MAX files drill permit for 5,000 metre Phase III drill program to test extension of high grade copper/silver/gold oxide mineralization at Majuba Hill, Nevada in May 2012.
MAX Resource Corp.
(TSX.V: MXR; OTCBB: MXROF; Frankfurt: M1D) has filed permit applications with the Bureau of Land Management for a 5,000 m Phase III drill program to be conducted at the Majuba Hill copper/silver/gold project in Nevada in May, 2012. This core drilling program will continue to test the southeast extension of near surface high grade supergene oxide mineralization identified by MAX at the historic Majuba Hill mine during 2011, as well as initiate delineation drilling at the DeSoto discovery zone 1.4 km to the northwest with a view to outlining an initial NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate by the end of the year.
In addition, MAX has now been reimbursed by Eastfield Resources Ltd. (TSX.V: ETF) for its exploration expenditures in B.C. during 2009. Stuart Rogers, President of MAX, comments "The receipt of these funds from Eastfield is very timely, as the amount is sufficient to fund almost the entire cost of this Phase III drill program at Majuba Hill, the first step in quantifying the extensive zones of high grade silver and copper mineralization we identified last year at Majuba Hill."
During Phase I drilling at Majuba in 2011, MAX intercepted high grade copper/silver near surface over long intervals (such as
96 m of 39.2 g/t silver (Ag) and 0.57% copper (Cu)) in five of eight holes, as summarized in the following table:
Hole |
Azimuth |
Angle |
Total Depth |
From (m) |
To
(m) |
Thickness (m) |
Cu
(%) |
Au
(g/t) |
Ag
(g/t) |
MM-07 |
290 |
-45 |
146.4 m |
76.2 |
126.5 |
50.3 m |
0.31% |
0.31 |
50.8 |
includes |
|
|
|
106.7 |
126.5 |
19.8 m |
0.53% |
0.56 |
100.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MM-06 |
- |
90 |
119.8 m |
1.5 |
97.5 |
96.0 m |
0.57% |
0.10 |
39.2 |
includes |
|
|
119.8 m |
1.5 |
45.7 |
44.2 m |
1.14% |
0.15 |
71.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MM-05 |
279 |
-45 |
89.3 m |
0 |
89.3 |
89.3 |
0.28% |
|
16.5 |
includes |
|
|
|
1.5 |
15.2 |
13.7 |
0.47% |
|
30.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MM-03 |
263 |
-70 |
158.6 m |
91.5 |
134.1 |
42.7 |
0.38% |
|
37.5 |
includes |
|
|
|
102.1 |
112.8 |
10.7 |
0.93% |
|
90.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MM-02 |
243 |
-70 |
122.8 m |
68.6 |
114.3 |
45.7 m |
0.56% |
0.07 |
15.4 |
includes |
|
|
|
105.2 |
114.3 |
9.1 m |
0.54% |
0.11 |
39.3 |
During the fall of 2011 MAX drilled a further four step-out holes, with hole MM-18 intercepting
29.2 m of 30.5 g/t Ag and 0.69% Cu 1.4 km to the northwest at the newly identified high grade DeSoto soil anomaly, which measures approximately 2 km long by 1 km wide and returned values as high as
1.53% Cu and 209 g/t Ag in soils. The first hole of the Phase II program, MM-17 was drilled 730 m southeast of Phase I drilling and intercepted
42.7 m of 16.8 g/t Ag, 13.7 m of 15.9 g/t Ag and
6.16 m of 51.0 g/t Ag, indicating that this target area may be the extension of the high grade supergene oxide mineralization identified during Phase I drilling.
The final hole of the Phase II program, MM-20, intercepted
293 m of 5.49 g/t Ag, 0.10 g/t Au and 0.09% Cu in sulfide mineralization in a porphyry-style alteration zone below the high grade Ag/Cu/Au oxide zone identified during Phase I drilling. Gold mineralization grading
0.145 g/t Au, along with
6.3 g/t Ag and
0.13% Cu, was intercepted over the final 116 m of Hole MM-20, which was still in mineralization when terminated at the planned target depth. The increase in gold, copper and molybdenum mineralization at depth and the long intersections of mineralization add more evidence that Majuba Hill is an extensive copper/silver/gold porphyry system that is highly prospective for the development of a bulk-tonnage open pit deposit.
Having discovered the primary zone of porphyry mineralization below Majuba Hill, MAX intends to concentrate its 2012 exploration activity on defining the high grade supergene (oxide) system located above this zone. The initial hole of the Phase III program will test the extension of high grade oxide mineralization from the Majuba hill mine site to the southeast along the ridge above hole MM-20.
A map showing drilling locations from the 2011 exploration programs at Majuba Hill is available on our web site at
www.maxresource.com.
Majuba Hill is the site of numerous past producing mines, with historic production reported of 12% Cu (Mason Valley Copper, 1918) and silver grades up to 40 oz/t Ag. Majuba Hill encompasses 2,568 acres of surface and mineral rights that includes patented lode mining claims. The property is easily accessed via 23 miles of well-maintained dirt roads leading from U.S. Interstate 80, and lies 30 miles northwest of Coeur d'Alene's Rochester silver mine, which contains a NI 43-101 compliant Measured and Indicated Resource of 263.9 million tons grading 0.46 oz/ton Ag and 0.004 oz/ton Au. (The Coeur Technical Report on the Rochester Mine is available on SEDAR). For more detailed information on the Majuba Hill copper/silver project, including maps showing the results of soil sampling and the drilling completed to date, please visit our web site at
www.maxresource.com.
This news release has been reviewed by Mr. Clancy J. Wendt, P. Geo, a "qualified person" as that term is defined under National Instrument 43-101. The historic information provided has not been verified by MAX and is for reference only.
About MAX Resource Corp.MAX Resource Corp. is a Canadian exploration company focused on gold and silver exploration in Nevada. For more information, please visit our web site at
www.maxresource.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of
MAX Resource Corp. "STUART ROGERS"
Stuart Rogers
President
Contact: Leonard MacMillan, Corporate Communication
Telephone: (866) 331-5088 or (604) 637-2140
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