Osisko Development Corp. (NYSE: ODV, TSXV: ODV)
("
Osisko Development" or the
"
Company") is pleased to announce underground
infill and exploration diamond drilling ("
DD")
results as part of the ongoing 2023 exploration program at the
Company's 100%-owned Trixie test mine ("
Trixie"),
within the Company's wider Tintic Project
("
Tintic" or the "
Tintic
Project"), located in the historic East Tintic Mining
District in central Utah, U.S.A.
Chris Lodder, President of Osisko
Development, commented, "We are excited to announce the
results of the most-recent phase of our Trixie exploration program,
highlighting areas outside of our initial resource area, and the
start of our porphyry drilling campaign with an initial hole from
underground at Trixie. Based on our surface and underground
geological and geochemical compilation, we have identified this as
a high priority target as a potential magmatic source to known
high-grade gold and silver epithermal systems and the surrounding
anomalous copper in structures and hydrothermally altered host
rocks. This target is one of several porphyry targets we will be
testing in the coming year, with the target being a non-outcropping
Bingham style porphyry copper-gold system."
DRILL ASSAY HIGHLIGHTS
This news release includes assays from 17 DD
holes (refer to Table 1). Select assay highlights include:
- 7.66 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold ("Au") and
4.00 g/t silver ("Ag") over 7.32 meters
("m") in TRXU-DD-23-035 (0.22 troy ounce per short
ton ("oz/t") Au and 0.12 oz/t Ag over 24.00 feet
("ft.")) including
- 38.03 g/t Au and 7.96 g/t Ag over 1.22 m in
TRXU-DD-23-035 (1.11 oz/t Au and 0.23 oz/t Ag over 4.00 ft.)
- 14.85 g/t Au and 34.87 g/t Ag over 5.49 m in
TRXU-DD-23-035 (0.43 oz/t Au and 1.02 oz/t Ag over 18.00 ft.)
including
- 27.02 g/t Au and 25.70 g/t Ag over 1.83 m in
TRXU-DD-23-035 (0.79 oz/t Au and 0.75 oz/t Ag over 6.00 ft.)
- 22.54 g/t Au and 2,301.00 g/t Ag over 0.46 m
in TRXU-DD-23-041 (0.66 oz/t Au and 67.11 oz/t Ag over 1.50
ft.)
- 54.95 g/t Au and 1,143.21 g/t Ag over 2.59 m
in TRXU-DD-23-045 (1.60 oz/t Au and 33.34 oz/t Ag over 8.50 ft.)
including
- 130.00 g/t Au and 2,715.00 g/t Ag over 1.07 m
in TRXU-DD-23-045 (3.79 oz/t Au and 79.19 oz/t Ag over 3.50
ft.)
DRILL RESULTS SUMMARY
- In 2023, the Company has drilled 72 holes for a total of 6,125
m (20,095 ft.) at Trixie. To date, assays have been received for 51
DD holes, with assays pending for the remaining holes. This portion
of the 2023 exploration drill program is now complete.
- Approximately 25% of the drilling to date consists of
delineation of domains within the area of the current Trixie MRE
(as defined herein) and 75% is exploration drilling adjacent to the
area of the Trixie MRE, including step outs down dip, down plunge
and along strike testing for mineralized structures.
- The focus of these recent holes was to test for mineralization
along one of the priority target areas south on strike from the
known T2 domain, towards the Sioux Ajax fault (see Figure 2). A
highlight from this area includes 54.95 g/t Au and
1,143.21 g/t Ag over 2.59 m in hole TRXU-DD-23-045 (1.60 oz/t Au
and 33.34 oz/t Ag over 8.50 ft.).
- A down dip highlight in the T1 domain includes 7.66 g/t
Au and 4.00 g/t Ag over 7.32 m in TRXU-DD-23-035 (0.22
oz/t Au and 0.12 oz/t Ag over 24.00 ft.). This intercept is
approximately 25 m (75 ft.) from the known Trixie MRE deposit
boundary.
- The 75-85 domain consists of a discrete, north-south striking,
moderate to steeply west-dipping structure in the footwall of the
T4domain that was historically mined prior to the discovery of the
T2 domain. See Figure 3 for domain geometry and relationships.
- The T1 domain consists of Tintic quartzite-hosted disseminated
mineralization interpreted as a halo to the T2 domain.
