Canada Silver Cobalt Works Inc. has a Strategic Investment in Granada Gold Mine Inc.
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January 14, 2022 – TheNewswire - Rouyn Noranda, QC - Granada Gold Mine Inc. (TSXV:GGM) (OTC:GBBFF) (the “Company” or “Granada”) announces that Canada Silver Cobalt Works Inc. (TSXV:CCW) owns 11,454,000 shares of the Company equal to 8.34% of the issued and outstanding share capital. The shares were acquired through private placements and on the open market. The common shares were acquired by Canada Silver for investment purposes.
About Granada Gold Mine Inc.
Granada Gold Mine Inc. continues to develop and explore its 100% owned Granada Gold Property near Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec which is adjacent to the prolific Cadillac Break. The Company owns 14.73 square kilometers of land in a combination of mining leases and claims. The company is currently undergoing a large drill program with 30,000m out of 120,000m complete. The drills are currently paused to provide the technical team with the necessary time to evaluate and assimilate existing data.
The Granada Shear Zone and the South Shear Zone contain, based on historical detailed mapping as well as from current and historical drilling, up to twenty-two mineralized structures trending east-west over five and a half kilometers. Three of these structures were mined historically from four shafts and three open pits. Historical underground grades were 8 to 10 grams per tonne gold from two shafts down to 236 m and 498 m with open pit grades from 3.5 to 5 grams per tonne gold.
Mineral Resource Estimate
On March 15, 2021 the Company released an updated NI 43-101 resource estimate for the Granada Gold project (Please see January 29, 2021 news release) with a combined total of 713,000 gold ounces of measured, indicated, and inferred. This estimate contains 351,000 gold ounces of combined measured, indicated, and inferred for the open pit and 362,000 gold ounces of combined measured, indicated, and inferred for the underground. Please see Table 2 below for full details. Report reference: Granada Gold Project Mineral Resource Estimate Update, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada authored by Yann Camus, P.Eng. and Maxime Dupéré, B.Sc, P.Geo., SGS Canada Inc. with an effective date of December 15, 2020 and signature date of March 15, 2021.
Table 2: Mineral Resource Estimate Showing Tonnes, Average Grade, and Gold Ounces
|
Type |
Category |
Tonnes |
Avg Grade Au (g/t) |
Gold Ounces |
|
Open Pit |
Measured |
3,756,000 |
1.89 |
228,000 |
|
Indicated |
1,357,000 |
2.55 |
111,000 |
|
|
Measured + Indicated |
5,113,000 |
2.06 |
339,000 |
|
|
Inferred |
34,000 |
11.29 |
12,000 |
|
|
Underground |
Measured |
37,000 |
4.22 |
5,000 |
|
Indicated |
807,000 |
4.02 |
104,000 |
|
|
Measured + Indicated |
844,000 |
4.03 |
109,000 |
|
|
Inferred |
1,244,000 |
6.33 |
253,000 |
The property includes the former Granada Gold underground mine which produced more than 50,000 ounces of gold at 10 grams per tonne gold in the 1930’s from two shafts before a fire destroyed the surface buildings. In the 1990s, Granada Resources extracted a bulk sample (Pit #1) of 87,311 tonnes grading 5.17 g/t Au. They also extracted a bulk sample (Pit # 2) of 22,095 tonnes grading 3.46 g/t Au.
“Frank J. Basa”
Frank J. Basa, P. Eng.
Chief Executive Officer
For further information, Contact:
Frank J. Basa, P.Eng.
Chief Executive Officer
P: 416-625-2342
Or:
Wayne Cheveldayoff,
Corporate Communications
P: 416-710-2410
E: waynecheveldayoff@gmail.com
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