Black Mammoth Metals Consolidates Claims at St. Elmo High-Grade Gold and Diamond Jim Silver-Lead-Zinc-Antimony Properties, NV
The Properties are both historic producers located in the
St. Elmo Property
The St. Elmo is a large, high-grade to bonanza-grade gold, outcropping epithermal vein and breccia system with lower-grade bulk tonnage mineralization that can be traced for 2.9 kms and is open on strike and at depth, with four subparallel vein-breccia structures where the veins are up to 12m thick and breccia bodies are up to 21m thick. Past exploration was of limited scope and duration with the last drilling campaign completed in 2009. Drilling was focussed on the upper levels of the St. Elmo historic underground (U/G) mine, over a limited strike length and vertical depth.
Highlights Include:
- Best drill intercept:
3.0m @ 16.8 g/t Au & 41.50 g/t Ag from 68.6m - (GPSE-011) Golden Predator 2009.
- Best drill intercept of the down dip extension of
St. Elmo workings (32.6m wide composite vein):
2.0m @ 15.62 g/t Au & 10.93 g/t Ag from 133m and 2.6m @ 5 g/t Au & 2.34g/t Ag from 121m – (GC-01) Mason Exploration 1999.
- Bulk sample – U/G:
1360 tonnes with average grade 10.3 g/t Au,Harrison Western 1990. Subsample sent toHazen Research , CO in 1991 for metallurgical testing – 360 kg with head grade of 73.75 g/t Au & 35.93 g/t Ag resulted in 85% to 90% of the gold recoverable with a combination of gravity and floatation.
- Rock chip sampling up to:
639.60 g/t Au – U/G grab sample - Newmont 1988
Priority Targets at St. Elmo include:
- Along-strike and down-dip extensions to the high-grade
St. Elmo historic workings. - Strike extension suggested by an induced polarization survey ("IP") showing a resistivity high.
- Along the three other subparallel vein-breccia structures.
- Deeper bonanza-grade feeder zones.
- Rosebud historic U/G mine (west of
St. Elmo historic mine) along-strike and down-dip extensions to the historic workings where Homestake Mining sampled up to 54.1 g/t Au and 987.5 g/t Ag (U/G rock chip sample). - Gold-bearing jasperoids and spatially associated antimony occurrences indicate potential
Carlin -type gold mineralization.
Geology and Mineralization:
Acquisition Terms (in USD):
Black Mammoth optioned 33 federal mining claims (the "St. Elmo Option") from
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Nevada Select will retain a 2.5% NSR.
There are no work commitment amounts, finder's fees or share compensation in connection with the St. Elmo Option.
Diamond Jim Property
The Diamond Jim occupies the NW portion of the Claims Position, is directly west of
Highlights Include:
- Shallow low-grade bulk tonnage mineralization and U/G high-grade mineralization are targets at Diamond Jim. Historic estimated resources have been reported but don't comply with NI 43-101 requirements.
- The main structure is a NE trending strongly silicified and brecciated vein that dips steeply to the west with a strike length of at least 2073m.
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The Rosebud Mountain area with historic surface rock chip samples up to 15.4 g/t Au and 3.4 g/t Ag while IP shows a S-SE trending resistivity high.
Acquisition Terms (in USD):
Black Mammoth optioned 5 federal mining claims (the "Diamond Jim Option") from a private vendor in
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There are no royalties, work commitment amounts, finder's fees or share compensation in connection with the Diamon Jim Option.
The Company also continues to acquire non-core exploration interests in the western US, by purchase and by staking.
About
In the past 16 months,
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Clover High-Grade Gold property,Elko County, NV , -
Coleman Canyon property,Elko County, NV , -
Leadore Silver-Lead property,Lemhi County, ID , -
East Reveille Gold property,
Nye County, NV , -
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Mine Gold property,San Bernardino, CA , -
Quito Gold property,Lander County, NV -
South Ravenswood – district consolidated,
Lander County NV , -
Callaghan Gold – district consolidated,Lander County NV. Drill results pending at Rast and Cottonwood targets.
At the Company's 100% owned, 1,213 hectare (2,997 acre)
Black Mammoth also has a 100% interest in the
Black Mammoth cautions investors to note the potential quantity and grade of the geological target are conceptual in nature. A qualified person has not completed sufficient work to classify the geological target as mineral resources as defined by NI 43-101, and it is uncertain if future exploration will result in the target being delineated as mineral resources.
On behalf of the board,
"Dustin Henderson"
President & CEO
Website: www.blackmammothmetals.com
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