TORONTO, Dec. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RevivalGoldInc.(TSXV:RVG,OTCQX:RVLGF) (“Revival Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide a summary of the Company’s key accomplishments in 2022 to advance the Beartrack-Arnett Gold Project (“Beartrack-Arnett”) located in Idaho, USA.
Highlights
- Beartrack-Arnett Indicated Mineral Resources increased to 65.0 million tonnes at 1.01 g/t gold containing 2.11 million ounces of gold1, up 56% over the 2020 Indicated Mineral Resource2, and Inferred Mineral Resources increased to 46.2 million tonnes at 1.31 g/t gold containing 1.94 million ounces of gold1, up 19% over the 2020 Inferred Mineral Resource2
- On the main Beartrack-Arnett trend of mineralization, four core drill holes were completed for 2,600 meters of drilling. Follow-up drilling at Joss continued to demonstrate the high-grade underground potential of this target area with intercepts such as 11.4 meters grading 10.1 g/t gold within 115.4 meters grading 3.5 g/t gold3,4. Joss now extends over a strike of one kilometer and has been drilled to a depth of over 500 metres. The twenty core holes that have intersected Joss mineralization to-date average 7.7 g/t gold over 5.5 metres drilled width within a broader zone of 2.8 g/t gold over 45.5 meters drilled width3,4;
- High grade results were also obtained at the nearby South Pit zone with 7.92 g/t gold over 2.9 meters and 2.02 g/t gold over 47.41 meters3,5 approximately 175 meters below the south end of the South Pit area. Together, Joss and South Pit present approximately two kilometers of strike within 5.6 kilometers of known mineralized trend at Beartrack-Arnett;
- At the Haidee target area, eighteen infill and expansion core holes were completed for 2,900 meters of drilling in the near surface, oxide material from this satellite deposit. Assay results are expected in January;
- Kappes, Cassiday & Associates and Independent Mining Consultants Inc. were appointed as principal consultants to prepare a Preliminary Feasibility Study (“PFS”) on the potential first phase restart of heap leach operations at Beartrack-Arnett. Metallurgical and geotechnical study work was wrapped up during the fourth quarter advancing the PFS to 70% completion by year end and putting it on track for delivery mid-2023;
- An expanded and extended exploration drilling permit was granted for Beartrack-Arnett during the year and KC Harvey Environmental, LLC advanced environmental baseline data collection and preparations for the potential re-permitting of the heap leach operations;
- The Company received an aggregate of C$13 million in equity funding and welcomed Donald Smith Value Fund, LP as a significant new shareholder; and,
- We continued to build team competence and capabilities with the addition of Tim Warman, P.Geo, to the Company’s Board of Directors.
- Revival Gold maintained an exemplary safety record with zero lost-time incidents among Company employees and contractors.
1 See Revival Gold NI-43-101 Technical Report by Wood plc dated July 13th, 2022, for further details.
2 See Revival Gold’s November 17th, 2020, press release and NI 43-101 technical report titled, “Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Heap Leach Operation on the Beartrack Arnett Gold Project, Lemhi County, Idaho, USA – NI 43-101 Technical Report”, dated December 17th, 2020.
3 Drilled width; true width estimated to be 30-60% of drilled width.
4 See Revival Gold press releases dated December 2nd, 2021, September 12th, 2022, and September 22nd, 2022, for details.
5 See Revival Gold press release dated November 17th, 2022, for details.
“2022 has been a difficult year for the junior gold exploration and development sector, with volatile commodity prices and challenging market conditions. Nevertheless, Revival Gold was able to successfully equity fund its business, safely and responsibly execute on all key exploration and development plans, and add significant value to its Beartrack-Arnett Gold Project. After increasing mineral resources in the first half, drilling in the Joss target area later in the year took the limelight, returning long intercepts with high grades as we continued to step out and extend the dimensions of the deposit,” said President & CEO Hugh Agro.
“On the corporate front, we consolidated the Arnett land position, bolstered our institutional investor base, and augmented our Board with additional expertise in U.S. exploration, development, and heap leach operations. This progress has not been lost on the market with the Company’s shares showing strong outperformance over the past twelve months relative to our peers. With the price of gold strengthening into the new year and further drill results and a PFS at Beartrack-Arnett to come, 2023 is shaping up to be another catalytic year for Revival Gold,” added Agro.
QA/QC Program
Quality Assurance/Quality Control consists of the regular insertion of certified reference materials, duplicate samples, and blanks into the sample stream. Check samples are submitted to an umpire laboratory at the end of the drilling program. Sample results are analyzed immediately upon receipt and all discrepancies are investigated. Samples are submitted to the ALS Geochemistry sample preparation facility in Twin Falls, Idaho. Gold analyses are performed at the ALS Geochemistry laboratory in Reno, Nevada or Vancouver, British Columbia, and multi-element geochemical analyses are completed at the ALS Minerals laboratory in Vancouver, British Columbia. ALS Minerals is an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited lab.
Gold assays are determined on samples consisting of half drill core by fire assay and AAS on a 30-gram nominal sample weight (Au-AA23) for Beartrack, and Fire Assay and AAS on a 50-gram nominal sample weight (Au-AA24) for Arnett. For shallow holes, targeting leachable mineralization, gold content is also determined by cyanide leach with an AAS finish on a nominal 30-gram sample weight (Au-AA13). Multi element geochemical analyses are completed on selected drill holes using the ME-MS 61M method.
Qualified Persons
Steven T. Priesmeyer, C.P.G., Vice President Exploration, and John P. W. Meyer, P.Eng., Vice President, Engineering & Development Revival Gold Inc., are the Company’s designated Qualified Persons for this news release within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects and has reviewed and approved its scientific and technical content.
About Revival Gold Inc.
Revival Gold Inc. is a growth-focused gold exploration and development company. The Company is advancing the Beartrack-Arnett Gold Project located in Idaho, USA.
Beartrack-Arnett is the largest past-producing gold mine in Idaho. Engineering work has been initiated on a Preliminary Feasibility Study (“PFS”) for the potential restart of heap leach operations. Meanwhile, exploration continues, focused on expanding the 2022 Indicated Mineral Resource of 65.0 million tonnes at 1.01 g/t gold containing 2.11 million ounces of gold and Inferred Mineral Resource of 46.2 million tonnes at 1.31 g/t gold containing 1.94 million ounces of gold (see Revival Gold NI-43-101 Technical Report by Wood plc dated July 13th, 2022, for further details). The mineralized trend at Beartrack extends for over five kilometers and is open on strike and at depth. Mineralization at Arnett is open in all directions.
Revival Gold has approximately 91.9 million shares outstanding and a cash balance of C$3.4 million as of September 30th, 2022. All figures in this news release are in metric units and in $US unless stated otherwise. Additional disclosure including the Company’s financial statements, technical reports, news releases and other information can be obtained at www.revival-gold.com or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
For further information, please contact:
Hugh Agro, President & CEO or Melisa Armand, Investor Relations
Telephone: (416) 366-4100 or Email: info@revival-gold.com
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