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VANCOUVER, March 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Golden Arrow
Resources Corporation (TSX-V: GRG, FSE: G6A, OTCQB: GARWF),
("Golden Arrow" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an
update on field activities and results for its Flecha de
Oro gold project in Argentina, comprised of two separate
properties: Esperanza and Puzzle. Sampling and mapping
continued throughout the month of January at the Esperanza
property, identifying high-grade and visible gold hosted in
epithermal quartz veins.
Highlights from the results include:
- four chip samples across quartz veins ranging from 0.15 to 0.70
metres in width that returned results of 18.00, 5.05, 4.12 and
4.10 g/t gold (See Figure 1: https://bit.ly/2PB6dmx);
- Visible gold was observed in the vein sample which
assayed 18 g/t gold.
These four high-grade samples were collected up to 400 metres
west of a previously reported vein chip/channel sample that
returned 5 metres grading 13.1 g/t gold (see News Release dated
September 25, 2019).
At the Puzzle property a key feature identified early in the
exploration program was a 2.3-kilometre-long and more than
150-metre-wide magnetic low related to a corridor with
gold-mineralized quartz veins and adjacent stockwork (see News
Release dated September 25,
2019). Additional ground magnetic surveys have now
extended the magnetic low anomaly in both directions, bringing it
to 6.5 kilometres in overall length, and it remains open in both
directions. The ongoing sampling program has identified additional
mineralized quartz veins and sub-outcrop in the anomaly corridor
(see Figure 2: https://bit.ly/3896Ieg).
"We are pleased with the progression of exploration at the
Flecha de Oro project,"
commented Brian McEwen, Golden Arrow's VP Exploration and Development.
"Systematic exploration at both properties continues to provide
excellent results that bring us closer to delineating strong drill
targets."
Golden Arrow is currently engaged
in an extensive geological mapping, sampling, and ground magnetic
surveying program, with follow-up trenching planned in the next
three months.
About the Flecha de Oro Gold Project, Argentina
The Flecha de Oro gold project
in Rio Negro Province, Argentina, consists of two separate property
packages, Puzzle (1,952 hectares) and Esperanza (9,968 hectares)
and is located in an area that is prospective for large epithermal
precious metal deposits. Following receipt of the initial
results at Esperanza, applications have been made for two
additional concessions around the initial Esperanza property
totaling over 14,500 hectares. In addition,
applications have been made for two additional concessions totaling
over 2,500 hectares around the Puzzle property.
The Company is using the Cerro Vanguardia district as an
exploration model for the Esperanza property. There are geological
similarities between the two areas, in particular the presence of
swarms of low sulphidation epithermal quartz veins in an area of
approximately 100 square kilometres. The Cerro Vanguardia district
is located in Santa Cruz province
in southern Argentina, and
includes over 100 gold and silver-bearing epithermal veins. The
district has a cumulative exposed vein strike extent of more than
240 kilometres, and has produced more than 4.5 million ounces of
gold over the last 20 years. (Readers are cautioned that results
from other companies, including on properties proximal to those
controlled by the Company, are not indicative of expected
Golden Arrow results, as there has
been insufficient exploration on these properties. These facts are
simply used to aid in the exploration of these properties).
At Esperanza, Golden Arrow's
target is to define high grade mineralized zones within the 16
kilometers of identified quartz and chalcedony veins that display
banded, colloform and crustiform epithermal textures. The host
rocks are Permian and Triassic brittle granites with
multi-directional fractures, a very permissive setting for the
introduction of hydrothermal fluids and vein formation. The mapping
program is continuing to gain greater understanding of the
structural plumbing system and distribution of classic epithermal
vein textures which can provide formation temperature information;
both important in targeting thicker and higher-grade zones.
Table 1 summarizes the vein sampling results to date.
Table 1. Summary of Gold Results from Vein Chip/Channel
Sampling, Esperanza Property
Samples
|
Range Au
g/t
|
Average Au
g/t
|
291
|
-0.005 to
0.1
|
|
76
|
0.1 to 0.6
|
0.24
|
27
|
0.6 to 2.5
|
1.05
|
13
|
2.5 to
10.0
|
4.49
|
4
|
10.0 to
24.0
|
16.58
|
73
|
assays
pending
|
|
At Puzzle, gold is hosted by epithermal quartz veins, stockworks
and hydrothermal breccias that occur within a 150-metre-wide
corridor that can be traced for 6,500 metres along strike. Host
rocks are Triassic dacitic and rhyolitic ignimbrites. A mineralized
corridor is coincident with a well-defined magnetic low
anomaly. Ground magnetic surveying has proved to be an
effective exploration tool as it led to the discovery of buried
quartz sub-outcrops, which were sampled and in many cases returned
anomalous gold in assays, as highlighted in Figure 2. It is
postulated that hydrothermal fluids destroyed magnetic minerals in
the host volcanic rocks, generating the linear magnetic low along
the mineralized corridor. Golden
Arrow's target at Puzzle is to define a significant bulk
tonnage deposit along this hydrothermal corridor.
Table 2. Summary of Gold Results from Vein Chip/Channel
Sampling, Puzzle Property
Samples
|
Range Au
g/t
|
Average Au
g/t
|
50
|
-0.01 to
0.03
|
|
45
|
0.03 to
0.13
|
0.07
|
27
|
0.13 to
0.28
|
0.19
|
28
|
0.38 to
0.87
|
0.42
|
4
|
0.87 to
1.89
|
1.42
|
Methodology and QA/QC
Samples were collected by chip
channeling across the veins. Field samples were shipped for
preparation and analysis at Bureau Veritas Mineral laboratories,
former ACME LABS, an internationally recognized assay service
provider. Samples were prepared at their facility in Mendoza,
Argentina and assayed for gold by
Fire Assay/Atomic Absorption finish and analyzed for a
multi-element package by ICP-OES following a four-acid digestion at
their laboratory in Lima, Peru.
The Company follows industry standard procedures for the work
carried out on the Flecha de Oro Project, with a quality
assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program. Blank, duplicate and
standard samples were inserted in each batch of samples sent to the
laboratory for analysis. Golden
Arrow detected no significant QA/QC issues during review of
the data.
Qualified Persons
The results of the Company's
exploration program have been reviewed, verified (including
sampling, analytical and test data) and compiled by the Company's
geological staff under the supervision of Brian McEwen, P.Geol., VP Exploration and
Development to the Company. Mr. McEwen is a Qualified Person
as defined in National Instrument 43-101, and has reviewed and
approved the contents of the news release.
About Golden Arrow:
Golden Arrow Resources Corporation is a mining exploration
company with a successful track record of creating value by making
precious and base metal discoveries and advancing them into
exceptional deposits. The Company is well-leveraged to the price of
gold, having recently monetized its Chinchillas silver discovery
into a significant holding in precious metals producer SSR Mining
Inc.
Golden Arrow is actively
exploring a portfolio that includes advanced projects in
Chile, a district-scale frontier
opportunity in Paraguay, and more
than 185,000 hectares of properties in Argentina.
The Company is a member of the Grosso Group, a resource
management group that has pioneered exploration in Argentina since 1993.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
"Joseph Grosso"
_______________________________
Mr. Joseph Grosso,
Executive Chairman, President and CEO
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this release.
This news release may contain forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements address future events
and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those
currently anticipated in such statements. Readers are encouraged to
refer to the Company's public disclosure documents for a more
detailed discussion of factors that may impact expected future
results. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements.
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