Millrock and Resolution to Begin Drilling on Aurora Target, West Pogo Block, 64North Gold Project, Alaska
March 02 2020 - 9:00AM
Millrock Resources Inc. (TSX-V: MRO, OTCQB: MLRKF) ("Millrock" or
the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on upcoming drilling
at 64North.
Millrock President & CEO commented: “The proximity to a
high-grade mine, and proximity to a new high-grade gold deposit
discovery made by our neighbours just on the other side of our
mutual claim boundary, along with strong geological, geochemical
and geophysical anomalies, make the Aurora target highly
compelling.”
64North Gold Project, Goodpaster Mining District,
Alaska.Initial drilling at the Aurora target on the West
Pogo Block of the 64North Gold Project is scheduled to begin in
early March 2020. The camp and drill rig are presently being
mobilized to the Aurora target, located to the immediate west of
the Pogo Gold Mine operated by Northern Star. Earn-in partner,
Resolution Minerals Ltd., (“Resolution” ASX: RML)
is funding the work.
Millrock and Resolution technical teams have collaborated to
analyze data and choose the first targets. The initial drilling
phase will consist of four holes totaling 2,000 meters and will
test the Aurora target. The target area is located within sight and
approximately 2.5 to 3.5 kilometers west of Northern Star’s Pogo
Mine. Northern Star reports an endowment of approximately 10
million ounces of gold at Pogo. More recently Northern Star has
reported discovery of the Goodpaster gold deposit northwest of the
mine, even closer to the mutual Millrock – Northern Star claim
boundary and the Aurora target. Millrock cautions that
mineralization on the nearby Northern Star property is not
necessarily indicative of gold mineralization hosted on the
Company’s property.
The Aurora target is a 1.5 by 4.0 kilometer long zone of
low-magnetic rocks adjacent to a late diorite intrusion. The
setting is very similar to that observed at the Pogo Mine. Millrock
postulates that the late diorite body intruded along a westerly
extension of the Liese Creek fault which is known to have played a
key role in the genesis of the Pogo gold deposits. Highly anomalous
gold-bismuth-arsenic in soil is documented. High-angle gold-bearing
quartz veins have been intersected by prior drilling, however, the
few holes drilled by earlier workers did not go deep enough to
intersect the low-angle, regional shear zone that is known to host
gold at Pogo and the Goodpaster Deposit. Millrock believes this
structure exists at the Aurora target. From a recent CSAMT survey,
the depth to the shear zone is 150 meters on the east and 450
meters depth on the west end of the Aurora target.
Drilling will begin at the east end of the target and is
scheduled to be complete by early April. A second contingent
drilling phase in the vicinity of the Half-Ounce-Gulch prospect is
tentatively scheduled for May 2020.
The various attributes of the target and the approximate drill
hole locations are shown on the following compilation map.
Figure 1 is available at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d82ed74f-e71f-42b8-9a7f-00b59fc63a20
Resolution can earn up to a 60% interest in the 64North Gold
Project through exploration expenditures of US$20 million, payment
of US$200,000 cash and issuance of 38 million Resolution shares.
The minimum commitment for 2020 is US$5.0 million. Other details of
the agreement between Millrock and Resolution are documented in
Millrock’s announcement made on December 16, 2019.
Stock Option GrantThe Millrock Board of
Directors has approved, in accordance with the Company’s stock
option plan, a grant of stock options to employees, officers,
directors, and advisors of the company. The company has granted a
total of 2,430,000 stock options that may be exercised at $0.135
for five years.
Qualified Person The scientific and technical
information disclosed within this document has been prepared,
reviewed and approved by Gregory A. Beischer, President, CEO and a
director of Millrock Resources. Mr. Beischer is a qualified person
as defined in NI 43-101.
About Millrock Resources Inc.Millrock Resources
Inc. is a premier project generator to the mining industry.
Millrock identifies, packages, and operates large-scale projects
for joint venture, thereby exposing its shareholders to the
benefits of mineral discovery without the usual financial risk
taken on by most exploration companies. The company is
recognized as the premier generative explorer in Alaska, holds
royalty interests in British Columbia, Canada, and Sonora State,
Mexico and is a significant shareholder of junior explorer ArcWest
Exploration Inc. Funding for drilling at Millrock’s exploration
projects is primarily provided by its joint venture
partners. Business partners of Millrock have included some of
the leading names in the mining industry: EMX Royalty, Centerra
Gold, First Quantum, Teck, Kinross, Vale, Inmet and, Altius as well
as junior explorers Resolution, Riverside and PolarX.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD “Gregory Beischer”
Gregory Beischer, President & CEO
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Melanee Henderson, Investor Relations (604) 638-3164 (877) 217-8978
(toll-free)
Some statements in this news release contain forward-looking
information (within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation)
including, without limitation, management’s expectation that
drilling will successfully be carried out in the first quarter of
2020. These statements address future events and conditions and, as
such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by the statements.
Such factors include, without limitation, Millrock’s ability to
mobilize the drill rig and camp and complete the drilling work and
customary risks of the resource industry.
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