Zenyatta Ventures; Technical Report Highlights a Large & Discrete Graphite Resource Insensitive to Varying Cut-Off Grades
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jan 22, 2014) - Zenyatta Ventures Ltd. ("Zenyatta" or "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ZEN) is pleased to announce it has filed a complete technical report (the "Technical Report") on SEDAR at www.sedar.com further to the news releases dated December 2, 2013 and January 16, 2014 with respect to the Company's 100%-owned Albany graphite deposit in northeastern Ontario, Canada.
The Technical Report is titled "Technical Report on the Albany Graphite Deposit, Northern Ontario, Canada", and was authored by David Ross, P. Geo., and Katherine Masun, P. Geo., of Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. ("RPA"), who are independent "qualified persons" as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Significantly, the Technical Report highlights a large and discrete graphite deposit with an estimated Mineral Resource which is relatively insensitive to cut-off grades from 0.4% Cg up to at least 2.0% Cg.
RPA estimates Indicated Mineral Resources delineated to date total 25.1 million tonnes ("Mt") at an average grade of 3.89% graphitic carbon ("Cg"), containing 977,000 tonnes of Cg. In addition, Inferred Mineral Resources delineated to date are estimated to total 20.1 million tonnes at an average grade of 2.20% Cg, containing 441,000 tonnes of Cg. These results are based on a cut-off grade of 0.6% Cg with an assumed market price of $8,500 per tonne Cg. The results below, as given in the Technical Report, show that even if the assumed market price of Cg varies, any appropriate increase in the cut-off grade results in a relatively minor reduction of the resource estimate.
| Classification, | Tonnage | Grade | Tonnes Graphitic Carbon | |
| Cut-off Grade | (Mt) | (%Cg) | (t Cg) | |
| Indicated | ||||
| 2.0 | 20.7 | 4.41 | 914,000 | |
| 1.0 | 24.3 | 3.99 | 971,000 | |
| 0.6 | 25.1 | 3.89 | 977,000 | |
| 0.4 | 25.4 | 3.85 | 978,000 | |
| Inferred | ||||
| 2.0 | 9.4 | 3.34 | 315,000 | |
| 1.0 | 15.9 | 2.57 | 408,000 | |
| 0.6 | 20.1 | 2.20 | 441,000 | |
| 0.4 | 23.0 | 1.98 | 455,000 | |
It is emphasised that the Technical Report defines a preliminary pit shell to fulfill the NI 43-101 requirement of "reasonable prospects for economic extraction". The economic potential and mining plans of these Mineral Resources will be determined in the upcoming Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA) including more detailed definition of mining methods, pit slopes, costs and price assumptions.
Aubrey Eveleigh, President and CEO of Zenyatta noted, "The significance of the insensitive nature of the Mineral Resource to varying cut-off grades highlights the distinct and continuous occurrence of graphite mineralization within well-defined breccia pipes that were not particularly dependent on cut-off grades related to commodity price assumptions." Aubrey Eveleigh further commented "Not only is a NI 43-101 Mineral Resource an important confirmation of a significant and unique graphite discovery, but the completion of the Technical Report required the input of a number of skilled and competent professionals. We are extremely pleased with quality of work represented by the report, and now look forward to the completion of a PEA".
Mr. Peter Wood, P.Geo., Zenyatta Ventures Ltd., Vice President Exploration, is the "Qualified Person" under National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical information contained in this news release.
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