Rockland Cuts 0.62% Ni, 0.20% Cu and 0.32 g/t Pt+Pd at Retty Lake, Labrador Trough, Quebec, Stakes Additional Claims
November 22 2011 - 9:00AM
Marketwired
Rockland Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RL) (the "Company") is pleased
to announce receipt of partial drill results from the Retty Lake
Project claims immediately adjacent to the Blue Lake Cu-Ni-PGE
cluster, located in Labrador Trough, Quebec. The Rockland results
confirm the presence of strongly anomalous copper, nickel platinum
and palladium in the target rocks of the Retty Lake middle
peridotite sill. This middle peridotite unit hosts the adjacent
Blue Lake Cu-Ni-PGE deposits which Rockland recently optioned.
Drilling results also confirm the existence of "stacked" Cu-Ni-PGE
mineralization in multiple horizons, similar to new discoveries in
the southern Raglan Belt in Quebec's Ungava region. Highlights
include, 4 meters grading 0.20% copper, 0.62% nickel, and 0.32 g/t
combined platinum-palladium in the upper peridotite sill at Berry
Lake. Hole 849-1 also encountered silver mineralization in
sulfide-rich black shale in the Nancy Lake area, where a 2-meter
intercept (from 110.17 to 112.17m) reported 444 g/t Ag and 0.19% Cu
by Atomic Absorption analysis, representing a new target for
follow-up drilling. Partial drill results:
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From To Length Cu Ni Pt Pd S total
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Hole Meters Meters Meters % % g/t g/t %
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849-1 68.07m 72.07m 4.00m 0.27% 0.15% 0.046 0.182 7.2%
g/t g/t
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849-3 125.01m 153.01m 28.00m 0.12% 0.12% 0.027 0.105 3.3%
g/t g/t
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849-4 127.00m 141.71m 14.71m 0.10% 0.12% 0.026 0.078 2.1%
g/t g/t
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849-5 50.19m 58.19m 8.00m 0.15% 0.19% 0.048 0.149 3.8%
g/t g/t
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849-7 129.45m 133.45m 4.00m 0.14% 0.10% 0.033 0.124 3.3%
g/t g/t
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849-7 159.49m 167.49m 8.00m 0.06% 0.07% 0.018 0.065 3.1%
g/t g/t
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849-9 32.92m 63.92m 31.00m 0.078% 0.260% 0.061 0.116 6.0%
g/t g/t
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including 53.92m 57.92m 4.00m 0.20% 0.62% 0.106 0.214 6.8%
g/t g/t
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New Staking
Based on these results, Rockland has staked 18 new claims
covering fold axes within the Retty Lake Syncline structure, to
protect the most favourable targets. This compliments recent
staking of the Berry Lake Syncline structure to the east of Blue
Lake by Anglo American, which ties-on to the Rockland Berry Lake
claim block.
George F. Sanders, P.Geo, a director of the Company and the
Qualified Person under NI 43-101 responsible for the technical
content of this news release, states: "These results confirm the
next exploration targets in this highly prospective Cu-Ni-PGE play
with strong similarities to the Southern Raglan belt in Quebec's
Ungava region. We will offset these holes to zero-in on additional
sulfide lenses in a manner similar to exploration successes in the
Blue Lake cluster, where offset drilling by La Fosse approximately
doubled the non 43-101 compliant tonnage drilled by Hollinger North
Shore Exploration in the 1950's through the 1970's. Rockland's new
staking protects the keel of the big Retty Lake Syncline, and
covers the Terrier Lake Anticline structure, both highly favourable
targets for upgraded Cu-Ni-PGE values due to dynamic metamorphism
during folding."
Berry Lake
The Company's claims at Berry Lake contain a significant, large
Cu-Ni-PGE showing in the upper peridotite sill which daylights at
the north end of the large Berry Lake Syncline. This entire area
was recently staked by Anglo American -- right up to the Rockland
property line. Mineralization in the upper peridotite sill points
to a "stacked" geometry not previously described in the district,
and Rockland encountered dyke-margin facies in several of the Retty
Lake drill holes, lending support to this idea.
An updated map and drill hole sections have been posted on the
Company website at www.rocklandminerals.ca.
We seek Safe Harbor.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Rav Mlait, President and CEO
Rockland Minerals Corp.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Contacts: Rockland Minerals Corp. Rav Mlait President and CEO
(604) 551-7831 (604) 676-2767
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