Marifil Mines Limited (TSX.V: MFM) (OTC: MFMLF)
(“
Marifil” or the “
Company”) is
pleased to announce that, further to its July 22, 2019 news release
titled “Marifil Reports a Positive Opening NI 43-101 Resource at
San Roque”, the Company has received the completed National
Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects
(“
NI 43-101”) technical report for the Company’s
San Roque property (“
San Roque” or, the
“
Property”), located in Rio Negro Province,
Argentina, entitled, “Technical Report and Mineral Resource
Estimate on the San Roque Project, Rio Negro Province, Argentina”
(the “
Technical Report”) dated September 10, 2019.
The Technical Report was prepared by Tetra Tech Canada Inc.
(“
Tetra Tech”), a prominent global geologic and
engineering consulting firm.
Robert Abenante, CEO of Marifil, states: “We are
very encouraged by the Technical Report which has strengthened our
belief in the size and mining potential of San Roque. We will
continue to focus our efforts on developing the Property based on
Tetra Tech’s recommendations and bring the San Roque project
through to the Preliminary Economic Assessment
(“PEA”) stage.” Considering this, Mr. Abenante
added, “the local infrastructure is well developed having highway,
rail and high-tension power lines crossing the Property and it is
as well close enough to population centers that a mine site camp
should not be needed.”
The Technical Report contains supporting details of the size of
the inferred mineral resource conclusions as reported in
the Company’s July 22 press release, as well as
recommendations for moving the San Roque project forward. These
project recommendations include an estimated budget for continued
diamond drilling to further prove out the Property into an advanced
stage project.
For additional details, please refer to the Technical Report,
which is now available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR at
http://www.sedar.com.
Technical Report Recommendation
Extracts
Paramount to Tetra Tech’s findings, Section 19
of the Technical Report suggests: “It’s recommended that the San
Roque project merits further work and continued focus to develop it
into an advanced stage project rather than an exploration target.”
Furthering this, the Technical Report also states: “The San
Roque Project covers a large area of high exploration
potential. Intermediate Sulphidation Epithermal gold
mineralization is primarily hosted within structurally controlled
corridors. Where these structural corridors and mineralized fluids
cross-cut permeable lithology such as a quartz-crystal tuff,
relatively flat laying zones occur which contain
polymetallic mineralization in quartz stockworks. The
results of the drilling and trenching work completed on the
Property have been used to interpret the deposit model and to
develop the first NI 43-101 resource estimate for the Property.
The deposit model for the Inferred Mineral Resource
estimate remains open for expansion by continued drilling in all
directions and at depth.”
The Section 19 recommendations of the Technical
Report continue: “Expansional drilling should also be undertaken
with the aim of connecting mineralized zones together which are
currently modeled as separate bodies. If possible, drilling should
also focus on extending existing drill holes to greater depths,
as many of these holes bottomed in
mineralization.”
Tetra Tech’s technical interpretation for the
type of mineral deposit at San Roque favors an
intermediate-sulphidation epithermal polymetallic deposit within a
volcanic caldera related complex some two or more kilometers in
diameter where generally the sulfide mineralization appears to be
linked to ring and ring splay faults. Tetra Tech notes a geologic
analogy is the Golden Cross deposit (past production of 20.5 tonnes
gold with 52 tonnes silver) in New Zealand. This information is not
necessarily symptomatic of the Property’s economic potential.
Detailed Inferred Mineral Resource numbers are
tabulated in the aforementioned Company’s July 22, 2019 news
release. The Inferred Mineral Resources occur in four separate but
close spaced bodies or zones which collectively contain
approximately 33 million tonnes at an average grade of 0.46 g/t
Gold, 12 g/t Silver, 0.4% Lead, 0.8% Zinc and 12 g/t Indium
(rounded numbers) (mineral resources are not mineral reserves, and
do not have demonstrated economic viability). As per CIM definition
Standards (2014), with continued exploration, it’s reasonably
expected that the majority of Inferred resources could be upgraded
to Indicated Mineral resources. Specifically this would include
additional drilling, metallurgical testing and specific gravity
data augmentation. The Company is initiating a program to address
those prerequisites to upgrade the resource classification.
Richard Walters, Executive V.P. of Marifil
stated: “From my perspective, we have a healthy Project with good
upside. For example, an important geologic finding coming out of
the computer exercise generating the Inferred Mineral Resource
estimate is that mineralizing fluids ascending fault conduits
flange or pancake out as polymetallic stockworks underneath less
receptive or impermeable volcanic rock layers transected by those
faults. This is well illustrated in the isometric view of Zone 25
(below). As a seasoned minerals exploration geologist, I therefore
see discovery potential for hidden mineral zones which may not have
surface expressions.”
Technical Report - Figure 7-10: Isometric of Zone 25 Veins
(click for image)
Ownership and Mineral
Tenements
The Property is held by Minas San Roque S.A.
(“MSRSA”), which is jointly owned by the Company’s
wholly-owned subsidiary Marifil Mines S.A. (51%) and NOVAGOLD
RESOURCES INC.’s (TSX: NG) wholly-owned subsidiary, NovaGold
Argentina Inc. (49%). The Company currently acts as project
operator for the Property.
All of the mineral resources detailed in the
Technical Report are secured by mature mineral tenements. These
comprise three “minas” totaling 94.5 square kilometers. The MSRSA
holds mining concessions for the three minas, all of which are in
good standing with the mining authorities. These concessions have
no life limit, and will last until the mineral resources are
exhausted and so long as MSRA remains in regulatory compliance.
Additionally, MSRA has nine other mining claims surrounding the
minas which are called cateos. These are temporary exploration
permits which, if discoveries are made, can be transformed into
minas. These temporary exploration permits compass about 645 square
kilometers.
Qualified Persons
The Technical Report referenced herein was
prepared by Tetra Tech of Vancouver, British Columbia, a company
which is independent from Marifil. The technical information
pertaining to the Technical Report in this news release was
reviewed and approved by Cameron Norton, P. Geo, of Tetra Tech, who
is an independent “Qualified Person” as defined by NI 43-101.
The expressed opinions and factual and other
information contained within this news release 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 direction the San Roque, Argentina mineral exploration
program has been carried out. Mr. Walters supervised the
preparation of the information and approved the information in this
news release. 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 or 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, but are not limited to, statements regarding: (i) the
Property, its respective exploration potential, and the intentions
of the Company to bring the Property through to the PEA stage; (ii)
the effect of the Property’s geographic setting on the anticipated
costs of further exploration and field work; (iii) the expectations
that a majority of the Inferred Mineral Resources on the Property
could be upgraded to Indicated Mineral Resources with continued
exploration; (iv) any geologic analogies between the Property and
the Golden Cross deposit located in New Zealand; and (v) potential
programs initiated by the Company to address prerequisites to
upgrading the resource classifications on the Property, including
any bench-scale metallurgical recovery testing. 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; and (xii) other risks and uncertainties
identified under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s
continuous disclosure documents filed on SEDAR. Investors 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, investors should not place undue reliance
on forward-looking statements.
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policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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