Valley of the Kings Infill Drilling Continues to Confirm Gold Mineralization
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - April 5, 2016) - Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX:PVG) (NYSE:PVG) ("Pretivm" or the "Company") is pleased to report a seventh set of results from the underground infill drill program at the Brucejack Project's Valley of the Kings. Results continue to confirm the style and grade distribution of the Valley of the Kings gold mineralization in the area currently being tested, which includes the intersection of high grade and visible gold. Reported assays include six intersections grading greater than 1,000 grams per tonne gold. (See Table 1 below for assays.)
Selected drill highlights include:
- Hole VU-633 intersected 428.43 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 14.00 meters, including 11,650 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters;
- Hole VU-592 intersected 37.87 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 28.00 meters, including 1,760 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters;
- Hole VU-598 intersected 46.15 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 34.00 meters, including 1,660 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters;
- Hole VU-622 intersected 77.30 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 9.54 meters, including 1,425 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters;
- Hole VU-648 intersected 40.46 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 17.13 meters, including 1,245 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters;
- Hole VU-637 intersected 26.16 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 28.85 meters, including 1,410 grams of gold per tonne uncut over 0.50 meters.
Holes VU-633 and VU-637 were drilled from the 1260-meter drill bay, hole VU-598 was drilled from the 1270-meter drill bay while holes VU-592, VU-622 and VU-648 were drilled from the 1320-meter drill bay. To date results from 231 holes (41,188 meters) have been reported.
For a plan and section views of the reported drill fans please see the following link: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/1049466.pdf.
The 2015/2016 infill drill program is designed to target stope areas in years one through three of the current mine plan for the Valley of the Kings. With the positive results to date, the drill program has been expanded to 64,000 meters of definition drilling. Drilling is in progress with five drills turning and is expected to be completed in the second-quarter of 2016. When completed, roughly 200 vertical meters over a strike length of 250 meters will have been drilled at 7.5 to 10-meter centers. Assay results from drilling will continue to be reported as they are received.
