Highway 50 Gold (HWY-V) Completes 2017 Drilling at Monroe Project
Dec 7, '17 - NR
Highway 50 Gold announces the completion of 3,080 metres of drilling at the Monroe Project located in southeastern British Columbia. The drilling was in three step out holes from drillhole HWY-16-01 where previous drilling intersected a 160 metre thick zone of replacement style sphalerite-galena mineralization hosted intermittantly within the Sullivan Mine Sequence. This mineralization is accompanied by moderate to strong albitization which may represent an alteration front peripheral to an economic lead-zinc-silver deposit.
A similar style of mineralization is noted 1,500 metres southwest of the Sullivan Mine in the vicinity of the Stemwinder and North Star mines. Sullivan, Stemwinder and North Star are located within the Sullivan Mine Corridor, a zone of altered and mineralized Lower Aldridge Formation which comprises the mineralizing system that hosted the 160 million ton Sullivan lead-zinc-silver deposit. Average grades at Sullivan were 6.5% lead, 5.68% zinc and 2 oz/ton Ag. The pierce points of drillholes HWY-17-04, HWY-17-05 and HWY-17-06 are 400 metres west, 400 metres northeast and 425 metres north from HWY-16-01, respectively. Lead-zinc mineralization was encountered in all the drill holes within the Sullivan Mine section with the strongest and thickest mineralized interval ocurring in HWY-16-01. Analysis of the five completed drill holes at Monroe suggests the centre of the hydrothermal system is southeast of HWY-16-01 based on thickening of local calcareous sediments, vented fragmentals, carbonaceous muds, and the mineralized section. An altered and pyrrhotite mineralized gabbro intrusive intersected in HWY-17-05 may be an expression of the upper levels of the heat engine driving this hydrothermal cell.
Based upon this evidence, the Company plans to re-commence drilling in Q2-2018; deepening HWY 16-02 and completing two additional drill holes targeted near the projected centre of the system.
The scientific and technical disclosure in this news release has been approved by Gordon P. Leask, P.Eng., President and CEO of the Company, and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 (Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects).
For additional information:
Gordon P. Leask, P.Eng. or John M. Leask, P.Eng.
Tel: 604.681.4462
Email: gord@highway50gold.com or jml@highway50gold.com
About Highway 50 Gold Corp.
Highway 50 Gold Corp. is a mineral exploration stage company led by a team of experienced explorers and deal-makers. The Company is executing an exploration plan refined over 25 years of experience in Nevada and the Aldridge Formation of southeastern B.C. The exploration focus on its projects are a result of what management believes to be breakthroughs in the understanding of north-central Nevada's crustal architecture and new geological understanding on the Monroe property in B.C. |
