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Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - January 9, 2025) - Bold Ventures Inc. (TSXV: BOL) (the "Company" or "Bold") is pleased to announce that it has received additional grab sample results ranging from 10 ppb Au up to 68,000 ppb Au (68 g/t or 2.2 oz/t gold (Au)) at the newly identified 111 ("one-eleven") Zone at its Burchell Gold and Copper Property ("the Property"). The samples were collected during a short follow up sampling program in December 2024, in the vicinity of previous samples taken in November 2024. The November samples returned values ranging from < 15 ppb Au up to 56,900 ppb Au (56.9 g/t). Please refer to Bold press release dated December 12, 2024. The 68 g/t Au sample was obtained approximately 3 meters north of the 56.9 g/t Au sample.
The 8 new samples collected at the 111 Zone in December consist of strongly sheared, strongly silicified, sericitized, tuffaceous mafic to intermediate volcanics, containing generally minor but up to 5% disseminated pyrite, and several fine specks of visible gold in the case of the sample which returned 68 g/t Au. The east-northeast-trending zone has limited exposure and appears to be at least 3 meters wide in outcrop, situated within a broad (>100 m wide) alteration zone that coincides with a prominent magnetic low. The zone of anomalous gold remains open in all directions.
Except for limited prospecting and sampling along strike during previous work by the Company, the 111 Zone has seen no known historical exploration work. During the upcoming 2025 field season, the Company intends to carry out backhoe stripping as well as mapping and sampling to ascertain the width of the zone. This work will be combined with additional prospecting and soil sampling along the 111 Zone and its strike extension to the southwest and northeast.
For a sketch map of the gold-bearing zone see Figure 1.
For descriptions of samples collected in December 2024 please see Table 1 below.
For descriptions and locations of samples collected in November 2024 please see Bold press release dated December 12, 2024.
Photo 1: Sample C277097, 68 g/t Au or 2.2 oz/t gold (Au)
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Table 1
Table 1: December 2024 111 Zone Grab Samples | |||||||
Sample No. | Date | Area | X (UTM Z15) | Y (UTM Z15) | Source | Description | Au ppb |
C277092 | 2024-12-04 | 111 Zone | 676832.3 | 5380320 | Outcrop | Strongly silicified, sheared, sericitized mafic volcanic with rusty yellow-brown (iron carb + sericite?) seams / shear planes, trace pyrite. Outcrop 0.5m NE of C277090 from Nov. (56.9 g/t Au sample). | 66 |
C277093 | 2024-12-04 | 111 Zone | 676833.1 | 5380321 | Outcrop | Similar to previous but local bands of increased silica alteration associated with pyrite, trace-0.5% overall. Outcrop 1m NE of previous. | 10 |
C277094 | 2024-12-04 | 111 Zone | 676833.9 | 5380321 | Outcrop | Similar to previous. Outcrop 1m NE of previous. | 29 |
C277095 | 2024-12-04 | 111 Zone | 676835.5 | 5380323 | Outcrop | Similar to C277092. Outcrop 2.5m NE of previous. | 304 |
C277096 | 2024-12-04 | 111 Zone | 676835.1 | 5380323 | Outcrop | Similar to C277092. Outcrop 0.5m NW of previous. | 54 |
C277097 | 2024-12-04 | 111 Zone | 676832.5 | 5380323 | Subcrop | Similar to C277092 but with trace visible gold within or near orange-brown seams / shear planes. Subcrop near Nov. sample C277089. | 68000 |
C277098 | 2024-12-04 | 111 Zone | 676841 | 5380329 | Outcrop | Similar to C277092 but more quartz-flooded, with 4-5% pyrite as stringers / disseminations. | 1810 |
C277099 | 2024-12-04 | 111 Zone | 676843 | 5380327 | Outcrop | Strongly silicified, sheared mafic volcanic with minor pyrite. Outcrop 2.5m SE of previous. | 80 |