TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - October 06, 2015) - Marathon Gold Corporation ("Marathon" or the "Company") (
Highlights (true thickness):
"We are very pleased with the results of the summer 2015 exploration program at Marathon and Sprite. Not only was the strike length of the Marathon Deposit doubled to over 850 meters, but our exploration team also delineated gold in QTP veining in channels and outcrop samples for up to 1.2 km along strike to the northeast of the Marathon Deposit.
"The mineralized corridor of the Marathon deposit also extends SW along strike under the bog and to depth towards the new Sprite mineralization. The NE and SW extensions of the Marathon deposit await future winter drilling conditions when we can drill on the bogs," said Phillip Walford, President and CEO of Marathon. "Our focus continues to be on developing a critical mass of open pit resources, and the summer program has put us in a good position to do so."
TABLE 1: Significant assay intervals from the Marathon Zone drill holes MA-15-066 to MA-15-071.
DDH | Section | From | To | Core Length | True Width (TT) | Gold_g/t (Uncut) | Gold_g/t (cut) | |||||||
MA-15-066 | 16850 | 37 | 40 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.88 | ||||||||
69 | 72 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.93 | ||||||||||
MA-15-067 | 16900 | 72 | 75 | 3 | 2.1 | 2.68 | ||||||||
85 | 88 | 3 | 2.1 | 2.12 | ||||||||||
90 | 93 | 3 | 2.1 | 1.41 | ||||||||||
111 | 116 | 5 | 3.5 | 2.53 | ||||||||||
142 | 147 | 5 | 3.5 | 4.67 | ||||||||||
including | 142 | 143 | 1 | 0.7 | 15.29 | |||||||||
MA-15-068 | 16950 | 76 | 80 | 4 | 2.8 | 3.06 | ||||||||
83 | 86 | 3 | 2.1 | 1.34 | ||||||||||
107 | 110 | 3 | 2.1 | 1.06 | ||||||||||
MA-15-069 | 17000 | 129 | 134 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.50 | ||||||||
141 | 144 | 3 | 2.1 | 1.00 | ||||||||||
MA-15-070 | 17040 | 96 | 102 | 6 | 5.1 | 8.98 | 8.98 | |||||||
including | 96 | 97 | 1 | 0.9 | 70.83 | 33.00 | ||||||||
including | 99 | 100 | 1 | 0.9 | 17.63 | 17.63 | ||||||||
124 | 127 | 3 | 2.6 | 2.26 | ||||||||||
MA-15-071 | 17000 | 138 | 141 | 3 | 2.4 | 1.27 |
* TT-Denotes true thickness
All of the samples were fire assayed at Eastern Analytical Laboratory Ltd., in Springdale, Newfoundland.
Marathon Gold Corporation acknowledges the financial support of the JEA Program, Department of
Natural Resources, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Sherry Dunsworth, M.Sc., P. Geo., VP of Exploration, Marathon's Qualified Person, has reviewed the contents for accuracy and has approved this press release on behalf of Marathon.
About Marathon Gold Corporation
Marathon is a Toronto based gold resource company focused on its 100% owned Valentine Gold Camp located in central Newfoundland. The Valentine Gold Camp currently hosts four near-surface, mainly pit-shell constrained, gold resources totaling 1,060,100 oz. gold at 2.20 g/t (Measured & Indicated) and 200,000 oz. gold at 2.83 g/t (Inferred), (April 2015). These resources, open along strike and to depth, cover less than 6% of the total length of the highly prospective Valentine Lake Thrust Fault and associated splay faults which host the majority of the gold mineralization within the property. For more information please visit www.marathon-gold.com.
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Contact Information:
For more information, please contact:
Christopher Haldane
Investor Relations Manager
Tel: 1-416-987-0714
E-mail: chaldane@marathon-gold.com
Phillip Walford
President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel: 1-416-987-0711
E-mail: pwalford@marathon-gold.com