FREEMAN EXTENDS LEMHI SHALLOW OXIDE GOLD MINERALIZATON 166 METRES TO THE WEST Phase 2 drill holes continue to intersect shallow oxide gold mineralization within existing resource pit both along strike and at depth
- Expansion hole FG22-001C returned 55m at 0.55 g/t Au including 18.52m @ 1.1 g/t
Au
- Expansion hole FG22-036C returned 24m @ 1.2 g/t Au
- Expansion hole FG22-011C returned 66m at 0.61 g/t Au including 5m @ 3.1 g/t Au
- Expansion hole FG22-031C returned 105.92m at 0.34 g/t Au including 7m @ 1.49 g/t
Au
- Expansion hole FG21-004C returned 156.69m at 0.24 g/t Au including 7.44m @ 2.1
g/t Au
- Infill hole FG22-010C returned 9m at 1.5 g/t Au.
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – November 9, 2022 – Freeman Gold Corp. (TSXV: FMAN, OTCQX: FMANF, FSE: 3WU) (“Freeman” or the “Company”) is pleased to report results of 15 diamond drill holes from the Company’s 12,000m Phase II resource expansion and infill drill program at its 100% owned Lemhi Gold Deposit, Idaho, USA. Fourteen of these drill holes were designed to test mineralization on strike to the west of the known deposit (expansion holes) and one infill hole to improve the resource confidence in zones with historical drill holes (Figures 1, 2 and 3 attached and Table 1).
The expansion holes represent 20 to 166 metre step outs to the west of existing drilling where mineralization is untested and open. These areas were previously modelled as unmineralized due to lack of drilling in the initial maiden mineral resource estimate (“MRE”). The current MRE comprises an Indicated Mineral Resource of 22.94 million tonnes at 1.02 g/t Au for 749,800 oz of gold and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 7.68 million tonnes at 1.01 g/t Au for 250,300 oz of gold (refer to press release dated July 8, 2021). The MRE covers a surface area of 400 by 500 metres and extends down to a depth of 180 metres below surface. The resource expansion holes that form the bulk of the current Phase II drill program are designed to extend this current resource both along strike and at depth.
Paul Matysek, Executive Chairman, commented, “Very positive news, these results clearly show gold mineralization at Lemhi extends up to 166 metres along strike and to the west. Similar to our results in the east, the Lemhi gold deposit is expanding in all directions where historical drilling had not been conducted. This should add valuable ounces to our in pit mineral resource that is currently considered waste.”
All holes drilled to date have intersected shallow oxide gold. Selected highlighted results from the 10 holes are 0.61 g/t Au over 66m, including 3.1 g/t Au over 5.0m (FG22-011C); 0.55 g/t Au over 55m, including 1.1 g/t Au over 18.52m (FG22-001C); 0.34 g/t Au over 105.92m including 1.49 g/t over 7.0m (FG22-031C); 0.24 g/t Au over 156.69m including 2.1 g/t over 7.44m (FG21- 004C); 1.2 g/t Au over 24m (FG22-036C); 0.4 g/t Au over 41m (FG22-003C); and 1.5 g/t Au over 9.0m (FG22-010C). Gold mineralization now extends to at least 166 metres to the west and is open at depth. Drill sections for drill holes FG22-003C and FG22-036C are attached.
