Highlights include 22.56 g/t Au across 7.0 metres
THUNDER BAY,ON, Aug. 30, 2017 /CNW/ - Premier Gold Mines Limited (TSX-PG) is pleased to provide an update on the 2017 drilling program at the Company's 100%-owned Hasaga Project in the Red Lake gold mining district of Northwestern Ontario . The program is targeting potential higher grade mineralization along the Hasaga Porphyry trend at depth, proximal to historic results and includes wedged holes from historic drill sites.
Selected Drill Hole Highlights include:
- HMP 161 with 1.21 g/t Au across 181.0 m from 998.0 m, including 2.14 g/t Au across 19.0 m and 2.21 g/t Au across 18.0 m down plunge from the Hasaga Porphyry open pit deposit
- HMP 162 with 9.55 g/t Au across 8.0 m from 799.0 m in a new target west of the Hasaga Zone
- HMP 17-88-02-W1 with 3.38 g/t Au across 10.0 m from 977.0 m, including 13.3 g/t Au across 2.0 m, and 3.55 g/t Au across 5.0 m from 1083.0 m in a wedged hole in the C Zone underground target
- HMP 17-88-02-W2 that grades 22.56 g/t across 7.0 m from 898.0 m including 125.0 g/t across 1.0 m
A comprehensive table of assay highlights from the 2017 Hasaga Deep drill program is summarized in Table 1.
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The Hasaga Porphyry (See Figure 1) is host to the past-producing Hasaga, Buffalo and Howie Mines and is being evaluated for both lower grade, open-pit potential, as well as higher grade mineralization that may occur at depth. Premier considers Hasaga to have similar exploration potential to other historic mining camps in Ontario , where gold resources have been discovered at the site of past-producing mines. In January, Premier confirmed the multi-million ounce potential of the shallower target areas.
The 2017 program is primarily focused on testing the potential for deeper higher grade mineralization in the Hasaga porphyry. Historic drill holes with positive results, HRL-88-02, HRL-88-03 and HRL96-02 completed by earlier operators were never adequately followed up. These historic results and the Premier high grade intercept in hole HMP151 (see press release dated March 1, 2017 ) may represent mineralization characteristic of the C-Zone at the Hasaga Mine that occurs down-plunge of the historic mined area. If the current program can confirm lateral continuity and scale to the C-Zone discovery, it may have the potential to become a bulk mineable underground opportunity that would complement the open pit resource delineated in the 2015-16 drill programs.
"The positive results of our 2017 program adds to the success of our 2016 campaign, which confirmed a multi-million ounce resource of near surface mineralization." commented Stephen McGibbon , Premier's Executive Vice-President on the Company's C-Suite Blog (http://www.premiergoldmines.com/news/c-suite-blog). "We continue to extend mineralization at depth at C-Zone and towards the Buffalo Zone (the "West Extension") in addition to confirming the continuity of mineralization proximal to historic intercepts on the property."
Based on these positive preliminary results from the two primary target areas Premier plans to continue drilling during the remainder of the year. One drill is currently active on the Hasaga Property.
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