- These drilling results will provide valuable infill data to
improve our understanding and the confidence level of the
mineralized zones defined in the area of the Trixie MRE and to
support a an updated mineral resource estimate
("MRE") in the future.
- The exploration results will assist with understanding the
extent of mineralized structures and support future underground
exploration.
TRIXIE PORPHYRY DRILLING
- The Company is pleased to announce that drilling of the Trixie
West high-priority copper-gold-molybdenum potential porphyry target
from underground at Trixie commenced in early October 2023 (see
Figure 5).
- The Tintic District, located 65 km (40 miles) from Rio Tinto's
Bingham Canyon Mine, has historically been recognized as an area
prospective for porphyry style copper-gold-molybdenum
mineralization. Styles of mineralization and alteration present
within the Tintic District support an interpretation of a classic
porphyry-epithermal system with a high degree of rheologic and
structural control on mineralization style and distribution (Figure
4).
- The objective of the drill program is to test a new area below
the Trixie deposit for a potential porphyry style
copper-gold-molybdenum mineral system that may have been the source
of the significant high-grade gold and silver epithermal
mineralization and past producing carbonate silver-lead-zinc
replacement deposits.
- Two large lithocaps, presented as anomalous surface geochemical
footprints, a type of high heat signature indicative of significant
potential subsurface volcanic activity, have been identified within
the Company's Tintic Project property (Figure 5), namely in the Big
Hill and Silver Pass areas. Drilling in these areas is expected to
commence in Q4 2023 subject to permits.
About Trixie
The Trixie test mine is one of several gold and
base metal targets within the larger Tintic Project consisting of
>17,000 acres of patented mining claims and mineral leases
within the historic East Tintic Mining District of Central Utah,
U.S.A. The T2 and T4 structures at Trixie show multi-ounce gold
grades associated with high sulphidation epithermal mineralization,
structurally controlled and hosted within quartzites. The T2
structure mineralization consists of native Au, and rare Au-Ag rich
telluride minerals with quartz. The T4 is a mineralized stockwork
zone is located in the hanging wall of the T2 and is comprised of
Au-Ag rich mineralization in host rock quartzite with
quartz-barite-sulphosalt stockwork veining. Mineralization reports
consistent multi-ounce gold grades along the entire strike
length.
A 3D model and virtual site tour of Trixie and
the wider Tintic Project is accessible on the Company's VRIFY page
at: https://vrify.com/decks/12801.
Information relating to the Tintic Project and
the current MRE for the Trixie deposit (the "Trixie
MRE") is supported by the technical report entitled "NI
43-101 Technical Report, Initial Mineral Resource Estimate for the
Trixie Deposit, Tintic Project, Utah, United States of America",
dated January 27, 2023 (with an effective date of January 10, 2023)
prepared for the Company by independent representatives of Micon
International Limited (the "Tintic Technical
Report"). Reference should be made to the full text of the
Tintic Technical Report, which was prepared in accordance with
National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects ("NI 43-101") and is available
electronically on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) and on EDGAR
(www.sec.gov) under Osisko Development's issuer profile and on the
Company's website at www.osiskodev.com.
