Reno, Nevada, Jan. 20, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dakota Territory Resource Corp (OTCQB: DTRC) ("Dakota Territory" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that a surface sampling program conducted at the historic Minerva and Gustin gold mines at the Company's Homestake Paleoplacer Project in the northern Black Hills of South Dakota has identified new areas of gold mineralization.
Dakota Territory collected a total of 14 outcrop samples from the paleochannel at the south end of the property. Gold assay values ranged from 0.109 grams per tonne to 2.54 grams per tonne, with an average gold assay value of 1.01 grams per tonne. Additionally, the program discovered gold mineralization in a quartz-pebble conglomerate block of Deadwood Formation that appears to be faulted up to the surface at the eastern margin of the Minerva mine. This gold mineralization had not been previously identified by historic geological mapping of the property and defines a new near-surface drill target approximately 200 meters wide by 400 meters long east of the Minerva Mine.
Historically, the Minerva Mine produced gold by underground methods at an average grade in the range of 10.0 grams per tonne gold. Richard Bachman, President and CEO of the Company commented: "The take away from our sampling is that we believe there is a high grade component yet to be discovered east of the Minerva Mine."
All program samples collected are point or grab samples from rock outcrop. Sample size averaged 10.72 kilograms ("kg") in weight, with none being less than 8.07 kg. Samples were bagged and tagged in the field then retained in secure storage at the Company's local field office until directly delivered to the lab.
All sample preparation and fire assaying work has been performed by American Assay Laboratories Inc. ("American Assay") in Sparks, Nevada. American Assay is an ISO 17025:2005 accredited laboratory. Samples were fire assayed with a 1 assay ton (30 gram) aliquot with induced coupled plasma ("ICP") finish. Internal laboratory quality controls were relied upon for these reconnaissance-style samples. These controls included re-runs and the insertion of both blank and Standardized Reference samples.
Richard Bachman, Certified Professional Geologist, has reviewed the technical disclosure contained in this news release and is responsible for its content.
About Dakota Territory Resource Corp
Dakota Territory Resource Corp. is a Nevada Corporation with offices located at Reno, Nevada. Dakota Territory is committed to creating shareholder value through the acquisition and responsible exploration and development of high caliber gold properties in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
In terms of total historic US gold production, the Black Hills ranks second only to the Carlin District of northeast Nevada. The gold production of the Black Hills is concentrated in a 100 square mile area known as the Homestake District. Dakota Territory maintains 100% ownership of three mineral properties including the Blind Gold, City Creek and Homestake Paleoplacer Properties, all of which are located in the heart of the Homestake District and cover a total of approximately 3,057 acres. The Blind Gold Property is located approximately 4 miles northwest and on structural trend with the historic Homestake Gold Mine. Through its 125 year production history, the Homestake Gold Mine produced approximately 40 million ounces of gold and is the largest iron-formation-hosted gold deposit in the world
In the 1980's and 1990's Homestake Mining Company undertook a $70 million dollar exploration program managed by Richard Bachman, President and CEO of Dakota Territory. The program focused primarily on the search for a repeat of the Homestake Mine production. This program successfully discovered significant new gold mineralization beyond the confines of the producing mine, demonstrating repeatability and the potential for additional gold deposits in the Homestake iron-formation host. This program also proved the continuous extension of the Homestake iron-formation to a distance of approximately 4 miles from the producing mine and under the Blind Gold Property.
Dakota Territory Resource Corp is uniquely positioned to leverage Management's extensive exploration and mining experience in the Black Hills of South Dakota with Homestake Mining Company. For more information on Dakota Territory, please visit the Company's website at http://DakotaTRC.com/.
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Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") limits disclosure for U.S. reporting purposes to mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. Our property currently does not contain any known proven or probable ore reserves under SEC reporting standards. Our reference above to the various formations and mineralization believed to exist in our property as compared to historical results and estimates from other property in the district is illustrative only for comparative purposes and is no indication that similar results will be obtained with respect to our property. U.S. investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our latest reports filed with the SEC. You can review and obtain copies of these filings at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.
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