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Blackrock Outlines Program to Evaluate Historic Mineralized Mine Dumps and Tailings in Surface Material at Its Tonopah West Project
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 7, 2020) - Blackrock Gold Corp. (the " Comp...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Blackrock Outlines Program to Evaluate Historic Mineralized Mine Dumps and Tailings in Surface Material at Its Tonopah West ProjectVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 7, 2020) - Blackrock Gold Corp. (the \"Company\") has identified reports outlining gold and silver mineralization in historic mine dumps and tailing material on its 100% controlled Tonopah West project located in the Walker Lane trend of Western Nevada. The Tonopah West project reconstitutes the former Tonopah Extension Mining Company and the West End Consolidated Mining Company's land positions into the Tonopah West project, giving Blackrock the largest package of claims within the historic Tonopah silver district (see news release dated April 2 2020).The Company has reviewed drillhole and surface sample analysis along with metallurgical analysis previously conducted on the Slime Wash tailings and historic mine dumps located on the Tonopah West property. The Company has established a work program to evaluate the past metallurgical results and confirm the 2011 drilling in the Slime Wash tailings as well as supplement historic work done on the mine dumps with drilling and metallurgical testing. The initial phase of the evaluation program will include desktop review of the existing metallurgical, drillhole and surface sample data sets, to be followed by surface sampling and 700 metres of sonic drilling at an estimated cost of $225,000. The work program is scheduled to commence in June and is expected to be completed by September 2020. Andrew Pollard, President & CEO stated, \"Tonopah is one of the largest known silver districts in North America and with roughly fifty years of historic production, the consolidated properties that make up the Tonopah West project provide potential opportunities both at surface and underground. As we are about to embark on a planned 7,000 metre reverse circulation drilling program (see news release April 27, 2020) targeting strike and dip extensions of well-defined, past-producing veins, management has decided to concurrently move forward to assess the potential of the historic tailings and mine dumps found on the surface throughout our property. Mining methods have come a long way since production ceased in the district in the 1950's, and given the historic high-grade nature of the production, which averaged at 50g/t...