Walker River Resources Corp.
(“
Walker” or the “
Company”)
(TSX-V: “
WRR”) is pleased to provide an update on
its 2021 reverse circulation (“
RC”) drill program
at the 100% owned Lapon Gold Project located approximately 60
kilometres southeast of Yerington, Nevada.
A total of 14 holes (1750 meters) were completed.
Sample preparation of the drill holes has been finalized, with 816
samples submitted to the certified laboratory facilities in Sparks,
NV.
Significantly, visible gold (VG) was observed in
hole LC 21-76 at a depth of 18 meters (see news release 11/15/21)
and in Hole LC 21-80 at 51 meters depth, in chip trays used for
visual logging purposes at the drill rig.
The 2021 drilling programs were designed to
determine structure and morphology for 3D geological modelling.
Follow up drilling also targeted the extensions of the high-grade
zones and corridors, both at depth and along strike, as discovered
in previous drilling at Lapon Canyon. The Company will await
further assay results prior to the positioning of new additional
holes in these areas.
Most recently, following up drilling targeted the
previous discovery of hole LC 21-65 (1.88 g/t over 54.8 meters, see
news release 08/18/21). Significantly, drilling encountered fresh
granite, varying in thickness from 4 to 20 meters overlying the
altered and silica rich mineralized zone. In hole LC 21-84, a
second mineralized zone was encountered underneath fresh granite at
a depth of 120 meters. This second alteration has an apparent
thickness of over 30 meters.
Assays are pending from the recently submitted
samples, results will be released as they become available.
The Company also attempted drilling at the Pikes
Peak portion of the Lapon Gold Project. However, with deteriorating
weather conditions (snow & rain) and water damage to the steep
grade portions of the drill access road, it was deemed unsafe in
consultations with the drill contractor. Drilling will be
undertaken as soon as possible when deemed safe to do so.
Significant historical mining activities are present (shafts,
adits, mill) in a copper-gold setting. Sampling by the Company
returned values of 9 g/t gold and 2.2% copper from outcrop here. It
is also significant that there are no records of past drilling or
modern-day exploration ever carried out at Pikes Peak.
To date the Company has received assay results from
72 drillholes at the Lapon Canyon project. Of these, 19 returned
significant higher grades, 23 returned significant lower grades, 16
were carried out in unaltered granite, and 12 were
lost/abandoned.
The gold mineralization at Lapon Canyon is
contained in a wide (300 meters), long (over 4km strike length),
intensely altered (sericite, iron oxides) sheared and faulted NE
trending zone. Gold mineralization is present pervasively
throughout as an envelope of lower grade mineralization (0.5 to 2.0
g/t Au) enveloping distinct high-grade structures, that have been
drilled over a strike length of over 850 meters and a vertical
extent of 400 meters. The high-grade gold mineralization is
encountered in discrete, traceable zones located at the
intersection of flat lying porphyry dikes and vertical stockwork
fracture chimneys.
Finally, the Company announces Michael Hackman has
resigned as a director of the Company. Walker would like to thank
Mr. Hackman for his contributions to the Company and wishes him
well in his future endeavors.
About the Lapon
Gold Project
The Lapon Gold Project consists of 147 claims (2940
acres) situated in the Wassuk Range, within the Walker Lane shear
zone, a 100 km wide structural corridor extending in a southeast
direction from Reno, Nevada. The Project is easily accessible by
secondary state roads from the main highway (25 kilometres), and is
located approximately 60 kilometres southeast of Yerington, Nevada.
A state power grid transmission line passes within three kilometres
of the Project.
The Lapon Gold Project includes Lapon Canyon, the
Pikes Peak claims located 4 kilometres to the north, and the
Rattlesnake and Range Front claims 3 kilometres to the west and
over 600 meters lower than the present drilling at Lapon Canyon.
The Rattlesnake, Range Front, and Pikers Peak claims cover over 8
km of possible extensions of the range front zones to the west,
north, and south of Lapon Canyon, adding several additional drill
target areas to the project. Rattlesnake and Pikes Peak contain
numerous historical mining and milling areas that consist of adits
at different levels, shafts and underground workings, and a network
of existing roads providing access throughout. Little or no
exploration work has been carried out on these claims prior to
Walker’s arrival. It is notable that the Rattlesnake area and adits
are on strike with the Lapon Canyon discoveries located 3 km on
strike and 600 meters above.
Lapon Canyon hosts historical high grade gold
mining with approximately 2000 feet of undergoing workings in three
adits. Historical underground work returned numerous assay values
in the one ounce per ton range, with a sample at the end of the A
adit returning 20.6 ounces per ton Au. (NI43-101, Montgomery and
Barr, 2004).
Sampling Methodology, Chain of Custody,
Quality Control and Quality Assurance
All sampling was conducted under the supervision of
the Company's project geologists and the chain of custody from the
drill to the sample preparation facility was continuously
monitored. A blank or certified reference material was inserted
approximately every tenth sample. The Lapon Canyon samples were
delivered to American Assays Laboratories’ certified laboratory
facilities in Sparks, NV. The samples are crushed, pulverized and
the sample pulps digested and analyzed for gold using fire assay
fusion and a 50g gravimetric finish. Intensely altered samples used
a 1 kg pulp screened to 100 microns. Duplicate assay on screen
undersize. Assay of entire oversize fraction.
Samples are taken and bagged directly at the drill
rig at every 1.5 meter interval, standard in the exploration
industry. A small sample is also taken at the drill rig and put
into a chip tray for examination purposes and to determine those
sample bags that should be sent to the lab for assay purposes.
Often this work is carried out using a microscope for the
examination of the rock chips. The full sample bag from the
interval chosen for assay purposes is then sent directly from the
drill site to the lab, located in Sparks, NV.
The scientific and technical content and
interpretations contained in this news release have been reviewed,
verified and approved by E. Gauthier, geol., Eng (OIQ) a Qualified
Person as defined by NI 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral
Projects.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“Michel
David”________________________Michel David,Chief
Executive Officer and Director
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE
CONTACT:
Walker River Resources Corp.Tel: 819 874-0030Fax:
819 825-1199Email: info@wrrgold.comWebsite: www.wrrgold.com
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- WRR News Release December 16 2021
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