Table 1 – Significant Drill Results – Lemhi West*
| DRILL | DEPTH | DIP | AZIMUTH | FROM | TO | HIGHLIGHT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLE | ( | METRES) | ||||||
| FG21-004C | 270.36 | -90 | 360 | 30 34 37 39.62 89.32 89.31 115.8 115.8 120.24 123 149 160 175 including 182.3 193 206.75 215 221 234 240 | 31 35.15 38 40 246 90.98 123.24 118 120.8 123.24 152 161 186 186 198 209 217 222 235 246 | 1m @ 0.22 g/t Au 1.15m @ 0.79 g/t Au 1m @ 0.24 g/t Au 0.38m @ 0.51 g/t Au 156.69m @ 0.26 g/t Au 1.67m @ 1.97 g/t Au 7.44m @ 2.1 g/t 2.2m @ 6.74 g/t Au 0.56m @ 0.58 g/t Au 0.24m @ 0.88 g/t Au 3m @ 0.23 g/t Au 1m @ 1.42 g/t Au 11m @ 0.76 g/t Au 3.7m @ 2 g/t Au 5m @ 0.3 g/t Au 2.25m @ 1.25 g/t Au 2m @ 0.25 g/t Au 1m @ 0.63 g/t Au 1m @ 0.47 g/t Au 6m @ 0.4 g/t Au | ||
| FG21-005C | 272.8 | -90 | 360 | 33 47 61 185 190 202.1 including | 34 49 62 192 192 214 | 1m @ 0.26 g/t Au 2 m @ 0.21 g/t Au 1m @ 0.22 g/t Au 7m @ 0.21 g/t Au 2m @ 0.39 11.9m @ 0.25 g/t Au |
| DRILL | DEPTH | DIP | AZIMUTH | FROM | TO | HIGHLIGHT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLE | ( | METRES) | ||||||
| 202.1 211 237 249 | 206.1 214 238 255 | 4m @ 0.48 g/t Au 3m @ 0.2 g/t Au 1m @ 0.21 g/t Au 6 m @ 0.62 g/t Au | ||||||
| FG22-001C | 254.2 | -90 | 360 | 36 133 162 192 including 207.48 including 217 232 | 37 133.74 163.37 247 226 220 239 | 1m @ 1.03 g/t Au 0.74m @ 0.83 g/t Au 1.37 m@ 0.95 g/t Au 55m @ 0.55 g/t Au 18.52m @ 1.1 g/t Au 3m @ 4.45 g/t Au 7m @ 0.29 g/t Au | ||
| FG22-003C | 280.42 | -90 | 360 | 40 123.84 143 160 160 including 161 197 228.27 244 265 | 41 124.72 144 165 201 164 201 229.29 246 266 | 1m @ 0.23 g/t Au 0.88 @ 1.76 g/t Au 1m @ 0.29 g/t Au 5m @ 1.1 g/t Au 41m @ 0.4 g/t Au 3m @ 1.7 g/t Au 4m @ 1.52 g/t Au 1m @ 0.25 g/t Au 2m @ 0.37 g/t Au 1m @ 0.24 g/t | ||
| FG22-005C | 249.94 | -90 | 360 | 32 119 130 138 154 including 155 177.02 194.12 248 | 34 120 131 139 159 156 181 196 249 | 2m @ 0.37 g/t Au 1m @ 5.1 g/t Au 1m @ 0.22 g/t Au 1m @ 2 g/t Au 5m @ 0.39 g/t Au 1m @ 1.2 g/t Au 3.98m @ 0.36 g/t Au 1.88m @ 0.25 g/t Au 1m @ 1.17 g/t Au | ||
| FG22-006C | 278.89 | -90 | 360 | 116 118.87 129 137 153 including 153 160 188 | 117 120 131 138 158 154 161 190 | 1m @ 0.326 g/t Au 1.13m @ 0.22 g/t Au 2m @ 0.54 g/t Au 1m @ 0.72 g/t Au 5m @ 0.55 g/t Au 1m @ 1.9 g/t Au 1m @ 0.27 g/t AU 2m @ 0.63 g/t Au |
| DRILL | DEPTH | DIP | AZIMUTH | FROM | TO | HIGHLIGHT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLE | ( | METRES) | ||||||
| 210 220 228 | 211 222 229 | 1m @ 0.27 g/t Au 2m @ 0.21 g/t au 1m @ 0.77 g/t Au | ||||||
| FG22-008C | 255.73 | -68 | 270 | 15 61 78 139 152.2 including 152.2 176.17 182 182 | 17 62 79 140 200 157 178 185 190 | 2m @ 0.3 g/t Au 1m @ 2.69 g/t Au 1m @ 0.3 g/t Au 1m @ 0.6 g/t Au 47.8m @ 0.21 g/t Au 4.8m @ 0.51 g/t Au 1.83m @ 0.85 g/t Au 3m @ 0.54 g/t Au 8m @ 0.35 g/t Au | ||
