Marifil Provides Exploration Updates and Announces Feature on BNN
July 03 2019 - 9:58AM
Marifil Mines Limited (TSX.V: MFM) (OTC:
MFMLF) (“
Marifil” or the
“
Company”) is pleased to provide the following
update on its latest mineral exploration activities in the prolific
gold districts of San Juan Province, Argentina. In addition
to these updates, the Company also is pleased to announce that it
will be featured in an upcoming BNN Bloomberg
(“
BNN”) segment, in which Marifil Executive Vice
President and Director, Richard R. Walters, will discuss the
Company as well as its flagship San Roque property, located in the
mining friendly Province of Rio Negro, Argentina (“
San
Roque”).
Ortiquita Project Claim
ApplicationRecently, the Company’s agents in Argentina
have successfully obtained the exclusive exploration rights to
2,166 hectares (~21.7 km2) in the historically productive El Indio
Gold Belt, a mineral rich region of the Andes Mountains spanning
the border between Chile and Argentina that contains large gold,
silver and copper mines. Specifically, the Company lodged a
cateo, or mining exploration claim (“Cateo”), on
land open for claims staking, located roughly 12 km north-northeast
of Barrick Gold Corporation’s Veladero gold mine on the Pascua-Lama
to Veladero epithermal gold deposits trend within the Province of
San Juan, Argentina. This Cateo is named Ortiquita and shares
a 250 square kilometer crowded field of mine claims which belong to
competitors in the area. This was an opportunistic
acquisition by Marifil, which through researching title records
discovered an old Cateo that had expired and was now open for claim
location. The large block of mine claims contains significant
hydrothermal alteration as depicted by satellite imagery.
Favorably altered and gold mineralized volcanic rocks have also
been found in past explorations by various companies working the
large claim block. However, the Company has not yet obtained
or produced a technical data base for the Ortiquita Cateo, and
although it is situated within a highly prospective epithermal gold
zone, specific gold drilling targets remain to be identified, if
any, on the Ortiquita Cateo by future geologic examinations the
Company intends to accomplish.Castaño Mine Claims
ApplicationsElsewhere in the Province of San Juan and
located on the east front of the Andes Mountains, the Company has
also applied for 3,946 hectares of contiguous mine claims
(the “Castaño Mine Claims”). This
parcel includes two exploration Cateos totalling 3,838 hectares,
covering land that was open for staking, in addition to four
existing separate, perfected mine rights (“Minas”
or “Mine Rights”). These Minas amount
to 108 hectares and were recently declared vacant by the San Juan
Department of Mines (“SJDM”). Minas are real
property that exist indefinitely until their contained minerals are
proven to be exhausted. There is industry competition for
some of these claims. As such, the Company’s claim
applications are currently being processing by the SJDM who will
determine which parties will prevail in obtaining the various
claims. The Company expects to know the outcome of this
process within the next two months, and although it is optimistic
it will attain most, if not all, of the mine claims, there is no
assurance the Company will prevail in its efforts.In addition,
Marifil has learned that a major international mining company had
operated some 10 years ago in the zone of the claims the Company is
now applying for. Their previous work defined a prospective
gold zone about 10 kilometers long, but the company subsequently
abandoned their claims when a corporate decision was made to cease
business operations in Argentina. A reconnaissance field
examination by Marifil’s geological staff confirmed this
prospective zone to be part of a northeast trending complex of
hydrothermally altered intrusives (quartz-monzonite porphyries) and
associated hydrothermal breccias containing geochemically anomalous
gold and copper. Proximal to the porphyry and breccia complex
are several lead-zinc-silver and copper-gold veins that make up
portions of the abandoned Castaños Viejo mining district, and for
which Minas are included in the Company’s claims
applications.Should the Company succeed in obtaining the Cateos
being applied for, and subject to availability of additional
funding, the Company will set out to identify specific exploration
drilling targets for large intrusive (porphyry) and volcanic
breccia hosted deposits containing disseminated gold
mineralization.
“While the Company’s primary focus remains on
San Roque, our seasoned exploration team continues to explore for
mineral rich properties within the gold districts of San Juan
province, to add to Marifil’s already impressive asset portfolio,”
stated Robert Abenante, President & CEO of Marifil. “As
gold continues to gain momentum, our ongoing exploration efforts
will continue to strengthen our position in the industry, ” added
Mr. Abenante.Company Marketing Update
Further to the previous updates, the Company
announces that on July 6th and 7th of 2019, Marifil will be
featured on a BNN segment. Richard R. Walters, as Executive
Vice President and Director, will give a 90 second overview of
Marifil to North American audiences over the weekend between 6:00AM
(PDT) and 12:00AM (PDT). The segment can also be found on the
Thomson Reuters Insider Network at https://tmsnrt.rs/2xfred9
and on the BTV website at
https://www.b-tv.com/marifil-mines-gold-property-ceo-clip-90sec/.Qualified
PersonThe expressed opinions and factual and other
information contained within this document has been reviewed and
approved by Richard R. Walters, Executive Vice President,
Exploration and a director of the Company. Mr. Walters is a
“Qualified Person” as defined under NI 43-101 and a certified
Professional Geologist by the American Institute of Professional
Geologists.
ON BEHALF OF MARIFIL MINES
LIMITED “Rob Abenante” Robert Abenante, President &
CEO
Contact Information:
Phone:1-833-669-MINE (6463)Email:
info@marifilmines.com Website:
www.marifilmines.com
For further information regarding Marifil Mines
Limited, please refer to the Company’s filings available on SEDAR
(http://www.sedar.com) or at Marifil’s Website
(http://www.marifilmines.com)
Forward-Looking Statements:
Statements in this news release that are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical,
and consist primarily of projections - statements regarding future
plans, expectations and developments. Words such as
“expects”, “hopes”, “intends”, “plans”, “may”, “could”,
“potential”, “should”, “anticipates”, “likely”, “believes” and
words of similar import tend to identify forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements in this news release
include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future
geologic examinations on the Company’s Ortiquita Cateo and the
Company’s prospective Castaño Mine Claims. All of these
forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause
actual events or results to differ from those expressed or implied,
including, without limitation: (i) that the Company may not conduct
future geological examinations on its Ortiquita Cateo; (ii) that
the SJDM does not approve the Company’s Castaños mining claim
application; (iii) the Company’s inability to obtain additional
financing; (iv) that the Company’s may not set out to identify
specific exploration drilling targets for large intrusive
(porphyry) hosted deposits containing disseminated gold
mineralization on the Castaño Mine Claims, if and when approved by
the SJDM; (v) commodity price fluctuations; (vi) the state of the
capital markets; and (vii) other risks and uncertainties identified
under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s continuous
disclosure documents filed on SEDAR. You are cautioned that
the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all factors and assumptions
which may have been used. The Company cannot assure you that
actual events, performance or results will be consistent with these
forward-looking statements, and management’s assumptions may prove
to be incorrect. The Company’s forward-looking statements
reflect current expectations regarding future events and operating
performance and speak only as of the date hereof and the Company
does not assume any obligation to update forward-looking statements
if circumstances or management’s beliefs, expectations or opinions
should change other than as required by applicable law. For
the reasons set forth above, you should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements.
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