Galway Metals: Step Out Drilling Intersects 14.6 g/t Au over 10.2m and 7.3 g/t Au over 4.6m Near Surface at Clarence Stream North Zone

TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / July 18, 2017 / Galway Metals Inc. (GWM.V) (the "Company" or "Galway") is pleased to announce assay results from 31 diamond drill holes (5,302 meters) at its Clarence Stream gold property located in southwestern New Brunswick, Canada, drilled in and around the North Zone. Since the Company entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the property on August 3, 2016, 69 holes have been drilled and results from 57 holes have been reported. On May 31, 2017, Galway announced that it had contracted SRK Consulting (U.S.), Inc. to undertake a maiden pit constrained resource estimate and updated underground resource estimate to unlock potential of near-surface, high-grade gold mineralization, which is scheduled for completion by the end of September.

Robert Hinchcliffe, President and CEO of Galway Metals, said, "The ability to fill in gaps from historical drilling programs was one of the main drivers, among other factors, that peaked our interest when acquiring Clarence Stream. A huge advantage of getting involved in projects with historical drilling is that it's far more cost and time effective to increase the size of the resource. 95% of the North Zone resource is currently 360 metres by 320 metres in a bowl shape. The new strong results are significant because they appear to extend the North Zone 1,250 metres to the southeast and then east."

Highlights of Drill Results Include:

  • 14.6 g/t Au over 10.2 metres (m), including 37.3 g/t Au over 1.1 m, 36.1 g/t Au over 1.0 m, and 31.7 g/t Au over 1.0 m at a vertical depth of 41 m;

  • 7.3 g/t Au over 4.6 m, including 12.4 g/t Au over 2.6 m at a vertical depth of 55 m; and

  • 16.6 g/t Au over 2.1 m, including 32.7 g/t Au over 1.0 m starting at a vertical depth of 28 m.

Results From Galway's First Pass at Filling in Historical Drilling are Promising

The North Zone step out drill program was designed to add to potential near surface resources by drilling many short holes covering a large area between previously-drilled and well mineralized zones (Figure 1). All three holes noted above, and a previously reported intersect that contained 2.8 g/t Au over 14.0 metres, including 56.2 g/t Au over 0.6 metres (March 28, 2017), are located approximately midway between the 550-metre gap that separates the main North Zone resource from a smaller zone to the southeast that is not currently included in the resource. Another zone 840 metres southeast of the main resource, which contains 5% of the existing resource, will be the target of a future drill program, both to link up and extend the zones.