| FG22-011C | 251.46 | -70 | 270 | 9.14 17.06 23 39 127 including 158 | 11 20 24 41 193 163 | 1.86 m @ 0.3 g/t Au 2.94m @ 0.41 g/t Au 1m @ 0.3 g/t Au 2m @ 1.4 g/t Au 66 m @ 0.61 g/t Au 5m @ 3.1 g/t Au | ||
| FG22-025C | 268.99 | -90 | 360 | 30 55.63 88 95 110 160 including 160 170 188 193 215 227 | 31 57 89 98 112 262 162 175 189 195 220 232 | 1m @ 1.49 g/t Au 1.37m @ 0.36 g/t Au 1m @ 1.56 g/t Au 3m @ 1.2 g/t Au 2m @ 1.39 g/t Au 102m @ 0.22 g/t Au 2m @ 1.78 g/t Au 5m @ 0.48 g/t Au 1m @ 1.69 g/t Au 2m @ 0.8 g/t Au 5m @ 0.47 g/t Au 5m @ 0.47 g/t Au | ||
| FG22-028C | 289.56 | -90 | 360 | 12 35 66 81 101 146 176 186 217 227 | 13 36 67 82 102 156 177 188 218 228 | 1m @ 0.59 g/t Au 1m @ 1.32 g/t Au 1m @ 0.24 g/t Au 1m @ 0.58 g/t Au 1m @ 0.23 g/t Au 10m @ 0.6 g/t Au 1m @ 0.21 g/t Au 2m @ 0.48 g/t Au 1m @ 0.51 g/t Au 1m @ 0.42 g/t Au |
| DRILL | DEPTH | DIP | AZIMUTH | FROM | TO | HIGHLIGHT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLE | ( | METRES) | ||||||
| 278 | 280 | 1m @ 0.25 g/t Au | ||||||
| FG22-031 | 252.98 | -90 | 360 | 4 8.84 36 78 133.08 including 136 177 | 5 10 37 79 239 143 182 | 1m @ 0.54 g/t Au 1.16m @ 0.22 g/t Au 1m @ 0.2 g/t Au 1m @ 1.55 g/t Au 105.92m @ 0.34 g/t Au 7m @ 1.49 g/t Au 5m @ 1.38 g/t Au | ||
| FG22-033 | 204.98 | -74 | 270 | 2 46 51 128 139 159 167 176.55 including 185 | 8 48 52 129 140 163 168 198 189 | 6m @ 0.48 g/t Au 2m @ 0.72 g/t Au 1m @ 0.34 g/t Au 1m @ 0.21 g/t Au 1m @ 0.53 g/t Au 4m @ 0.4 g/t Au 1m @ 0.39 g/t Au 21.45 @ 0.59 g/t Au 4m @ 1.18 g/t Au | ||
| FG22-035 | 258.32 | -90 | 360 | 81 including 81 116 128 133 145 159 including 163 172 190 197 210 217 229 237 244.97 | 91 83.21 117 129 134 152 167 167 177 191 204.06 211 219 231 242 246 | 10m @ 0.96 g/t Au 2.21m @ 2.84 g/t Au 1m @ 0.25 g/t Au 1m @ 0.38 g/t Au 1m @ 0.31 g/t Au 7m @ 0.83 g/t Au 8m @ 0.31 g/t Au 4m @ 0.51 g/t Au 5m @ 0.75 g/t Au 1m @ 0.43 g/t Au 7.06m @ 0.39 g/t Au 1m @ 0.81 g/t Au 2m @ 0.41 g/t Au 2m @ 0.31 g/t Au 5m @ 0.33 g/t Au 1.03m @ 0.21 g/t Au | ||
| FG22-036C | 235.31 | -75 | 270 | 15 98 107 122 125 160 | 23 99 108 127.07 149 162 | 8m @ 1.46 g/t Au 1m @ 0.2 g/t Au 1m @ 0.43 g/t Au 1.07m @ 0.24 g/t Au 24m @ 1.2 g/t Au 2m @ 0.21 g/t Au |
| DRILL | DEPTH | DIP | AZIMUTH | FROM | TO | HIGHLIGHT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLE | ( | METRES) | |||||||
| 164 176 217 | 165 177 218 | 1m @ 0.21 g/t Au 1m @ 0.59 g/t Au 1m @ 0.22 g/t Au | |||||||
| INFILL | |||||||||
| FG22-010C | 202.69 | -90 | 360 | 29 48 62 104 128 136 149 | 34 49.17 71 106 130 141 151 | 5m @ 0.35 g/t Au 1.17 m @ 1.44 g/t Au 9m @ 1.5 g/t Au 2m @ 0.47 g/t Au 2m @ 0.21 g/t Au 5m @ 0.32 g/t Au 2m @ 0.4 g/t Au |
*Intervals are core-length. True width is estimated between 90-95 percent (“%”) of core length.
** Using 0.2 g/t Au cut-off.
Lemhi Gold Deposit:
