VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 24, 2012) - Carmax Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CXM) ("Carmax") is pleased to announce that it has now received results from the remaining 16 of the 25 holes drilled in the 2011 exploration season on the East Zone and Bornite Zone target areas of its flagship Eaglehead Cu-Mo project located in northwestern British Columbia. The total program consisted of the drilling of 8,300 metres in 25 holes. Results from the first 8 holes were released in Carmax's release of December 7th, 2011. All samples of split diamond drill core from the 2011 program were forwarded to and assayed by ACME labs of Vancouver.
The Eaglehead Property hosts at least six areas of porphyry style Cu-Mo mineralization extending to more than 8 km along strike. The 2011 summer exploration program focused on two of these target areas; being the East Zone and the Bornite Zone. In general, low grade gold and silver values are associated with Cu-Mo mineralization. Future drilling programs will be designed to further delineate the East Zone and the Bornite Zone mineralization, as well as to drill test the remaining four major target areas of the vast Eaglehead Property.
The company has engaged Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (RPA) of Toronto to complete an independent estimate of NI 43-101 complaint Mineral Resources of these two areas taking into consideration the results now received from the 2011 program. Completion of the report is anticipated for April 2012.
The East Zone hosts at least ten subvertical zones of west-northwest trending porphyry type Cu-Mo mineralization within variably hydrothermally altered granodioritic rocks. The Bornite Zone also contains at least eight areas of Cu-Mo mineralization with similar orientation to the East Zone.
The results to date indicate extensions to previously known mineralized zones with Cu, Mo, Ag, and Au values with grades ranging from 0.16% Cu to 3.33% Cu over drill core intervals ranging from 3 m to 161 m. The individual mineralized zones in both areas range in horizontal (true) thickness from 5 m to 80 m.
The mineralized zones in both areas extend more than 400 m at depth within hydrothermally altered and mineralized zones that are approximately 500 m wide and 700 m to 800 m long. The table below summarizes the results received from the last 16 holes of the 2011 summer drilling program.
Highlights of the results are as follows:
East Zone
- 0.99% Cu, 0.001% Mo, 4.90 g/t Ag, and 0.060 g/t Au over 21 m in Hole 99A.
- 0.84% Cu, 0.022% Mo, 1.80 g/t Ag, and 0.051 g/t Au over 11 m in Hole 100.
- 0.47% Cu, 0.004% Mo, 0.80 g/t Ag, and 0.028 g/t Au over 35 m in Hole 105.
- 0.27% Cu, 0.006% Mo, 1.40 g/t Ag, and 0.063 g/t Au over 66 m in Hole 107.
Bornite Zone
- 0.45% Cu, 0.007% Mo, 1.00 g/t Ag, and 0.034 g/t Au over 37 m in Hole 110.
- 0.47% Cu, 0.004% Mo, 3.60 g/t Ag, and 0.082 g/t Au over 35 m also in Hole 110.
- 0.58% Cu, 0.013% Mo, 6.40 g/t Ag, and 0.202 g/t Au over 34 m in Hole 112B.
- 0.54% Cu, 0.029% Mo, 2.30 g/t Ag, and 0.284 g/t Au over 161 m in Hole 114.
- 0.55% Cu, 0.009% Mo, 1.20 g/t Ag, and 0.015 g/t Au over 20 m in Hole 120.
- 0.45% Cu, 0.013% Mo, 1.30 g/t Ag, and 0.132 g/t Au over 31 m also in Hole 120.
Detailed results of the mineralized intersections are presented in the table below.
