Reported mineralization outside current Fenn-Gib pit-constrained 2.08M ounce Indicated Resource
Resource update on schedule
for completion in current quarter
Fully funded 30,000m Phase 3 drill program progressing with three drill rigs
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mayfair Gold Corp. (“
Mayfair
” or the “
Company
”) (
TSX-V: MFG; OTC: MFGQB
) is pleased to announce further results from the Fenn-Gib expansion drill program, which is primarily focused outside of the current conceptual pit-constrained resource. Mayfair’s 100% controlled Fenn-Gib Project, located in the Timmins region of Northeast Ontario, hosts a NI 43-101 Indicated Resource of 2.08M ounces (see the “About Mayfair” section below) with disseminated gold mineralization striking east-west on the Pipestone Fault over 1.25 kilometers (km) and up to 300 meters (m) wide at the west end.
Mayfair Gold President and CEO Patrick Evans commented: “The Fenn-Gib deposit continues to return excellent results from the expansion drill program. The 80,000m Phase 1/2 drill program was completed last month and we remain on track to report an update NI 43-101 mineral resource for Fenn-Gib during the current quarter. The fully funded 30,000m Phase 3 drill program is progressing with three drill rigs. Subject to continuing success, a further resource update could be completed in Q1 2023.”
Highlighted drill results include
:
FG22-237A
intersected
0.78 grams/tonne (g/t) gold (Au) over 193.2
;
FG22-238
intersected
0.86 g/t Au over 123.2m
;
FG22-241A
intersected
1.29 g/t Au over 34.0m
;
FG22-242
intersected
1.40 g/t Au over 65.0m
.
The expansion drilling continues to intersect significant gold mineralization, building on the previously reported Fenn-Gib Expansion Zone results, including: hole
FG21-148
which intersected
101.0m at a grade of 0.88 g/t Au,
including
51.7m at a grade of 1.16 g/t Au;
hole
FG21-149
intersected
101.9m at a grade of 0.75 g/t Au,
including
18.0m at a grade of 1.77 g/t Au;
hole
FG21-150
intersected
65.5m at a grade of 1.18 g/t Au,
including
10.0m at a grade of 4.24 g/t Au
(news release July 27, 2021); hole
FG21-153
intersected
233.0m at a grade of 1.05 g/t Au,
including
84.0m at a grade of 1.83 g/t Au,
and also including
25.5m at a grade of 4.70 g/t Au
(news release August 17, 2021)
. FG21-206
intersected
0.93 g/t Au over 134.2m,
including
1.31 g/t Au over 78.3m
, and hole
FG21-213 intersected 1.02 g/t Au over 92.7m
(news release May 02, 2022). Hole
FG21-190
intersected
0.59 g/t Au over 158.0m
, including
1.07 g/t Au over 34.0m,
hole
FG21-217C
intersected
0.77 g/t Au over 184.5m
, including
0.98 g/t Au over 62.0m
and
1.31 g/t Au over 18.8m,
and hole
FG22-223
intersected
1.21 g/t Au over 112.1m
, including
3.04 g/t Au over 31.5m
(news release June 08, 2022).
The latest reported drill results are summarized in Table 1, and Table 2 lists the drill hole details below.
Table 1
– Fenn-Gib reported drill hole results summary
Drill Hole |
From |
To |
Interval |
Gold |
|
Name |
metres |
metres |
metres |
grams/tonne |
|
FG22-237A |
421.8 |
615.0 |
193.2 |
0.78 |
|
including | 468.0 | 523.0 | 55.0 | 1.18 | |
and | 553.0 | 596.0 | 43.0 | 1.09 | |
FG22-238 |
459.8 |
583.0 |
123.2 |
0.86 |
|
including | 459.8 | 493.5 | 33.7 | 1.13 | |
and | 507.0 | 525.0 | 18.0 | 1.19 | |
FG22-241A |
522.0 |
545.0 |
23.0 |
0.48 |
|
556.0 |
594.0 |
38.0 |
0.47 |
||
621.0 |
655.0 |
34.0 |
1.29 |
||
FG22-242 |
440.0 |
505.0 |
65.0 |
1.40 |
|
FG22-246 |
454.5 |
638.0 |
183.5 |
0.53 |
Table 2
– Fenn-Gib reported drill hole collar information
Hole Name |
Collar Easting |
Collar Northing |
Collar Elevation |
Depth |
Collar Azimuth |
Collar Dip |
mE |
mN |
masl |
m |
Deg. |
Deg. |
|
FG22-237A | 558572.13 | 5374899.78 | 5313.4 | 765.0 | 355 | -56 |
FG22-238 | 558526.25 | 5374885.81 | 5313.5 | 747.0 | 355 | -58 |
FG22-241A | 558574.16 | 5374868.41 | 5313.5 | 900.0 | 355 | -62 |
FG22-242 | 558526.33 | 5374885.62 | 5313.5 | 804.4 | 356 | -53 |
FG22-246 | 558574.27 | 5374868.05 | 5313.5 | 783.0 | 355 | -57 |
Plan and section maps of the above reported drill holes are available at mayfairgold.ca/fenn-gib/#drillplan§ionmaps
Additional drill results from the infill, expansion and step-out drill program will be announced as soon as they are received.
QA/QC Controls
Mayfair employs a QA/QC program consistent with NI 43-101 and industry best practices. Surface drilling was conducted by Major/Norex Drilling of Timmins, Ontario and was supervised by the Mayfair exploration team. Mayfair’s drill program includes descriptive logging and sampling of the drill core for analysis at Mayfair’s secure facility located in Matheson, Ontario. Sampled drill core intervals were sawn in half with a diamond blade saw. Half of the sampled core was left in the core box and the remaining half was bagged and sealed. Mayfair utilizes accredited laboratories, and the samples were transported by Mayfair personnel to the Actlabs laboratory in Timmins, Ontario. Gold was analyzed by 30-gram fire assay with AA-finish. Certified reference material (CRM) standards and coarse blank material are inserted every twenty samples. Drill intercepts cited do not necessarily represent true widths, unless otherwise noted.
About Mayfair
Mayfair is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on advancing the 100% controlled Fenn-Gib gold project in the Timmins region of Northern Ontario. The Fenn-Gib gold deposit is Mayfair’s flagship asset. An updated open-pit constrained NI 43-101 resource estimate (Source: “NI 43-101 Technical Report Fenn-Gib Project, Ontario, Canada” dated February 5, 2021, authored by JDS Energy and Mining, Inc. and Kirkham Geosystems Ltd.) reported a total Indicated Resource of 70.2M tonnes containing 2.08M ounces at a grade of 0.921 g/t Au and an Inferred Resource of 3.8M tonnes containing 75,000 ounces at a grade of 0.618 g/t Au. The deposit has a strike length of approx. 1.25km with widths ranging up to 300m. The gold mineralized zones remain open at depth and along strike to the east and west. Recently completed metallurgical tests confirm that the Fen-Gib deposit can deliver robust gold recoveries of up to 94%.
For further information contact:
Patrick Evans, President and CEO
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (480) 747-3032
Web:
www.mayfairgold.ca
Qualified Person Statement
Mayfair Gold’s disclosure of technical and scientific information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Howard Bird, P Geo., Vice President Exploration for the Company, who serves as a Qualified Person under the definition of National Instrument 43-101.
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