QMC Reports Historic Li2O Assays From Drill Program on the Irgon Lithium Mine Property
April 16 2018 - 7:45AM
via NetworkWire: QMC Quantum Minerals Corp.,
(TSX.V:QMC) (FSE:3LQ) (OTC PINK:QMCQF) (“
QMC” or
"the Company") is pleased to disseminate the historical drilling
results reported (Manitoba AR #94932) by the Lithium Corporation of
Canada (“LCOC”). These historical assays were obtained during
LCOC’s 1953/54 drilling program on the Irgon Dike. The Irgon
Dike is located at the company’s 100% owned Irgon Lithium Mine
Project, within the prolific Cat Lake-Winnipeg River Pegmatite
Field of S.E. Manitoba, which also hosts the nearby TANCO
rare-element pegmatite.
LCOC collared 25 historic drill holes on the
Irgon Dike. The drill hole projections can be viewed in the
3-D model released by QMC on March 28, 2018, which illustrates
clearly that, to date, exploration and underground development have
been only undertaken on the upper and central portions of the dike,
leaving significant potential to quickly increase tonnage as the
Irgon Dike is open both along strike and to depth. The 2017 channel
sample locations and surface exposure of the dike are also
indicated on the model.
These data from the historic drill intersections
of the Irgon Dike compare favourably to the 2017 QMC surface
channel samples released in the company’s news release of March 05,
2018. These results are documented in the LCOC’s assessment
report (Manitoba AR #94932) and these historical data are
reproduced below as Table 1.
Table
1: Historic Li2O Assay Results of
LCOC’s Sampling of Pegmatite Intersections Cut During Their 1953/54
Diamond Drill Program on the Irgon Dike.
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DDH NO. |
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Width(m) |
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TrueWidth(m) |
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Lithium Grade (% Li2O) |
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Notes |
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DDH NO. |
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Width(m) |
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TrueWidth(m) |
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Lithium Grade (% Li2O) |
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Notes |
1A |
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17.3 |
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12.2 |
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1.01 |
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6A |
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11.1 |
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8.8 |
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1.62 |
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2A |
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12.1 |
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10.1 |
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1.84 |
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Lost 0.6
feet of pegmatite core |
7A |
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5.0 |
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3.4 |
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1.16 |
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2B |
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12.0 |
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9.1 |
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1.37 |
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8A |
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1.9 |
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1.7 |
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2.88 |
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2C |
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6.4 |
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5.0 |
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1.33 |
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8B |
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6.4 |
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5.2 |
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1.55 |
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2D |
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2.5 |
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2.1 |
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2.00 |
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8C |
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3.1 |
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2.7 |
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1.18 |
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3A |
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12.7 |
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11.6 |
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1.54 |
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Lost 0.7
feet of pegmatite core |
8D |
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1.9 |
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1.4 |
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1.18 |
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4A |
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10.9 |
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9.5 |
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2.21 |
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Lost 0.4
feet of pegmatite core |
9A |
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5.6 |
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4.5 |
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0.88 |
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Lost 4.8 feet of
pegmatite core |
5A |
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17.8 |
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14.0 |
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1.38 |
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10A |
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5.2 |
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4.3 |
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1.46 |
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5B |
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5.2 |
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4.9 |
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1.64 |
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11A |
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6.2 |
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4.9 |
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1.29 |
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Lost 0.8 feet of
pegmatite core |
5C |
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3.2 |
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3.0 |
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1.42 |
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Visible
spodumene over 1.4 feet not included in assay interval |
11B |
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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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0.00 |
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Missing core data |
5D |
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7.0 |
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5.5 |
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1.85 |
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11C |
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5.8 |
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4.6 |
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1.73 |
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5E |
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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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0.00 |
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Lost hole |
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11D |
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2.7 |
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2.0 |
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1.42 |
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5F |
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7.0 |
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6.4 |
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1.31 |
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12A |
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3.1 |
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2.4 |
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0.97 |
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The 3-D model will be expanded as results from ongoing and
future exploration programs on the property are received by the
Company. This 3-D model can be viewed by following the link
to the company’s website (https://qmcminerals.com).
The upcoming drilling program is expected to
confirm extensions to the strike length of the Irgon Dike and test
mineralization to depth below the current level of historical
drilling within the dike; both of which are expected to rapidly
increase the resource tonnage above the currently reported
historical tonnage of 1.2 million tons. Data received from
the proposed drill program will be used in preparation of a
NI-43-101 report.
HISTORICAL RESOURCEBetween
1953-1954, the Lithium Corporation of Canada Limited drilled 25
holes into the Irgon Dike and subsequently reported a
historical resource estimate of 1.2 million tons
grading 1.51% Li20 over a strike length of 365 meters and to a
depth of 213 meters (Northern Miner, Vol. 41, no.19, Aug. 4, 1955,
p.3). This historical resource is documented in a 1956 Assessment
Report by B. B. Bannatyne for the Lithium Corporation of Canada
Ltd. (Manitoba Assessment Report No. 94932). This historical
estimate is believed to be based on reasonable assumptions and
neither the company nor the QP have any reason to contest the
document’s relevance and reliability. The detailed channel sampling
and a subsequent drill program will be required to update this
historical resource to current NI 43-101 standards. Historic
metallurgical tests reported an 87% recovery from which a
concentrate averaging 5.9% Li2O was obtained.
During this historical 1950-era work program, a
complete mining plant was installed onsite, designed to process 500
tons of ore per day; in addition, a three-compartment shaft was
sunk to a depth of 74 meters. On the 61-metre level, lateral
development was extended off the shaft for a total of 366 meters of
drifting, from which six crosscuts transected the dike. The work
was suspended in 1957, awaiting a more favourable market for
lithium oxides and the mine buildings were removed and the shaft
sealed in 1963.
The mineral reserve cited above is
presented as a historical estimate and uses historical terminology,
which does not conform to current NI43-101 standards. A qualified
person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical
estimate as current mineral resources or mineral reserves. Although
the historical estimates are believed to be based on reasonable
assumptions, they were calculated prior to the implementation of
National Instrument 43-101. These historical estimates do not meet
current standards as defined under sections 1.2 and 1.3 of NI
43-101; consequently, the issuer is not treating the historical
estimate as current mineral resources or mineral
reserves.
Qualified Person and NI 43-101
DisclosureThe technical content of this news release has
been reviewed and approved by Bruce E. Goad, P. Geo., who is a
qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
About the CompanyQMC is a
British Columbia based company engaged in the business of
acquisition, exploration and development of resource properties.
Its objective is to locate and develop economic precious, base,
rare metal and resource properties of merit. The Company’s
properties include the Irgon Lithium Mine project two VMS
properties, the Rocky Lake and Rocky-Namew known collectively as
the Namew Lake District Project. Currently, all of the company’s
properties are located in Manitoba.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
ofQMC QUANTUM MINERALS CORP.
“Balraj Mann”Balraj MannPresident and Chief
Executive Officer
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