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Harfang Exploration Announces Summer 2017 Exploration Results for Menarik Properties in James Bay Region
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Nov. 8, 2017) - Harfang Exploration inc. ("Harfang") (TSX VENTURE:HAR) is pleased to announce the results of its 2017 summer ex
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[{"type":"text","content":"MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Nov. 8, 2017) - Harfang Exploration inc. (\"Harfang\") (TSX VENTURE:HAR) is pleased to announce the results of its 2017 summer exploration campaign on the Lake Menarik and Menarik East properties located in the La Grande geological subprovince, James Bay area, Québec. Both properties are 100% owned by Harfang Exploration and are located <50 km south from the Radisson village. Channel sampling carried out on the newly discovered Greco showing exposed on the Menarik Lake property revealed a value of 1.04 g/t Au over 24.9 m. From a total of 347 collected from the property, 41 grab samples yielded an average gold value of 3.72 g/t Au if we exclude one extremely high value (199.53 g/t), providing a range of 1.06 to 18.60 g/t Au (Figure 1). Element Number of samples Average Range Proportion (%) Au (> 1 g/t)* 41 3.72 g/t 1.06-18.60 g/t 12 Au (> 5 g/t)* 6 11.25 g/t 7.37-18.60 g/t 2 Au (> 10 g/t)* 2 17.02 g/t 15.44-18.60 g/t 0.5 Table 1. Significant Au (> 1 g/t) assay values returned from the Menarik Lake property. * Excluding the value of 199.53 g/t Au Note that grab samples are selective by nature and values reported may not be representative of mineralized zones. On the Menarik East property, channel samples collected from two sites yielded: 0.3 g/t Au and 13.26 g/t Ag, 0.91 wt. % Cu and 0.95 wt. % Zn over 3.9 m (Yvan II showing) and 2.17 g/t Au over 2.9 m (Bonspot showing). A total of 287 grab samples were collected from the property, most of them from sheared tonalite outcrops. The polymetallic mineralization is contained within chalcopyrite (Cu), sphalerite (Zn), galena (Pb), pyrite/pyrrhotite and arsenopyrite (Au). A significant proportion of samples present base metal values > 1 % and/or Au values > 1 g/t (Figure 2). Element Number of samples Average Range Proportion (%) Au (> 1 g/t) 42 5.40 g/t 1.10-35.59 g/t 15 Cu (> 1 %) 19 3.08 % 1.18-7.65 % 7 Zn (> 1 %) 23 2.13 % 1.10-4.70 % 8 Pb (> 1 %) 15 3.71 % 1.45-16.40 % 5 Table 2. Significant base metals (>1%) and Au (> 1 g/t) assay values returned from the Menarik East property. The first exploration step consisted of line cutting (59.55 km) to conduct IP/resistivity geophysical surveys (41.65 km) on both properties revealing distinct geological settings. Moreover, the surveys showed the gold bearing structures t...