Table 1: Selected Valley of the Kings Drill Results, April 2016 (VU-580 to VU-653)(1,2,3)
| Hole No. | Dip/ Azimuth | From (meters) | To (meters) | Interval (meters) | Gold (g/t) | Silver (g/t) | Comments |
| 1310-meter Drill Bay - 426,522E/6,258,139N - 192 Azimuth | |||||||
| VU-580 | -32/192 | 134.00 | 135.00 | 1.00 | 13.55 | 28.90 | |
| 163.00 | 164.00 | 1.00 | 31.10 | 44.20 | |||
| VU-583 | -27/192 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 259.00 | 126.00 | |
| VU-588 | -22/192 | 203.00 | 203.50 | 0.50 | 14.80 | 12.5 | |
| 241.20 | 249.00 | 7.80 | 17.78 | 18.64 | |||
| incl | 242.41 | 243.31 | 0.90 | 101.00 | 98.80 | ||
| incl | 247.90 | 248.40 | 0.50 | 60.50 | 10.70 | ||
| VU-594 | -17/192 | 48.00 | 48.93 | 0.93 | 5.94 | 227.00 | |
| VU-600 | -12/192 | 179.20 | 192.88 | 13.68 | 12.26 | 9.29 | |
| incl | 180.35 | 180.85 | 0.50 | 14.70 | 17.70 | ||
| incl | 192.38 | 192.88 | 0.50 | 295.00 | 122.00 | ||
| VU-605 | -7/192 | 119.00 | 120.00 | 1.00 | 10.45 | 12.2 | |
| VU-612 | -2/192 | 130.00 | 132.00 | 2.00 | 14.47 | 9.60 | |
| incl | 130.00 | 131.00 | 1.00 | 26.00 | 12.6 | ||
| VU-617 | 3/192 | 4.20 | 4.70 | 0.50 | 113.00 | 145.00 | |
| 90.95 | 111.00 | 20.05 | 11.30 | 16.84 | |||
| incl | 90.95 | 91.45 | 0.50 | 20.00 | 21.30 | ||
| incl | 109.75 | 110.25 | 0.50 | 406.00 | 521.00 | ||
| 145.00 | 146.00 | 1.00 | 47.20 | 24.30 | |||
| VU-624 | 8/192 | 99.65 | 100.15 | 0.50 | 12.05 | 5.20 | |
| 144.00 | 145.00 | 1.00 | 9.74 | 8.90 | |||
| 1270-meter Drill Bay - 426,663E/6,258,075N - 178 Azimuth | |||||||
| VU-595 | -35/178 | 130.00 | 131.00 | 1.00 | 7.88 | 3.50 | |
| 180.00 | 181.00 | 1.00 | 15.35 | 100.00 | |||
| VU-598 | -30/178 | 70.00 | 104.00 | 34.00 | 25.32 | 17.42 | 3 samples cut |
| or | 70.00 | 104.00 | 34.00 | 46.15 | 17.42 | uncut | |
| incl | 94.09 | 94.59 | 0.50 | 665.00 | 265.00 | ||
| incl | 94.59 | 95.09 | 0.50 | 1,660 | 952.00 | ||
| incl | 95.09 | 95.59 | 0.50 | 711.00 | 455.00 | ||
| incl | 95.59 | 96.09 | 0.50 | 26.00 | 35.00 | ||
| 140.00 | 155.00 | 15.00 | 7.72 | 15.13 | |||
| incl | 140.00 | 141.00 | 1.00 | 30.80 | 52.80 | ||
| incl | 152.21 | 152.71 | 0.50 | 114.00 | 44.80 | ||
| VU-602 | -20/178 | 123.00 | 126.91 | 3.91 | 12.86 | 10.86 | |
| incl | 125.76 | 126.26 | 0.50 | 90.30 | 21.40 | ||
| VU-606 | -15/178 | 92.73 | 98.50 | 5.77 | 12.24 | 39.12 | |
| incl | 92.73 | 93.23 | 0.50 | 130.00 | 42.00 | ||
| VU-609 | -10/178 | 109.00 | 110.00 | 1.00 | 8.47 | 404.00 | |
| VU-614 | -5/178 | 113.00 | 117.77 | 4.77 | 9.85 | 5.76 | |
| incl | 113.00 | 114.00 | 1.00 | 18.40 | 10.10 | ||
| incl | 117.27 | 117.77 | 0.50 | 45.50 | 18.80 | ||
| 134.00 | 135.00 | 1.00 | 15.40 | 21.50 | |||
| 145.78 | 146.28 | 0.50 | 81.2 | 243.00 | |||
| 161.00 | 162.00 | 1.00 | 44.90 | 36.40 | |||
| VU-618 | 2.5/178 | 86.50 | 87.00 | 0.50 | 30.9 | 15.90 | |
