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Murchison Confirms Zinc, Silver and Gold Mineralization at Historic MIN Showing
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / October 15, 2019 / Murchison Minerals Ltd. ("Murchison" or the "C...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nMurchison Confirms Zinc, Silver and Gold Mineralization at Historic MIN ShowingTORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / October 15, 2019 / Murchison Minerals Ltd. (\"Murchison\" or the \"Company\") - (TSXV:MUR) is pleased to announce confirmation of anomalous zinc, silver and gold mineralization at the historic MIN Showing during its 2019 summer prospecting program (Table 1 and Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4). The MIN Showing is located south of the large Min Showing North conductive body measuring 1,080 by 888 metres, and approximately four and a half kilometres southwest of, and on strike with, the Brabant-McKenzie Deposit and the recently discovered Brabant-McKenzie South mineralization. Multiple channels were cut perpendicular to strike on the exposed mineralization using a diamond saw on the shore of Brabant Lake, with notable assays of 0.32% zinc and 5.3 g/t silver over 1.2 metres, and 0.39% zinc and 7.8 g/t silver over 0.35 metre. Anomalous gold-silver values were also noted in a sample with 0.449 g/t gold, 11.4 g/t silver and 0.15% zinc over 0.50 metre. The mineralization is relatively low grade; however, its correspondence with nearby conductive bodies is encouraging for the potential to discover significant VMS mineralization.Table 1 - MIN Showing 2019 Channel Sample ResultsChannel IDFrom (m)To (m)Zinc (%)Silver (g/t)Gold (g/t)MIN0010.000.500.1511.40.449MIN0020.001.200.325.30.026MIN0021.201.450.306.60.023MIN0060.000.350.397.80.029MIN0060.350.950.1213.20.028The Min Showing consists of pyrrhotite, minor pyrite and sphalerite finely disseminated in a rusty, weathered, conformable and siliceous layer. The mineralized zone is approximately three metres wide and occurs in a mixture of biotite-garnet, hornblende, and calc-silicate gneisses and a white-to-buff pegmatite (Saskatchewan Mineral Deposits Index #0444).The MIN Showing was first located in 1959 during regional geologic mapping and was followed up by prospecting in 1983 and 1991 with the most notable assay returned from a grab sample completed in 1983 of 0.17% zinc and 14.4 g/t silver. This zinc-silver mineralization further indicates the strong VMS potential of the Brabant-McKenzie host geologic unit elsewhere in the project area. Recent geophysical modelling of Murchison's surface TDEM (Time Domain Electromagnetic), VTEM ( Versatile Time Domain Electromagnetic) airborne magnetic survey ...