EAST ZONE DRILL HOLES | |||||||||
Hole ID | Intersection (m) | Interval (m) | Azimuth (°) | Inclination (°) | % Cu | % Mo | g/t Ag | g/t Au | |
From | To | ||||||||
99A | 40.0 | 65.0 | 25.0 | 358.2 | -64 | 0.19 | 0.000 | 0.40 | 0.015 |
182.0 | 203.0 | 21.0 | 0.99 | 0.001 | 4.90 | 0.060 | |||
419.0 | 422.0 | 3.0 | 0.21 | 0.004 | 0.60 | 0.010 | |||
100 | 22.0 | 54.0 | 32.0 | 3.5 | -50 | 0.24 | 0.000 | 0.60 | 0.010 |
138.0 | 149.0 | 11.0 | 0.84 | 0.022 | 1.80 | 0.051 | |||
Including | 143.0 | 148.0 | 5.0 | 1.27 | 0.023 | 2.90 | 0.071 | ||
169.0 | 197.0 | 28.0 | 0.37 | 0.024 | 1.10 | 0.131 | |||
239.0 | 244.0 | 5.0 | 0.28 | 0.002 | 0.50 | 0.010 | |||
251.0 | 304.0 | 53.0 | 0.47 | 0.010 | 1.90 | 0.056 | |||
Including | 285.0 | 297.0 | 12.0 | 1.05 | 0.038 | 5.60 | 0.201 | ||
309.0 | 313.0 | 4.0 | 0.43 | 0.001 | 0.70 | 0.010 | |||
321.0 | 334.0 | 13.0 | 0.18 | 0.001 | 0.60 | 0.010 | |||
351.0 | 375.0 | 24.0 | 0.24 | 0.003 | 0.70 | 0.010 | |||
414.0 | 423.0 | 9.0 | 0.42 | 0.023 | 3.70 | 0.218 | |||
436.0 | 450.0 | 14.0 | 0.22 | 0.015 | 0.80 | 0.027 | |||
473.0 | 518.0 | 45.0 | 0.28 | 0.010 | 1.20 | 0.040 | |||
105 | 36.0 | 55.0 | 19.0 | 22 | -60 | 0.68 | 0.002 | 2.20 | 0.023 |
Including | 39.0 | 44.0 | 5.0 | 1.56 | 0.001 | 5.10 | 0.025 | ||
70.0 | 81.0 | 11.0 | 0.18 | 0.004 | 0.40 | 0.008 | |||
98.0 | 103.0 | 5.0 | 0.25 | 0.004 | 1.10 | 0.010 | |||
108.0 | 113.0 | 5.0 | 0.22 | 0.002 | 0.60 | 0.031 | |||
181.0 | 187.0 | 6.0 | 0.17 | 0.001 | 0.50 | 0.007 | |||
214.0 | 219.0 | 5.0 | 0.31 | 0.002 | 1.40 | 0.014 | |||
295.0 | 330.0 | 35.0 | 0.47 | 0.004 | 0.80 | 0.028 | |||
Including | 296.0 | 299.0 | 3.0 | 3.33 | 0.008 | 2.40 | 0.038 | ||
339.0 | 343.0 | 4.0 | 0.33 | 0.001 | 2.30 | 0.082 | |||
370.0 | 375.0 | 5.0 | 0.24 | 0.003 | 1.30 | 0.024 | |||
393.0 | 401.0 | 8.0 | 0.28 | 0.004 | 0.50 | 0.179 | |||
106 | 60.0 | 69.0 | 9.0 | 8.1 | -49 | 0.23 | 0.000 | 0.70 | 0.022 |
87.0 | 94.0 | 7.0 | 0.36 | 0.001 | 1.80 | 0.048 | |||
102.0 | 111.0 | 9.0 | 0.24 | 0.005 | 1.20 | 0.013 | |||
142.0 | 150.0 | 8.0 | 0.33 | 0.014 | 0.70 | 0.022 | |||
157.0 | 160.0 | 3.0 | 0.33 | 0.018 | 1.30 | 0.045 | |||
166.0 | 171.0 | 5.0 | 0.36 | 0.001 | 1.20 | 0.018 | |||
189.0 | 207.0 | 18.0 | 0.35 | 0.033 | 2.80 | 0.166 | |||
Including | 202.0 | 205.0 | 3.0 | 1.16 | 0.022 | 8.40 | 0.637 | ||
217.0 | 233.0 | 16.0 | 0.39 | 0.018 | 2.10 | 0.040 | |||
Including | 217.0 | 220.0 | 3.0 | 0.91 | 0.033 | 6.20 | 0.041 | ||
281.0 | 296.0 | 15.0 | 0.37 | 0.012 | 1.70 | 0.236 | |||
107 | 131.0 | 144.0 | 13.0 | 6.2 | -49 | 0.23 | 0.002 | 0.70 | 0.011 |
