Scorpio Gold Reports Intersects 11.79 g/t Gold over 9.14 meters at the at the Custer Target Area, Mineral Ridge Project, Nevada
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Dec 17, 2015) - Scorpio Gold Corp. ("Scorpio Gold" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SGN) reports results from the 2015 exploration drilling in the Custer target area at its 70% owned Mineral Ridge project, located in Nevada.
The Custer target is a previously undrilled area that lies along trend of and ~500 meters southeast of the Mary LC deposit. Forty-nine holes tested an area over 575 meters wide, intersecting mineralization in over 70% of the holes drilled. A number of high-grade intersections were returned, including some over substantial widths. The majority of intersections lie at 40 to 60 meter vertical depths. The Company's management considers this to be a highly successful first-pass drilling campaign for the Custer target area. Follow-up drilling along strike and down dip of the intersected mineralization is planned in 2016.
Highlights from RC drilling on the Custer target include:
- MR151705: 11.79 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold over 9.14 meters
- MR151706: 8.11 g/t gold over 7.62 meters
- MR151707: 2.06 g/t gold over 3.05 meters
- MR151710: 15.31 g/t gold over 4.57 meters
- MR151821: 5.18 g/t gold over 3.05 meters
- MR151827: 6.27 g/t gold over 4.57 meters
- MR151842: 6.15 g/t gold over 6.10 meters
- MR151863: 9.67 g/t gold over 12.19 meters
A drill hole location map is available at: DH Plan
Table 1. Custer Target Area - Significant Drill Results
| Hole | Azm | Dip | From | To | Width | From | To | Width | Gold | Gold |
| No. | (deg) | (deg) | (ft) | (ft) | (ft) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (OPT) | (g/t) |
| MR151699 | 0 | -90 | 105 | 110 | 5 | 32.00 | 33.53 | 1.52 | 0.013 | 0.45 |
| MR151700 | 0 | -90 | 200 | 205 | 5 | 60.96 | 62.48 | 1.52 | 0.024 | 0.82 |
| MR151701,708 | 0 | -90 | No Significant Results | |||||||
| MR151702 | 0 | -90 | 105 | 110 | 5 | 32.00 | 33.53 | 1.52 | 0.065 | 2.23 |
| MR151703 | 0 | -90 | 120 | 125 | 5 | 36.58 | 38.10 | 1.52 | 0.023 | 0.79 |
| MR151704 | 0 | -90 | 45 | 50 | 5 | 13.72 | 15.24 | 1.52 | 0.059 | 2.02 |
| MR151705 | 0 | -90 | 200 | 230 | 30 | 60.96 | 70.10 | 9.14 | 0.344 | 11.79 |
| incl | 205 | 210 | 5 | 62.48 | 64.01 | 1.52 | 1.788 | 61.30 | ||
| MR151706 | 0 | -90 | 150 | 175 | 25 | 45.72 | 53.34 | 7.62 | 0.237 | 8.11 |
| 205 | 225 | 20 | 62.48 | 68.58 | 6.10 | 0.156 | 5.33 | |||
| MR151707 | 0 | -90 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1.52 | 3.05 | 1.52 | 0.017 | 0.58 |
| 135 | 175 | 40 | 41.15 | 53.34 | 12.19 | 0.031 | 1.07 | |||
| MR151709 | 0 | -90 | 65 | 75 | 10 | 19.81 | 22.86 | 3.05 | 0.053 | 1.80 |
| 185 | 190 | 5 | 56.39 | 57.91 | 1.52 | 0.042 | 1.45 | |||
| MR151710 | 0 | -90 | 135 | 150 | 15 | 41.15 | 45.72 | 4.57 | 0.447 | 15.31 |
| MR151711 | 0 | -90 | 165 | 170 | 5 | 50.29 | 51.82 | 1.52 | 0.053 | 1.82 |
| MR151714 | 0 | -90 | 175 | 180 | 5 | 53.34 | 54.86 | 1.52 | 0.016 | 0.55 |
| MR151716 | 0 | -90 | 205 | 210 | 5 | 62.48 | 64.01 | 1.52 | 0.018 | 0.62 |
| MR151717 | 0 | -90 | 110 | 120 | 10 | 33.53 | 36.58 | 3.05 | 0.040 | 1.35 |
| MR151718 | 0 | -90 | No Significant Results | |||||||
| MR151821 | 217 | -50 | 100 | 110 | 10 | 30.48 | 33.53 | 3.05 | 0.151 | 5.18 |
| MR151822 | 0 | -90 | 190 | 195 | 5 | 57.91 | 59.44 | 1.52 | 0.011 | 0.38 |
| MR151827 | 0 | -90 | 210 | 225 | 15 | 64.01 | 68.58 | 4.57 | 0.183 | 6.27 |
| incl | 210 | 215 | 5 | 64.01 | 65.53 | 1.52 | 0.504 | 17.28 | ||
| MR151828 | 0 | -90 | 160 | 165 | 5 | 48.77 | 50.29 | 1.52 | 0.068 | 2.33 |
| MR151829 | 0 | -90 | 45 | 50 | 5 | 13.72 | 15.24 | 1.52 | 0.011 | 0.38 |
| MR151831 | 0 | -90 | 280 | 285 | 5 | 85.34 | 86.87 | 1.52 | 0.015 | 0.51 |
| MR151832 | 0 | -90 | 70 | 75 | 5 | 21.34 | 22.86 | 1.52 | 0.069 | 2.37 |
| 90 | 95 | 5 | 27.43 | 28.96 | 1.52 | 0.194 | 6.65 | |||
| 330 | 335 | 5 | 100.58 | 102.11 | 1.52 | 0.069 | 2.37 | |||
| MR151833 | 0 | -90 | 180 | 185 | 5 | 54.86 | 56.39 | 1.52 | 0.129 | 4.42 |
| MR151835 | 0 | -90 | 80 | 85 | 5 | 24.38 | 25.91 | 1.52 | 0.042 | 1.44 |
| MR151836 | 0 | -90 | 245 | 255 | 10 | 74.68 | 77.72 | 3.05 | 0.011 | 0.38 |
| MR151837 | 0 | -90 | 120 | 125 | 5 | 36.58 | 38.10 | 1.52 | 0.157 | 5.38 |
