First 2021 Drill-Hole at Elizabeth Includes ‘Bonanza’ Gold
PERTH, August 10, 2021 - Tempus Resources Ltd. (" Tempus " or the " Company ") (ASX:TMR)(TSXV:TMRR)(OTCQB:TMRFF) is pleased to announce it has received the first assay results from 2021 drilling at its Elizabeth Gold Project in Southern BC, Canada, consisting of results for one hole, EZ-21-04.
HIGHLIGHTS
- First assay results return 'bonanza' grade gold mineralisation in diamond drill hole EZ-21-04
- The EZ-21-04 significant intersection was:
- 4.00m at 31.2g/t gold from 122.00m, including:
- 1.50m at 52.1g/t gold from 123.00m, and:
- 0.50m at 72.0 g/t Au from 124.0m
- 4.00m at 31.2g/t gold from 122.00m, including:
- 14 drill-holes completed so far at Elizabeth with multiple assays pending:
- Assays for remaining three of first four drill-hole batch expected imminently
- Another four holes submitted to the lab in a second batch in July
- Additional seven holes completed, with samples being prepared to be sent to the lab
- Continued diamond drilling at Elizabeth has confirmed SW Vein mineralisation in drill-holes along strike and down dip of historical resource envelope
Hole EZ-21-04 returned 'bonanza' grade gold values. The main significant intersection was 4.00 metres at 31.2g/t gold from 122.00 metres down-hole depth, including 1.50 metres at 52.1g/t gold from 123.00 and including 0.50 metres at 72.0 g/t gold . See Figure 1.
Tempus President and CEO, Jason Bahnsen, commented "Drilling at Elizabeth continues to generate very high-grade intersections over robust widths. We will be receiving further assay results soon and we're very excited to see the results as we continue to expand the Elizabeth resource envelope."
EZ-21-04 is part of the group of the first four drill-holes of the 2021 program, which were designed to intersect the northern ore-shoot of the SW Vein at Elizabeth to test the consistency of grade and add to the confidence level for resource estimation. That first group of holes were delivered to the lab for analysis on 24 June 2021 and the results of the additional three holes in that batch (EZ-21-01, EZ-21-02 and EZ-21-03) are expected imminently. Given the very high-grade nature of EZ-21-04 and our expectations for other holes in that batch, Tempus has also asked the lab to perform additional tests using screen metallics, which is a technique used for core with coarse grained gold core. These metallic screen results are still pending and will also be release after they have been received.
Tempus has completed 3,600m of drilling since the program started 5 June 2021 which consists of 14 diamond drill holes. Drill collar information can be seen in Appendix 1, Table 1. Seven of these drill holes are in the analysis phase at SGS and additional holes in the preparation phase on site.
Figure 1 - EZ-21-04 drill results
Tempus' technical team continue to be encouraged by what they are seeing in the drill core as drilling continues to systematically explore down dip of the southern and northern ore-shoots as well as drill test along strike to the north. See Figures 2 & 3 for recent drill-hole locations.
The Elizabeth Gold Project is the flagship project for Tempus and is located in the Bralorne Gold District of southern British Columbia. The 115km 2 project is a relatively underexplored high-grade mesothermal gold mineralisation presenting itself in relatively wide (typically ~1-5m wide) vein sets. The high-grade quartz veins encountered in the drilling at Elizabeth show close geological similarities to the Bralorne mesothermal vein system (approximately 30km away), which was mined to a depth of approximately 2,000 metres and produced more than 4 million ounces of gold over a period of 50 years.
Figure 2 - The Elizabeth Project - Plan map of drilling
Figure 3 - Elizabeth Project - Long-section of the SW Vein
This announcement has been authorised by the Board of Directors of Tempus Resources Ltd..
Competent Persons Statement
Information in this report relating to Exploration Results is based on information reviewed by Mr. Kevin Piepgrass, who is a Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the province of BC (APEGBC), which is a recognised Professional Organisation (RPO), and an employee of Tempus Resources. Mr. Piepgrass has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined by the 2012 Edition of the Australasian Code for reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves, and as a Qualified Person for the purposes of NI43-101. Mr. Piepgrass consents to the inclusion of the data in the form and context in which it appears.
