Walker River Resources Corp.
(“
Walker” or the “
Company”)
(TSX-V: “
WRR”) is pleased to announce initial
drill results from its 2020-2021 reverse circulation
(“
RC”) drill programs. These results are from the
Lapon Canyon portion of the wholly owned Lapon Gold Project,
located within the Walker Lane shear zone in northern Nevada.
RC drill hole LC21-58 returned 9.45 g/t Au over
16.8 meters, including 39.2 g/t Au over 3 meters, at a depth of
approximately 15 meters. From surface to 29 meters the hole
returned 5.3 g/t over 29 meters
RC drill hole LC21-57 returned 1.02 g/t Au over
24.4 meters, and 2.12 g/t Au over 9.2 meters, at depths starting at
approximately 9 meters. The second assay is significant as it was
from unaltered granite, which to date has been essentially
barren.
RC drill hole LC20-53 returned 1.04 g/t Au over
59.5 meters, at a depth starting at 7.6 meters.
RC drill hole LC20-50 returned 1.42 g/t Au over
13.7, at a depth of starting at 12 meters
Key Highlights:
- The initial results from the
2020-2021 drill programs expand the gold mineralization at Lapon
Canyon, further define the direction and dip of the higher-grade
structures and discovered gold mineralization in areas previously
unknown to carry gold (i.e. unaltered granite).
- Notably in Hole LC 21-58, the
higher-grade intercept was located just before entering an old
underground mining stope that continued for some 8 meters, clearly
demonstrating the potential thickness and scope of the higher-grade
structures.
- The December 2020 drill program was
designed to ascertain granite contacts and their relationships with
the altered gold mineralized alteration zones. Drill holes LC 20-50
to 53 unexpectedly returned significant gold mineralization and
thicknesses, further demonstrating the potential to increase the
widths of known mineralization.
- The 2021 drill program will
continue to target the higher-grade trends and expand the new gold
mineralization previously discovered at the 8800-foot elevation, at
the Honeypot, and other targets.
- The 2020-2021 drill programs at
Lapon Canyon consist of systematic drilling on section for
geological modelling purposes, as well as exploration drilling to
discover new gold mineralization and extend known gold
mineralization.
Assay Table: Summary of Drill
Results:
Hole |
|
From(m) |
To(m) |
Length*(m) |
Assay (Au g/t) |
Notes: |
LC 21-58 |
|
0 |
29 |
29 |
5.3 |
|
Incl |
|
12.2 |
29 |
16.8 |
9.45 |
|
incl |
|
26 |
29 |
3 |
39.1 |
Old Workings at 29 m |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LC 20-53 |
|
7.6 |
67 |
59.5 |
1.04 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LC 21-57 |
|
9.1 |
33.5 |
24.4 |
1.01 |
|
incl |
|
22.8 |
31.9 |
9.1 |
2.12 |
Granite |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LC-20-50 |
|
12.2 |
25.9 |
13.7 |
1.42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LC 20-51 |
|
1.5 |
12.2 |
10.7 |
1.12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LC 20-52 |
|
7.6 |
41 |
33.5 |
.81 |
Granite |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*True widths approx. 80%
The above drill assays are not necessarily in
chronological drilling order, results are reported as
received.Further results are pending and will be released as they
become available.
The gold mineralization at Lapon Canyon is
contained in a wide (300 meters), long (over 4km strike length),
intensely altered (sericite, iron oxides) sheared and faulted NE
trending zone. Gold mineralization is present pervasively
throughout as an envelope of lower grade mineralization (0.5 to 2.0
g/t Au) enveloping distinct high-grade structures, that have been
drilled over a strike length of 800 meters and a vertical extent of
400 meters.
The high-grade gold mineralization was
encountered in discrete, traceable zones located at the
intersection of flat lying porphyry dikes and vertical stockwork
fracture chimneys. Examples of high-grade drill hole intercepts
include: 48 g/t over 13.7 meters in hole LC 16-10; 39 g/t over 12.0
meters in hole LC 16-12; 31 g/t over 13.7 meters in hole LC 18-29;
96 g/t over 13.7 meters in hole LC 19- 42; and 94 g/t over 6.1
meters in hole LC 19- 43. Gold mineralization is open.
The present drill program at the Lapon Canyon
portion of the Project, consists of systematic drilling on section
for geological modelling purposes. Exploration drilling to discover
new gold mineralization and extend known gold mineralization. At
least 60 – 65 drillholes are planned in the present program.
At the Pikes Peak portion of the Project, the
Company has completed access for future exploration. An additional
mapping and sampling program is currently underway, initial results
returned values of 9 g/t Au and 2.22% Cu from outcrop. Significant
historical milling and mining workings are present. At least 10
holes are planned here and drill program permitting is currently
underway.
The Rattlesnake portion contains historical
adits and extensive gold placer mining activities, all within the
altered sheared zone encountered at Lapon Canyon, some 600 meters
higher and 3 km on strike from Rattlesnake. At least 10 holes are
planned here.
Finally, the Company has completed its
interpretation at the Garfield Flats Copper-Gold Project and is
planning at least 10 holes in 2021.
About the Lapon Gold
Project
The Lapon Gold Project consists of 147 claims
(2940 acres) situated in the Wassuk Range, within the Walker Lane
shear zone, a 100 km wide structural corridor extending in a
southeast direction from Reno, Nevada. The Project is easily
accessible by secondary state roads from the main highway (25
kilometres), and is located approximately 60 kilometres southeast
of Yerington, Nevada. A state power grid transmission line passes
within three kilometres of the Project.
The Lapon Gold Project includes Lapon Canyon,
the Pikes Peak claims located 4 kilometres to the north, and the
Rattlesnake and Range Front claims 3 kilometres to the west and
over 600 meters lower than the present drilling at Lapon Canyon.
The Rattlesnake, Range Front, and Pikers Peak claims cover over 8
km of possible extensions of the range front zones to the west,
north, and south of Lapon Canyon, adding several additional drill
target areas to the project. Rattlesnake and Pikes Peak contain
numerous historical mining and milling areas that consist of adits
at different levels, shafts and underground workings, and a network
of existing roads providing access throughout. Little or no
exploration work has been carried out on these claims prior to
Walker’s arrival. It is notable that the Rattlesnake area and adits
are on strike with the Lapon Canyon discoveries located 3 km on
strike and 600 meters above.
Lapon Canyon hosts historical high grade gold
mining with approximately 2000 feet of undergoing workings in three
adits. Historical underground work returned numerous assay values
in the one ounce per ton range, with a sample at the end of the A
adit returning 20.6 ounces per ton Au. (NI43-101, Montgomery and
Barr, 2004).
Sampling Methodology, Chain of Custody,
Quality Control and Quality Assurance
All sampling was conducted under the supervision
of the Company's project geologists and the chain of custody from
the drill to the sample preparation facility was continuously
monitored. A blank or certified reference material was inserted
approximately every tenth sample. The Lapon Canyon samples were
delivered to American Assays Laboratories’ certified laboratory
facilities in Sparks, NV. The samples were crushed, pulverized and
the sample pulps digested and analyzed for gold using fire assay
fusion and a 50g gravimetric finish. Intensely altered samples used
a 2 kg pulp screened to 100 microns. Duplicate assay on screen
undersize. Assay of entire oversize fraction.
The scientific and technical content and
interpretations contained in this news release have been reviewed,
verified and approved by E. Gauthier, geol., Eng (OIQ) a director
of the Company, and a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101,
Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
“Michel
David”________________________Michel David,Chief
Executive Officer and Director
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819 825-1199Email: info@wrrgold.comWebsite: www.wrrgold.com
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