Reservoir Minerals Reports Drill Intervals of 166 Metres Grading 11.29% CuEq and 128.7 Metres Grading 8.41% CuEq at the Timok...
02 Dicembre 2013 - 9:52PM
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(TSX VENTURE:RMC)(PINKSHEETS:RVRLF)(BERLIN:9RE) Reservoir Minerals Inc.
("Reservoir" or the "Company"), is pleased to provide an update on the diamond
drilling program currently underway on the Cukaru Peki target in the Company's
Timok Project, eastern Serbia, which is a joint venture with Freeport-McMoRan
Exploration Corporation ("Freeport"). Results from five drill holes are
reported, two of which intersected high-grade copper-gold mineralization in the
high-sulphidation epithermal zone in the Cukaru Peki target.
Drill hole FMTC 1341 intersected an interval of 166.0 metres, from 557.0 to
723.0 metres, with an average grade of 11.29% copper equivalent ("CuEq", average
6.65% copper and 7.75 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold), including 59.8 metres, from
557.0 to 616.8 metres, with an extraordinarily high average grade of 23.38% CuEq
(average 14.17% copper and 15.35 g/t gold). Copper equivalent (CuEq) is
calculated using the formula (copper % + 0.6 x g/t of gold). Other details from
drill hole FMTC 1344 are provided in Table 1.
Dr. Simon Ingram, President and CEO of Reservoir Minerals Inc. commented:
"Drilling at Cukaru Peki continues to return spectacular high grade copper and
gold values from high sulphidation mineralization. We are optimistic that the
high grade mineralization may be of sufficient volume and grade to support an
underground mining operation while further exploration is carried out on the
underlying larger porphyry style mineralization. We believe that the discovery
at Cukaru Peki demonstrates the potential for additional blind discoveries
within the Timok Magmatic Complex and may lead to a renaissance in copper and
gold production in Serbia."
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Drill hole Interval
ID From (m) To (m) (m) Copper (%) Gold (g/t) CuEq (%)
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FMTC 1341 557.0 723.0 166.0 6.65 7.75 11.29
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including 557.0 616.8 59.8 14.17 15.35 23.38
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FMTC 1344 625.4 754.1 128.7 5.76 4.42 8.41
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including 678.9 718.0 39.1 9.79 4.82 12.68
and 730.5 749.0 18.5 5.14 6.93 9.28
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Table 1: Summary of significant results from drill holes FMTC 1341 and 1344
Copper equivalent (CuEq%) is calculated using the formula (Copper % + 0.6 x g/t
of gold).
See section below "Note on Analytical Procedures" for information pertaining to
analytical techniques.
Status of Drilling and Project:
The Company has reported the results from 17 diamond drill holes in the Cukaru
Peki Project, assay results are pending from a further 19 holes (including 4
reconnaissance holes in the Miocene Basin area), and 1 hole is currently being
drilled (see Table 2). The drill hole collar locations are shown on a map (Timok
Project Drill Plan) and summary results and graphical strip-logs (Timok Project
Strip Logs) are available on the Company website (www.reservoirminerals.com).
Pending analytical results will continue to be released after they are received
and evaluated.
The drilling to date has identified a zone of high-grade copper-gold
mineralization, which is interpreted to be high-sulphidation epithermal in type,
and a larger zone of porphyry-style copper-gold mineralization. The drill holes
in the Cukaru Peki target area are located approximately 7.5 kilometres from the
Bor cluster of copper-gold deposits including high sulphidation epithermal
mineralization (now mined out, e.g. the Tilva Ros Deposit) that extends down
plunge into the Borska Reka porphyry deposit, which has been drill tested to at
least 1,500 metres (see the Company website for relevant maps and sections).
Drilling has been scaled back to one drill rig focusing on the high sulphidation
system for the remainder of 2013. This is to ensure that the 2013 Timok Project
exploration remains within the planned budget of USD 12.6 million and to allow
Freeport and Reservoir time to assess the large quantity of exploration data
generated to date, including all outstanding assay results.
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Drill Hole Azimuth Declination Depth Target Status
ID ( degrees )( degrees ) (m)
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FMTC 1210 0 -90 1947.0 Discovery Completed. Results
hole, HS&P to 1183 m reported
Company News
Release July 16,
2012, and
additional results
reported in News
Release December
10, 2012
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FMTC 1211 0 -90 1136.7 Follow-up Completed. Results
hole reported in News
Release December
10, 2012.
