Phase II Drilling Starts on Miranda Gold's Big Blue Project
September 09 2011 - 11:37AM
Business Wire
Miranda Gold Corp. (“Miranda”) (TSX-V: MAD) is pleased to
announce Phase II drilling has started at Big Blue, a
sediment-hosted gold project located in Lander County, Nevada.
Miranda's exploration funding partner Ramelius Resources Ltd.
("Ramelius") (ASX: RMS) has resumed drill testing of rock chip,
soil, alteration, and geophysical anomalies. In March of 2011, snow
and mud conditions prevented continued access to drill sites and
drilling was suspended.
Ramelius plans Phase II to consist of about 3,000 ft (900 m) of
angle reverse circulation drilling in two to three holes. The holes
will continue to test the area of Phase I drilling that contains
soils that assay from non-detectable to 0.025 oz Au/ton (0.850 g
Au/t) and rocks from non-detectable to 1.70 oz Au/ton (58.2 g
Au/t). Inferred northerly trending controls to mineralization are
indicated by local disrupted bedding, brecciation, oxidation,
quartz veins, silicification, and structurally controlled
jasperoid. The Phase II holes are designed to cut across the
inferred northerly trends.
In Phase I drilling, Ramelius completed four westerly-directed
angle reverse circulation holes totaling 2,445 ft (745 m). All
holes intersected >0.01 oz Au/ton (0.343 g Au/t) and included
the following results:
Hole ID
Total Depth (ft)
Interval (ft) Length (ft)
Grade (oz Au/ton) Interval (m)
Length (m) Grade (g Au/t) BBR-11-01
1,120
0-85 85 0.022 0-25.9 25.9 0.753 Includes 10-25 15 0.080 3.0-7.6 4.6
2.747 BBR-11-03
275
45-100 55 0.025 13.7-30.5 16.8 0.860 Includes 55-65 10 0.089
16.8-19-8 3.0 3.047
* Drilled intersections; True widths cannot be estimated at this
time. All results were previously reported by press release on May
26, 2011.
Historic drilling from three holes in the area report values of
20 ft of 0.007 oz Au/ton (6.1 m of 0.240 g Au/t), 5 ft of 0.032 oz
Au/ton (1.5 m of 1.10 g Au/t), and 10 ft of 0.071 oz Au/ton (3 m of
2.44 g Au/t). The historic information is derived from prior
operators’ internal reports that Miranda has not been able to
independently verify.
Data disclosed in this press release, including sampling,
analytical and test data, have been reviewed and verified by Vice
President of Exploration Joseph Hebert, C.P.G., B.Sc. Geology and
Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
Project Details
The Big Blue Project consists of 255 unpatented lode mining
claims covering 8.2 sq mi (21.2 sq km) located in the Toiyabe
Range, 13 mi (21 km) north of Austin, Nevada. The project is on the
south margin of the Callaghan Window, a large area exposing
Cambrian- through Silurian-age lower-plate carbonate rocks in the
footwall of the Roberts Mountains Thrust. The lower-plate sequence
includes the Roberts Mountains, Hanson Creek and Pogonip
Formations, of which all are known to be favorable hosts for large,
sediment-hosted gold systems in Nevada.
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) Inc., Montezuma
Mines Inc., Navaho Gold Ltd., NuLegacy Corporation, 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.
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 contains forward-looking statements that are
based on the Company’s current expectations and estimates.
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actual results of current exploration activities; conclusions of
economic evaluations; changes in project parameters as plans to
continue to be refined; possible variations in ore grade or
recovery rates; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the
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