Calibre's High Grade Trench Results Expand New Gold Discovery at 100% Owned Montes de Oro, Project, Nicaragua
17.0 m Grading 17.95 g/t Gold, 20.5 g/t Silver, 0.12 % Copper and 2.75% Zinc
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/03/13 -- Calibre Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE: CXB) (the "Company" or "Calibre") is pleased to provide a further update on the Company's exploration activities and recent discoveries at the 100% owned high grade Montes de Oro gold project on the Borosi Concessions, northeast Nicaragua.
Highlights
-- Montes de Oro Trench MTR13-009 returned 17.0 m grading 17.95 g/t Au,
20.5 g/t Ag, 0.12 % Cu and 2.75% Zn and trench MTR13-019 returned 16.0 m
grading 4.68 g/t Au and 6.85 g/t Ag.
-- The geology and mineralization at Montes de Oro is similar to Calibre's
100% owned gold/silver resource at Cerro Aeropuerto which contains an
Inferred resource of 700,000 ounces of gold and 3.1 million ounces of
silver (6.05Mt @ 3.64 g/t Au and 16.2 g/t Ag). Montes de Oro is located
ten kilometres north of the Cerro Aeropeurto resource.
-- The Montes de Oro gold project is located nine kilometres north of
Calibre's 100% owned past producing La Luz gold mine. The historic La
Luz mine produced 2,273,000 ounces of gold from 17.0 million tonnes
grading 4.14 g/t Au from skarn-style mineralization that is comparable
to the new discovery at Montes de Oro.
President and CEO, Greg Smith stated, "Calibre's on-going exploration in the 100% owned Siuna Gold District continues to return impressive results. Trenching at the Montes de Oro gold project has returned some of the highest gold values ever reported in this historic mining district. Calibre plans to conduct additional trenching to assist in delineating high grade gold mineralization at Montes de Oro which occurs within a strong, coincident gold, copper, lead, zinc soil anomaly measuring 400 metres by 650 metres."
Trench MTR13-019 is located approximately 25 metres southwest of trench MTR13-009 and is an extension of the previously released Pit #11 which returned a 2.00 metres channel sample grading 27.18 g/t Au. Gold assays within the high grade 17.0 metre intercept in trench MTR13-009 are distributed continuously over the intercept ranging between 3.89 and 45.4 g/t Au averaging 17.95 g/t Au and the high grade gold zone remains open for further expansion (see table below).
The Montes de Oro gold project was discovered by Calibre through prospecting, stream sediment sampling and a soil survey which delineated a strong coincident Gold-Silver-Copper-Lead-Zinc anomaly over a 400 metre by 650 metre area which remains open. Detailed mapping and excavation of trenches and pits has defined a variably shaped diorite body intruding porphyritic andesite as well as minor siltstone and limestone which is similar geology as found at the 2.3 million ounce past producing La Luz gold mine. A strong, steeply dipping northeast oriented fault system bounds the prospect to the south and appears to have concentrated fluids resulting in extensive propylitic and skarn-style alteration and the development of a 200 metre by 500 metre northeast oriented gossan zone containing areas of massive sulphides.
Montes de Oro Project - Trench Results for MTR13-009 and MTR13-019
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Trench ID Trench (m) From (m) To (m) m Au (g/t) Ag (g/t) Cu (%) Zn (%)
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MTR13-009 0.0 26.2 26.2 12.54 15.63 0.097 2.32
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26.2 0.0 17.0 17.0 17.95 20.51 0.124 2.75
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2.0 11.0 9.0 23.31 21.88 0.120 0.224
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MTR13-019 2.5 22.0 19.5 3.91 7.12 0.048 0.224
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22.0 4.8 21.0 16.2 4.68 6.85 0.050 0.221
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9.0 15.0 6.0 10.14 9.06 0.049 0.198
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The 100% Calibre owned Cerro Aeropuerto Deposit hosts a NI 43-101 compliant Inferred resource of;
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Contained Contained Contained
Grade Grade Grade Au Ag Aueq
Tonnes (Au g/t) (Ag g/t) (Aueq g/t) (ounces) (ounces) (ounces)
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6,052,000 3.64 16.16 3.89 707,750 3,144,500 757,000
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1. Resource models used Inverse Distance grade estimation within a three-
dimensional block model with mineralized zones defined by wireframed
solids and a base cutoff grade of 0.6 g/t.
