Mr.
Richard Rivet reports
GOLDEN RAPTURE MINING REPORTS HIGH-GRADE GOLD FROM INITIAL SAMPLING AT NEWLY ACQUIRED RAINY RIVER AREA PROJECT
Golden Rapture Mining Corp. has released initial gold results from the company's first surface sampling program at its recently acquired Swell Bay patented mineral claims, located near Fort Frances, Ont.
Historical reports and data indicate that many old trenches, veins and two shafts are present on the property. This inaugural field program focused on cutting a one-kilometre-long access trail, locating historic workings and sampling old trenches to determine which structures may host gold mineralization.
Although the company's initial visit to the property was brief, it proved highly productive. The company successfully located two historic trenches and collected 20 grab samples, two of which returned notably strong gold values. One quartz vein yielded a high-grade assay of 63.11 grams per tonne gold while another sample taken from a broad, rusty mineralized zone returned 30.79 grams per tonne gold.
Golden Rapture will integrate these findings into its continuing assessment of the Swell Bay patented mineral claims. Given the encouraging grades and historical references to numerous additional trenches, veins and structural features,
follow-up work is clearly justified and will be prioritized.
Richard Rivet,
president and chief executive officer, stated:
"We are highly encouraged by these early findings and confident that further exploration will rediscover additional historical workings and also reveal additional mineralized zones across the property. A crew will arrive at the property late next week to do additional trail cutting and prospecting."
The earliest recorded work on this property dates back to the 1890s, when initial developments included the sinking of shafts, along with several pits and trenches.
Visible gold
was reported and observed historically and confirmed by other geologists years later and also recently. Gold mineralization is hosted not only within quartz veins but also throughout the shear zones, suggesting the potential for a broader and more structurally controlled gold-bearing system.
Historical results from 2001 returned exceptionally strong assay results, including grades of up to
718.06 g/t Au
and
535.93 g/t Au.
Property geology highlights from the 2001 Swell Bay National Instrument 43-101 report:
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At the easternmost part of the property, the shear zone is 300 feet wide, trends southwest, widens to approximately 1,500 feet and includes all of the rock of the peninsula between the two creeks at the eastern end of Swell Bay. Most of the gold-bearing quartz veins are within this shear zone.
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One thousand feet east-northeast of the shaft, on claim FF3998, a shear zone in the gabbro has partly been replaced by quartz. The quartz zone, which trends N80EE, was traced 600 feet along strike. A 15-foot-long trench at the western end of this vein exposed a 12-foot-long zone of chlorite schist, which contains three parallel quartz veins, two to three feet wide. The host rock on either side of the shear zone ranges from five to 25 feet wide and contains massive quartz up to 20 feet wide.
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The vein material 1,000 feet east of the shaft on claim FF4004 is limonite-stained quartz, which contains numerous vugs. In some samples, a fine-grained grey sugary quartz was cut by more coarse-grained glassy quartz. In order of decreasing abundance, the quartz contains minor amounts of disseminated pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and galena, along with streaks of chlorite. Small grains of gold were observed in the limonite-stained vugs with the sulphide minerals and in the sugary quartz.
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Considerable visible gold was also observed on claim FF4000 from a three-foot-wide vein that can be followed for 100 feet, where it dips vertically into low ground at the bottom of a ridge.
Northern Queen mine property results
Twenty samples were taken at the Northern Queen mine property, and, unfortunately, there were no significant results to date.
Bully Boy mine property results
All surface samples taken at the company's 50-per-cent-owned Bully Boy mine patented claims
confirm that 100 per cent of every sample taken to date has returned measurable gold values, including high grade.
History of the Bully Boy mine
The historical records of the Bully Boy mine are limited; however, archival
Ontario Ministry of Mines Bully Boy mine files
indicate that gold was first discovered in 1885 and that it was mined intermittently from 1898 to 1906.
In 1900, the mining work force consisted of nine individuals, including six miners.
In 1904, the Arizona Camp Bay Gold Mining Company assumed ownership of the property. Equipment formerly used by the neighbouring Boulder Mining Company -- including a hoist, compressors, boilers and other mining machinery -- was transferred to the Bully Boy site, and two shafts were developed on the property, reaching depths of 56 and 165 feet.
In 1905, new accommodations were constructed to house approximately 30 workers. A 10-stamp mill, located two miles from the mine, processed up to 18 tons of ore per day.
By 1906, the main shaft was deepened by 60 feet, and lateral drifting was initiated at the 200-foot level, and a new compressor plant was also installed. By the end of the year, the shaft had reached 216 feet, with two 100-foot drifts extending north and south.
The ore extracted from the mine was estimated to contain gold values between $12 and $2,000 per ton, indicating very high gold grades, considering that gold was priced at $20 per ounce in 1906. The last reported info about the property was that a new mill was added to supplement the existing 10-stamp mill, but no additional mining activity or production numbers can be found for the past 119 years.
Mr. Rivet stated:
"We are very pleased with the initial Swell Bay and Bully Boy mine property results and are presently undertaking a comprehensive review of all available data from our three principal projects -- the Phillips Township property, the Bully Boy mine patented claims and the Swell
Bay patented claims -- to determine which asset will be prioritized for the next phase of exploration. Please stay tuned."
Analytical laboratory and quality assurance/quality control procedures
All sampling completed by Golden Rapture Mining within its exploration programs is subject to a company standard of internal QA/QC programs, which include the insertion of certified reference materials, blank materials and a level of duplicate analysis. Surface grab samples from the 2026 summer program were all sent to Agat Laboratories. Agat Laboratories conforms to the requirements of ISO/IEC Standard 17025 guidelines and meets assay requirements outlined for National Instrument 43-101.
Qualified person
The technical and scientific information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by John Archibald, PGeo, consulting geologist for Golden Rapture. Mr. Archibald is independent and not a director and is a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101.
About Golden Rapture Mining
Corp.
Golden Rapture Mining is an exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of high-potential projects. The company is proud to have assembled a portfolio of five gold projects, which include the Phillips Township, Swell Bay, Bully Boy mine, Hutchison mine and Northern Queen mine projects. Shares issued are 52,389,390.
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