TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – March 28, 2017) – Galway Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GWM) (the “Company” or “Galway”) is pleased to announce assay results from eight diamond drill holes from its Clarence Stream gold property located in south-western New Brunswick, Canada, four of which were drilled in the North and South Zones. On August 3, 2016, the Company announced that it had secured an Option Agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the property. Highlights include:
- 56.2 g/t Au over 0.6 metres in a quartz vein zone that grades 2.8 g/t Au over 13.95 metres at a vertical depth of 36.0 meters (North Zone),
- 4.9 g/t Au over 5.4 m, including 29.0 g/t Au over 0.65 metres starting at a vertical depth of 178 meters (South Zone), and
- 2.1 g/t Au over 12.75 m, including 7.5 g/t Au over 2.0 metres starting at a vertical depth of 155 meters (South Zone).
Robert Hinchcliffe, President and CEO of Galway Metals, said, “The first hole that Galway completed in the North Zone is demonstrating that there is potential to extend the resource considerable distances, while drilling of the South Zone is extending wide, near surface zones deeper, which is important from an open pit perspective.”
North Zone Drill Results: Wide, High-Grade Intersects
Hole AD17-96 intersected 56.2 g/t Au over 0.6 metres in a quartz vein zone that grades 2.8 g/t Au over 13.95 metres between the North Zone resource (240 metres to the north) and previously-drilled intersections that are not in the resource, such as 5.8 g/t Au over 5.0 metres, 1.1 g/t Au over 19.0 metres, 5.3 g/t Au over 13.0 metres, and 9.0 g/t Au over 3.0 metres. These other previously drilled holes are located in two separate areas 550 metres south, and 840 metres southeast of the resource. Galway believes that the resource, the new drill intersect and the two separate areas of gold mineralization represent the same deposit, and the Company plans to continue to confirm this through additional drilling of the gaps in between. North Zone Indicated and Inferred Resources, cut at 30 g/t Au, are 45,000 oz grading 7.6 g/t Au plus 48,000 oz grading 6.4 g/t Au, respectively. On an uncut basis, respective Indicated and Inferred Resources amount to 51,000 oz at 8.5 g/t plus 70,000 oz at 9.2 g/t.
South Zone Drill Results: Wide, High-Grade Intersects
The new South Zone drill results are significant because they extend to depth the continuity of wide intersects of near-surface mineralization in the central area of the South Zone. This area exhibits excellent continuity along 100+ metres of strike length and depth, and continues to be open to expansion, especially to the west and to depth where other similar wide and high-grade veins have been intersected. The intersect containing 2.1 g/t Au over 12.75 metres is located 26 metres below the previously reported intersection of CS16-348, which returned 10.1 g/t Au over 13.0 m starting at a vertical depth of 115 meters, including 24.9 g/t Au over 5.0 m (which included 108.0 g/t over 1.0 m). The intersect containing 4.9 g/t Au over 5.4 metres is located 68 metres below and east of CS16-348, outside of the resource. Examples of previously reported near-surface intersections include the following; for additional examples refer to Galway’s February 1, 2017 press release:
- CS16-346: 10.0 g/t Au over 31.0 m, including 55.8 g/t over 1.0 m, 20.5 g/t over 1.0 m, 59.2 g/t over 1.0 m, 81.7 g/t over 1.0 m, and 25.2 g/t over 1.0 m; 29.9 m TW; 6.6 g/t cut, starting at a vertical depth of 10.0 meters,
- CS16-343: 4.6 g/t Au over 30.0 m, including 28.0 g/t over 1.0 m, 20.7 g/t over 1.0 m, and 32.1 g/t over 1.0 m; 29.1 m TW; 4.5 g/t cut, starting at a vertical depth of 33.0 m, and
- CS01-39: 14.3 g/t Au over 21.6 m (6.4 g/t cut; (20.9 m TW) including 15.9 g/t Au over 19.0 m (18.4 m TW) = 7.0 g/t cut) (incl. 147.5/0.5 m, 49.8/0.5 m, 210.8/0.5 m, 49.7/0.5 m) starting at a vertical depth of 76.1 m.
Galway Metals would like to acknowledge the financial support from the New Brunswick Junior Mining Assistance Program, which funded the drilling of the shallow, high-grade holes that are being followed up.