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About Tempus Resources Ltd
Tempus Resources Ltd. ("Tempus") is a growth orientated gold exploration company listed on ASX ("TMR") and TSX.V ("TMRR") and OTCQB ("TMRFF") stock exchanges. Tempus is actively exploring projects located in Canada and Ecuador. The flagship project for Tempus is the Blackdome-Elizabeth Project, a high grade gold past producing project located in Southern British Columbia. Tempus is currently midway through a drill program at Blackdome-Elizabeth that will form the basis of an updated NI43-101/JORC resource estimate. The second key group of projects for Tempus are the Rio Zarza and Valle del Tigre projects located in south east Ecuador. The Rio Zarza project is located adjacent to Lundin Gold's Fruta del Norte project. The Valle del Tigre project is currently subject to a sampling program to develop anomalies identified through geophysical work.
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Appendix 1
Table 1:Drill Hole CollarTable
UTM | UTM | ||||||
Hole ID | Target | Easting (NAD83 | Northing (NAD83 | Elevation (m) | Length (m) | Azimuth | Dip |
Z10) | Z10) | ||||||
EZ-21-01 | SW Vein | 531203 | 5653771 | 2400 | 102 | 121 | -52 |
EZ-21-02 | SW Vein | 531203 | 5653771 | 2400 | 132 | 146 | -55 |
EZ-21-03 | SW Vein | 531203 | 5653771 | 2400 | 111 | 158 | -47 |
EZ-21-04 | SW Vein | 531203 | 5653771 | 2400 | 135 | 168 | -58 |
EZ-21-05 | SW Vein | 531078 | 5653776 | 2400 | 561 | 123 | -48 |
EZ-21-06 | SW Vein | 531078 | 5653776 | 2400 | 226 | 110 | -55 |
EZ-21-07 | SW Vein | 531203 | 5653771 | 2400 | 126 | 115 | -75 |
EZ-21-07b | SW Vein | 531203 | 5653771 | 2400 | 123 | 115 | -75 |
EZ-21-08 | SW Vein | 531195 | 5653839 | 2427 | 231 | 115 | -68 |
EZ-21-09 | SW Vein | 531200 | 5654020 | 2330 | 360 | 120 | -48 |
EZ-21-10 | SW Vein | 530953 | 5653772 | 2390 | 354 | 127 | -50 |
EZ-21-11 | SW Vein | 530953 | 5653772 | 2390 | 381 | 136 | -50 |
EZ-21-12 | SW Vein | 530953 | 5653772 | 2390 | 375 | 105 | -45 |
EZ-21-13 | SW Vein | 530919 | 5653596 | 2300 | 261 | 94 | -45 |
EZ-21-14 | SW Vein | 530919 | 5653596 | 2300 | ongoing | 108 | -55 |
Table 2: Significant Interval Table
Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m) | True Thickness (m) | Gold Grade | Grade x Metres | Vein | |
EZ-21-04 | 122.00 | 126.00 | 4.00 | 3.40 | 31.2 | 124.80 | SW Vein | |
including | 123.00 | 124.50 | 1.50 | 1.28 | 52.1 | 78.15 | SW Vein | |
and | 124.00 | 124.50 | 0.50 | 0.43 | 72.0 | 36.0 | SW Vein |
*true thickness is estimated using a multiplier of 0.85.
Appendix 2: The following tables are providedto ensure compliance with the JORC Code (2012) requirements for the reporting of Exploration Results for the Elizabeth Gold Project and the Blackdome Mine
Section 1: SamplingTechniques and Data
(Criteria in this sectionapply to all succeeding sections.)
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Section 2: Reporting of Exploration Results
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Mining operations lasted six months and ended in May of 1999. During this period,6,547 oz of Au and 17,300 oz of Ag were producedfrom 21,268 tons of ore. Further exploration programs were continued by Claimstaker over the following years and a Japanese joint venture partnerwas brought onboardthat prompted a name changeto J-Pacific Gold Inc. This partnership was terminated by 2010, resulting in another name change to Sona Resources Corp.
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seenin the Ashcroftand Nicola regions.Geochemical studies (Vivian,1988) have shownthese rocks to be derivedfrom a "calc-alkaline" magma in a volcanicarc type tectonicsetting. Eocene age granitic intrusions at Poison Mountain some 22 kilometres southwest of Blackdome are host to a gold bearing porphyry copper/molybdenum deposit. It is speculated that this or related intrusions could reflect the source magmas of the volcanic rocks seen at Blackdome. There is some documented evidenceof young graniticrocks several kilometres south of the mine near Lone Cabin Creek. The youngest rocks present are Oligocene to Miocene basalts of the Chilcotin Group. These are exposed on the uppermost slopes of Blackdome Mountain and Red Mountain to the south.
brittle faulting believed to be contemporaneous with mid- |
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Eocene extensional faulting along the MarshallCreek, Mission Ridge and Quartz Mountain faults. | |||
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Balancedreporting |
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Other substantive exploration data |
substances. |
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