Reservoir Minerals Reports Drill Intervals of 166 Metres Grading
11.29% CuEq and 128.7 Metres Grading 8.41% CuEq at the Timok Cu-Au
Project, Serbia
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Dec 2, 2013) -
(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."
Drill hole ID |
From (m) |
To (m) |
Interval (m) |
Copper (%) |
Gold (g/t) |
CuEq (%) |
FMTC 1341 |
557.0 |
723.0 |
166.0 |
6.65 |
7.75 |
11.29 |
including |
557.0 |
616.8 |
59.8 |
14.17 |
15.35 |
23.38 |
FMTC 1344 |
625.4 |
754.1 |
128.7 |
5.76 |
4.42 |
8.41 |
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 |
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.
Drill Hole ID |
Azimuth (º) |
Declination (º) |
Depth (m) |
Target |
Status |
FMTC 1210 |
0 |
-90 |
1947.0 |
Discovery hole, HS&P |
Completed. Results to 1183 m reported Company News Release July 16,
2012, and additional results reported in News Release December 10,
2012 |
FMTC 1211 |
0 |
-90 |
1136.7 |
Follow-up hole |
Completed. Results reported in News Release December 10,
2012. |
FMTC 1212 |
0 |
-90 |
1008.8 |
Follow-up hole |
Completed. Results reported in News Release December 10, 2012. |
FMTC 1213 |
0 |
-90 |
798.1 |
HS |
Completed. Reported in Company News Release September 4, 2012 |
FMTC 1214 |
250 |
-80 |
1308.6 |
P |
Completed. Results reported in News Release December 10, 2012 |
FMTC 1215 |
0 |
-90 |
950.8 |
P |
Completed. Results reported in News Release July 22, 2013 |
FMTC 1216 |
250 |
-70 |
921.0 |
P |
Completed. Results reported in News Release July 22, 2013 |
FMTC 1217 |
070 |
-80 |
1006.7 |
HS&P |
Completed. Results reported in News Release December 10, 2012 |
FMTC 1218 |
0 |
-90 |
1952.0 |
P |
Completed. Results reported in News Release July 22, 2013. |
FMTC 1219 |
0 |
-90 |
1900.6 |
P |
Completed. Results reported in News Release July 22, 2013. |
FMTC 1220 |
0 |
-90 |
1079.5 |
P |
Completed. Results reported in this News Release |
FMTC 1221 |
0 |
-90 |
1004,5 |
P |
Completed. Results reported in this News Release |
FMTC 1223 |
0 |
-90 |
1060.4 |
HS |
Completed. Results reported in News Release April 8,
2013. |
FMTC 1224 |
0 |
-90 |
1088.5 |
HS&P |
Completed. Results reported in News Release September 9, 2013 |
FMTC 1327 |
0 |
-90 |
1952.7 |
HS&P |
Completed, Awaiting Assays. |
FMTC 1328 |
0 |
-90 |
1742.0 |
HS&P |
Completed, Awaiting Assays. |
FMTC 1329 |
0 |
-90 |
718.8 |
HS |
Terminated, Awaiting Assays. |
FMTC 1330 |
0 |
-90 |
1112.5 |
HS |
Completed. Results reported in this News Release |
FMTC 1331 |
0 |
-90 |
1109.2 |
RecH |
Completed, Awaiting Assays. |
FMTC 1332 |
250 |
-80 |
2160.3 |
HS&P |
Completed, Awaiting Assays. |
FMTC 1333 |
0 |
-90 |
1016.5 |
RecH |
Completed, logged. |
FMTC 1334 |
0 |
-90 |
1649.0 |
HS&P |
Completed, Awaiting Assays. |
FMTC 1335 |
0 |
-90 |
1680.6 |
P |
Completed, Awaiting Assays. |
FMTC 1336 |
250 |
-85 |
849.3 |
HS |
Terminated, Awaiting Assays. |
FMTC 1337 |
0 |
-90 |
1100.1 |
RecH |
Completed, Awaiting Assays. |
FMTC 1338 |
070 |
-55 |
902.0 |
HS |
Completed, Awaiting Assays. |
FMTC 1339 |
0 |
-90 |
956.7 |
RecH |
Completed, Awaiting Assays. |
FMTC 1340 |
070 |
-85 |
1220.8 |
HS&P |
Completed, Awaiting Assays. |
FMTC 1341 |
066 |
-51 |
782.0 |
HS |
Completed. Results reported in this News Release |
FMTC 1343 |
070 |
-56 |
861.0 |
HS |
Competed, Geological logging and sampling. |
FMTC 1344 |
075 |
-56 |
893.4 |
HS |
Completed. Results reported in this News Release |
FMTC 1345 |
070 |
-66 |
1010.4 |
HS |
Completed, Geological logging and sampling. |
FMTC 1346 |
075 |
-66 |
728.7 |
HS |
Terminated, Geological logging and sampling. |
FMTC 1347 |
070 |
-76 |
983.5 |
HS |
Completed, Geological logging and sampling. |
FMTC 1348 |
069 |
-66 |
999.2 |
HS |
Completed, Geological logging and sampling. |
FMTC 1349 |
052 |
-60 |
1134.4 |
HS |
Completed, Geological logging and sampling. |
FMTC 130050 |
050 |
-75 |
645.6 |
HS |
Drilling |
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 -51º and -56º
and oriented at azimuth 066º and 075º 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.
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adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Reservoir Minerals Inc.Chris MacIntyreVP Corporate
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