As of November 9, 2022, 50 new core drill holes for a total of 12,168 metres and seven reverse circulation (“RC”) holes totalling 1,128 metres have been completed at Lemhi. These holes have been primarily designed to test on strike extensions of the known resource as well as infill in certain parts of the gold deposit. In particular, the drill program has focused on areas currently modelled as pit waste because of no or sparse drill data. All ounces added in these areas, even if close to the cut-off grade, will add value to the project as they come from zones in the resource shell that can now be upgraded to resources (Figures 1, 2 and 3 attached). An additional 20 holes or approximately 4,000m have been planned as part of the Phase 3 RC drill program which is ongoing.
All drill holes from the project have been logged, sampled and sent to the laboratory. Analytical results are pending.
Figure 1. Lemhi 2021-22 Drilling – Western Expansion
Figure 2. Section 429900 – Drill hole FG22-003C
Figure 3. Section 429725 – Drill hole FG22-036C
All drill core samples are sent to ALS Global Laboratories (Geochemistry Division), an independent and fully accredited laboratory (ISO 9001:2008) for analysis for gold by Fire Assay and multi-element Induction Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy (select drill holes), in Vancouver, Canada. Freeman has a regimented Quality Assurance, Quality Control (QA/QC) program where at least 10% duplicates, blanks and standards are inserted into each sample shipment.
About the Company and Project
Freeman Gold Corp. is a mineral exploration company focused on the development of its 100% owned Lemhi Gold property (the “Project”). The Project comprises 30 square kilometres of highly prospective land, hosting a near-surface oxide gold resource. The pit constrained National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43- 101”) compliant mineral resource estimate is comprised of 749,800 oz gold (“Au”) at 1.02 grams per tonne (“g/t”) in 22.94 million tonnes (Indicated) and 250,300 oz Au at 1.01 g/t Au in 7.83 million tonnes (Inferred). See the NI 43-101 technical report titled “Maiden Resource Technical Report for the Lemhi Gold Project, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA” with an effective date of June 1, 2021, and signing date of July 30, 2021, as prepared by APEX Geoscience Ltd. and F. Wright Consulting Inc. available under the Company’s profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). The Company is focused on growing and advancing the Project towards a production decision. The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Dean Besserer, P.Geo., VP Exploration of the Company and a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43- 101.
On Behalf of the Company William Randall President and Chief Executive Officer
For further information, please visit the Company’s website at www.freemangoldcorp.com or contact Mr. Tom Panoulias at 416-294-5649 or by email at: [email protected].
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