VANCOUVER, BC, June 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ - GoldMining Inc. (the
"Company" or "GoldMining") (TSX: GOLD) (NYSE
American: GLDG) is pleased to announce assay results from the first
drill hole of its recently announced drilling program at the
Company's 100% owned São Jorge Project ("São Jorge" or
the "Project") in the Tapajós Gold district, Pará
State, Brazil.
The program consists of approximately 1,000 metres ("m")
of total proposed diamond core drilling and 3,000 m of power auger drilling. The objectives
of the program include, among other things, to complete
confirmatory drilling within and near the margins of the existing
São Jorge gold deposit1 (the "Deposit"), and test
a reinterpretation of the structural controls on high-grade
mineralization. Assay results for the first diamond drill hole have
been received and are reported in this release.
Drill Hole SJD-120-24 highlights
include:
- 163 m at 1.02 grams per tonne (g/t) gold (Au) from
44 m downhole
depth, including higher-grade intersections:
- 20 m at 1.37 g/t Au from 44
m depth;
- 37 m at 2.26 g/t Au from 95
m depth;
- 11 m at 1.00 g/t Au from 148
m depth;
- 13 m at 1.35 g/t Au from 166
m depth; and
- 12 m at 1.15 g/t Au from 195
m depth.
Tim Smith, Vice President of
Exploration, commented: "We are pleased to announce the results
from the first drilling at São Jorge in more than a decade. The
results from this first drill hole are strong and we believe help
demonstrate an extensive corridor of mineralization consisting of
multiple intercepts of broad gold mineralization. These include
some narrower higher-grade zones. Oriented diamond core
drilling has successfully confirmed our thesis for the structural
controls on mineralization within the deposit, which was the first
objective of our multi-pronged drilling program. We expect that the
improved geological model based on these intercepts will provide
greater confidence in future mineral resource estimation.
Additionally, we have commenced the auger drilling component of the
program and forward to providing additional updates."
Drill Program Details and Geological Description
São Jorge sits within the active and rapidly developing Tapajós
Gold District (see Figure 1), which is estimated to
have produced over 20 million ounces of gold historically from
artisanal mining of surface deposits, according to the Brazil
National Mining Agency. The Tapajós is home to Serabi Gold Plc.'s
producing high-grade underground Palito Mine and G Mining Ventures
Corp.'s ("G Mining") brand new Tocantinzinho open pit mine,
which recently commenced commissioning of its ore processing
facility (see G Mining news release June 11,
2024).
São Jorge is located immediately adjacent to paved Hwy BR-163
and a new 138 kV powerline corridor tied into the district
electrical grid recently constructed for Tocantinzinho. Exploration
activities at São Jorge are operated from a permanent camp adjacent
to the existing Deposit and just 3 kilometres from the highway.
The Company commenced drilling at São Jorge in May 2024 (see news release dated May 29, 2024). Structural analysis of historic
mapping and oriented core from drilling by previous operators
identified two principal vein/fracture orientations, the
intersection of which produces a steeply plunging high-grade
'shoot' geometry. To test this interpretation, three infill
(confirmatory) oriented core drill holes are planned within the
known Deposit and near its margins (see Figure 2). This
drilling, including results of the first hole contained in this
news release could provide evidence for a better understanding of
the controls on high-grade mineralization and optimization of the
resource modelling methodology.
SJD-120-24 intersected numerous zones of gold mineralization
starting in the saprolite zone near the surface and extending into
bedrock (see Figure 3). Mineralization comprises
fracture-controlled sulphide ± quartz veins, with the sulphides
consisting of dominant pyrite with lesser chalcopyrite, along
metre-scale northwest-southeast striking shear zones hosted within
monzogranite and along a sheared footwall contact between
monzogranite and syenogranite, which cumulatively defines the São
Jorge high-strain corridor. Pyrite occurs as hairline stringers,
disseminated grains and semi-massive pyrite in 3 – 5 cm thick
veins. Better gold grades are related to a higher abundance of
sulphide minerals, particularly thicker veins, and/or a higher
density of semi-massive to massive pyrite veins. Figure 4
illustrates the strong visual nature of mineralization at São
Jorge.
1 Additional
information regarding the São Jorge Project, including
existing resource estimates and historical work at the project, is
set out in the technical report titled "São Jorge Gold Project,
Pará State, Brazil: Independent Technical Report on Mineral
Resources", prepared for the Company and dated effective May 31,
2021, which is available under the Company's profile at
www.sedarplus.ca.
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Table 1 – São Jorge assay intercepts from the first
hole of the program received as of June 18,
2024.
