Vancouver, Canada --
January 23, 2018 -- ADVFN Crypto NewsWire -- Guyana
Goldstrike Inc. (the "Company" or "Guyana Goldstrike") (TSXV:
GYA,
OTC: GYNAF, FSE: 1ZT). reports
that Global Mineral Resource
Services has completed and delivered a mineral resource estimate
for the Mazoa Hill Zone at the Company's Marudi Gold Project
("Marudi" or the "Project"), Guyana, South America.
Mr. Peter Berdusco President and
CEO states: "The resource estimate for Mazoa Hill is a Company
milestone and a great step towards the further development of the
Marudi Gold Project. The potential for additional ounces on the
property is excellent when one considers the following factors:
Mazoa Hill is open in a number of directions including at depth,
the Marudi North Zone is also open in a number of directions and
contains a historic resource estimate and lastly, only five percent
of the entire property has ever been explored."
Mazoa Hill
Zone
The Mazoa Hill Zone has been
explored by surface trenching and approximately 63 drillholes. This
work has defined a zone of mineralized quartzite that strikes
northwest, is approximately 300 meters long along strike, 150
meters wide across strike and has been traced to a depth of 250
meters below surface. The zone is near-vertical or dips steeply to
the northeast. The saprolite layer above the quartzite is up to 30
metres thick but is generally thinner and the Mazoa Formation
quartzite is partially exposed at surface. This estimate has been
constrained by a conceptual pit and is stated at a cutoff grade of
0.5 g/t gold. Marudi Property Mazoa Hill Mineral Resource
Estimate, Summary page 2.
The following table presents the
current mineral resource estimate for the Mazoa Hill Zone
Mazoa Hill Resources in Conceptual Pit @ 0.5 g/t
Cutoff
|
Class
|
Tonnes
|
Au Capped g/t
|
Au Uncapped g/t
|
Ounces Capped
|
Ounces Uncapped
|
Indicated
|
4,428,000
|
1.8
|
1.9
|
259,100
|
269,700
|
Inferred
|
1,653,000
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
86,200
|
87,600
|
Notes:
1. Open pit resources stated as
contained within a conceptual open pit above a 0.50 g/t Au
cut-off.
2. Pit constraints are based on an
assumed gold price of US$1,500/oz., mining cost of US$2.30/t and
processing cost of US$16.80/t.
3. Assay grades were capped at 30
g/t gold; capped Mineral Resource estimate is reported.
4. Mineral Resource tonnage and
contained metal have been rounded to reflect the accuracy of the
estimate, and numbers may not add due to rounding.
5. Mineral Resource tonnage and
grades are reported as undiluted.
6. Contained Au ounces are in-situ
and do not include recovery losses.
For further information, readers
are encouraged to reviewed the technical report, "Marudi Property
Mazoa Hill Mineral Resource Estimate", available under the
Company's profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). Readers are
cautioned that mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do
not have demonstrated economic viability. There is no certainty
that all or any part of the mineral resources estimated will be
converted into mineral reserves.
3D HD Video
In conjunction with the technical
report, the Company completed a 3D HD video of the Marudi Gold
Project allowing for the viewing of the entire property and
specifically the Mazoa Hill zone showing the drill intercepts, the
blocked out mineralized zone and a conceptual open pit
design. The 3D
HD Video can be viewed on Company's website located on its homepage
at www.guyanagoldstrike.com
Phase One
Exploration
The Company is currently in the
initial phase of an exploration program on the Project. This
initial phase consists of up to
12,000 metres of trenching, extensive rock and soil sampling, expansion of
surface mineralization in known zones, detailed geological mapping
(lithologic, alteration, and structural), evaluation of new
mineralization, drill-target selections and definitions. The
results from this phase will be released as they become
available.
Property
Geology
Gold mineralization at Marudi is
regarded as being related to iron-formation-hosted gold ("IFG")
deposits that occur in other cratonic greenstone belts. These
deposits can be remarkably long-lived with sizeable gold
production. They have a strong association between gold and iron
sulfide minerals, the presence of gold bearing quartz veins and
structures, the occurrence of deposits in structurally complex
terranes, and the lack of lead and zinc enrichment. Existing IFG
deposits are the Homestake Mine, Lupin Mine, and Musselwhite
Mine.
The Company encourages all
interested parties to visit the Company's website www.guyanagoldstrike.com for
further information or contact the Company by telephone,
1.877.844.4661 or email, info@guyanagoldstrike.com.
Qualified Person
Locke Goldsmith, M.Sc., P. Eng, P.
Geo, Chief Geologist and Exploration Manager for the Company, is a
Qualified Person in accordance with National Instrument
43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects. Mr.
Goldsmith has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical
content of this news release.
About
The Marudi Gold Project
The
Project, located in Guyana, South America, is unique in that it
has a mining license in good standing, all-season road
access, infrastructure in place, with an established mining camp
serviced by employees, service buildings, and a full-time mining
manager. The property has three
known gold bearing areas, specifically the alluvial areas,
the saprorlite overburden, and the underlying hard-rock. There has
been 42,000 metres of historic diamond drilling (141 holes)
completed on the Project by prior operators. This work has
delineated historical mineral resource estimates on the Project.
There exists excellent exploration upside through the development
of previously identified, highly-prospective mineralized targets on
the Project.
For information concerning these
estimates and the Project, readers are encouraged to review "NI
43-101 Technical Report on the Marudi Property, Guyana", a
technical report prepared for the Company by Derrick Strickland, P.
Geo., and is available on the Company's website located at
(http://www.guyanagoldstrike.com/images/pdf/2016/Marudi_43-101_November_30_2016.pdf)
and under the Company's profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).*
* The Company considers
these estimates to be historical, and cautions that a Qualified
Person has not done sufficient work to classify the historical
estimates as current mineral resources or mineral reserves in
accordance with National Instrument
43-101. The Company does
consider these historical estimates to be relevant as they may
indicate the presence of gold mineralization and favourable
geology.
ABOUT GUYANA
The
Republic of Guyana is located in South America between Venezuela
and Suriname. The country is English speaking and under British
Common Law with a democratically-elected government. It
has an established mining act and a rich history of
gold production. In 2016, 690,000 ounces of gold was produced by
operators mining in the country. The Fraser Institute's 2016 Annual
Survey of Mining listed Guyana as the third best mining
jurisdiction with regards to investment attractiveness in the Latin
America and Caribbean Basin sub-group. The Guiana Shield is the
geographic gold-hosting region with over 100 million ounces of gold
inventory. ** It is world-recognized as a premier gold region that
is highly prospective, under-explored and has geological continuity
with West Africa. In 2016, two mines in Guyana declared the
commencement of commercial production: the Aurora deposit (Guyana
Goldfields) and the Karouni deposit (Troy Resources).
** Independent Technical
and Environmental Review Karouni Gold Project - Guyana, Behre
Dolbear Australia Pty Ltd, April 29, 2016
On behalf of the Board of Directors of
GUYANA GOLDSTRIKE INC.
Peter Berdusco
President and Chief Executive Officer
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