Miranda Gold Reports Red Canyon Drill Results
October 12 2010 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Miranda Gold Corp. (“Miranda”) (TSX-V: MAD) announces
drill results from an eight hole, 11,260 ft (3,433 m)
reverse-circulation drilling program at Red Canyon, a
sediment-hosted gold project in Eureka County, Nevada.
Miranda’s exploration funding partner Montezuma Mines Inc.
("Montezuma"), a wholly owned subsidiary of CMQ Resources Inc.,
conducted the drill program, which aimed to expand upon results in
MR09-05C, a 2009 core hole that intersected 119 ft of 0.152 oz Au/t
(36.28 m of 5.211 g Au/t) at the Ice prospect. The drill program
tested geologic, geochemical and geophysical targets southeast of
MR09-05C in an area of complex faulting and folding.
Drill results included two mineralized zones in MR10-01, a
vertical hole 1,660 ft (506 m) southeast of core hole MR09-05C. The
intercepts include:
- 20 ft of 0.050 oz Au/t from 775-795 ft
(6.1 m of 1.714 g Au/t from 236.3 to 242.4 m) and
- 20 ft of 0.086 oz Au/t from 965-985 ft
(6.1 m of 2.949 g Au/t from 294.2 to 300.3 m).
Prior exploration and drilling by Montezuma and others confirm
the presence of a 650 ft-wide (200 m), 2,850 ft-long (869 m),
southeast-striking corridor that extends from Ice through MR10-01
and up to an additional 1,190 ft (363 m) to the southeast. The
corridor between MR09-05C and MR10-01 has not been drilled by past
operators. The remaining seven drill holes, MR10-02 through
MR10-08, did not intersect gold mineralization exceeding 0.01 oz
Au/t (0.343 g Au/t).
"Although we would have liked to have seen mineralization in all
of the drill holes, we are particularly encouraged by hole MR10-01.
This hole lies along the projection of mapped folds in an area cut
by faults and dikes, all of which appear to be important in
localizing gold mineralization at MR09-05C and the Ice Zone,”
stated Ken Cunningham, President and CEO of Miranda.
To date, Montezuma's drilling has been permitted through a
Notice of Intent (NOI) with the Bureau of Land Management. The NOI
limits surface disturbance to a maximum of 5 acres (2 hectares). A
Plan of Operations/Permit for Reclamation (POO) was filed in March
2010 with the Bureau of Land Management and is expected to be
approved later this year. The POO will allow for the drilling of 31
holes in the first phase. Nine of these holes lie in the corridor
between MR09-05C and MR10-01. When complete, the POO will allow for
up to 24.6 acres (9.96 hectares) of surface disturbance and
increased flexibility in drill testing a variety of targets across
the project. Additional drilling is contingent upon acceptance of
the POO.
All drill samples were collected with a reverse circulation
drill using 5 ft (1.5 m) sample intervals. Samples were assayed by
ALS Chemex Laboratories, Inc. of Sparks, Nevada. Gold results were
determined using standard fire assay techniques on a 30 gram sample
with an atomic absorption finish. Montezuma QA/QC included the
insertion of standards and blanks on a regular basis, collection of
duplicate samples, and rerun assays on select samples. Check assays
were performed by SGS Mineral Services in Toronto, Ontario.
Project Details
The Red Canyon project includes 254 unpatented lode mining
claims (7.9 square miles / 20.6 square kilometers) on the Battle
Mountain-Eureka Trend and adjoins U.S. Gold's Tonkin Springs
property to the west. The project covers an erosional "window" that
exposes hydrothermally altered and brecciated lower-plate carbonate
rocks that are age equivalent to the rocks hosting the Cortez Hills
gold deposit.
The data disclosed in this press release have been reviewed and
verified by Company Geologist and Nevada Projects Manager Steven
Koehler, CPG, BSc. Geology and Qualified Person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101.
Corporate Profile
Miranda Gold Corp. is a gold exploration company active in
Nevada, Alaska and Colombia and whose emphasis is on generating
gold exploration projects with world-class discovery potential.
Miranda performs its own grass roots exploration and then employs a
joint venture business model on its projects in order to maximize
exposure to discovery while minimizing exploration risk. Miranda
has ongoing partnerships with Montezuma Mines Inc., NuLegacy
Corporation, Piedmont Mining Company Inc., Ramelius Resources Ltd.
and Red Eagle Mining Corporation.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“Kenneth Cunningham”
Kenneth Cunningham President and CEO
For more information visit the Company’s web site at
www.mirandagold.com or contact Fiona Grant, Manager, Investor
Relations 1-877-689-4580.
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accuracy of this release.
This news release may contain information about adjacent
properties on which we have no right to explore or mine. We advise
U.S. investors that the SEC's mining guidelines strictly prohibit
information of this type in documents filed with the SEC. U.S.
investors are cautioned that mineral deposits on adjacent
properties are not indicative of mineral deposits on our
properties. This news release may contain forward-looking
statements including but not limited to comments regarding the
timing and content of upcoming work programs, geological
interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential mineral
recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address future
events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those
currently anticipated in such statements.
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