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FMTC 1212 0 -90 1008.8 Follow-up Completed. Results
hole reported in News
Release December
10, 2012.
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FMTC 1213 0 -90 798.1 HS Completed.
Reported in
Company News
Release September
4, 2012
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FMTC 1214 250 -80 1308.6 P Completed. Results
reported in News
Release December
10, 2012
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FMTC 1215 0 -90 950.8 P Completed. Results
reported in News
Release July 22,
2013
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FMTC 1216 250 -70 921.0 P Completed. Results
reported in News
Release July 22,
2013
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FMTC 1217 070 -80 1006.7 HS&P Completed. Results
reported in News
Release December
10, 2012
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FMTC 1218 0 -90 1952.0 P Completed. Results
reported in News
Release July 22,
2013.
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FMTC 1219 0 -90 1900.6 P Completed. Results
reported in News
Release July 22,
2013.
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FMTC 1220 0 -90 1079.5 P Completed. Results
reported in this
News Release
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FMTC 1221 0 -90 1004,5 P Completed. Results
reported in this
News Release
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FMTC 1223 0 -90 1060.4 HS Completed. Results
reported in News
Release April 8,
2013.
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FMTC 1224 0 -90 1088.5 HS&P Completed. Results
reported in News
Release September
9, 2013
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FMTC 1327 0 -90 1952.7 HS&P Completed,
Awaiting Assays.
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FMTC 1328 0 -90 1742.0 HS&P Completed,
Awaiting Assays.
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FMTC 1329 0 -90 718.8 HS Terminated,
Awaiting Assays.
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FMTC 1330 0 -90 1112.5 HS Completed. Results
reported in this
News Release
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FMTC 1331 0 -90 1109.2 RecH Completed,
Awaiting Assays.
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FMTC 1332 250 -80 2160.3 HS&P Completed,
Awaiting Assays.
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FMTC 1333 0 -90 1016.5 RecH Completed, logged.
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FMTC 1334 0 -90 1649.0 HS&P Completed,
Awaiting Assays.
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FMTC 1335 0 -90 1680.6 P Completed,
Awaiting Assays.
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FMTC 1336 250 -85 849.3 HS Terminated,
Awaiting Assays.
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FMTC 1337 0 -90 1100.1 RecH Completed,
Awaiting Assays.
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FMTC 1338 070 -55 902.0 HS Completed,
Awaiting Assays.
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FMTC 1339 0 -90 956.7 RecH Completed,
Awaiting Assays.
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FMTC 1340 070 -85 1220.8 HS&P Completed,
Awaiting Assays.
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FMTC 1341 066 -51 782.0 HS Completed. Results
reported in this
News Release
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FMTC 1343 070 -56 861.0 HS Competed,
Geological logging
and sampling.
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FMTC 1344 075 -56 893.4 HS Completed. Results
reported in this
News Release
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FMTC 1345 070 -66 1010.4 HS Completed,
Geological logging
and sampling.
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FMTC 1346 075 -66 728.7 HS Terminated,
Geological logging
and sampling.
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FMTC 1347 070 -76 983.5 HS Completed,
Geological logging
and sampling.
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FMTC 1348 069 -66 999.2 HS Completed,
Geological logging
and sampling.
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FMTC 1349 052 -60 1134.4 HS Completed,
Geological logging
and sampling.
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FMTC 130050 050 -75 645.6 HS Drilling
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Table 2: Status of drill holes in the Cukaru Peki Project and Miocene Basin
areas on November 30, 2013
Drilling mineralisation targets are denoted by the following; HS target - High
sulphidation target, P target - Porphyry target, HS&P target - High sulphidation
and porphyry target, RecH - reconnaissance hole.
Drill holes FMTC 1341 and 1344
Drill holes FMTC 1341 and 1344 were inclined at -51 degrees and -56 degrees and
oriented at azimuth 066 degrees and 075 degrees respectively. They are located
on two profiles (Section lines 4 and 5, link to plan) of holes about 100 metres
apart and were drilled to test the massive sulphide high-sulphidation
mineralization at Cukaru Peki that was previously intersected in the FMTC 1213,
1223 and 1224 (all vertical, and previously reported).
