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Smooth Rock Reports Initial Results from the Giroux Project
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 20, 2020) - Smooth Rock Ventures Corp . (...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Smooth Rock Reports Initial Results from the Giroux ProjectVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 20, 2020) - Smooth Rock Ventures Corp. (TSXV: SOCK) (\"Smooth Rock\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce initial results from the Phase I exploration program on the Giroux Project, located in Mineral County, Nevada, within the Walker Lane shear zone. The Phase I program was designed to expand and provide confirmation of the previous regional geological mapping and sampling program by the property's lease owner that yielded significant results. Historical grab sampling result highlights include: 1.17% Ni, 1.6% Ni, 1.7 % Ni, 3.9% Ni. taken from outcrops, old workings and mine dumps. A previous Geophysical program was also completed on the Property, indicating several potential drill targets.Key Highlights:Initial prospecting of the polymetallic Giroux Project by the Company returned up to 1% Ni from an outcrop and 7.67 % Cu from an additional outcrop. The presence of Cesium mineralization previously unknown to exist on the Giroux Project discovered in samples taken from an old mine dump on the Property.A total of 24 samples were collected from outcrops, old workings and mine dumps. These samples focused on mineralized shear zones and associated jasperoids, the results are detailed in Table 1 below.Table 1. Preliminary Prospecting Results.Sample NumberMateria1Aug/tAgg/tCoppmCrppmCuppmNippmG-50Mine Dump0.5612.422.7646.972.538.8G-52Old workings0.0233.36153.03084.41998.73568.9G-65Mine Dump0.4529.8750.21612.12867.8890.5G-66Old workings0.2786.3318.72124.53108.21233.3G-67Old workings0.2864.116.2445.6100.3197.0G-76Outcrop0.0081.29230.93984.071.36493.4G-77Outcrop0.0492.22815.54173.182.4>10,000G-82Mine Dump0.0051.57338.04925.760.27094.6GCOutcrop0.0152.96.027576,70370.0G-85Mine Dump0.1182.4345.73098.7419.81636.2 As shown in the table above the Giroux property is polymetallic. The initial round of sampling and mapping was conducted to confirmed previous rock chip assays taken by the lease owner. Sampling focused on the common old workings which are located along mineralized shear zones with jasperoids lenses. These structural zones trend east west and contain high amounts of iron oxide and local barite. The area north of the main east west structure is covered by alluvium.Of particular note was the presence of (Cesium) ...