Rubicon Minerals Corporation ("Rubicon" or the "Company") provides initial results from its 38,000-metre infill drilling program, which continue to confirm the Company's expectations of the F2 Deposit at the Phoenix Gold Project ("Project").
"The results from our infill drilling program are encouraging to-date, confirming our expectations of the F2 deposit at the Phoenix Gold Project," said Michael A. Lalonde, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rubicon. "The results demonstrate continuity of mineralization in areas of the deposit where we had anticipated continuity. The program is still in its early stages and we have recently commenced the underground drilling portion of the program."
Infill Drilling Program
Rubicon plans to complete 38,000 metres of infill drilling in 2014. The main purpose is to convert inferred mineral resource ounces to the drill indicated category. The area being concentrated on lies between surface and the 610 metre level. This drill program is being carried out on 25 metre spaced holes over the entire length of the F2 deposit. Many of these holes will be located at the extremities of the deposit, or in areas within the deposit that are presently believed to be outside the current mineral resource. For stope planning purposes, it is important to better establish the economic resource boundaries, and better define where the known gaps occur in the mineral resource.
Rubicon completed a total of 39 holes for 7,047 metres of drilling from this program as of May 31, 2014. The majority of the drill holes are currently being logged, sampled, cut, or assayed. Drilling from the ice surface provided an effective platform to target the upper portion of the deposit. Table 1 summarizes assay results from the infill drilling program as of May 31, 2014.
Notable assay results include:
- GT-2014-07: 14.19 grams of gold per tonne (g/t "Au") over 6.8 m
- GT-2014-08: 10.52 g/t Au over 8.0 m
Underground drilling started in early May, with two drills working on the 244-metre level. Current drilling has focused on areas that are sparsely drilled, specifically outside the core of the deposit and the Hanging Wall Zone.
Please see figures 1, 2, and 3 at the end of this release to see the plan and long section views of the infill drilling program. Results from the infill drilling program have confirmed expectations of the deposit so far. The Company is also encountering some additional economic intercepts within previously anticipated gaps in the resource.
Once the infill program is completed, Rubicon will follow up with a second drilling phase called definition drilling. This drilling will be on a tighter pattern of 12.5 metres or less. The second phase of drilling will be more focused and will be carried out only within the known mineral resource blocks, to better define the grade and geometry of individual stopes. The goal is to have tightly defined drilling sufficient for detailed stope planning for the first three years of potential production.
About Rubicon Minerals Corporation
Rubicon Minerals Corporation is an advanced stage gold development company. The Company is focused on responsible and environmentally sustainable development of its Phoenix Gold Project in Red Lake, Ontario. The start of potential gold production is projected in mid-2015, based on current forecasts. The Phoenix Gold Project is fully permitted for initial production at 1,250 tonnes per day. In addition, Rubicon controls over 100 square miles of prime exploration ground in the prolific Red Lake gold district which hosts Goldcorp's high-grade, world class Red Lake Mine. Rubicon's shares are listed on the NYSE MKT (RBY) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (RMX).
RUBICON MINERALS CORPORATION
Mike Lalonde, President and Chief Executive Officer
The content of this news release has been read and approved by Daniel Labine, P.Eng., Vice President of Operations and Mark Ross, B.Sc., P.Geo., Chief Mine Geologist, for Rubicon. Both are Qualified Persons as defined by NI 43-101.
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