. ("Golden Ridge" or the "Company") (TSXV:GLDN) (OTC:GORIF) is pleased to announce results from holes HE-EZ-20-07 to HE-EZ-20-09 drilled at the Eagle Zone, as part of the Company's recently completed 5,182 meter diamond-drill program at the Heritage epithermal Au-Ag project ("Heritage" or the "Property"), located along Highway 220, near Point May, Newfoundland and Labrador. All three holes hit significant intersections of epithermal veining, alteration, ginguro textures and Au-Ag mineralization. Notably, hole HE-EZ-20-07 is one of the deepest holes drilled on the Property to date and was targeted to test the downdip intersection of the sub-vertically dipping high-grade zone intersected in holes HE-EZ-20-04 and HE-EZ-20-06 (see news release dated January 19th, 2021). HE-EZ-20-07 successfully extended this zone at depth and intersected the highest-grade interval of the campaign to date returning 7.42m of 4.94g/t Au and 48.44g/t Ag (468.31g/t AgEq). The zone remains open at depth and along strike. Highlights
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--Ongoing drilling from the Eagle Zone continue to increase its dimensions which currently covers at least 750m in strike length, 50m in width and 250m in depth, representing a large, robust and open Au-Ag epithermal system.
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--Hole HE-EZ-20-07, which intersected 7.42m of 4.94g/t Au and 48.44g/t Ag (468.31g/t AgEq) is one of the deepest holes drilled on the Property to date and strongly suggests that grades increase with depth.
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--Historical drilling within the northern part of the Eagle Zone focused on shallow depths (historic drilling generally focused on depths of less than ~100m), and the down dip extension of the high-grade zone encountered in HE-EZ-20-07 was further tested in holes HE-EZ-20-16 to HE-EZ-20-21 (assays pending).
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--Holes HE-EZ-20-08 and HE-EZ-20-09 continued to build on Au-Ag mineralization at depths of ~200m within the southern part of the Eagle Zone. Epithermal-style mineralization intersected within the zone remains open at depth.
Only 1,914m of drilling have now been assayed and reported from the recently completed 5,182m program, representing only 37% of the total meterage drilled. Additional results to report include assays for holes targeting the Turpin, Pinnacle and Lunch Spot Zone's situated along a 2.5km magnetic anomaly, as well as additional holes at the Eagle Zone.
"We are extremely pleased that all drill hole results to date from the Eagle Zone have intersected significant intervals of strong epithermal-style veining, alteration with gold and silver-rich mineralization. While previous operators focused on relatively shallow depths, hole HE-EZ-20-07 which intersected 7.42m of 4.94g/t Au and 48.44g/t Ag (468.31g/t AgEq) and was designed to test the down-dip extension of a zone previously discovered by the Company, has shown us that the Eagle Zone is much bigger than we originally thought, and it continues to grow with ongoing results. We also are eagerly awaiting results from the project's Turpin, Pinnacle and Lunch Spot Zone's which lie 800 meters to the east of the Eagle Zone, where epithermal style mineralized bodies extend along a 2.5km parallel magnetic anomaly." stated Golden Ridge CEO, Michael Blady.
Table 1 - Significant Intercepts
-------------------------------------------------------------------- |HOLE ID |FROM |TO |INTERVAL|Au |Ag |AuEq |AgEq |AuEq | | |(M) |(M) |(M)2 |(g/t)|(g/t)|(g/t)1|(g/t)1|Gram | | | | | | | | | |Meter| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-07|175.82|183.24|7.42 |4.94 |48.44|5.58 |468.31|41.44| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-08|127.07|155.35|28.28 |0.61 |26.90|0.97 |99.66 |27.37| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-09|178.80|207.50|28.70 |0.30 |22.90|0.60 |68.36 |17.35| --------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Gold (AuEq) and silver (AgEQ) equivalent grades are calculated using 100-day moving-average metal prices of gold at US$1,888/oz. and silver at US$25.08/oz. Gold equivalent grade is calculated as AuEq (g/t) = Au (g/t) + Ag (g/t) * 0.0133. Silver equivalent grade is calculated at AgEq (g/t) = Ag (g/t) + Au (g/t) / 0.0133. The factors for gold (0.0133) and silver (0.0133) will change depending on the metal price. The metal price numbers listed above were used to determine the conversion factors presented herein. Metal recoveries have not been applied in the gold-equivalent calculation.
2 The intervals reported in these tables represent drill intercepts and insufficient data are available at this time to state the true thickness of the mineralized intervals. All gold values are uncut.
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Table 2 - 2020 Drill Collar locations for the Eagle Zone (up to HE-EZ-20-09 reported, remaining assays pending)
----------------------------------------------------------- |HOLE ID |EASTING |NORTHING |AZIMUTH|INCLINATION| | |(NAD27, Zone|(NAD27, Zone| | | | |21) |21) | | | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-01|584699 |5196378 |120° |-75° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-02|584744 |5196272 |004° |-55° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-03|584823 |5196539 |114° |-84° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-04|584872 |5196526 |300° |-74° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-05|584867 |5196503 |300° |-75° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-06|584886 |5196520 |300° |-73° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-07|584900 |5196516 |300° |-73° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-08|584702 |5196390 |120° |-70° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-09|584699 |5196423 |103° |-75° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-10|584564 |5196409 |120° |-45° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-11|584436 |5196248 |115° |-45° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-12|584393 |5196078 |120° |-45° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-TZ-20-01|585194 |5195830 |300° |-84° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-PZ-20-01|584709 |5195027 |10° |-55° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-PZ-20-02|584722 |5195057 |30° |-55° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-PZ-20-03|584777 |5195155 |30° |-45° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-LZ-20-01|584810 |5195245 |30° |-50° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-LZ-20-02|584923 |5195388 |46° |-45° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-13|584774 |5196321 |11° |-60° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-14|584692 |5196417 |120° |-70° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-15|584907 |5196517 |275° |-70° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-16|584887 |5196639 |120° |-65° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-17|584893 |5196660 |120° |-65° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-18|584913 |5196677 |120° |-65° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-19|584893 |5196660 |120° |-84° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-20|584934 |5196725 |120° |-65° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-21|584922 |5196709 |120° |-65° | |---------------------------------------------------------| |HE-EZ-20-22|584803 |5196516 |120° |-65° | -----------------------------------------------------------
A total of 5,182 metres were completed during the 2020/21 drill campaign in 28 drill holes. Assays from the remaining holes are pending and they will be released to the market once received and compiled.
Qualified Person:
Dr. Stephen Amor, PhD, PGeo, technical advisor to the Company, is the Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 who has reviewed and approved the technical data in this news release.
Ball Creek Termination
Effective February 9th, 2020 Golden Ridge and Orogen Royalties Inc. have agreed to terminate the July 2019 Ball Creek Option Agreement. Consideration to Golden Ridge for its early termination is $15,000 in cash and the surrender of 149,573 Golden Ridge payment shares previously received by Orogen.
Acknowledgments:
Golden Ridge Resources acknowledges the financial support of the Junior Exploration Assistance Program, Department of Natural Resources, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
About Golden Ridge Resources:
Golden Ridge is a TSX-V listed exploration company engaged in acquiring and advancing mineral properties located in British Columbia and Newfoundland. Golden Ridge owns a 100% interest in the 1,700-hectare Hank copper-gold-silver-lead-zinc property located in the Golden Triangle district, approximately 140 kilometres north of Stewart, British Columbia and has a portfolio of exploration projects in Newfoundland.
Mike Blady
Chief Executive Officer
Tel: (250) 768-1168
Website: www.goldenridgeresources.com
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