Feb 9 2015
Pilot Gold Inc. ("Pilot Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the final 2014 results from its third gold rich porphyry discovery at TV Tower, located 6.5 kilometres north of the Valley and Hilltop porphyries.
The Columbaz discovery is a gold-rich porphyry system overprinted by epithermal gold veins. Three follow-up holes were drilled since announcing this discovery (see press release dated October 22, 2014), testing an area of approximately 200 x 300 metres.
Recent drill highlights include:
- 0.36 g/t Au and 0.13% Cu over 499.1 metres (0.59 g/t gold-equivalent (AuEq1)), including
- 0.48 g/t Au and 0.18% Cu over 234.3 metres (0.79 g/t AuEq) in CD0012C
- 0.34 g/t Au and 0.10% Cu over 381.8 metres (0.50 g/t AuEq), including
- 0.37 g/t Au and 0.13% Cu (0.59 g/t AuEq) over 169.0 metres in CD0011C
- 0.30 g/t Au and 0.16% Cu over 208.7 metres (0.58 g/t AuEq) in CD0010C
1at $1200/oz Au and $3.00/lb Cu and 100% recovery
"With the successful follow up to the Columbaz discovery and ongoing success at the Valley and Hilltop porphyries, TV Tower continues to demonstrate the potential to host multiple robust gold and copper-gold systems," stated Matt Lennox-King, President and CEO of Pilot Gold. "We look forward to building on these results with a comprehensive program across the TV Tower property in 2015."
ABOUT THE COLUMBAZ DISCOVERY:
The Columbaz discovery is the fifth gold system discovered at TV Tower in the past five years. By consistently applying first principles the Company has an impressive success rate in quickly identifying potential discoveries and confirming them with drilling. The Columbaz porphyry drilling is centred on an aeromagnetic geophysical anomaly measuring approximately 500 metres by 375 metres. Mineralization remains open in all directions and at depth.
Prospecting and mapping by Pilot Gold from 2012 through 2014 led to the identification of low sulphidation epithermal gold-silver veins over a 1 kilometre-long strike length at lower elevations under a previously-identified silica cap. Rock samples yielded "bonanza" (high grade) gold and silver. Pilot Gold's drill program was originally designed to target the down-dip extension of these veins, and encouraging gold grades were encountered in drill holes CD001C, CD002C and CD008C on the west end of the outcropping vein system.
In the course of drilling, the epithermal veins were observed to overprint alteration indicative of the higher levels of a gold-copper porphyry system. The result is a series of higher-grade gold intercepts related to the epithermal veins, hosted in a matrix of lower-grade gold and copper mineralization related to the porphyry system. The porphyry mineralization is characterized by increasing sericite alteration and quartz-magnetite stockwork veining and the appearance of potassic alteration with increasing depth.
For a map of TV Tower and the Columbaz area, please click here: http://www.pilotgold.com/sites/default/files/TVTowerDrillMap1503.pdf
For a table of drill results, please click here: http://www.pilotgold.com/sites/default/files/TVTDrillResults1503.pdf.
Moira Smith, Ph.D., P.Geo., Chief Geologist, Pilot Gold, is the Company's designated Qualified Person for this news release within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects ("NI 43-101") and has reviewed and verified that the information contained in the release is accurate. Drill composites were calculated using cut-offs of 0.3, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 g/t AuEq. Drill intersections are reported as drilled thicknesses. True width of the mineralized interval is interpreted to be approximately 50% of the reported length. Drill samples were assayed by AcmeLabs in Ankara, Turkey and Vancouver, B.C. for gold by Fire Assay of a 30 gram (1 assay ton) charge with ICP-ES or AAS finish, or if over 5.0 g/t were re-assayed and completed with a gravimetric finish. Ag and Cu were determined by ICP-MS, with overlimits (>100 ppm Ag or >10,000 ppm Cu) completed by fire assay with gravimetric finish (Ag) or 4-acid digestion with ICP-ES finish (Cu). QA/QC included the insertion and continual monitoring of numerous standards and blanks into the sample stream, and the collection of duplicate samples at random intervals within each batch.
ABOUT TV TOWER
TV Tower is a joint venture between Pilot Gold (40%) and Teck Madencilik Sanayi Ticaret A.S. (60%), a Turkish subsidiary of Teck Resources Limited. Pilot Gold is project operator at TV Tower and can increase its interest in the project to 60%, through sole funding of exploration over a three-year period.
Further information about TV Tower is available in the technical report "Independent Technical Report for the TV Tower Exploration Property, Canakkale, Western Turkey", effective January 21, 2014 and dated February 20, 2014 (the "Report") prepared by Casey M. Hetman, P.Geo. with SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc.; James N. Gray, P. Geo. of Advantage Geoservices Ltd.; and Gary Simmons, BSc, Metallurgical Engineering, of G L Simmons Consulting, LLC, under Pilot Gold's Issuer Profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com). Mr. Hetman, Mr. Gray and Mr. Simmons are "Qualified Persons" as defined by NI 43-101.
TV Tower is an early stage exploration project and, except for the mineral resources at the KCD deposit as summarized in the Report, does not contain any mineral resource estimates as defined by NI 43-101. The potential to define a mineral resource at the Columbaz target or at the K2 copper-gold zone, including the porphyry targets is conceptual in nature and there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource thereat. It is uncertain if further exploration at these or other targets at TV Tower will yield a mineral resource.
ABOUT PILOT GOLD
Pilot Gold is a well-funded gold exploration company led by a proven technical team that continues to discover and define high-quality projects featuring strong grades, meaningful size and mining-friendly addresses. Our three key assets include interests in the Kinsley project in Nevada and the TV Tower and Halilaga projects in Turkey, each of which has the ability to become a foundational asset. We also have a pipeline of projects characterized by large land positions and district-wide potential that can meet our growth needs for years to come.
Source: http://www.pilotgold.com/