156.0 | 222.0 | 66.0 | 0.27 | 0.006 | 1.40 | 0.063 | |||
Including | 200.0 | 208.0 | 8.0 | 0.48 | 0.012 | 2.60 | 0.279 | ||
233.0 | 241.0 | 8.0 | 0.22 | 0.004 | 1.10 | 0.015 | |||
260.0 | 278.0 | 18.0 | 0.26 | 0.004 | 1.10 | 0.041 | |||
284.0 | 291.0 | 7.0 | 0.70 | 0.004 | 1.60 | 0.092 | |||
108 | 30.0 | 40.0 | 10.0 | 22 | -50 | 0.25 | 0.003 | 1.40 | 0.133 |
56.0 | 62.0 | 6.0 | 0.19 | 0.007 | 1.70 | 0.062 | |||
85.0 | 100.0 | 15.0 | 0.38 | 0.001 | 2.30 | 0.033 | |||
119.0 | 122.0 | 3.0 | 0.93 | 0.003 | 3.20 | 0.018 | |||
260.0 | 264.0 | 4.0 | 0.22 | 0.001 | 0.70 | 0.020 | |||
109 | 102.0 | 115.0 | 13.0 | 3.5 | -55 | 0.34 | 0.005 | 2.00 | 0.048 |
Including | 109.0 | 115.0 | 6.0 | 0.57 | 0.009 | 3.60 | 0.082 | ||
130.0 | 149.0 | 19.0 | 0.19 | 0.003 | 0.90 | 0.031 | |||
161.0 | 164.0 | 3.0 | 0.26 | 0.002 | 0.50 | 0.012 | |||
BORNITE ZONE DRILL HOLES | |||||||||
Hole ID | Intersection (m) | Interval (m) | Azimuth (°) | Inclination (°) | % Cu | % Mo | g/t Ag | g/t Au | |
From | To | ||||||||
110 | 32.0 | 58.0 | 26.0 | 7.3 | -65 | 0.25 | 0.000 | 0.60 | 0.014 |
Including | 40.0 | 44.0 | 4.0 | 0.47 | 0.000 | 1.40 | 0.027 | ||
71.0 | 74.0 | 3.0 | 0.42 | 0.001 | 1.10 | 0.065 | |||
104.0 | 107.0 | 3.0 | 0.34 | 0.001 | 1.00 | 0.027 | |||
117.0 | 128.0 | 11.0 | 0.24 | 0.001 | 0.60 | 0.029 | |||
138.0 | 153.0 | 15.0 | 0.27 | 0.001 | 0.80 | 0.025 | |||
Including | 151.0 | 153.0 | 2.0 | 0.60 | 0.003 | 1.10 | 0.015 | ||
159.0 | 176.0 | 17.0 | 0.30 | 0.001 | 0.50 | 0.023 | |||
194.0 | 231.0 | 37.0 | 0.45 | 0.007 | 1.00 | 0.034 | |||
Including | 200.0 | 202.0 | 2.0 | 1.52 | 0.020 | 2.40 | 0.094 | ||
& Including | 208.0 | 211.0 | 3.0 | 1.45 | 0.023 | 3.80 | 0.248 | ||
239.0 | 258.0 | 19.0 | 0.28 | 0.003 | 1.70 | 0.019 | |||
267.0 | 302.0 | 35.0 | 0.47 | 0.004 | 3.60 | 0.082 | |||
Including | 273.0 | 275.0 | 2.0 | 1.20 | 0.001 | 3.60 | 0.157 | ||
& Including | 297.0 | 299.0 | 2.0 | 2.24 | 0.002 | 14.50 | 0.337 | ||
311.0 | 329.0 | 18.0 | 0.31 | 0.004 | 1.30 | 0.048 | |||
344.0 | 361.0 | 17.0 | 0.32 | 0.004 | 2.30 | 0.107 | |||
111 | 31.0 | 46.0 | 15.0 | 0 | -47 | 0.30 | 0.000 | 2.80 | 0.036 |
62.0 | 82.0 | 20.0 | 2.04 | 0.005 | 9.30 | 0.208 | |||
Including | 74.0 | 82.0 | 8.0 | 4.81 | 0.011 | 22.00 | 0.499 | ||
87.0 | 101.0 | 14.0 | 0.28 | 0.002 | 3.40 | 0.113 | |||
113.0 | 137.0 | 24.0 | 0.29 | 0.009 | 1.90 | 0.134 | |||
190.0 | 196.0 | 6.0 | 0.36 | 0.002 | 0.80 | 0.136 | |||
112B | 70.0 | 91.0 | 21.0 | 2.2 | -65 | 0.71 | 0.009 | 6.20 | 0.597 |
Including | 74.0 | 82.0 | 8.0 | 1.04 | 0.016 | 10.00 | 0.130 | ||
111.0 | 145.0 | 34.0 | 0.58 | 0.013 | 6.40 | 0.202 | |||
