Serengeti Resources Inc. (SIR:
TSX-V) ("Serengeti" or "the Company") is pleased to
report the first batch of assay results from the 2020 drilling
campaign completed at the Kwanika Project in north-central BC. A
total of 4,350 metres were drilled in 9 holes testing a number of
exploration targets and resource expansion opportunities. The
advanced resource-stage Kwanika project is ~26,000 hectares, held
by Kwanika Copper Corporation (KCC)*, and is located in the Quesnel
Trough of British Columbia which hosts numerous porphyry
copper-gold deposits.
“The significance of these results can’t be
understated in terms of their positive impact on the Central Zone
at Kwanika. K-198, the infill hole, besides confirming a very
long mineralized intercept continues to demonstrate the presence of
discrete higher grade intervals that may be amenable to more
selective mining within the overall underground resource shape.
Furthermore, it appears that the bounding Pinchi fault lies further
west than previously modelled which may allow us to bring existing
resources back into a potential mine plan. K-197 opens up the
Central Zone to the south and K196 demonstrates that a deep
copper-gold system occurs some 500 meters to the north of the
Central Zone associated with a strong IP geophysical signature and
both areas warrant additional drilling to continue to firm up
resource expansion opportunities”, stated David W. Moore President
& CEO of Serengeti Resources.
Project Highlights
-
K-196: 0.15% Cu, 0.20 g/t Au, 0.6 g/t Ag (0.46 g/t
AuEq) over 149.6 m, from 183.3 to 332.9 m
- And 0.12% Cu, 0.13 g/t
Au, 0.9 g/t Ag (0.34 g/t AuEq) over 244.0 m, from 586.4 to 830.4
m
- Intersected a newly
recognized deep Cu-Au system that remains open to the north.
-
K-197: 0.29% Cu, 0.09 g/t Au, 1.3 g/t Ag (0.59 g/t
AuEq) over 222.0 m, from 197.0 to 419.0 m
- Including 0.38% Cu,
0.09 g/t Au, 1.6 g/t Ag (0.76 g/t AuEq) over 95.2 m, from 200.8 to
296.0 m
- Opens up the Central
Zone for expansion below and to the south of current pit
constrained resource.
- K-198: 0.40%
Cu, 0.65 g/t Au, 1.9 g/t Ag (1.34 g/t AuEq) over 697.6 m, from
214.7 to 912.3 m
- Including
0.70% Cu, 2.10 g/t Au, 3.0 g/t Ag (3.32 g/t AuEq) over 124.3 m,
from 486.7 to 611.0 m
- Very long intercept
through the underground resource shape, expanding it to the west
and containing two significant intervals of Cu-Au enrichment.
See attached plan and drill sections or view
them on the company’s website at
https://www.serengetiresources.com/projects/kwanika-2/. Results
remain pending for an additional 6 holes which have been submitted
for assay and will be released as additional results become
available.
Table 1: 2020 Kwanika Drill Program - Reported Analytical
Results Current Release |
Hole K-196 |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval(m) |
Cu (%) |
Au (g/t) |
Ag (g/t) |
CuEq(%) |
AuEq(g/t) |
Interval |
183.3 |
332.9 |
149.6 |
0.15 |
0.20 |
0.6 |
0.27 |
0.46 |
including |
212.1 |
236.8 |
24.7 |
0.26 |
0.20 |
0.8 |
0.38 |
0.65 |
Interval |
586.4 |
830.4 |
244.0 |
0.12 |
0.13 |
0.9 |
0.20 |
0.34 |
including |
597.1 |
695.7 |
98.6 |
0.18 |
0.15 |
1.2 |
0.27 |
0.46 |
Hole K-197 |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval(m) |
Cu (%) |
Au (g/t) |
Ag (g/t) |
CuEq(%) |
AuEq(g/t) |
Interval |
197.0 |
419.0 |
222.0 |
0.29 |
0.09 |
1.3 |
0.35 |
0.59 |
including |
200.8 |
296.0 |
95.2 |
0.38 |
0.09 |
1.6 |
0.45 |
0.76 |
Hole K-198 |
From(m) |
To(m) |
Interval(m) |
Cu(%) |
Au(g/t) |
Ag(g/t) |
CuEq(%) |
AuEq(g/t) |
Interval |
214.7 |
912.3 |
697.6 |
0.40 |
0.65 |
1.9 |
0.80 |
1.34 |
including |
300.7 |
367.6 |
66.9 |
0.79 |
1.00 |
3.2 |
1.40 |
2.37 |
and |
486.7 |
611.0 |
124.3 |
0.70 |
2.10 |
3.0 |
1.96 |
3.32 |
Intercept lengths in the table above are not
necessarily true widths given the fact that holes are being drilled
at different angles through forecast mining shapes within a
variably oriented mineralized body. Gold and Copper equivalents are
calculated using the formulae below based on metal prices of
$3.25/lb of copper, $1,600/oz of gold and $20/oz of silver, with
all metal prices quoted in USD. Metal recoveries as stated in the
PEA as follows; Cu 91%, Au 75%, Ag 75% have been applied to the
equivalent calculations. ** End-of-hole.