| 1320-meter Drill Bay - 426,586E/6,258,093N - 194 Azimuth | |||||||
| VU-587 | -50/194 | 50.00 | 51.08 | 1.08 | 8.89 | 11.40 | |
| VU-592 | -45/194 | 72.00 | 100.00 | 28.00 | 16.08 | 37.90 | 1 sample cut |
| or | 72.00 | 100.00 | 28.00 | 37.87 | 37.90 | uncut | |
| incl | 78.90 | 79.40 | 0.50 | 264.00 | 207.00 | ||
| incl | 79.90 | 80.40 | 0.50 | 21.40 | 17.70 | ||
| incl | 83.60 | 84.10 | 0.50 | 1,760 | 1,065 | ||
| 127.00 | 128.00 | 1.00 | 51.30 | 12.10 | |||
| 191.00 | 193.00 | 2.00 | 20.05 | 16.90 | |||
| VU-596 | -40/194 | 82.00 | 95.00 | 13.00 | 10.00 | 15.92 | |
| incl | 86.00 | 87.00 | 1.00 | 97.90 | 61.20 | ||
| VU-601 | -35/194 | 95.00 | 96.00 | 1.00 | 13.15 | 9.50 | |
| VU-604 | -30/194 | 139.00 | 140.00 | 1.00 | 25.50 | 63.50 | |
| 154.28 | 155.00 | 0.72 | 8.90 | 44.70 | |||
| VU-607 | -25/194 | 23.00 | 24.00 | 1.00 | 196.00 | 35.60 | |
| VU-610 | -20/194 | 151.21 | 156.00 | 4.79 | 7.90 | 90.01 | |
| incl | 152.00 | 153.00 | 1.00 | 15.90 | 17.70 | ||
| VU-613 | -15/194 | 90.35 | 104.00 | 13.65 | 18.39 | 25.91 | |
| incl | 90.35 | 90.85 | 0.50 | 47.40 | 36.30 | ||
| incl | 103.00 | 104.00 | 1.00 | 222.00 | 295.00 | ||
| 148.00 | 149.00 | 1.00 | 19.20 | 11.90 | |||
| VU-616 | -10/194 | 107.00 | 117.00 | 10.00 | 23.73 | 17.03 | |
| incl | 108.00 | 108.83 | 0.83 | 272.00 | 162.00 | ||
| 1260-meter South Drill Bay - 426,529E/6,258,018N - 180 Azimuth | |||||||
| VU-608 | -39/180 | 24.00 | 30.00 | 6.00 | 18.58 | 30.03 | |
| incl | 29.00 | 30.00 | 1.00 | 99.80 | 99.60 | ||
| VU-611 | -32/180 | 21.41 | 22.01 | 0.60 | 9.86 | 36.40 | |
| 126.00 | 127.14 | 1.14 | 9.88 | 12.60 | |||
| VU-615 | -25/180 | 19.19 | 19.69 | 0.50 | 191.50 | 97.00 | |
| VU-625 | -10/180 | 17.00 | 18.00 | 1.00 | 17.70 | 20.20 | |
| VU-628 | -3/180 | 42.15 | 42.65 | 0.50 | 13.70 | 6.30 | |
| 87.00 | 88.00 | 1.00 | 7.77 | 17.50 | |||
| VU-630 | 3/180 | 85.00 | 86.00 | 1.00 | 6.49 | 20.40 | |
| 1320-meter Drill Bay - 426,586E/6,258,093N - 200 Azimuth | |||||||
| VU-619 | -47.5/200 | 128.38 | 155.00 | 26.62 | 10.67 | 14.20 | 1 sample cut |
| or | 128.38 | 155.00 | 26.62 | 16.21 | 14.20 | uncut | |
| incl | 128.38 | 128.88 | 0.50 | 835.00 | 484.00 | ||
| VU-622 | -42.5/200 | 90.00 | 92.15 | 2.15 | 11.18 | 10.16 | |
| incl | 91.65 | 92.15 | 0.50 | 25.20 | 18.90 | ||
| 138.46 | 148.00 | 9.54 | 30.92 | 84.66 | 1 sample cut | ||
| or | 138.46 | 148.00 | 9.54 | 77.30 | 84.66 | uncut | |
| incl | 138.46 | 138.96 | 0.50 | 1,425 | 1,400 | ||
| VU-627 | -37.5/200 | 29.00 | 30.00 | 1.00 | 14.20 | 6.60 | |
| VU-631 | -32.5/200 | 92.00 | 96.00 | 4.00 | 19.49 | 9.66 | |
| incl | 94.24 | 94.74 | 0.50 | 147.00 | 33.80 | ||
| VU-635 | -27.5/200 | 95.00 | 96.00 | 1.00 | 14.80 | 4.90 | |
| 105.00 | 106.00 | 1.00 | 15.30 | 18.10 | |||
| VU-643 | -17.5/200 | 101.90 | 108.00 | 6.10 | 9.01 | 8.78 | |
| 101.90 | 102.40 | 0.50 | 66.50 | 35.10 | |||
