Jan 16 2017
Alexandria Minerals Corporation ("AZX" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has begun a 12,500 meter winter drill program at Orenada Zone 4 and Triangle Too on its western Cadillac Break Properties in Val d'Or, Quebec.
Drilling started this week at Zone 4, where the Company has identified multiple, stacked, high-grade gold-quartz veins to a depth of roughly 300 meters. A second rig will begin drilling by early February on the Company's Triangle Too project located 2 kilometers west of Orenada. These are follow-up programs which will build on important earlier-stage drill programs which were completed in the last half of 2016 at both locations.
Eric Owens, President and CEO of Alexandria, stated, "As a result of our recent $5.1 million over-subscribed financing, Alexandria is well capitalized to ramp up our exploration efforts. Our drill results from both Zone 4 and Triangle Too late last year were encouraging and exciting. We are testing for high grade vein sets in both locations, and are anticipating substantial progress this year. This winter program is our largest drill program since 2014 and will direct our activities for the remainder of the year."
At Zone 4, recent Alexandria drilling has aided in the development of a new geologic model with focus on multiple, south-dipping, high-grade gold-quartz veins hosted within a broad zone of lower grade gold mineralization. Drill holes from recent Alexandria drilling have intersected up to 17.0 g/t gold, including 131.0 g/t gold over 0.4 m, within a broader zone grading 1.43 g/t gold over 158.5 meters (DDH OAX-15-054, see press release April 30, 2015).
The drill program at Triangle Too is an earlier stage program than that at Zone 4. Alexandria's first-pass drill program late last year provided the Company's first look at the subsurface geology on the project. Six of the seven holes, all shallower than 300 meters, intersected the critical geological ingredients that characterize this region, including gold-quartz veins, diorite plugs, and associated shear zones. The new round of drilling will follow-up by testing deeper on the diorite plugs, as well as drilling new, untested geophysical targets.
Additional Assay Results Forthcoming
Alexandria is also pleased to report that Company geologists have discovered unsampled drill core from pre-Alexandria drill holes at Zone 4, holes which have previously yielded assays similar to those in recent Alexandria drill holes. The Company has embarked on a re-logging and re-sampling campaign of all pre-Alexandria drill holes for which core exists. In addition to providing new assays, this program will also provide greater detail of the high-grade gold veins at Zone 4.
Other Activities
Elsewhere, the Company is also pleased to report that Probe Metals Inc., with whom Alexandria has entered into an Option and Joint Venture Agreement on the eastern portion of Alexandria's Cadillac Break properties, recently announced it will embark on an aggressive exploration program this year on the property. This program is designed to generate drill targets for testing in Q3 or Q4 of Probe's fiscal year.
Program design, management, and Quality Control/Quality Assurance are conducted by Alexandria's exploration group of which Phillippe Berthelot, P.Geo, is the Company's Qualified Person. Mr. Berthelot has reviewed the results in this press release. The QA/QC program is consistent with National Instrument ("NI") 43-101 and industry best practices and has been previously addressed in NI 43-101 reports found on the Company's website or on www.sedar.com.