AuEq = Augpt +
((Aggpt/31.1034*AgPrice*AgRecovery)+(Cu%*CuPrice*CuRecovery*22.0462))/(Augpt/31.1034*AuPrice*AuRecovery)
CuEq = Cu% +
((Augpt/31.1034*AuPrice*AuRecovery)+(Aggpt/31.1034*AgPrice*AgRecovery))/(CuPrice*CuRecovery*22.0462)
Table 2: Kwanika 2020 Drill Hole Parameters |
HoleID |
Azimuth(deg.) |
Dip(deg.) |
Length(m) |
Elev.(m) |
NAD83UTM E |
NAD83UTM N |
Target |
K-196 |
268 |
-60 |
861 |
1011 |
351714 |
6156881 |
Central Zone/Central Fault – North: Exploration |
K-197 |
268 |
-70 |
419 |
985 |
351650 |
6156000 |
Central Zone/Central Fault – South: Resource Expansion |
K-198 |
240 |
-55 |
965 |
993 |
351688 |
6156312 |
CZ West Deep Extraction Level:Infill, resource expansion,
engineering |
DDH-K-196 intersected a newly
recognized deep Cu-Au system that remains open to the north. K-196
was drilled toward the west to follow up on a broad halo of
anomalous gold intersected in 2016 above a deep geophysical target
approximately 500m north of the Central Zone resource. The hole
intersected two mineralized intervals, the first of which is
dominated by intrusives of variable composition cutting andesite
units of the Takla Group hosting disseminated and quartz-vein
bearing chalcopyrite and bornite. The lower mineralized interval is
dominated by silica-sericite +/- K-feldpar altered
diorite-monzodiorite cutting Takla andesites hosting
pyrite-chalcopyrite-bornite mineralization. The presence of
abundant sulphides in the lower interval likely explains the deep
geophysical response which continues approximately 400 meters
towards the north.
DDH-K-197 opened up the Central
Zone for expansion below and to the south of the current
pit-constrained resource. K-197 was drilled to follow up
mineralization intersected in K-23 and K-190 with the goal of
expanding the open-pit constrained resource and exploring the
potential for additional grade along the Central Fault. The hole
intersected silica-chlorite-K-feldspar altered diorite-monzodiorite
intrusive rocks hosting disseminated and vein-hosted chalcopyrite,
bornite and locally native copper, and opens up the Central Zone
mineralized system towards the south.
DDH-K-198 drilled through the
underground resource shape, expanding it incrementally to the west,
and includes two significant intervals of Cu-Au enrichment. K-198
was drilled to test for higher-grade domains and continuity of
mineralization above and beneath the proposed underground
extraction level (465m ASL), and continued westward before
intersecting the deposit-bounding Pinchi Fault. Substantial
higher-grade intervals including 124.3 metres grading 0.70%
Cu, 2.10 g/t Au and 3.0 g/t Ag (3.32 g/t AuEq) within the
underground resource shape highlight the presence of high-grade
domains within the deposit. These better grade intervals are
associated with strong K-feldspar-silica-sericite altered
intrusives, quartz stockwork zones and syn-post-mineral dyke
margins hosting bornite and chalcopyrite. The intersection of the
bounding Pinchi Fault west of where it was previously modelled at
depth may also have implications for resource expansion in that
direction.
* Serengeti is sole funding this
year’s Kwanika program. As a consequence, the Company’s ownership
of KCC will increase to approximately 67%, with POSCO International
Corp. holding ~33%.
Quality Assurance/Quality
Control
Sample analysis for the 2020 Kwanika drilling
program was completed at Bureau Veritas Minerals Laboratory in
Vancouver, BC, which is ISO 9001:2015 and 17025 accredited. A
robust quality assurance/quality control program was completed
which included inserting field blanks, standards and duplicates
into the sample stream before being shipped to the laboratory. QAQC
samples accounted for a minimum of 10% of the analyzed samples in
addition to the laboratory’s own quality assurance program. Copper
and silver analysis were determined by MA200 in exploration
samples, and MA300 for resource and near-resource samples. MA200 is
a combined ICP-ES/MS method following 4-acid (MA) digestion with
detection ranges of 0.1 – 10,000ppm for Cu, and 0.1 – 200ppm for
Ag. MA300 is an ICP-ES method following a 4-acid (MA) digestion
with detection ranges of 2 – 10,000ppm for Cu, and 0.5 – 200ppm for
Ag. Overlimit analysis for Cu were determined by MA370, an ICP-ES
method following 4-acid (MA) digestion with detection ranges of
0.001 – 10%. Gold was determined by FA430, a lead collection, Fire
Assay/AAS method using a 30 gram sub-sample with detection ranges
of 0.005 – 10ppm.
Qualified personThe field and analytical
programs described herein were supervised by Serengeti Resources
staff and the technical information in this news release has been
prepared in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements as set
out in National Instrument 43-101, and reviewed by the company’s
qualified person, Quinn Harper, P.Geo., Chief Geologist of
Serengeti Resources, who has supervised the preparation of, and
approved the scientific and technical information in this news
release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
David W. Moore, P. Geo.President,
CEO and Director
About Serengeti Resources
Inc.
Serengeti is a mineral exploration company
managed by an experienced team of professionals with a solid track
record of exploration success.
Serengeti and Sun Metals Corp announced on
November 30th, 2020 that they have entered into a definitive
arrangement agreement pursuant to which Serengeti will acquire
all of the issued and outstanding shares of Sun Metals Corp. The
combined company will result in a diversified copper-gold
developer with a large pipeline of projects, in one of Canada’s
most prolific porphyry mining camps in North-Central BC, bringing
together exploration, development and operational synergies at
multiple projects along with ongoing resource expansion
opportunities and new discovery potential. Additional
information can be found on the Company’s website
at www.serengetiresources.com.
Cautionary Statement
This document contains “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities
regulations. All statements other than statements of historical
fact herein, including, without limitation, statements regarding
exploration plans and other future plans and objectives, are
forward-looking statements that involve various risks and
uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will
prove to be accurate and future events and actual results could
differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from our expectations as well as a comprehensive list of
risk factors are disclosed in the Company’s documents filed from
time to time via SEDAR with the Canadian regulatory agencies to
whose policies we are bound. Forward-looking statements are based
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