McFarlane Lake Mining Limited ("McFarlane" or the "Company") (CBOE:MLM)(OTCQB:MLMLF), is excited to announce results of recent exploration diamond drilling conducted at its 100% owned past producing McMillan Gold Mine located 70 km west of Sudbury, Ontario (Figure 1).
The McMillan Gold Mine was a past producer of gold and is located within 3 km from major highways and power lines. Located geologically in the Huronian Gold Belt, this area of the province has been consistently identified as a top gold and polymetallic exploration opportunity as highlighted in the Ontario Geological Survey "Recommendation for Exploration 2010 to 2011" and "Recommendation for Exploration 2017 to 2018."
Figure 1. Property Location - McMillan Gold Mine.
McMillan Drilling Program
The company has drilled 6 holes for approximately 2,000 meters of drilling to date. The strategy of the ongoing drill program is to verify past historical gold intercepts and test the continuity of gold mineralization around the historic McMillan Gold Mine. A longitudinal section showing the location of recent drill holes, the historical intercepts and mine workings can be seen in Figure 2. Drill assay highlights can be seen in Table 1.
Figure 2. McMillan Mine Longitudinal Section - Recent and Historic Gold Intercepts and Historic Mine Workings
Drill hole MLMM-08-05W1 intersected a wide zone of mineralized quartz sulphide stockwork that returned 2.7 gpt gold over 31.35 metres including 5.6 gpt gold over 13 metres that contained a higher-grade zone of 10.7 gpt gold over 5 metres. Follow-up hole MLMM-24-04 (assays pending), drilled about 50 metres below and 20 metres west to target a Borehole EM anomaly, encountered a 54-metre quartz-sulphide stockwork zone from 336 to 390 metres core length, approximately 300 metres below surface (Figure 3). The quartz stockwork contained several sulphide minerals such as copper carrying chalcopyrite, as well as pyrite, pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite. The mineralization and geology in drill hole MLMM-24-04 appears to be similar to that of drill hole MLMM-05-08W1.
"We just started drilling this property," said Mark Trevisiol CEO of McFarlane, adding "Its extremely encouraging and exciting to discover the presence of high-grade gold over significant widths. The system remains open, and further exploration is needed to materially expand the mineralization. Being only 70 km away from the largest mining camp in North America adds to the overall attractiveness in exploring and developing this property."
Figure 3. Drill core from MLMM-24-04 showing 54m intersection of quartz sulphide stockwork (assays pending)
Table 1. Drilling Assay Highlights
Drill Hole ID
From (m)
To (m)
Interval (1) (m)
Gold Grade (g/t)
MLMM-08-05W1
332.55
363.90
31.35
2.7
Including
332.55
348.65
16.1
4.8
Including
335.65
348.65
13
5.6
Including
343.65
348.65
5
10.7
Including
345.55
348.65
3.1
12.9
Including
345.55
346.55
1
18.1
and including
348.10
348.65
0.55
25.8
MLMM-24-01
156.10
170.00
13.90
1.5
Including
156.60
161.05
4.45
3.6
And including
160.80
161.05
0.25
14.9
MLMM-24-02A
206.10
207.30
1.2
1.6
And
224.00
224.30
0.3
4.1
And
212.50
213.00
0.5
4.8
MLMM-05-13W1
398.60
424.70
26.1
1.3
Including
399.20
400.60
1.4
5.2
and including
405.90
408.05
2.15
3.1
And including
422.00
424.70
2.7
6.1
(1) Thicknesses are core lengths; true widths are not known.
Table 2. Details of drill holes reported in this press release.
Drill Hole
Azimuth
(Degrees)
Dip
(Degrees)
Length
(metres)
Easting (UTM)
Northing (UTM)
MLMM-24-01
180.1
-45.4
195
438698
5110060
MLMM-24-02A
190.3
-63
240
438655
5110064
MLMM-05-13W1
180
-63
513
438636
5110194
MLMM-08-05W1
180
-51
369
438657
5110211
For Further Information, Please Contact: Mark Trevisiol, Chief Executive Officer McFarlane Lake Mining Limited info@mcfarlanelakemining.com
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical information disclosed in this news release was reviewed and approved by Wesley Whymark, P. Geo., Consulting Geologist for the company, and a Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101.
Technical Information
The drill core samples collected by McFarlane Lake Mining and described in this news release were placed in core boxes by the drill crew contracted by the company. Core was then transported by McFarlane personal to a secure processing facility. The core is then reviewed with core metreage blocks checked to verify core integrity, geologically logged and samples marked. Core samples are cut in half, with one half remaining in the box and the other inserted into a clean plastic bag with a sample tag. Certified reference materials are inserted into the sample stream at a rate no less than 10%. Samples are then transported in secure sealed bags with security tags for preparation and assay by MSA Labs in Timmins a certified lab with AC89, IAS accreditation and compliance with ISO/IEC standard 17025:2017. Samples reported were crushed in their entirety to 70% passing 2 mm, with one 300 to 500 g subsample split and placed into a jar for analysis by photon assay. Samples with visible gold were assayed to completion by splitting the sample into multiple 300 to 500g jars until no material remains with analysis by photon assay.
Historical information has been taken from the "Technical Report on the McMillan Gold Mine Property compiled for Garson Resources 2006, by H.R. Butler.
Table 1: Current Purdex Zone Mineral Resource at 2.6 g/t Au cut-off
Classification
Tonnes
(k)
Au
(g/t)
Au (k Oz)
Indicated
152
9.38
45.8
Inferred
287
10.43
96.2
About McFarlane Lake Mining Limited
McFarlane is a gold exploration company focused on the exploration and development of its portfolio of properties. The past producing McMillan and Mongowin gold properties, located 70 km west of Sudbury, Ontario, the past producing West Hawk Lake property located immediately west of the Ontario-Manitoba border, and the High Lake gold property (see Table 1 for resource statement) located immediately east of the Ontario-Manitoba border and 8 km from the West Hawk Lake property. McFarlane also owns the Michaud/Munro mineral property situated 115 km east of Timmins along the so-called "Golden Highway". McFarlane is a "reporting issuer" under applicable securities legislation in the provinces of, British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.
Additional information on McFarlane can be found by reviewing its profile on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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