| 107.00 | 108.00 | 1.00 | 16.00 | 5.70 | |||
| VU-648 | -12.5/200 | 82.19 | 99.32 | 17.13 | 19.88 | 43.83 | 1 sample cut |
| or | 82.19 | 99.32 | 17.13 | 40.46 | 43.83 | uncut | |
| incl | 82.19 | 82.69 | 0.50 | 1,245 | 1,290 | ||
| incl | 98.82 | 99.32 | 0.50 | 101.50 | 43.20 | ||
| 1260-meter South Drill Bay - 426,529E/6,258,018N - 190 Azimuth | |||||||
| VU-633 | -32/190 | 148.00 | 162.00 | 14.00 | 31.65 | 217.04 | 1 sample cut |
| or | 148.00 | 162.00 | 14.00 | 428.43 | 217.04 | uncut | |
| incl | 156.80 | 157.30 | 0.50 | 335.00 | 68.00 | ||
| incl | 157.80 | 158.30 | 0.50 | 11,650 | 5,980 | ||
| VU-637 | -25/190 | 26.10 | 34.00 | 7.90 | 5.43 | 32.45 | |
| incl | 26.90 | 27.40 | 0.50 | 24.60 | 25.50 | ||
| incl | 33.00 | 34.00 | 1.00 | 18.45 | 42.70 | ||
| 56.00 | 84.85 | 28.85 | 11.08 | 21.79 | 1 sample cut | ||
| or | 56.00 | 84.85 | 28.85 | 26.16 | 21.79 | uncut | |
| incl | 56.00 | 56.50 | 0.50 | 1,410 | 758.00 | ||
| incl | 60.00 | 61.00 | 1.00 | 15.85 | 16.70 | ||
| incl | 84.35 | 84.85 | 0.50 | 13.90 | 8.80 | ||
| VU-642 | -18/190 | 30.45 | 45.00 | 14.55 | 10.86 | 13.82 | |
| incl | 30.45 | 30.95 | 0.50 | 199.00 | 127.00 | ||
| incl | 40.00 | 41.00 | 1.00 | 24.50 | 24.50 | ||
| incl | 43.90 | 45.00 | 1.10 | 18.85 | 16.30 | ||
| VU-645 | -10/190 | 29.00 | 30.00 | 1.00 | 25.10 | 16.50 | |
| 59.00 | 81.00 | 22.00 | 29.96 | 14.80 | |||
| incl | 60.62 | 61.12 | 0.50 | 172.50 | 200.00 | ||
| incl | 79.00 | 80.00 | 1.00 | 544.00 | 95.20 | ||
| VU-649 | -3/190 | 100.00 | 101.00 | 1.00 | 18.65 | 11.00 | |
| 133.00 | 134.00 | 1.00 | 10.65 | 7.00 | |||
| VU-653 | 4/190 | 76.00 | 79.00 | 3.00 | 6.18 | 13.10 | |
| (1) | True thickness to be determined. |
| (2) | Unless otherwise indicated as uncut, all gold assays over 540 g/t were cut to 540 g/t. |
| (3) | All samples were submitted for preparation and analysis by ALS Chemex at its facilities in Terrace, B.C. All samples were analyzed using multi-digestion with ICP finish and fire assay with AA finish for gold. Samples over 100 ppm silver were reanalyzed using four acid digestion with an ore grade AA finish. Samples over 1,500 ppm silver were fire assayed with a gravimetric finish. Samples with over 10 ppm gold were fire assayed with a gravimetric finish. One in 20 samples was blank, one in 20 was a standard sample, and one in 20 samples had a sample cut from assay rejects assayed as a field duplicate at ALS Chemex in North Vancouver, B.C. Whole core (core not split) is being assayed as part of the underground infill drill program. |
Kenneth C. McNaughton, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., Chief Exploration Officer, Pretium Resources Inc. is the Qualified Person (QP) responsible for the Brucejack Project exploration program.
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