In both holes the base of the Miocene sedimentary cover sequence was intersected
at approximately 240.0 metres, and the base of the Upper Cretaceous sedimentary
rocks were intersected at 554.6 (FMTC 1341) and 571.0 metres (FMTC 1341). These
intercepts correlate very well with the sections interpreted from the earlier
drill holes.
The massive sulphide mineralization in FMTC 1341 is separated from the overlying
marls by only 2.4 metres of andesite breccia, which is interpreted to be a fault
breccia. High-grade copper gold mineralization is continuous from 557.0 to 616.8
metres (Table 1). The copper-gold values range from 3.93% CuEq (579.0 - 580.0
metres, average content 0.57% copper, 5.60 g/t gold) to 48.35% CuEq (593.0 to
594.0 metres, average content 41.69% copper, 11.10 g/t gold). The mineralization
consists of massive and commonly brecciated fine-grained pyrite, and veinlets,
breccia matrix fill, and disseminations of covellite and minor bornite and
enargite as the principal copper-bearing sulphide minerals. The underlying
section from 616.8 to 723.0 metres is continuously mineralized (average 4.50%
CuEq, with 2.40% copper and 3.50g/t gold) and consists of hydrothermally altered
(advanced argillic to argillic) and brecciated andesites with veinlets,
aggregations and disseminations of pyrite and covellite with minor bornite and
enargite.
FMTC 1344 intersected about 55 metres of volcaniclastics and brecciated
andesites under the Upper Cretaceous marls before penetrating the copper-gold
mineralization at 625.6 metres that continues to 754.1 metres, and includes two
zones of higher grade mineralization (Table 1). The mineralization consists of
veinlets and disseminations of covellite with minor bornite and enargite in
brecciated,, altered (advanced argillic) and pyritised andesite, then passes
into zones of high grade mineralization consisting of fine-grained and
brecciated massive pyrite with covellite with minor bornite and enargite.
Drill holes FMTC 1220, 1221 and 1330
Drill hole FMTC 1220 was collared at the same location as FMTC 1217 (584.0 to
684.0 metres, for 100.0 metres with an average grade of 4.31% CuEq, 3.17% copper
and 1.91 g/t gold, see News Release October 12, 2012), but is vertical. The
stratigraphic intercepts correlate well with the other holes on Section line 4
(link to plan). A thin zone of pyrite-covellite mineralization was intersected
from 672.9 to 675.8 for 2.9 metres with average 5.27% CuEq (average 3.16% copper
and 3.37 g/t gold) may represent the southwest edge of the high-sulphidation
zone of copper-gold mineralization. Weak mineralization in the underlying
sequence of andesites includes a zone of gold enrichment from 707.8 to 717.0
metres for 9.2 metres with average 0.03% copper and 1.87 g/t gold.
Drill hole FMTC 1221 is located approximately 125 metres south-southwest of FMTC
1213 (461.0 to 621.0 metres, for 160.0 metres with an average grade of 10.16%
CuEq, 6.92% copper and 5.40 g/t gold, see News Release October 12, 2012), and
tested the southern extension from the high-sulphidation zone of copper-gold
mineralization in that hole. The hole intersected weak to very weak copper gold
mineralization (best intercept: 698.2 to 698.9 metres, for 0.7 metres with an
average grade of 0.78% CuEq, 0.49% copper and 0.48 g/t gold in altered (phyllic,
locally argillic) andesite and andesite breccia that continues to the end of
hole at 1004.5 metres.
Drill hole FMTC 1330 is located on Section line 5 (link to plan). It is
vertical, located approximately 125 metres west-southwest of FMTC 1224, and
tested the western extension of the high-sulphidation zone of copper-gold
mineralization intersected previously in FMTC 1223 (428.0 to 719.3 metres, for
291.3 metres with an average grade of 7.17% CuEq, average 5.13% copper and 3.40
g/t gold, see News Release April, 2013) and 1224. The hole intersected
intermittent copper-gold mineralization in andesites and andesite breccias from
639.6 to the end of hole at 1112.5 metres. The best single intercept is
associated with a zone of tectonic brecciation over 18.1 metres from 703.0 to
721.1 metres with an average grade of 1.19% CuEq (average 0.86% copper and 0.54
g/t gold), and includes a 2.1 metre thick zone of massive pyrite with covellite
and minor enargite that may represent the southwest extension of the
high-sulphidation zone of copper-gold mineralization.