Figure 1: Tintic Project –
Trixie Area
Figure 2: Trixie Underground
Long Section
Figure 3: Trixie Long Section
Sample Highlights
Figure 4: Generalized Deposit
Model of a high sulphidation epithermal porphyry system
Figure 5: Lithocap Highlights
Porphyry Target Areas
Table 1: Drilling Length
Weighted Assay Composites at Trixie
|
|
METRIC |
IMPERIAL |
|
Hole ID |
|
Depth from (m) |
Depth to (m) |
Length (m) |
Au (g/t) |
Ag (g/t) |
Depth from (ft.) |
Depth to (ft.) |
Length (ft.) |
Au (oz/t) |
Ag (oz/t) |
Comments |
TRXU-DD-23-035 |
|
66.75 |
67.21 |
0.46 |
2.27 |
11.20 |
219.00 |
220.50 |
1.50 |
0.07 |
0.33 |
Exploration T2 T4 |
TRXU-DD-23-035 |
|
72.54 |
79.86 |
7.32 |
7.66 |
4.00 |
238.00 |
262.00 |
24.00 |
0.22 |
0.12 |
Exploration T2 T4 |
TRXU-DD-23-035 |
Including |
76.81 |
78.03 |
1.22 |
38.03 |
7.96 |
252.00 |
256.00 |
4.00 |
1.11 |
0.23 |
Exploration T2 T4 |
TRXU-DD-23-035 |
|
83.52 |
89.00 |
5.49 |
14.85 |
34.87 |
274.00 |
292.00 |
18.00 |
0.43 |
1.02 |
Exploration T2 T4 |
TRXU-DD-23-035 |
Including |
84.67 |
85.50 |
0.82 |
17.28 |
17.01 |
277.80 |
280.50 |
2.70 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
Exploration T2 T4 |
TRXU-DD-23-035 |
and |
85.50 |
85.95 |
0.46 |
11.09 |
111.00 |
280.50 |
282.00 |
1.50 |
0.32 |
3.24 |
Exploration T2 T4 |
TRXU-DD-23-035 |
and |
87.17 |
89.00 |
1.83 |
27.02 |
25.70 |
286.00 |
292.00 |
6.00 |
0.79 |
0.75 |
Exploration T2 T4 |
TRXU-DD-23-036 |
Hole Abandoned |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TRXU-DD-23-037 |
|
8.38 |
9.75 |
1.37 |
0.52 |
143.00 |
27.50 |
32.00 |
4.50 |
0.02 |
4.17 |
Infill T2 T4 |
TRXU-DD-23-038 |
|
52.43 |
53.49 |
1.07 |
3.12 |
96.25 |
172.00 |
175.50 |
3.50 |
0.09 |
2.81 |
Infill T4, 75-85 |
TRXU-DD-23-039 |
|
24.99 |
26.52 |
1.52 |
2.46 |
76.95 |
82.00 |
87.00 |
5.00 |
0.07 |
2.24 |
Infill 75-85 |
TRXU-DD-23-039 |
|
44.20 |
45.72 |
1.52 |
6.66 |
46.60 |
145.00 |
150.00 |
5.00 |
0.19 |
1.36 |
Infill 75-85 |
TRXU-DD-23-040 |
No significant assays |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exploration |
TRXU-DD-23-041 |
|
11.89 |
13.26 |
1.37 |
0.46 |
164.00 |
39.00 |
43.50 |
4.50 |
0.01 |
4.78 |
Exploration |
TRXU-DD-23-041 |
|
37.34 |
40.54 |
3.20 |
5.21 |
735.35 |
122.50 |
133.00 |
10.50 |
0.15 |
21.45 |
Exploration |
TRXU-DD-23-041 |
Including |
38.40 |
38.86 |
0.46 |
22.54 |
2301.00 |
126.00 |
127.50 |
1.50 |
0.66 |
67.11 |
Exploration |
TRXU-DD-23-042 |
|
0.00 |
1.37 |
1.37 |
2.98 |
11.15 |
0.00 |
4.50 |
4.50 |
0.09 |
0.33 |
Exploration |
TRXU-DD-23-042 |
|
79.40 |
80.77 |
1.37 |
2.43 |
4.35 |
260.50 |
265.00 |
4.50 |
0.07 |
0.13 |
Exploration |
TRXU-DD-23-043 |
No significant assays |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exploration |
TRXU-DD-23-044 |
No significant assays |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exploration |
TRXU-DD-23-045 |
|
36.42 |
39.01 |
2.59 |
54.95 |
1143.21 |
119.50 |
128.00 |
8.50 |
1.60 |
33.34 |
Exploration 75-85 |
TRXU-DD-23-045 |
Including |
36.42 |
37.49 |
1.07 |
130.00 |
2715.00 |
119.50 |
123.00 |
3.50 |
3.79 |
79.19 |
Exploration 75-85 |
TRXU-DD-23-046 |
No significant assays |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exploration |
TRXU-DD-23-047 |
No significant assays |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exploration |
TRXU-DD-23-048 |
|
15.70 |
17.68 |
1.98 |
0.24 |
82.64 |
51.50 |
58.00 |
6.50 |
0.01 |
2.41 |
Exploration T4, 75-85 |
TRXU-DD-23-048 |
|
48.16 |
50.29 |
2.13 |
1.51 |
37.07 |
158.00 |
165.00 |
7.00 |
0.04 |
1.08 |
Exploration T4, 75-85 |
TRXU-DD-23-049 |
No significant assays |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exploration |
TRXU-DD-23-050 |
|
54.10 |
56.24 |
2.13 |
1.11 |
35.51 |
177.50 |
184.50 |
7.00 |
0.03 |
1.04 |
Exploration T4 |
TRXU-DD-23-051 |
No significant assays |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exploration |
Qualified Persons
The scientific and technical information
contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by
Maggie Layman, P.Geo., Vice President, Exploration of Osisko
Development, and a "qualified person" within the meaning of NI
43-101.
