Miranda Stakes Claims in East Roberts Mountains
March 03 2011 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Miranda Gold Corp. (“Miranda”) (TSX-V: MAD) has staked 87
claims, comprising the Rook Project in the East Roberts Mountains
in Eureka County, Nevada about 46.7km northwest of the town of
Eureka. The Rook property lies in the southern extension of the
Battle Mountain-Eureka Trend and covers an area of approximately
7.3sq km.
The Rook property is within the eastern margin of a lower plate
Devonian limestone window exposing of the Devils Gate Limestone and
the Denay Formation through the Roberts Mountain Thrust. Denay
equivalent limestone is a host for sediment-hosted gold deposits
within the Cortez and larger Battle Mountain-Eureka Trends.
A fault bounded corridor about 460m wide with associated
jasperoid alteration extends 4km northeast across the center of the
Rook property beginning from the Chert Cliff deposit. From among
approximately 200 surface rock samples, jasperoid contains from
below detection limit up to 0.304g Au/t and elevated pathfinder
elements of up to 3030 ppm arsenic, 105 ppm mercury and 658 ppm
antimony. Within the corridor, gold mineralization and
silicification occur near and along the presumed Webb Formation and
Devils Gate Limestone contact.
At the Chert Cliff deposit mineralization is hosted in Webb
Formation siltstones in contact with lower massive Devonian
limestone. Drilling near Chert Cliff by Platte River Gold Inc.
(“Platte River”) in 2008 intersected 55m at 0.450g Au/t in the
Denay Formation outside of the Chert Cliff resource area. The
drilling by Platte River confirms the potential for significant
mineralization at depth in the Denay Formation on the Rook
property.
The Rook project has favorable host rocks, alteration,
geochemistry, nearby drill results with significant mineralization,
and small surface gold resources nearby, all consistent with large
sediment-hosted gold systems in the Battle Mountain Eureka Trend.
The Gold Bar deposits, reportedly contained a gold resource
exceeding 1.5 million ounces of gold, is a target analogue for the
Rook project.
Miranda plans to do additional mapping and surface sampling on
Rook to identify drill targets. In accordance with Miranda’s
business model, a joint venture partner will be sought to further
explore the project.
Rock samples were assayed by ALS Chemex Laboratories, Inc. of
Sparks, Nevada. Gold results were determined using standard fire
assay techniques on a 30g sample with an atomic absorption finish.
Samples were also analyzed for a 50-element geochemical suite by
ICP-AES.
The data disclosed in this press release have been reviewed and
verified by President & CEO Ken Cunningham, P.G., MSc. 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 Agnico-Eagle USA Limited, Montezuma
Mines Inc., Navaho Gold Pty Ltd., 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.
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Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
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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