ROUYN-NORANDA, QC, Oct. 16, 2017 /CNW/ - X-Terra Resources Inc. (TSXV: XTT) (FRANKFURT: XTR) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement with a private prospector, pursuant to which X-Terra will acquire a 100% undivided ownership interest in the Ducran property as referred to in X-Terra's press release of October 20, 2017. The Ducran property is comprised of 28 mining claims located in the Eeyou Istchee/Baie James Territory, 15 kilometres south of the town of Chapais in the province of Québec.
The 28 mining claims are located at the eastern extremity of the Abitibi Subprovince which contains the Chibougamau mining camp (Doré Lake and Chibougamau Lake sectors; historical production: 47.5 tonnes at 1.72% copper, 2.30 gram/ton gold, 1.6 billion pounds of copper and 3.2 million ounces of gold) and the Chapais mining camp (historical production: 24.2 tonnes at 2.24% copper, 1.13 g/t gold; 1.1 billion pounds of copper, 0.8 million ounces of gold and 8.2 million ounces of silver) (source: report with the Ministère de l'énergie et ressources naturelles (Québec)).
The evaluation work carried out by Michel Chapdelaine, Vice-President of Exploration and Development of X-Terra Resources in connection with X-Terra Resources' due diligence on the Ducran property consisted of stripping in two areas and drilling three exploratory holes.
Stripping work
- The stripping work revealed ''volcanogenic'' alteration and mineralization (pyrrhothite and chalcopyrite stringers) in sheared (N108/71) diorite, quartz diorite and gabbro (the shear zone).
Drill hole No. 1
- Drilled directly under the South-East end of trench A and intersected the shear zone (containing 20% of centimetric to metric diorite fragments) at a depth of 10 metres over a width of 9.85 metres (from 8.50 metres to 18.35 metres). The mineralization within this zone is over 5.85 metres and consists of pyrrhotite – chalcopyrite stringers within the alteration.
Drill hole No. 2
- Drilled under No.1 intersected the shear zone between 42 and 54 metres vertically over a width of 16.48 metres. Two mineralized zones are present in the shear; a 1.9 meters fragment from 68 to 70 metres consisting of a felsic xenolith containing 5% to 20% sphalerite and the stringer zone of pyrrhotite – chalcopyrite from 74.10 metres. to 76.10 metres.
Drill hole No. 3
- Drilled 25 metres to the South-East, parallel to hole No. 2 according to the trend of the shear zone. The hole intersected the shear zone at vertical depth of 50 metres from 68.9 to 75.8 metres (over 6.9 metres). The stringer zone of pyrrhotite – chalcopyrite occurs between 69.9 and 73.8 metres (3.90 metres).
According to the surface stripping work and drill holes 1 and 2, the shear is N105-N115 and dips 70-80 degrees to the South-West.
Results on the foregoing stripping work and the three drill holes are pending and will be communicated in a timely fashion upon reception by X-Terra Resources.
The definitive agreement and the acquisition of the Ducran property is subject to the satisfaction of certain customary conditions and receipt of regulatory approvals, including that of the TSX Venture Exchange. The completion of the acquisition of the Ducran property is expected before the end of the month of October 2017.
In other news, X-Terra Resources has begun receiving results from its second exploration program at the Veronneau property which ended September 20, 2017. To date, 46 of 191 results have been received where 6 grades higher than 0.1 g/t gold where:
- A dynamite trench over the IGPP showing returned 1.76 g/t Au, 70.5 g/t Ag, 2.32 % Cu and 0.72 % Zn.
- In between the Veronneau showing (4.24 g/t Au over 6.0 metres) and the 1.2 g/t Au discovered this summer as referred to in X-Terra's press release of September 6th, 2017, sample number 119390503 returned 0.5g/t Au in what is believed to be the Veronneau mineralized corridor. The balance of the results are expected in the coming weeks.
Qualified person
Jeannot Theberge, PGeo, a consultant to X-Terra Resources, is the qualified person for the Veronneau and Ducran properties under National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, responsible for the technical contents of this news release, and has approved the disclosure of the technical information contained herein. The data verification was conducted by Jeannot Theberge, P.Geo. under the supervision of Michel Chapdelaine, Vice-President of Exploration and Development of X-Terra Resources.
Quality Control
X-Terra Resources has implemented and adheres to a strict Quality Assurance/Quality Control for its exploration program. It includes two mineralized gold standards, one pulp duplicate and one blank for each batch of 24 samples. Analyses are performed by ALS Chemex, Val-d'Or, Québec, or Techni-Lab, Ste-Germaine-Boulé, Québec, both accredited laboratories.
About X-Terra Resources Inc.
X-Terra Resources is a resource company focused on acquiring and exploring precious metals and energy properties in Canada.
Forward-Looking Statements
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