Including | 126.0 | 135.0 | 9.0 | 1.23 | 0.017 | 16.50 | 0.285 | ||
151.0 | 162.0 | 11.0 | 0.33 | 0.002 | 1.70 | 0.093 | |||
167.0 | 170.0 | 3.0 | 0.22 | 0.009 | 0.90 | 0.026 | |||
207.0 | 219.0 | 12.0 | 0.21 | 0.000 | 0.70 | 0.027 | |||
251.0 | 260.0 | 9.0 | 0.14 | 0.001 | 2.20 | 1.265 | |||
113 | 9.7 | 16.0 | 6.3 | 6.7 | -50 | 0.36 | 0.001 | 1.80 | 0.111 |
34.0 | 47.0 | 13.0 | 0.29 | 0.001 | 0.50 | 0.019 | |||
92.0 | 178.0 | 86.0 | 0.30 | 0.014 | 1.00 | 0.137 | |||
Including | 110.0 | 118.0 | 8.0 | 0.75 | 0.017 | 1.40 | 0.099 | ||
198.0 | 215.0 | 17.0 | 0.19 | 0.001 | 1.40 | 0.069 | |||
114 | 15.0 | 22.0 | 7.0 | 5.2 | -62 | 0.18 | 0.000 | 0.30 | 0.001 |
50.0 | 55.0 | 5.0 | 0.52 | 0.004 | 4.10 | 0.070 | |||
134.0 | 295.0 | 161.0 | 0.54 | 0.029 | 2.30 | 0.284 | |||
Including | 134.0 | 137.0 | 3.0 | 1.77 | 0.016 | 15.80 | 0.571 | ||
& Including | 160.0 | 164.0 | 4.0 | 1.01 | 0.139 | 5.00 | 0.272 | ||
& Including | 195.0 | 204.0 | 9.0 | 1.30 | 0.058 | 2.60 | 0.078 | ||
& Including | 209.0 | 215.0 | 6.0 | 1.06 | 0.020 | 2.20 | 0.899 | ||
& Including | 225.0 | 233.0 | 8.0 | 1.17 | 0.065 | 4.10 | 1.088 | ||
& Including | 288.0 | 294.0 | 6.0 | 0.85 | 0.034 | 4.60 | 0.399 | ||
117 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 2 | -54 | 0.22 | 0.001 | 1.20 | 0.031 |
21.0 | 26.0 | 5.0 | 0.26 | 0.000 | 0.50 | 0.022 | |||
127.0 | 133.0 | 6.0 | 0.19 | 0.002 | 0.30 | 0.006 | |||
187.0 | 192.0 | 5.0 | 0.44 | 0.002 | 1.40 | 0.022 | |||
200.0 | 212.0 | 12.0 | 0.16 | 0.005 | 1.40 | 0.055 | |||
226.0 | 231.0 | 5.0 | 0.24 | 0.001 | 0.80 | 0.036 | |||
279.0 | 284.0 | 5.0 | 0.73 | 0.008 | 1.50 | 0.017 | |||
292.0 | 303.0 | 11.0 | 0.18 | 0.003 | 0.20 | 0.010 | |||
322.0 | 329.0 | 7.0 | 0.16 | 0.002 | 0.50 | 0.027 | |||
118 | 30.0 | 34.0 | 4.0 | 5.3 | -53 | 0.16 | 0.000 | 0.40 | 0.006 |
71.0 | 79.0 | 8.0 | 0.21 | 0.001 | 0.70 | 0.011 | |||
132.0 | 142.0 | 10.0 | 0.22 | 0.001 | 2.00 | 0.049 | |||
200.0 | 209.0 | 9.0 | 0.19 | 0.000 | 0.50 | 0.005 | |||
120 | 31.0 | 51.0 | 20.0 | 1.4 | -50 | 0.55 | 0.009 | 1.20 | 0.015 |
Including | 36.0 | 40.0 | 4.0 | 1.42 | 0.013 | 3.20 | 0.022 | ||
61.0 | 92.0 | 30.0 | 0.45 | 0.013 | 1.30 | 0.132 | |||
Including | 71.0 | 73.0 | 2.0 | 1.03 | 0.006 | 2.90 | 0.142 | ||
99.0 | 102.0 | 3.0 | 0.23 | 0.011 | 1.60 | 0.009 | |||
122.0 | 129.0 | 7.0 | 0.25 | 0.001 | 1.20 | 0.218 | |||
141.0 | 146.0 | 5.0 | 0.83 | 0.003 | 1.20 | 0.026 | |||
160.0 | 164.0 | 4.0 | 0.20 | 0.003 | 0.70 | 0.049 |
Hrayr Agnerian, P.Geo., a Director of Carmax, is the qualified person as defined in NI 43-101, and has reviewed the technical information contained in this news release.