Quality Assurance (QA) – Quality Control
(QC)
All drill core and exploration samples are
dispatched to SGS Canada's laboratory in Burnaby, British Columbia
for offsite sample preparation and analysis. Samples are assigned a
unique sample ID. All geological and sampling information is
entered into Datamine Fusion database. Core is sawn in half and
half is sampled. Certified standards and blanks are inserted into
all sample dispatches. Samples are collected by Old Dominion
Transportation and dispatched to SGS Canada’s laboratory in
Burnaby, British Columbia. Sample submission forms accompany the
samples, and digital copies are emailed to SGS Canada.
All core sample preparation is completed by SGS
Canada, including drying, crushing, and pulverizing of samples.
Analytical assays include gold by 30 gram fire assay with AAS
finish (GO_FAA30V10), and gold overlimits by fire assay with
gravimetric finish (GO_FAG30V). Multielement analysis (including
silver) is by four-acid digest with ICP-AES/ICP-MS finish
(GE_ICM40Q12). The pulps are returned to Osisko Development and
coarse rejects are disposed after 90 days. Assays are reported to
Osisko Development and then loaded into Datamine Fusion. Quality
Assurance-Quality Control samples are checked, and assays are
merged with sample information for future reporting.
True width determination is estimated to be
approximately 0.3 m to 2.4 m (1 to 8 ft.) wide for the T2
structure, approximately 3 m to 25 m (10 to 80 ft.) for the T4
mineralized stockwork zone located in the hanging wall of the T2
structure and 1.5 m to 3 m (5 to 9 ft.) for the 75-85
structure.
About Osisko
Development Corp.
Osisko Development Corp. is a premier North
American gold development company focused on high-quality
past-producing properties located in mining friendly jurisdictions
with district scale potential. The Company's objective is to become
an intermediate gold producer by advancing its 100%-owned Cariboo
Gold Project, located in central B.C., Canada, the Tintic Project
in the historic East Tintic mining district in Utah, U.S.A., and
the San Antonio Gold Project in Sonora, Mexico. In addition to
considerable brownfield exploration potential of these properties,
that benefit from significant historical mining data, existing
infrastructure and access to skilled labour, the Company's project
pipeline is complemented by other prospective exploration
properties. The Company's strategy is to develop attractive,
long-life, socially and environmentally sustainable mining assets,
while minimizing exposure to development risk and growing mineral
resources.
For further information, please contact
Osisko Development Corp.:
Sean Roosen |
Philip Rabenok |
Chairman and CEO |
Director, Investor Relations |
Email: sroosen@osiskodev.com |
Email: prabenok@osiskodev.com |
Tel: +1 (514) 940-0685 |
Tel: +1 (437) 423-3644 |
|
|
CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
Cautionary Statement Regarding Test Mining
Without Feasibility Study
The Company cautions that its prior decision to
commence small-scale underground mining activities and batch vat
leaching at the Trixie test mine was made without the benefit of a
feasibility study, or reported mineral resources or mineral
reserves, demonstrating economic and technical viability, and, as a
result there may be increased uncertainty of achieving any
particular level of recovery of material or the cost of such
recovery. The Company cautions that historically, such projects
have a much higher risk of economic and technical failure. Small
scale test-mining at Trixie was suspended in December 2022 and
resumed in the second quarter of 2023. Even with the resumption of
small-scale test-mining at Trixie, there is no guarantee that
production will continue as anticipated or at all or that
anticipated production costs will be achieved. The failure to
continue production may have a material adverse impact on the
Company's ability to generate revenue and cash flow to fund
operations. Failure to achieve the anticipated production costs may
have a material adverse impact on the Company's cash flow and
potential profitability. In continuing current operations at
Trixie, the Company has not based its decision to continue such
operations on a feasibility study, or reported mineral resources or
mineral reserves demonstrating economic and technical
viability.
