Mr. Rick Kusmirski reports
JNR/ALTIUS DISCOVER ADDITIONAL MINERALIZATION AT THE KOORAE CU-MO-AU-AG PROSPECT, TOPSAILS PROJECT, NEWFOUNDLAND
JNR Resources Inc. has provided the following update from the Koorae copper-molybdenum-gold-silver prospect on its Topsails project in west-central Newfoundland. The Topsails project is a 50/50 joint venture between the company and Altius Resources
Inc. that was established to explore for
volcanic-hosted uranium deposits in a defined area of west-central
Newfoundland near the mining community of Buchans.
The 2010 exploration program, budgeted at approximately $500,000, was
initiated in July and is now near completion. The program focused on
the Koorae Cu-Mo-Au-Ag prospect and five other significant areas (Railway U showing, Sheffield Lake South Cu prospect, Long Range Mountain U-REE prospects A and B, and Catcher's Pond Cu prospect).
Reconnaissance prospecting in 2008 on the Topsails project resulted in the discovery of the Koorae prospect approximately 15 kilometres northwest of Buchans, where grab
samples from boulders returned assays up to 3.5 per cent Cu, 0.12 per cent Mo, 35.1 grams per tonne
Ag and 0.18 gram per tonne Au. In 2009, trenching of the prospect identified an
area of mineralized outcrop approximately 100 metres by 15 metres in
size, containing disseminated copper sulphides and magnetite within
altered quartz-feldspar porphyry. Twenty-one of the 23 randomly
collected grab samples from the quartz-feldspar porphyry returned
anomalous values of up to 0.87 per cent Cu, with an average of 0.15 per cent Cu. (See
JNR news release in Stockwatch dated Nov. 30, 2009.)
In 2010, extensive trenching and an induced polarization/resistivity
and ground magnetics survey were completed over the Koorae prospect. The trenching extended the main zone of porphyry Cu
mineralization to a length of approximately 235 metres, while a
preliminary interpretation of the IP-magnetics survey revealed
significant structural and alteration zones. Four other trenches were
excavated over nearby soil geochemical anomalies. Detailed geological
mapping and extensive sampling were completed on all the trenches.
Samples have been submitted to the Saskatchewan Research Council's
geo-analytical laboratory for multielement analysis; results will be
released as they become available.
The companies are planning additional IP and soil geochemistry surveys,
dependent on the results of the 2010 surveys, to extend the Koorae prospect area and identify new drill targets. These programs are
anticipated to be carried out over the 2011 summer field season.
JNR's director of exploration, Dr. Irvine R. Annesley, PGeo, is the
qualified person responsible for the technical data presented in this
release. All technical information for the company's exploration
projects is obtained and reported under a formal quality assurance and
quality control program, details of which are presented on the
company's website.
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