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Nighthawk Reports Exceptional Gold Recoveries From Latest Colomac Metallurgical Testwork

Nighthawk Gold Corp. (CNW Group/Nighthawk Gold Corp.)

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Mar 19, 2019, 07:01 ET

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TORONTO, March 19, 2019 /CNW/ - Nighthawk Gold Corp. ("Nighthawk" or the "Company") (TSX: NHK; OTCQX: MIMZF) is pleased to provide results from the latest metallurgical testwork on the Colomac Gold Project ("Colomac"). Four bulk drill core samples were collected from 21 boreholes covering 7 mineralized zones within the Colomac and Goldcrest sills. The results are presented in Table 3 and include a summary of test results from all three preliminary metallurgical studies now completed. Findings continue to reveal: a relatively uniform hardness for material tested to-date; that the rock is amenable to all standard gold recovery technologies; and using a combination of gravity and cyanide leach recovery processes, testing showed that gold recoveries for all six bulk samples tested to-date range from 96.3% on the lower-grade material up to 98.0% for the higher-grade material, representing a significant increase in recovery over historic production results of 88.1% (1994 to 1997).

Figure 1. Drillhole locations sampled in Colomac metallurgical testwork to-date. (CNW Group/Nighthawk Gold Corp.)
Figure 1. Drillhole locations sampled in Colomac metallurgical testwork to-date. (CNW Group/Nighthawk Gold Corp.)

Dr. Michael Byron, President & CEO commented, "So far we have tested six samples that cover a limited portion of the deposit, however we are extremely encouraged as we continue to see tremendous consistency in terms of grind characteristics, gold recoveries, and responsiveness to all standard gold recovery technologies. The current program was intended to broaden sampling both laterally, and to depth, and to test material from several other mineralized zones. The results have been exceptional and show a very strong consistency in physical characteristics throughout the seven zones tested to-date. We will continue to expand metallurgical testwork in 2019 to additional areas of the sills, including more bottle roll and column leach tests to address the potential heap leach option for Colomac."

Testwork Highlights:

  • A total of six bulk drill core samples spanning 3 metallurgical studies have now been collected from 7 mineralized zones within the Colomac and Goldcrest sills;
  • Minimal variation in rock hardness is noted for all test samples indicating a relatively homogeneous host rock across both sills;
  • Favourable recoveries were achieved for flotation, gravity separation, and leaching;
  • Gold extraction by flotation ranged from 90.7% - 98.1% with maximum tested recoveries achieved at a feed size F80 of 75 microns (optimum grade-recovery performance was not examined);
  • Cyanidation of ground rock after gravity concentration increased gold recoveries across the board up to 98.0%;
  • Results to-date compare favourably to similar North America projects.

Cyanide bottle roll and column percolation metallurgical testing on half inch crushed material from the four samples is nearing completion and results will be provided once available. The Company will then have completed 6 bottle roll and 5 column leach tests offering valuable insight into the ongoing assessment of the deposit's heap leach potential. Additional metallurgical work will be expanded to include more mineralized zones and to address potential grade variations within the Colomac and Goldcrest sills. As in the previous sampling programs, testwork will be carried out on Colomac drill core from the most recent drilling.

Metallurgical Testwork and Samples

Testing was completed at Bureau Veritas in Richmond, BC, and audited by Starkey & Associates Inc. in Oakville, Ontario. Studies completed to-date have involved the current drill core mineral process testwork on four composite samples, one higher grade sample from Zone 1.5 (see press releases dated February 21, 2018 and May 22, 2018), and on lower-grade material consisting of three composite samples from various areas of the Colomac Main Sill (see press release dated April 19, 2017). Locations of the drillholes sampled for each of the metallurgical studies are shown in Figure 1.

