Idaho Champion Gold Receives Drilling Permit Idaho Champion Gold Receives Drilling Permit for Federal Mining Claims at Champagne Project
Toronto, ON – July 14, 2021 - Idaho Champion Gold Mines Canada Inc. (CSE: ITKO; OTCQB: GLDRF; FSE: 1QB1)(“Idaho Champion” or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has received the necessary permitting (the “Drill Permit”) from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to extend 2021 drilling onto Idaho Champion’s 100% controlled Federal Mining Claims at the Champagne Gold Project (“Champagne”) near the city of Arco, Butte County, Idaho.
The BLM Drill Permit grants Idaho Champion 9 drill pad locations as part of the “fence” drilling designed to drill test the IP anomaly (Figure 1) along IP Lines 4 and 5. Drilling through the BLM Permit will commence on drill hole number three (3), the first two pads having been established on the recently acquired private ground located toward the west end of the IP anomaly (See press release dated June 29, 2021).
Rob Kell, Chief Geologist, commented: “The permitting process for our drill program went exceptionally well. Since completing the 2020 exploration program we have expanded our technical team with world class geologists and have applied a rigorous modern systematic approach to exploration, which has developed some of the most exciting drill targets I have seen in my career. Over the last 9 months we have obtained positive geophysical, geochemical and geological data that has combined with the historic data from the former Champagne Mine, which shows strong potential for the presence of a large, possibly high grade, gold-silver and copper-silver mineralized system. We are eager to apply today’s knowledge to unlock the full potential of the project.”
About the Champagne Project
The Champagne Mine* was operated by Bema Gold as a heap leach operation on an epithermal gold-silver system that occurs in volcanic rocks. Bema Gold drilled 72 shallow reverse circulation holes on the project, which complement drilling and trenching from other previous operators. The property has had no deep drilling or significant modern exploration since the mine closure in early 1992.
The Champagne Deposit contains epigenetic style gold and silver mineralization that occurs in strongly altered Tertiary volcanic tuffs and flows of acid to intermediate composition. Champagne has a near surface cap of gold-silver mineralization emplaced by deep-seated structures that acted as conduits for precious metal rich hydrothermal fluids. Higher grade zones in the Champagne Deposit appear to be related to such feeder zones.
* The Company cautions that the information about the past-producing mine may not be indicative of mineralization on Champion’s property, and if mineralization does occur, that it will occur in sufficient quantity or grade that would result in an economic extraction scenario. The historic data were simply used to evaluate the prospective nature of the property. The Company has not yet conducted sufficient exploration to ascertain if a mineral resource is present on the property.
Qualified Person
The technical information in this press release has been reviewed and approved by Peter Karelse P.Geo., a consultant to the Company, who is a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101. Mr. Karelse has more than 30 years of experience in exploration and development.
About Idaho Champion Gold Mines Inc.
Idaho Champion is a discovery-focused gold exploration company that is committed to advancing its 100%-owned highly prospective mineral properties located in Idaho, United States. The Company’s shares trade on the CSE under the trading symbol “ITKO”, on the OTCQB under the trading symbol “GLDRF”, and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol “1QB1”. Idaho Champion is vested in Idaho with the Baner Project in Idaho County, the Champagne Project located in Butte County near Arco, and four cobalt properties in Lemhi County in the Idaho Cobalt Belt. Idaho Champion strives to be a responsible environmental steward, stakeholder and a contributing citizen to the local communities where it operates. Idaho Champion takes its social license seriously, employing local community members and service providers at its operations whenever possible.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“Jonathan Buick”
Jonathan Buick, President and CEO
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Nicholas Konkin, Marketing and Communications
Phone: (416) 567- 9087
Email: nkonkin@idahochamp.com