2. Resource Estimate for Cerro Aeropuerto detailed in Technical Report
titled NI 43-101 Technical Report and Resource Estimation of the Cerro
Aeropuerto and La Luna Deposits, Borosi Concessions, Nicaragua by Todd
McCracken, dated April 11, 2011.
3. Numbers may not add exactly due to rounding.
4. Gold Equivalent (AuEq) for Cerro Aeropurto was calculated using $1058/oz
Au for gold and $16.75/oz Ag for silver, and metallurgical recoveries
and net smelter returns are assumed to be 100%.
5. Mineral Resources that are not mineral reserves do not have economic
viability
Updated maps detailing the result of the current exploration programs will be posted on the Company's web site at www.Calibremining.com.
Quality assurance and quality control procedures include the systematic insertion of blanks, standards and duplicates into the rock sample strings. Samples are placed in sealed bags and shipped directly to Acme Labs in Managua, Nicaragua for sample preparation and then to Acme Labs in Vancouver, Canada for gold fire assay and ICP multi element analyses. The technical content in this news release was read and approved by Gregory Smith, P.Geo, President and CEO of the Company who is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.
About Calibre Mining Corp.
Calibre controls a 100% interest in 429 km2 of mineral concessions and additionally, Calibre has joint venture exploration programs underway with B2Gold Corp. on 322.3 km 2 of concessions which include the Primavera gold-copper porphyry discovery and Alder Resources Ltd. on the 33.6 km2 Rosita gold-copper-silver project. Major shareholders of Calibre include gold producer B2Gold and investment fund Sun Valley Gold.
Greg Smith, P.Geo., President and CEO
Individual Sample Assay Results Trench MTR13-019 Montes de Oro Gold Project
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Trench ID From_m To_m m Au_g/t Ag_g/t Cu_ppm Fe_% Zn_ppm
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MTR13-009 0.00 1.00 1.0 6.71 5.8 1254 30.73 247
MTR13-009 1.00 2.00 1.0 9.77 16.4 1329 28.72 250
MTR13-009 2.00 3.00 1.0 25.20 39.5 1674 30.63 428
MTR13-009 3.00 4.00 1.0 19.60 33.7 962 26.74 346
MTR13-009 4.00 5.00 1.0 17.40 27.4 911 29.23 410
MTR13-009 5.00 6.00 1.0 16.50 11.7 735 27.12 334
MTR13-009 6.00 7.00 1.0 25.90 12.4 1233 23.09 193
MTR13-009 7.00 8.00 1.0 45.40 19.5 1599 24.70 1124
MTR13-009 8.00 9.00 1.0 26.20 20.1 1539 26.30 467
MTR13-009 9.00 10.00 1.0 20.40 17.4 755 36.52 870
MTR13-009 10.00 11.00 1.0 13.20 15.2 1382 28.17 16000
MTR13-009 11.00 12.00 1.0 3.89 14.1 759 23.70 63700
MTR13-009 12.00 13.00 1.0 10.90 28.1 1560 30.87 15500
MTR13-009 13.00 14.00 1.0 8.19 16.3 1173 27.53 68800
MTR13-009 14.00 15.00 1.0 11.10 19.1 1388 27.42 102800
MTR13-009 15.00 16.00 1.0 37.40 37.4 1294 26.62 125300
MTR13-009 16.00 17.00 1.0 7.39 14.6 1554 26.96 70100
MTR13-009 17.00 18.00 1.0 2.58 10.8 1126 21.58 54900
MTR13-009 18.00 19.00 1.0 2.16 11.2 259 18.40 10500
MTR13-009 19.00 20.00 1.0 0.52 4.0 116 8.81 4157
MTR13-009 20.00 21.00 1.0 0.63 2.0 280 15.67 4995
MTR13-009 21.00 22.00 1.0 5.84 9.3 505 21.82 18900
MTR13-009 22.00 23.00 1.0 6.67 6.8 442 21.95 18600
MTR13-009 23.00 24.00 1.0 1.58 3.8 565 23.84 23400
MTR13-009 24.00 25.00 1.0 0.89 2.6 307 25.58 4167
MTR13-009 25.00 26.20 1.2 2.14 8.5 576 19.03 618
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Contacts:
Calibre Mining Corp.
Ryan King
604 628-1012
www.calibremining.com