Update on Monarques' Activities and Start of Phase II Drilling on Croinor Gold
(firmenpresse) - QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 05/12/15 -- MONARQUES GOLD CORP. ("Monarques" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE: MQR) (FRANKFURT: MR7) is pleased to provide an update on its properties in Quebec's Abitibi region.
CROINOR GOLD
Monarques is pleased to announce the start of of the 2015 drilling program on its Croinor Gold project, approximately 70 kilometres east of Val-d'Or , Quebec.
Phase II includes about 9,000 metres of diamond drilling aimed at continuing to define the extensions of the deposit along strike and at depth. Two drills will be in operation through to early July. A geophysical survey using Abitibi Geophysique's method has also been added to the program. The survey will be carried out over a 2-km section along the mineralized axis of the Croinor deposit and its extensions. The advantage of this method is that it detects anomalies up to 700 metres deep. Some of the drilling has been earmarked to test targets identified by the survey.
The resource estimate for the deposit has already been updated once, in October 2014, by of Val-d'Or, Quebec. The results were as follows:
Table 1 - Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE)
The current mineral resource estimate was calculated using the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves and Definitions and Guidelines prepared by the CIM Standing Committee on Reserve Definitions. Mineral resources, which are not mineral reserves, do not have demonstrated economic viability. The mineral resource estimate may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues. Furthermore, it is uncertain whether further exploration will result in reclassification of Inferred Mineral Resources to the Indicated or Measured resource categories.
Technical parameters used for the MRE:
A new update is planned once the 2015 work is complete.
SIMKAR GOLD
Monarques Gold Corp. is also pleased to present a 43-101 updated mineral resource estimate ("MRE") for the Simkar gold project ("Simkar" or "the project"). Located some 20 km east of Val-d'Or, the project is the site of former gold producer Louvicourt Goldfield.
"Although Monarques is currently focusing on the Croinor property, we are continuing to build our knowledge of all our projects," said Jean-Marc Lacoste, President and Chief Executive Officer of Monarques. " reflects our improved grasp of the gold zones on the Simkar project, which has resulted in measured and indicated resources that have more than doubled since the first calculation in 2013."
The updated MRE, summarized in Table 2, was prepared by MRB & Associates ("MRB") of Val-d'Or, Quebec, and is based on 467 surface and underground diamond-drill holes, comprising 81,108 total metres, as well as results from 18,055 sampled and assayed intervals.
Table 2: Updated Mineral Resource Estimate1
1The current Mineral Resource Estimate was calculated using the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) Standards on Mineral Resources and Reserves, Definitions and Guidelines prepared by the CIM Standing Committee on Reserve Definitions. Mineral resources, which are not mineral reserves, do not have demonstrated economic viability. The mineral resource estimate may be materially affected by environmental, permitting, legal, title, taxation, socio-political, marketing, or other relevant issues. Furthermore, the quantity and grade of estimated Inferred Resource reported herein are uncertain and there has been insufficient exploration to categorize them as an Indicated or Measured Resource. It is uncertain whether further exploration will result in reclassification of Inferred Mineral Resources to the Indicated or Measured Mineral Resource categories. The tonnage numbers are rounded according to NI 43-101 standards. Grades are calculated from Au concentrations determined from sample assays completed by ALS Minerals using conventional Fire Assaying with 30 g fusions and AAS finish.
Technical parameters used for the MRE:
The Simkar project consists of two contiguous mining concessions (2.26 km2) hosting the former Louvicourt Goldfield mine and 11 mineral claims (1.77 km2) in the Val-d'Or gold mining camp. The final agreement dated 6 June 2014 gives Monarch a 100% undivided interest in the Simkar project, although the project is subject to a 1.5% royalty, of which 0.5% can be bought back for $1 million. The mineralization on the property is characterized by a system of gold-bearing quartz veins controlled by a set of subparallel structures at the Cadillac Break and by extensional veins. This gold setting is consistent with the type of gold mineralization seen in a number of nearby deposits in the Val-d'Or mining camp, including the Sigma-Lamaque complex, which produced over 9,000,000 ounces of gold ().
Geophysical work will be carried out on the property in the fall.
REGCOURT GOLD
The Regcourt Gold property is located at the east end of the Val-d'Or gold camp, some 30 kilometres east of Val-d'Or, and is easily accessible by Route 117.
Some reconnaissance work is planned toward the fall of 2015 to check historical data.
Qualified Persons
The qualified persons for the preparation of the Croinor Gold resource estimate in accordance with Regulation 43-101 were Carl Pelletier, B.Sc., P. Geo., and Karine Brousseau, Eng., both of InnovExplo Inc. The effective date of the estimate is August 8, 2014.
The Simkar Gold resource estimate was prepared by Martin Bourgoin, B.Sc., P.Geo., and Abderrazak Ladidi, B.Sc., M.Eng., P.Geo., both of MRB & Associates, in their capacity as Independent Qualified Persons for the production of mineral resource estimates in accordance with National Instrument 43-101.
Valere Larouche, Eng., Chief Geologist, is the Corporation's Qualified Person under NI 43-101. Mr. Larouche has reviewed and approved the technical and scientific content of this press release, except for the two resource estimate tables.
ABOUT MONARQUES
Monarques is a gold exploration company currently focusing its efforts on the development of gold projects along the Cadillac Break, in the Val-d'Or area of Quebec. Monarques currently has nearly 200 km2 of property holdings in the Val-d'Or area, including two mining concessions and one mining lease with over $9 million in credits from the Ministere de l'Energie et des Ressources naturelles.
Forward-Looking Statements
The forward-looking statements in this press release involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Monarques' actual results, performance and achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied therein. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
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Jean-Marc Lacoste
President and CEO
1-888-994-4465 x 201
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