Cautionary Statement to U.S. Investors
The Company is subject to the reporting
requirements of the applicable Canadian securities laws and, as a
result, reports information regarding mineral properties,
mineralization and estimates of mineral reserves and mineral
resources, including the information in its technical reports,
financial statements, MD&A and this news release, in accordance
with Canadian reporting requirements, which are governed by NI
43-101. As such, such information concerning mineral properties,
mineralization and estimates of mineral reserves and mineral
resources, including the information in its technical reports,
financial statements, MD&A and this news release, is not
comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies
subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained in this news
release may be deemed "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of
applicable Canadian securities legislation (together,
"forward-looking statements"). These forward‐looking statements, by
their nature, require Osisko Development to make certain
assumptions and necessarily involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied in these forward‐looking
statements. Forward‐looking statements are not guarantees of
performance. Words such as "may", "will", "would", "could",
"expect", "believe", "plan", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate",
"continue", or the negative or comparable terminology, as well as
terms usually used in the future and the conditional, are intended
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forward‐looking statements is based upon certain material
assumptions that were applied in drawing a conclusion or making a
forecast or projection, including management's perceptions of
historical trends, current conditions and expected future
developments; the utility and significance of historic data,
including the significance of the district hosting past producing
mines; future mining activities; the unique mineralization at
Trixie; the potential of high-grade gold mineralization on Trixie;
the potential for unknown mineralized structures to extend existing
zones of mineralization; category conversion; the results (if any)
of further exploration work to define and expand mineral resources;
the ability of exploration work (including drilling and chip sample
assays, and face sampling methodologies) to accurately predict
mineralization; the ability to generate additional drill targets;
the ability of management to understand the geology and potential
of Trixie; the ability of the Company to expand mineral resources
beyond current mineral resource estimates at Trixie; the timing and
ability of the Company to complete updates to the Trixie MRE (or
any subsequent MRE) (if at all); the ability of the Company to
complete its exploration objectives in 2023 in the timing
contemplated (if at all); the ongoing advancement of the Trixie
decline, including the expected breakthrough next year (if at all);
the deposit remaining open for expansion in all direction; the
ability to realize upon any mineralization in a manner that is
economic; the significance of the assay results presented in this
news release; management's beliefs about the porphyry drilling
campaign; as well as other considerations that are believed to be
appropriate in the circumstances, and any other information herein
that is not a historical fact may be forward-looking statements.
Material assumptions also include, management's perceptions of
historical trends, the ability of exploration (including drilling
and chip sample assays, and face sampling) to accurately predict
mineralization, budget constraints and access to capital on terms
acceptable to the Company, current conditions and expected future
developments, results of further exploration work to define or
expand any mineral resources, as well as other considerations that
are believed to be appropriate in the circumstances. Osisko
Development considers its assumptions to be reasonable based on
information currently available, but cautions the reader that their
assumptions regarding future events, many of which are beyond the
control of Osisko Development, may ultimately prove to be incorrect
since they are subject to risks and uncertainties that affect
Osisko Development and its business. Such risks and uncertainties
include, among others, risks relating to capital market conditions
and the Company's ability to access capital on terms acceptable to
the Company for the contemplated exploration and development at
Tintic; the ability to continue current operations and exploration;
regulatory framework and presence of laws and regulations that may
impose restrictions on mining; the ability of exploration
activities (including drill results) to accurately predict
mineralization; errors in management's geological modelling; the
ability to expand operations or complete further exploration
activities, including drilling and chip sample assays and face
sampling; property and stream interests in the Tintic Project; the
ability of the Company to obtain required approvals and permits;
the results of exploration activities; risks relating to
exploration, development and mining activities; the global economic
climate; metal and commodity prices; fluctuations in the currency
markets; dilution; environmental risks; and community,
non-governmental and governmental actions and the impact of
stakeholder actions. Readers are urged to consult the disclosure
provided under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual
information form for the year ended December 31, 2022, as well as
the financial statements and MD&A for the year ended December
31, 2022, which have been filed on SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) under
Osisko Development's issuer profile and on the SEC's EDGAR website
(www.sec.gov), for further information regarding the risks and
other factors applicable to the exploration results. Although the
Company's believes the expectations conveyed by the forward-looking
statements are reasonable based on information available as of the
date hereof, no assurances can be given as to future results,
levels of activity and achievements. The Company disclaims any
obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or results or otherwise,
except as required by law. Forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of performance and there can be no assurance that these
forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual
results and future events could differ materially from those
anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not
place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
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