In 2016, three drill core bulk samples of similar mineralogical characteristics totalling 119.5 kg of lower-grade mineralization were collected from different regions (Zone 1.5 composite labeled as North Zone, Zone 3.0 and 3.5 labeled as South Zone, and Deep constituted various areas of the sill at depth) and elevations in the deposit to facilitate hardness testing (Table 1), and to address spatial and grade variations of the quartz diorite host rock (Table 2). Grinding test results indicate that all samples exhibit a consistent high hardness and show minor variability, thus they would present no milling issues (see press release dated April 19, 2017). A single master composite sample was then blended for the metallurgical testwork. Recoveries are summarized in Table 3.

In 2017, a 70 kg sample of split drill core was collected from Colomac's High-Grade Zone 1.5, (Table 1) and submitted for identical mineral process testwork as was conducted on the lower-grade material, to examine the impact of grade on process metallurgy. Results showed an increase in recoveries over the lower-grade material from 96.4% to 98.0% (see press releases dated February 21, 2018 and May 22, 2018).

The most recent campaign broadened sampling to other areas of the deposit including Zones 1.0, 2.0/2.5, 3.0/3.5 and Goldcrest North (Table 1). The testwork program was identical to the previous two campaigns, with each sample composed of approximately 70 kg of drill core collected from the respective zones. As in the previous studies, samples were assayed for gold (Table 1), tested for grindability using the SAGDesign methodology (Table 2) and for amenability to several gold recovery processes (Table 3). For comparison, results from all three generation of studies are summarized in the tables. Preliminary grinding test results for the current study show that all four samples exhibit a consistent high hardness, with minor variability, thus mitigating milling issues. The average SAG grindability for the four samples was measured as 13.29 kWh/tonne (Grinding from F80 6" to P80 1.7 mm) and 14.78 kWh/tonne for the Bond Ball Mill Work Index (closed with a 150 micron screen) on SAG ground rock, remarkably consistent with previous test results.

Results from all studies to-date are summarized in the tables below and show that preliminary grinding testwork characterizes all samples as having a consistent high hardness with minor variability, and that the material tested responds favourably to the proposed process options.

Table 1. Head Assays of three generations of Colomac Samples

 Sample
Information

Fire Assay
(gpt Au)

Screen Metallics
Assay (gpt Au)

Sample
Generation

News
Release

South Zone

1.16

1.32

2016

April 19, 2017

North Zone

0.35

0.9

Deep

0.65

1.69

High-Grade

2.83

7.16

2017

February 21, 2018; May 22, 2018

Zone 1.0

1.67

2.28

2018

current release

Zone 2.0-2.5

2.15

2.05

Zone 3.0-3.5

2.38

2.41

Goldcrest North

1.34

2.29

Table 2. SAGDesign Test Summary





Sample

Information

SG Solids

WSDT

Sd-BWI

(kWh/t)

(kWh/t)

*South Zone

2.76

12.32

14.28

*North Zone

2.73

13.52

14.38

*Deep

2.70

14.07

14.10

High-Grade

2.67

12.69

15.18

Zone 1.0

2.7

13.49

15.43

Zone 2.0-2.5

2.62

11.74

14.93

Zone 3.0-3.5

2.71

11.48

13.90

Goldcrest North

2.61

16.45

14.88

Average

2.69

13.22

14.64

*Blended into a "Master Composite" as seen in Table 3

The four sample head grades varied from 1.34 gpt Au to 2.38 gpt Au as determined by fire assay, and were tested for gold recovery amenability, specifically by cyanide leaching, flotation, and gravity separation. Favourable recoveries were achieved for all process options. Gold recoveries by flotation ranged from 84.8% - 98.1% with maximum recoveries achieved at a feed size F80 of 75 microns, for Goldcrest North material.

Table 3. Metallurgical Test Results

Test

Description

Particle
Size ~P80
(microns)

Au Recovery (%)

Sample Generation

2016

2017

2018

Master
Comp.