Hole
Number
|
Interval From
(m)
|
Interval To
(m)
|
Core
Length1
(m)
|
Au
Grade
(g/t)
|
SJD-120-24
|
44.00
|
207.00
|
163.00
|
1.02
|
SJD-120-24
|
44.00
|
64.00
|
20.00
|
1.37
|
Including
|
45.00
|
50.00
|
5.00
|
2.82
|
Including
|
45.00
|
46.00
|
1.00
|
7.25
|
SJD-120-24
|
69.00
|
70.00
|
1.00
|
3.03
|
SJD-120-24
|
74.00
|
75.00
|
1.00
|
5.05
|
SJD-120-24
|
95.00
|
132.00
|
37.00
|
2.26
|
Including
|
97.00
|
98.00
|
1.00
|
11.47
|
Including
|
102.00
|
104.00
|
2.00
|
12.22
|
SJD-120-24
|
148.00
|
159.00
|
11.00
|
1.00
|
Including
|
152.00
|
155.00
|
3.00
|
2.31
|
SJD-120-24
|
166.00
|
179.00
|
13.00
|
1.35
|
SJD-120-24
|
195.0
|
207.0
|
12.00
|
1.15
|
including
|
201.00
|
206.00
|
5.00
|
2.24
|
Including
|
205.00
|
206.00
|
1.00
|
7.29
|
SJD-120-24
|
249.00
|
250.00
|
1.00
|
1.07
|
SJD-120-24
|
259.00
|
260.00
|
1.00
|
1.27
|
SJD-120-24
|
265.00
|
266.00
|
1.00
|
3.74
|
Notes:
|
|
1.
|
True widths are
estimated to be approximately 66% of downhole length, assuming
primarily steeply dipping vein-hosted mineralization.
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Table 2 – São Jorge 2024 drill hole collar location
coordinates.
Hole
Number
|
Easting
Metres
(UTM Zone
21S)
|
Northing
Metres (UTM Zone
21S)
|
Elevation (m above
sea level)
|
Depth
(m)
|
Azimuth
(Degrees)
|
Dip
(Degrees)
|
Status
|
SJD 120-24
|
657535
|
9282655
|
209.45
|
271.84
|
335
|
-50
|
All assays
received
|
SJD 121-24
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pending
|
SJD 122-24
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pending
|
Qualified Person
Paulo Pereira, P. Geo., President
of GoldMining, has supervised the preparation of, and verified and
approved, the scientific and technical information herein this news
release. Mr. Pereira is a Qualified Person as defined in National
Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects
("NI 43-101").
Data Verification
For this drill core sampling program, samples were taken from
the NQ/HQ core by sawing the drill core in half, with one-half sent
to SGS Geosol Laboratórios Ltda. ("SGS") in Brazil for assaying, and the other half
of the core retained at the site for future reference. Sample
lengths downhole were uniformly 1.0
m. SGS is a certified commercial laboratory in Vespasiano,
Minas Gerais, Brazil, and is
independent of GoldMining. GoldMining has implemented a quality
assurance and quality control program for the sampling and analysis
of drill core, including duplicates, mineralized standards and
blank samples for each batch of 100 samples. The gold analyses were
completed by FAA505 method (fire-assay with an atomic absorption
finish on 50 grams of material).
About GoldMining Inc.
GoldMining Inc. is a public mineral exploration company focused
on acquiring and developing gold assets in the Americas. Through
its disciplined acquisition strategy, GoldMining now controls a
diversified portfolio of resource-stage gold and gold-copper
projects in Canada, the
U.S.A., Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The Company also owns approximately 21.5
million shares of Gold Royalty Corp. (NYSE American: GROY), 9.9
million shares of U.S. GoldMining Inc. (Nasdaq: USGO), and 26.7
million shares of NevGold Corp. (TSXV: NAU). See www.goldmining.com
for additional information.
Notice to Readers
Technical disclosure regarding São
Jorge has been prepared by the Company in accordance
with NI 43-101. NI 43-101 is a rule of the Canadian Securities
Administrators which establishes standards for all public
disclosure an issuer makes of scientific and technical information
concerning mineral projects. These standards differ from the
requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC")
and the scientific and technical information contained in this news
release may not be comparable to similar information disclosed by
domestic United States companies
subject to the SEC's reporting and disclosure requirements.
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constitutes "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S.
securities laws ("forward-looking statements"), which involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause
the Company's actual results, performance and achievements to be
materially different from the results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied therein. Forward-looking statements, which are
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proposed drill program at the Project; , including the
potential benefits thereof and the Company's expectations regarding
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risks involved in the exploration and development of mineral
properties, fluctuating metal prices, unanticipated costs and
expenses, risks related to government and environmental regulation,
social, permitting and licensing matters, any inability to complete
the drill program as expected, the Company's plans with respect to
São Jorge may change as a result of further planning or otherwise,
and uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of
financing needed in the future. These risks, as well as others,
including those set forth in GoldMiningꞌs Annual Information Form
for the year ended November 30, 2023,
and other filings with Canadian securities regulators and the SEC,
could cause actual results and events to vary significantly.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that
forward-looking statements, or the material factors or assumptions
used to develop such forward-looking statements, will prove to be
accurate. The Company does not undertake to update any
forward-looking statements, except in accordance with applicable
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