| MR151838,843 | 0 | -90 | No Significant Results | |||||||
| MR151839 | 0 | -90 | 135 | 140 | 5 | 41.15 | 42.67 | 1.52 | 0.011 | 0.38 |
| MR151842 | 0 | -90 | 65 | 70 | 5 | 19.81 | 21.34 | 1.52 | 0.037 | 1.27 |
| 165 | 185 | 20 | 50.29 | 56.39 | 6.10 | 0.180 | 6.15 | |||
| 195 | 200 | 5 | 59.44 | 60.96 | 1.52 | 0.015 | 0.51 | |||
| MR151844 | 0 | -90 | 145 | 150 | 5 | 44.20 | 45.72 | 1.52 | 0.012 | 0.41 |
| MR151845-846 | 0 | -90 | No Significant Results | |||||||
| MR151848 | 0 | -90 | No Significant Results | |||||||
| MR151849 | 0 | -90 | 85 | 90 | 5 | 25.91 | 27.43 | 1.52 | 0.041 | 1.41 |
| MR151850-852 | 0 | -90 | No Significant Results | |||||||
| MR151854 | 0 | -90 | 40 | 45 | 5 | 12.19 | 13.72 | 1.52 | 0.012 | 0.41 |
| MR151856 | 0 | -90 | 100 | 110 | 10 | 30.48 | 33.53 | 3.05 | 0.019 | 0.65 |
| 175 | 180 | 5 | 53.34 | 54.86 | 1.52 | 0.075 | 2.57 | |||
| MR151857-858 | 159 | -55 | No Significant Results | |||||||
| MR151859 | 161 | -70 | 60 | 65 | 5 | 18.29 | 19.81 | 1.52 | 0.010 | 0.34 |
| MR151860 | 161 | -50 | No Significant Results | |||||||
| MR151861 | 36 | -70 | 440 | 445 | 5 | 134.11 | 135.64 | 1.52 | 0.025 | 0.86 |
| MR151862 | 36 | -50 | 500 | 505 | 5 | 152.40 | 153.92 | 1.52 | 0.023 | 0.79 |
| MR151863 | 10 | -70 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 6.10 | 7.62 | 1.52 | 0.037 | 1.27 |
| 90 | 95 | 5 | 27.43 | 28.96 | 1.52 | 0.019 | 0.65 | |||
| 205 | 245 | 40 | 62.48 | 74.68 | 12.19 | 0.282 | 9.67 | |||
All holes presented in Table 1 were completed by reverse circulation (RC) drilling. True width is estimated at 80-100% of downhole width. Analytical results were performed by American Assay Laboratory Inc. in Sparks, Nevada, an ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited facility. External check assays to verify lab accuracy are routinely completed by ALS Chemex, an ISO 9001:2000 certified and ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accredited facility. Further details are presented in the Company's quality assurance and quality control program for the Mineral Ridge project available at: MR QAQC.
About Scorpio Gold
Scorpio Gold holds a 70% interest in the producing Mineral Ridge gold mining operation located in Esmeralda County, Nevada with joint venture partner Elevon, LLC (30%). Mineral Ridge is a conventional open pit mining and heap leach operation. The Mineral Ridge property is host to multiple gold-bearing structures, veins and lenses at exploration, development and production stages. Scorpio Gold also holds a 100% interest in the advanced exploration-stage Goldwedge property in Manhattan, Nevada, with a fully permitted underground mine and 400 ton per day mill facility. The Goldwedge mill facility has been placed on a care and maintenance basis and can be restarted immediately when needed.
Scorpio Gold's President & CEO, Peter J. Hawley, PGeo,, is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the content of this release.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
SCORPIO GOLD CORPORATION
Peter J. Hawley, President & CEO
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
The Company relies on litigation protection for forward-looking statements. This news release contains forward-looking statements that are based on the Company's current expectations and estimates. Forward-looking statements are frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "suggest", "indicate" and other similar words or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur, and include, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's plans with respect to the exploration, development and exploitation of its Mineral Ridge project, including additional drilling in the Custer target area in 2016. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from estimated or anticipated events or results implied or expressed in such forward-looking statements, including risks involved in mineral exploration and development programs and those risk factors outlined in the Company's Management Discussion and Analysis as filed on SEDAR. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty thereof.
Contact
Scorpio Gold Corp.
Peter J. Hawley
President & CEO
(819) 825-7618
phawley@scorpiogold.com
www.scorpiogold.com
Investor Relations: Torrey Hills Capital
Jim Macdonald
(858) 456-7300
jm@sdthc.com