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Laurion Completes SONIC Drilling and Ancillary Work Program on the Surface Stockpile at the Ishkoday Gold Project
Laurion Completes SONIC Drilling and Ancillary Work Program on the Surface Stockpile at th...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nLaurion Completes SONIC Drilling and Ancillary Work Program on the Surface Stockpile at the Ishkoday Gold Project\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nTORONTO, Oct. 4, 2018\n\n\n\n/THIS NEWS RELEASE IS INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION IN CANADA ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES./\n TORONTO, Oct. 4, 2018 /CNW/ - Laurion Mineral Exploration Inc. (TSX.V: LME) and (OTCPINK: LMEFF) (\"Laurion\" or the \"Corporation\") is pleased to announce the completion of a SONIC drilling and ancillary work program on its surface Stockpile (the \"Stockpile\") from the historic operation of the Sturgeon River Mine at the Corporation's wholly owned Ishkoday Gold Project (\"Ishkoday\"). \nIn addition, Laurion completed other ancillary work related to the Stockpile. The objective of this program was to complete additional test work to complement the 2010 assay and metallurgical testing as outlined in a previous report titled \"Resource Estimate on the Sturgeon River Mine Waste Pile and Tailings, Ishkoday Property, by A. Armitage, P. Geo., and D. Studd, P. Geo., of GeoVector Management Inc., June 2013 (the \"2013 Technical Report\"), all to ascertain a greater level of confidence in the gold grade as well as silver, zinc and copper of the Stockpile.\nA total of 20 SONIC drill holes were completed on the Stockpile for 185.3m, averaging 9.3m in a range of 3.7m to 15.2 m. Each of the SONIC drill holes was strategically positioned to sample the inner core of the Stockpile to a minimum of 1.5m below the base of the Stockpile. The Stockpile appears to host a significant amount of fines material. As outlined in the Technical Report, the fines material (<2mm) from the sampling work completed in 2010 carried average values of 6.20 g/t gold, thus showing a significant potential for higher-grade gold values at the base of the tailings where gold would have percolated from gravity settling of the Stockpile. As part of this study to better understand the gravity settling, the laboratory wi...