Note on Analytic procedures:
Copper was routinely analyzed by inductively coupled plasma - atomic emission
spectroscopy (ICP-AES) using 0.5 gram aliquots. Due to the exceptionally high
grade of copper in some samples, repeat analyses were undertaken using atomic
absorption spectroscopy (AAS) for samples containing 1 - 11% copper, and ICP-AES
with longer sample digestion times and smaller aliquot of 0.1 gram for samples
containing greater than 11% copper. The copper values in Table 1 of this news
release are from the repeat analytical procedures as available, and otherwise by
the routine procedure for the samples yielding less than 1% copper.
All the samples in the reported intervals were analysed for gold by fire assay
(30 gram samples) with an AAS finish. Samples containing greater than 3 g/t gold
were reanalysed for gold by fire assay (30 gram samples) with a gravimetric
finish, and these results are included as available in the composites reported
in Table 1 of this news release.
Quality Assurance and Control ("QAQC"):
Drill hole orientations were surveyed at approximately 50 metre intervals. Core
recovery through the reported intervals was greater than 95% in all holes, with
the exception of occasional short intervals through the brecciated massive
sulphide mineralization in FMTC 1341 (worst case - 2 metre section with 89%
recovery) and FMTC 1344 (worst case - 3.6 metre section with average 64%
recovery). Timok Project personnel monitored the drilling, with cores delivered
daily to the Project's core storage facility in the town of Bor, where it was
logged, cut and sampled. The samples were collected in accordance with the
Company and Freeport's protocols that are compatible with accepted industry
procedures and best practice. Most samples through the mineralized intervals
were 1 metre in length, up to a maximum 2 metres in sections of poorly
mineralized or unmineralized core. The samples were submitted to Eurotest
Control EAD Laboratory (ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 17025 accredited) in Sofia,
Bulgaria, for sample preparation and analysis according to the above-mentioned
procedures. In addition to the laboratory's internal QAQC procedures, the
Company conducted its own QAQC with the systematic inclusion of certified
reference materials, blank samples and field duplicate samples. The analytical
results from the Timok Projects quality control samples have been evaluated, and
conform to best practice standards.
The Timok Project:
The Timok Project comprises the Jasikovo-Durlan Potok, Brestovac-Metovnica and
Leskovo Exploration Permits that are held by Rakita d.o.o., a Serbian company in
which Freeport and Reservoir hold 55% and 45% indirect ownership interests
respectively. The Exploration Permits cover an area of 245 square kilometres in
the highly prospective Timok Magmatic Complex, eastern Serbia, which includes
the world-class Bor-Majdanpek mining and smelting complex with reported
historical production of 6 million tonnes of copper and 300 tonnes of gold (9.65
million ounces gold) (BRGM publication BRGM/RC-51448-FR, 2002).
Qualified Person:
Dr. Duncan Large, Chartered Engineer (UK) and Eur. Geol., a Qualified Person
under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects of
the Canadian Securities Administrators and a consultant to the Company, approved
the technical disclosure in this release and has verified the data disclosed.
About the Company:
Reservoir Minerals Inc. is an international mineral exploration and development
company run by a experienced technical and management team, with a portfolio of
precious and base metal exploration properties in Europe and Africa. The Company
operates an exploration partnership business model to leverage its expertise
through to discovery.
This news release includes certain "forward-looking statements" under applicable
Canadian securities legislation. Such forward-looking statements or information,
including but not limited to those with respect to exploration results, involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of Reservoir Minerals Inc. to be
materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information. Such
factors include, among others, the actual prices of commodities, the factual
results of current exploration, development and mining activities, changes in
project parameters as plans continue to be evaluated, as well as those factors
disclosed in documents filed from time to time with the securities regulators in
the applicable Provinces of British Columbia and Alberta.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization
of Canada accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Reservoir Minerals Inc.
Chris MacIntyre
VP Corporate Development
+1.416.703.0010
chris@reservoirminerals.com
www.reservoirminerals.com
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