Highlights:
- Discovery of a new gold zone 350 metres from Golden Delilah
- SAM-20-15 intersected 23.0 g/t Au over 1.05 metre (open in all directions), included in a wider zone with anomalous Au and As over more than 20 metres
- 3,500 metres of additional drilling planned in the winter of 2021 to test the extensions of this new gold-bearing zone
As a follow-up to the new gold discovery made in
Discovery of a new gold-bearing zone 350 metres southeast of the Golden Delilah zone
Drill hole SAM-20-15, collared approximately 350 metres southeast of the Golden Delilah zone, intersected a new gold-bearing zone grading 23.0 g/t Au over 1.05 metre from 317.10 to 318.15 metres. This new zone is included within a wider interval with anomalous gold and arsenic over more than twenty metres, from 314.95 to 337.25 metres. This new zone, hosted at the contact of ultramafic rocks with pyrite and arsenopyrite mineralization, coincides with a fold nose clearly outlined by the magnetic survey and remains open in all directions.
Table 1: Best results from drill hole SAM-20-15
Drillhole | From (m) | To (m) | Au g/t | Width (m) |
SAM-20-15 | 84.00 | 84.40 | 2.59 | 0.40 |
84.40 | 85.35 | 0.19 | 0.95 | |
314.95 | 315.50 | 0.39 | 0.55 | |
315.50 | 316.50 | 0.01 | 1.00 | |
316.50 | 317.10 | 1.42 | 0.60 | |
317.10 | 318.15 | 23.00 | 1.05 | |
318.15 | 319.00 | 0.54 | 0.85 | |
319.00 | 319.75 | 0.42 | 0.75 | |
335.00 | 335.60 | 0.12 | 0.60 | |
336.75 | 337.25 | 0.17 | 0.50 |
Cautionary statement
The true thickness of reported intervals cannot be determined with the information currently available; intervals are thus reported in core length.
Three (3) drill holes were also completed at 50-metre step-outs above and along strike from the Golden Delilah zone, which graded 99.1 g/t Au over 0.40 metre in drill hole SAM-20-10 (see press release by Midland dated
The three (3) remaining drill holes (SAM-20-16, 17, 07EXT) of the campaign were designed to test geophysical (IP) anomalies but yielded only a few anomalous gold values over metre-scale intervals.
Midland is currently preparing its next drilling campaign, totalling more than 3,500 metres, to follow up on the new gold zone and to test the prospective area between the latter and the Golden Delilah zone.
Table 2: Coordinates of drill holes SAM-20-12 to SAM-20-17 and SAM-20-07EXT
Drillhole | Easting | Northing | Azm | Dip | Length (m) |
SAM-20-12 | 697,587 | 5,529,950 | N215 | -50 | 140.5 |
SAM-20-13 | 697,566 | 5,530,006 | N215 | -55 | 201.0 |
SAM-20-14 | 697,655 | 5,529,945 | N215 | -50 | 201.0 |
SAM-20-15 | 697,955 | 5,529,650 | N265 | -50 | 432.0 |
SAM-20-16 | 698,290 | 5,529,592 | N170 | 50 | 298.4 |
SAM-20-17 | 697,175 | 5,530,220 | N200 | -50 | 227.6 |
SAM-20-07EXT | 698,027 | 5,529,781 | N200 | -50 | 309.0 |
7 ddh's | UTMNAD83Z17 | Total | 1809.5 |
Quality Control
Exploration programs are designed, and results are interpreted by Qualified Persons employing a Quality Assurance/Quality Control program consistent with industry best practices, including the use of standards and blanks for every 20 samples. Core samples from the Golden Delilah mineralized zone were analyzed by atomic absorption (AA-23) with a gravimetric finish for samples grading >10 g/t Au at ALS Minerals laboratories in Val d’Or,
All samples are also analysed for multi-elements, using four-acid ICP–AES method (ME-ICP61) at ALS Minerals laboratories in
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Midland projects in Abitibi
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Samon project location
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Regional geology
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New discovery SAM-20-15
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SAM-20-15 Mineralization
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SAM-20-10 Golden Delilah Zone
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