Minaurum Announces Biricú Drill Results and Provides Update
Minaurum Gold Inc. ("Minaurum") is pleased to announce drill results from Guerrero Ventures Inc.'s ("Guerrero") 41,000 hectare Biricú project in the Guerrero Gold Belt in southern Mexico. Biricú shows typical Guerrero Gold Belt host rocks cut by intrusive rocks identical to those seen in Goldcorp's neighbouring Los Filos Mine and Torex Gold's nearby Media Luna deposit. It borders Minaurum's Vuelcos del Destino project to the east and south.
In addition, Guerrero has informed Minaurum that the required exploration expenditures and obligations of the underlying Biricú option agreement between Alamos Gold Inc. ("Alamos") and Guerrero have been fulfilled and accepted by Alamos. Alamos is currently transferring a 100% interest in the Biricú project to Guerrero. As previously disclosed on November 4 and December 4, 2015, Minaurum loaned Guerrero funds to explore Biricú.
Guerrero's 4,200-m exploration drill program tested a combination of principal target areas (Punto Rojo and Hornfels Hill), and outlying geologic and geophysical targets. Four of the 9 holes drilled (GV2015-13 through -15, and -17) intercepted significant zones of anomalous gold mineralization (>100 ppb Au).
All of the anomalous holes are located in the Punto Rojo area, a 1 square km diatreme complex that is intruded by diorite-granodiorite stocks of Guerrero Gold Belt affinity. The system remains open and untested to the north and at depth to the contact of the Mezcala Formation with the underlying Morelos Formation. Surface mapping and drilling indicate this highly prospective contact zone lies at shallower depths farther north in the Punto Rojo area. Results of the anomalous holes are shown in Table 1 below.
"The recent drilling at Punto Rojo reveals gold mineralization and extensive alteration that are similar in style to that of Torex Gold's nearby Media Luna deposit," stated David M. Jones, Senior Consulting Geologist and Director of Minaurum. "These results indicate that the as yet undrilled northern area of Punto Rojo is an attractive target for stronger, near-surface mineralization."
Table 1. Biricú Project, Punto Rojo area drill intercepts. UTM coordinates correspond to WGS84 datum, zone 14N.
| Hole | Composite Interval (m) | Depth | Weight-average Au ppb |
|---|---|---|---|
| GV2015-013 | 17.04 | 239 | |
| Vertical hole. TD: 692.4m | includes: | 14.52-18.88 | 100 |
| Collar coordinates: 438344E, 1975806N | 64.20-67.20 | 188 | |
| Collar elev: 534m | 75.50-78.94 | 122 | |
| 520.44-526.68 | 425 | ||
| GV2015-014 | 117.78 | 191 | |
| Vertical hole. TD: 708.4m | includes: | 148.41-165.70 | 235 |
| Collar coordinates: 438520E, 1976346N | 192.50-197.50 | 148 | |
| Collar elev: 574m | 247.30-271.30 | 244 | |
| 283.00-290.15 | 171 | ||
| 314.65-339.00 | 152 | ||
| 345.15-348.55 | 126 | ||
| 358.00-361.10 | 172 | ||
| 387.13-390.13 | 103 | ||
| 411.90-417.70 | 409 | ||
| 420.90-427.00 | 182 | ||
| 479.00-487.60 | 113 | ||
| 502.50-505.50 | 104 | ||
| 528.28-535.90 | 132 | ||
| GV2015-015 | 1.19 | 18.00-19.19 | 1100 |
| Vertical hole. TD: 235.3m | |||
| Collar coordinates: 437999E, 1976770N | |||
| Collar elev: 797m | |||
| GV2015-017 | 9.47 | 116 | |
| Vertical hole. TD: 494.8m | includes: | 72.35-78.22 | 123 |
| Collar coordinates: 438415E, 1975919N | 450.00-451.60 | 107 | |
| Collar elev: 552m | 467.60-469.60 | 105 |
Previous drill highlights include: 26.98m grading 1.07 g/t gold and 0.29 g/t silver, including a zone of 6.85m grading 2.78 g/t gold and 0.92 g/t silver; 1.68m grading 0.83 g/t gold and 3.10 g/t silver (see Guerrero's News Release Dated January 26, 2015). In addition, a VTEM airborne magnetic and electromagnetic survey of 1,403 line kilometres was completed in September 2012. A follow-up airborne gradiometer magnetic survey of 2,052 line kilometers was completed in January 2015. Besides the Punto Rojo target, the Biricú Project hosts considerable potential in the southern portion of the project where intrusive rocks and unexplained geophysical anomalies remain to be tested.
Guerrero received a loan from Minaurum to explore Biricu (see Minaurum News Release dated November 4, 2015). The loan bears interest at 8% and can be repaid at Minaurum's choice in either cash or a direct interest in Biricu.
Minaurum also announces that it has granted 950,000 incentive stock options under its stock option plan to consultants of the Company. The options are exercisable at a price of $0.10 per share for a period of five years. The Company also announces that 250,000 options granted to a consultant on June 30, 2014, which had a 5 year term and a $0.10 exercise price, have been cancelled.
Minaurum is a Mexican explorer focused on three strategic areas: southern Sonora State, the Oaxaca-Chiapas region and the Guerrero Gold Belt. It is managed by one of the strongest technical and finance teams in Mexico. Minaurum's goal is to continue its founders' legacy of creating shareholder value by finding new district-scale mineral discoveries and executing accretive mining transactions. For more information, please visit our website at www.minaurum.com and our YouTube Minaurum Video Channel.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Darrell A. Rader"
Darrell A. Rader
President and CEO
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The listed samples were delivered to the ALS Chemex sample-preparation facility in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. ALS Chemex prepared the samples, crushing them to 70% less than 2mm, splitting off 250g, and pulverizing the split to more than 85% passing 75 microns. The resulting sample pulps were then sent to ALS Chemex's analytical laboratory in North Vancouver, BC, Canada for assay. Analysis was done for 48 elements (including silver) by a 4-acid digestion and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES). Sample pulps with silver values greater than 100 g/t; and copper, lead, or zinc values greater than 10,000 ppm (1%) were re-analyzed using 4-acid digestion and atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). Samples were analyzed for gold using fire assay and ICP-AES.
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