Highlights of latest drilling:
| Clarence Stream South Zone Drill Hole Results | ||||||
| Hole ID | From (m) |
To (m) |
Intercept (m) |
TW (m) |
Au g/t |
Au (cut) g/t |
| CS 16-351 | 72.0 | 79.0 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| including | 78.0 | 79.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| 180.1 | 180.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 9.7 | 9.7 | |
| 221.25 | 226.66 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.95 | 4.95 | |
| 221.75 | 222.4 | 0.65 | 0.6 | 29.0 | 29.0 | |
| CS 16-349 | 194.25 | 207.0 | 12.75 | 10.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| including | 194.25 | 196.25 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
Hole CS 16-350 appears to have stopped short of the target on the Gabbro contact; it will be extended.
| Clarence Stream North Zone Drill Hole Results | |||||
| Hole ID | From (m) |
To (m) |
Intercept (m) |
TW (m) |
Au g/t |
| AD17-96 | 39.35 | 53.3 | 13.95 | 12.8 | 2.75 |
| including | 51.7 | 52.3 | 0.6 | 0.55 | 56.2 |
| AD17-95 | 53.2 | 53.85 | 0.65 | 0.6 | 2.2 |
No cut has been determined for this new area in the North Zone. The 13.95 metre intersection in AD17-96 is the width of the quartz vein zone. The grade of the middle portion may not have sufficient grade to carry both contacts (it averages 0.4 g/t) but is included here because the distribution of higher grades may not always be on the outside contacts. The appropriate lower cutoff grade for near surface mineralization has not yet been determined but Galway has been applying a 0.5 g/t cut for illustrative purposes.
Wildcat Exploration Holes
Holes CS16-352, CS16-353, and CS16-354 were wildcat exploration holes targeting identical geologic contacts to the South Zone, located immediately south of it. Although they intersected alteration, shearing, quartz stringers and veins, and sulphides, along nine gabbro unit contacts, they did not host significant assays. They were drilled as a 340 metre long fence along a line to cover the area below some high grade chip samples, and to drill into the intrusive to the south that is thought to be the source of the mineralizing fluids.
Clarence Stream Geology and Mineralization
Clarence Stream is located along, and controlled by, the Sawyer Brook Fault boundary of the Gander and Avalon terranes of the Canadian Appalachians in Palaeozoic age intrusive and sedimentary rocks, which are the primary hosts of gold mineralization. The deposits are intrusion-related quartz-vein hosted fault-controlled gold with pyrite, base metal sulphides, and stibnite plus anomalous concentrations of bismuth, arsenic, antimony and tungsten, with sericitization and chloritization. Gold is present in two main areas-the South Zone along the Sawyer Brook Fault and the North Zone 3.5 km NW. The South Zone is steeply dipping, east-northeast trending, with two horizons identified to date, and multiple shoots extending over more than 2 km and drilled to a depth of 350 metres to date along contacts and within sheared and altered metagabbro and microgranite sills and dikes that crosscut the meta-sedimentary rocks and are related to the Saint George Batholith to the south (presence of hornfels + veined and altered auriferous microgranite dikes + high concentrations of Bi, As and Sb). The North Zone consists of five lenses within a one km by two km area, is hosted within metagreywacke and argillite, with its resource in a bowl-shaped structure ~ 3 metres thick from surface to 100 metres, and in quartz with stringers and semi-massive stibnite, arsenopyrite, and pyrite.
Review by Qualified Person, Quality Control and Reports
In compliance with National Instrument 43-101, Mr. Mike Sutton, P.Geo. is the Qualified Person who supervised the preparation of the scientific and technical disclosure in this news release. All core, chip/boulder samples, and soil samples are assayed by Activation Laboratories, 41 Bittern Street, Ancaster, Ontario, Canada, who have ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. All core is under watch from the drill site to the core processing facility. All samples are assayed for gold by Fire Assay, with gravimetric finish, and other elements assayed using ICP. The Company’s QA/QC program includes the regular insertion of blanks and standards into the sample shipments, as well as instructions for duplication. Standards, blanks and duplicates are inserted at one per 20 samples. Approximately five percent (5%) of the pulps and rejects are sent for check assaying at a second lab with the results averaged and intersections updated when received. Core recovery in the mineralized zones has averaged 99%.
| Hole ID | Azimuth | Dip | Northing | Easting | Total Depth (m) |
| South Zone | |||||
| CS16-349 | 151° | -63° | 5023769N | 658184E | 213 |
| CS16-350 | 145° | -56° | 5023783N | 658115E | 228 |
| CS16-351 | 145° | -53° | 5023810N | 658161E | 252 |
| Wildcat Holes | |||||
| CS16-352 | 145° | -45° | 5023554N | 658314E | 195 |
| CS16-353 | 145° | -45° | 5023412N | 658287E | 240 |
| CS16-354 | 145° | -45° | 5023346N | 658454E | 120 |
| North Zone | |||||
| AD17-95 | 260° | -90° | 5025910N | 655745E | 150 |
| AD17-96 | 270° | -45° | 5025910N | 655745E | 152 |
About the Company
Galway Metals is well capitalized with approximately CAD$9.7 million at September 30, 2016. The Company has two gold projects in Canada, Clarence Stream, an emerging gold district in New Brunswick, and Estrades, the former producing, high-grade VMS mine in Quebec. The Company began trading on January 4, 2013, after the successful spinout to existing shareholders from Galway Resources following the completion of the US$340 million sale of that company. With substantially the same management team and Board of Directors, Galway Metals is keenly intent on creating similar value as it had with Galway Resources.
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Robert Hinchcliffe
President & Chief Executive Officer
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