MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC--(Marketwired - Oct. 13, 2017) - DIOS EXPLORATION (TSX VENTURE:DOS) reports a gold discovery on Clarkie, in Eleonore-Cheechoo corridor, up to 8.9 g/t gold and 6.8 g/t gold in sedimentary rocks outcropping some 120 m apart.
A 2.5 by 1 km area was targeted up-ice of a gold-in-till train (13 samples over 0.10 g/t gold, up to 1.16 g/t gold) and extents of Wacky gold showing within Clarkie sedimentary basin. Follow-up included prospecting and b-horizon soil sampling.
Focus was on Wacky gold showing composed of alternating metric to several meter large horizons of Silicified Amphibolitized Wackes (kind of sandstone) hosting 1-5 percent disseminated pyrite with silicate-garnet iron-formation (tr-2 percent py-po). Significant DIOS' 2017 results are follows.
Clarkie - Wacky Showing Gold Assays
| M East | M North | Rock type | mineralization | g/t gold |
| 457582 | 5799034 | wacke Am+ Si+ | 1-3% PY | 8.88 |
| 457527 | 5799140 | silicate iron for-mation Am- Gr+ | 1-2% PY | 6.80 |
| 457500* | 5799078 | wacke Am+ Si+B | 1-2% PY | 1.66 |
| 457500* | 5799076 | Qzv/ wacke Si+B | TR-PY | 1.28 |
| 457582* | 5799033 | wacke Am+ Si+ | 1-2% PY | 1.22 |
| 457521 | 5798968 | wacke Am+ | 1-2% PY | 0.375 |
| 457582 | 5798615 | wacke Am+ | TR-1% PY | 0.619 |
| 457500 | 5799239 | wacke Am+ (B) | 1% PY | 0.188 |
| 457502 | 5799241 | wacke Am+ Si+ | Tr-PY | 0.108 |
B= Glacial Boulder *= 2016 sample
An outcrop with a value of 0.619 g/t gold is located 420 m south of the 8.88 g/t gold one, this one being 120 m south of the 6.8 g/t gold one.. Soil sampling shows very discrete gold anomalies possibly extending Wacky occurrence 300m north and 200m south.
Wholly-owned CLARKIE is a gold discovery in outcropping sediments of same type and age hosting Eleonore gold mine, James Bay, Quebec, near major Opinaca structure, some 25 km southeast of Cheechoo along Eleonore-Cheechoo corridor.
A total of 61 rock-samples (plus 6 blanks) and 67 soil samples (1-2kg) was collected and assayed at ALS Val d'Or.following good industry standards. This release was prepared by H. Desbiens, M.Sc. Geo 43-101 QP.