Midland Resumes Work on Laflamme JV to Locate the Source of High-Grade Gold-Bearing Boulders
July 12 2022 - 6:30AM
Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”) (TSX-V: MD)
is pleased to report that exploration work has resumed in an effort
to locate the source of high-grade gold-bearing boulders discovered
in June on its Laflamme JV project.
The Laflamme project is located approximately 25
kilometres northwest of the town of Lebel-sur-Quévillon in Abitibi,
Quebec, and currently consists of 436 claims covering a total
surface area of about 234 square kilometres. This project is a
joint venture between Midland (77.9%) and Abcourt Mines Inc.
(“Abcourt”) (22.1%).
Highlights:
- High-grade gold-bearing boulders (28.7 g/t Au)
discovered by prospecting in June 2022
- Drone-supported magnetic survey at 25-metre spacing
currently underway
- Soil/till sampling program
- Induced polarization (“IP”) survey
- Mechanical stripping program
High-grade gold-bearing boulders and
shear structures discovered by prospecting
During a prospecting program conducted in late
May and June 2022, a metre-scale angular erratic boulder was
discovered approximately 700 metres southeast of the historical
Notting Hill gold showing. This boulder graded 28.7 g/t
Au and is characterized by an intense stockwork of
quartz-ankerite veins containing up to 15% pyrite mineralization.
Another sample collected from a similar boulder located
1 metre apart yielded a grade of 6.0 g/t Au
in a country rock completely altered to ankerite and containing 5%
pyrite mineralization, which represents the stockwork host rock
(see press release by Midland dated June 13, 2022). Given the
angular shape of these boulders and known glacial flow directions
in this part of the Abitibi, the potential source of the erratic
boulders is interpreted as being at a short distance to the NNE.
The target area has never been drill-tested and corresponds to a
magnetic low that remains untested over a distance of more than 1.5
kilometres.
Prospecting also yielded several anomalous gold
values on outcrops with grades between 0.1 and 1.0 g/t Au, in
grab samples associated with new shear zones with strong carbonate
alteration, supporting the gold potential in the vicinity of the
discovery boulders.
Geophysical and geological work – Summer
and fall of 2022
In July 2022, geophysical and geological work
will be undertaken in an effort to locate the source of the
gold-bearing boulders, directly north of the latter. This work will
include a very detailed high-resolution drone-supported magnetic
survey with flight lines spaced every 25 metres. This survey will
be followed, in early August, by a dipole-dipole IP survey along
lines at a 100-metre spacing. In addition to these geophysical
surveys, a prospecting and soil/till sampling program will be
conducted. The results of this work will orient the mechanical
stripping program scheduled for October.
This new favourable area is located
approximately 700 metres southeast of the Notting Hill gold showing
discovered in 2013 by Midland, which graded 0.34 g/t Au over 25.56
metres from 144.00 to 169.56 metres in drill hole LAF-13-21. In
addition, this new discovery is located approximately
12 kilometres northwest of the Osborne-Bell deposit where
Osisko Mining Inc. reported new drill intersections grading up to
37.0 g/t Au over 5.4 metres (see press release by Osisko dated
September 28, 2018).
Cautionary statements:
Note that grab and float sample grades may not
be representative of mineralized zones.
Mineralization occurring at the Osborne-Bell
deposit is not necessarily indicative of mineralization that may be
identified on the Laflamme property.
True thicknesses cannot be determined with the
information currently available; intervals are thus reported in
core length.
Quality Control
Rock samples on the project are assayed for gold
by standard 50-gram fire-assaying with atomic absorption finish
(Au-AA24) or gravimetric finish (Au-GRA22) at ALS Laboratories in
Val-d’Or, Quebec. Exploration programs are designed and results are
interpreted by qualified persons employing a Quality
Assurance/Quality Control program consistent with industry best
practices, including the use of standards and blanks with every 20
samples.
About Midland
Midland targets the excellent mineral potential
of Quebec to make the discovery of new world-class deposits of
gold, platinum group elements and base metals. Midland is proud to
count on reputable partners such as Abcourt, BHP Canada Inc., Rio
Tinto Exploration Canada Inc., Probe Metals Inc., Wallbridge Mining
Company Ltd, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, SOQUEM Inc., Osisko
Development Corp., and the Nunavik Mineral Exploration Fund.
Midland prefers to work in partnership and intends to quickly
conclude additional agreements in regard to newly acquired
properties. Management is currently reviewing other opportunities
and projects to build up the Corporation portfolio and generate
shareholder value.
This press release was reviewed and approved by
Mario Masson, P.Geo., VP Exploration for Midland and Qualified
Person as defined by NI 43-101.
For further information, please consult
Midland’s website or contact:
Gino Roger, President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel.: 450 420-5977 Fax: 450 420-5978 Email:
info@midlandexploration.com Website:
https://www.midlandexploration.com/
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accuracy of this release.
This press release may contain forward-looking
statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary materially
from targeted results. Such risks and uncertainties include those
described in Midland’s periodic reports including the annual report
or in the filings made by Midland from time to time with securities
regulatory authorities.
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