Jevin Werbes, President of Carmax, states, "We are very pleased with the results received from the 2011 summer exploration program. The results indicate a potential for bulk mineable porphyry style copper-molybdenum mineralization. Carmax is anticipating its resource estimate from RPA around April 2012, and with Copper prices appreciating once again, we look forward to planning and sharing our 2012 exploration plans."
Jevin Werbes, President
About the Eaglehead Project
The Eaglehead Cu-Mo Project is located approximately 1,100 km north of Vancouver and approximately 48 km east of Dease Lake, a town of approximately 200 people, in northwestern British Columbia. The northwest-southeast oriented property extends approximately 28 km along strike from Eaglehead Lake at its northwestern extremity to approximately 8 km past Tournigan River in the southeastern part of the property. The property comprises 31 mineral claims consisting of 613 cells covering a total area of approximately 11,410 ha in the Liard Mining Division of British Columbia.
Copper and molybdenum mineralization on the Eaglehead Property is typical of porphyry Cu-Mo systems associated with hydrothermal alteration assemblages within intermediate volcanic rocks and granodioritic and monzonitic rocks. Mineralization is contained in altered rocks, which are localized by geological structures, and range in size from 5 m to more than 100 m wide and more than three kilometres long. Two mineralized structures trend northwest, and the third one trends east-southeast. Mineralization is comprised of altered zones, quartz stockworks, and hydrothermal breccia zones that contain disseminated chalcopyrite and other sulphide minerals.
About Carmax
Carmax is a Canadian company engaged in exploration for bulk tonnage copper-molybdenum deposits in northwestern British Columbia. The company also has the Whiskey Jack gold project in Ontario and the Gold Tip gold project in BC. During the 2011 summer exploration program, the company's objective was to better outline the mineralized areas at the East Zone and Bornite Zone of the Eaglehead Project, and has engaged Roscoe Postle Associates Inc. (RPA) of Toronto to estimate NI 43-101 complaint Mineral Resources of these two areas. Carmax has 27,515,998 shares outstanding and trades on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) under the symbol CXM.
For further information, please visit the Company's website at www.carmaxmining.com.
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