QMX Gold to Complete More Than 35,000M of Drilling in 2020; Updated Bonnefond Resource Estimate on Track for Summer Release
June 23 2020 - 5:30AM
QMX Gold Corporation (“QMX Gold” or the “Company”)
(TSX:V:QMX) is pleased to announce its 2020 summer exploration
program. The program covers several targets on QMX Gold’s extensive
land package in Val d’Or, Quebec (Figure 1). 2020 is expected to be
a very active year for QMX Gold, with more than 35,000m of drilling
planned and the release of an updated resource estimate. Currently,
QMX Gold is operating three drill rigs on its Bonnefond deposit in
order to complete the drilling required for the updated resource
estimate later this summer. With this program nearly complete,
drilling over the summer will focus on the Bonnefond Shears
in the East Zone and the high-grade River and Poulmaque targets in
the Bourlamaque Batholith.
Figure 1: QMX’s extensive and target
rich land
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“QMX Gold is in an exceptionally strong
position with a solid balance sheet, multiple highly prospective
targets in the Val d’Or East camp and its resource update expected
in the coming months.” stated Brad Humphrey, President and CEO of
QMX Gold “We are particularly excited about getting back on the
River Target, commencing our first drill program on the highly
prospective Poulmaque Target and continuing to expand the Bonnefond
trend. With three drill rigs now turning and several holes awaiting
assay results from the winter program, we anticipate a lot of
positive news flow over the summer and into the fall.”
The Bonnefond Deposit and Shear
zones, located in the East Zone, remains one of QMX Gold’s
primary targets. Since January 2020, QMX Gold has drilled 18,000m
on Bonnefond and is currently finishing the infill drilling program
on the western part of the Bonnefond intrusive. Once the drilling
is completed, QMX Gold will update its initial 2019 resource
estimate and commence a 10,000m exploration drilling campaign to
test the potential of the higher grade shear zones located north of
the Bonnefond intrusive. The north shear zones have returned
3.90g/t Au over 6.2m and 3.14g/t Au over 7.9 m in DDH 17315-18-072
(See Press Release January 29, 2019).
Bonnefond 2019 highlights include:
- 3.69g/t Au over 114.6m in the
tonalite in DDH 17315-19-087 (See Press Release, December 5,
2019).
- 114.48g/t Au over 1.4m in a shear
zones south of the intrusive in DDH 17315-19-080 (See Press Release
May 29, 2019).
- An open-pit constrained resource
with 258,700 ounces at 1.69g/t Au Indicated and 145,100 ounces at
1.87g/t Au Inferred. (See Press Release July 30, 2019).
The River Target, located in
the eastern part of the Bourlamaque batholith, was one of QMX
Gold’s highly successful targets drilled in late 2019. During the
summer of 2020, QMX Gold will complete a second phase of drilling
to further explore the potential of the River Target. This first
phase will consist of at least 5,000m.
River Target 2019 highlights include:
- 39.83g/t Au over 2.0m in a quartz
vein in DDH 17421-19-046 (See Press Release January 26, 2020).
- 38.69g/t Au over 3.5m in a quartz
vein in DDH 17421-19-048 (See Press Release February 24,
2020).
The Poulmaque Target, located
on the western part of the Bourlamaque batholith, is a prospective
area extending on a 3.5km north-south strike in the south western
part of the Bourlamaque batholith. The Poulmaque target is located
3km west of Probe Metals “Courvan gold trend” and 5km from the
“Pascalis gold trend”.
The northern end of the target hosts the F-Zone
and the southern end the Callahan deposit on QMX Gold’s Beacon
property. The F-Zone is located in the western end of the Ferderber
shear and has returned 10.93g/t Au over 1.4m and 28.45g/t Au over
1.6m according to the MERN Sigeom database. The Callahan deposit
was drilled by QMX in 2017 and DDH 17319-17-005 intersected quartz
veins grading 32.6g/t Au over 1.0m and 7.6g/t Au over 3.0m (See
Press Release May 23, 2017).
During the summer of 2020, QMX will conduct an
initial reconnaissance drilling program of at least 3,000m in this
area.
Quality Control
During the drilling program, assay samples are
taken from the NQ core and sawed in half. One half is sent to
Swaslab Ltd. or Agat Laboratories. Both are certified commercial
laboratories. The other half of the core is retained for future
reference. A strict quality assurance and quality control program
was applied to all samples; which included insertion of mineralized
standards, blank samples and duplicates inside each batch of 20
samples. The gold analyses were completed by fire-assay with an
atomic absorption finish on 50 grams of material. Repeats were
carried out by fire-assay with a gravimetric finish on each sample
containing 5.0 g/t Au or more. The gold analyses were undertaken by
fire-assay on 50 grams of pulp with an atomic absorption finish.
Repeats were carried out by fire-assay with a gravimetric finish on
each sample containing 5.0 g/t Au or more.
Qualified Persons
The scientific and technical content of this
press release has been reviewed, prepared and approved by Mélanie
Pichon, P.Geo, M.Sc, Exploration Manager, who is a "Qualified
Person" as defined by National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of
Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101").
About QMX Gold Corporation
QMX Gold Corporation is a Canadian based
resource company traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the
symbol “QMX”. The Company is systematically exploring its extensive
property position in the Val d’Or mining camp in the Abitibi
District of Quebec. QMX Gold is currently drilling in the Val d’Or
East portion of its land package focused on the Bonnefond Deposit
and in the Bourlamaque Batholith. In addition to its extensive land
package QMX Gold owns the strategically located Aurbel gold mill
and tailings facility.
Contact Information: |
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Brad Humphrey President and CEO |
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Louis BaribeauPublic RelationsTel: (514) 667-2304 |
Toll free: +1 877-717-3027 |
Email: info@qmxgold.ca |
Website: www.qmxgold.ca |
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