Marifil Commences NI 43-101 Technical Report and Updates San Roque Progress
March 21 2019 - 10:07AM
Marifil Mines Limited (TSXV: MFM)
(OTC: MFMLF) (“
Marifil” or the
“
Company”) announces it has commenced work on
generating a National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure
for Mineral Projects (“
NI 43-101”) technical
report (the “
Technical Report”) with a mineral
resource estimation for the Company’s San Roque property
(“
San Roque” or,
the “
Property”). The Property contains
a polymetallic mineral deposit containing gold as the principal
economic commodity with significant values of silver, indium, lead
and zinc.
San Roque is a district scale project comprising
37,055 hectares of mine rights, of which 9,449 are perfected for
exploitation (referred to as “Pertinencias”) and private royalty
free claims, located near the Atlantic coast in the Province of Rio
Negro, Argentina. The Property is held by Minas San Roque
S.A., which is jointly owned by the Company’s wholly-owned
subsidiary Marifil Mines S.A. (51%) and NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC.’s
(TSX: NG) (“NovaGold”) wholly-owned subsidiary,
NovaGold Argentina Inc. (49%). The Company currently acts as
project operator for the Property.
To prepare the Technical Report, the Company has
retained the services of Tetra Tech Canada Inc. (“Tetra
Tech”). Tetra Tech is a prominent, global consulting
firm with a reputation for high quality scientific and engineering
work. In addition to the production of the Technical Report,
the proposed scope of work includes a site visit for the collection
of independent samples, data verification, the development of a
geological model and the development of a resource estimate.
The Company expects the Technical Report to be completed and
publicized next fiscal quarter.
Last year, the Company completed the latest of a
series of drilling campaigns on the Property. The results of
that work are presented in a report entitled “San Roque Project
2018 Drilling Program” dated December, 2018, which is now posted on
the Company’s website: www.marifilmines.com. This latest
round of drilling brings the total number of exploration drill
holes on the Property to 112 totaling 16,683 meters of drillings.
Of these drill holes, 11 are of reverse circulation drilling and
101 are of diamond core drilling, which generates higher quality
sampling data. Accordingly, the Company is of the view that a large
volume of mineralized material exists on the Property.
The Company is also currently commencing a
program aimed at achieving bench-scale metallurgical recovery test
results in the coming months, which the Company believes could add
further value to the deposit.
Mr. Robert Abenante, President and CEO of
Marifil observed, “We are very encouraged with the progress at San
Roque and are excited to see the results of the NI 43-101.”
Ideal Infrastructure
San Roque is comprised of 37,055 hectares in the
mining friendly province of Rio Negro, Argentina. Unlike the
high altitudes in the North Andes of Argentina, the Property sits
at low elevation on very flat terrain. Further, the Property
is only 65 kilometers from an ocean port, which can be reached via
rail or high-volume highway, which both perimeter the
Property. The Property is also perimetered by high voltage
power lines.
Qualified Person
The expressed opinions and factual and other
information contained within this document has been prepared and
approved by Richard R. Walters, Executive Vice President,
Exploration and a director of the Company. Mr. Walters is a
“Qualified Person” as defined under NI 43-101, and is the person
under whose directions the San Roque, Argentina mineral exploration
program has been carried out over the last year. Mr. Walters
is a certified Professional Geologist by the American Institute of
Professional Geologists.
ON BEHALF OF MARIFIL MINES LIMITED "Rob
Abenante" Robert Abenante, President & CEO
Contact Information:
Phone:1-833-669-MINE (6463)Email:
info@marifilmines.com Website: www.marifilmines.com
For further information regarding Marifil Mines
Limited, please refer to the Company’s filings available on SEDAR
(http://www.sedar.com) or at Marifil’s Website
(http://www.marifilmines.com).
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this news release that are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are statements that are not
historical, and consist primarily of projections - statements
regarding future plans, expectations and developments. Words
such as “expects”, “hopes”, “intends”, “plans”, “may”, “could”,
“potential”, “should”, “anticipates”, “likely”, “believes” and
words of similar import tend to identify forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release
include: (i) statements regarding the Technical Report being
completed and publicized by next fiscal quarter; (ii) statements
regarding the proposed bench-scale metallurgical recovery tests on
the Property; and (iii) statements regarding the nature and tenors
of sulfide mineralization on the Property. All of these
forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause
actual events or results to differ from those expressed or implied,
including, without limitation: (i) the risks that the Company may
not find any minerals in commercially feasible quantities; (ii)
that the Company may not raise enough money to fund its exploration
plans;(iii) uncertainty of development plans and cost estimates;
(iv) commodity price fluctuations; (v) political or economic
instability and regulatory changes; (vi) currency fluctuations;
(vi) the state of the capital markets; (vii) uncertainty in the
measurement of mineral reserves and resource estimates; (viii) the
Company’s ability to attract and retain qualified personnel and
management; (ix) potential labour unrest; (x) uncertainty as to
reclamation and closure requirements for its mineral properties;
(xi) unpredictable risks and hazards related to the development and
operation of a mine or mineral property that are beyond the
Company’s control; (xii) and other risks and uncertainties
identified under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s
continuous disclosure documents filed on SEDAR. You are
cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all factors
and assumptions which may have been used. The Company cannot
assure you that actual events, performance or results will be
consistent with these forward-looking statements, and management’s
assumptions may prove to be incorrect. The Company’s
forward-looking statements reflect current expectations regarding
future events and operating performance and speak only as of the
date hereof and the Company does not assume any obligation to
update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management’s
beliefs, expectations or opinions should change other than as
required by applicable law. For the reasons set forth above,
you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements.
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