High
Grade

Zone

1.0

Zone

2.0-2.5

Zone

3.0-3.5

Goldcrest
North

Flotation

Fine

75

94.9

94.6

94.9

94.8

92.1

98.1

Medium

106

94.1

93.5

94.5

94.5

88.6

94.9

Coarse

150

95.5

90.7

92.8

94.2

84.8

95.5

Gravity

Fine

75

33.3

54.3

53.0

42.0

27.2

58.3

Medium

106

45.0

40.5

48.2

58.8

24.5

44.4

Coarse

150

25.9

42.8

34.4

34.1

20.4

52.0

Ground
Leach

Whole Ore

150

96.5

96.4

97.1

96.8

96.7

97.2

Gravity + Leach

106

96.4

98.0

98.0

97.3

96.3

96.8

Future Testing

Preliminary testwork indicates that the Colomac deposit is amenable to all standard recovery technologies, however future studies will be broadened to include samples from other satellite gold zones and other zones to depth within the mineralized sills. Future work will also continue scrutinizing the heap leach potential of the Colomac deposit. The main objective is to confirm that the metallurgical responses observed so far will apply over a broader range of head grades and zone locations.

Quality Control and Qualified Persons

The technical information disclosed herein was prepared under the supervision of Dr. Alice Shi of Bureau Veritas and Mr. John Starkey of Starkey & Associates Inc., who is considered an independent "Qualified Person" as defined by NI 43-101 for the metallurgical testing performed on behalf of Nighthawk Gold Corp. Mr. Starkey has supervised the metallurgical work reported on and has reviewed and approved the technical disclosure contained in this news release with respect to such work.

Dr. Michael J. Byron, Ph.D., P.Geo., President & Chief Executive Officer of Nighthawk, who is the "Qualified Person" as defined by NI 43-101 for this project, has reviewed and approved of the technical disclosure contained in this news release. Please refer to NI 43-101 technical report "Technical Report and mineral resource estimate update on the Colomac Property of the Indin Lake Project", dated June 13, 2018, as filed under the company's profile on www.sedar.com

About Nighthawk

Nighthawk is a Canadian-based gold exploration company with 100% ownership of a district-scale land position within the Indin Lake Greenstone Belt, located approximately 200 km north of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Nighthawk is focused on advancing the Colomac Gold Project with a current inferred resource of 2.6 million ounces of gold (50.3 million tonnes at an average grade of 1.62 grams per tonne gold), as well as advancing its other regional gold deposits and showings within this largely underexplored Archean gold camp.

The Company has an experienced and dedicated team and is well funded to complete its goals and objectives over the next 12-18 months.

Forward-Looking Information

This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, information with respect to the Company's continued metallurgical testing at Colomac and the timing and results thereof. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", or "does not anticipate", or "believes" or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", or "will be taken", "occur", or "be achieved".

Forward-looking information is based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the information is made, and is based on a number of assumptions and is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Nighthawk to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including risks associated with the exploration, development and mining such as economic factors as they effect exploration, future commodity prices, changes in foreign exchange and interest rates, actual results of current exploration activities, government regulation, political or economic developments, environmental risks, permitting timelines, capital expenditures, operating or technical difficulties in connection with development activities, employee relations, the speculative nature of gold exploration and development, including the risks of diminishing quantities of grades of reserves, contests over title to properties, and changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined as well as those risk factors discussed in Nighthawk's annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2017, available on www.sedar.com. Although Nighthawk has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Nighthawk does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

Neither the Toronto Stock Exchange has neither reviewed nor accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release.

SOURCE Nighthawk Gold Corp.

For further information: NIGHTHAWK GOLD CORP., Tel: 1-647-794-4313; Email: [email protected], Website: www.nighthawkgold.com; Dr. Michael Byron, President & CEO, Tel: 1-647-794-4359; Michael Leskovec, CFO, Tel: 1-647-794-4360, Suzette N Ramcharan, VP, Corporate Development, Tel: 1-647-794-4362

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