Prosper Gold Enters Into Option Agreement to Acquire 100% of the Mohave Gold Project, Mohave County, Arizona, USA

 

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prosper Gold Corp. ("Prosper Gold" or the "Company") (TSXV:PGX) is pleased to announce that Prosper Gold USA LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, has entered into a definitive option agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with DDS Resources LLC and Mohave Mine Partnership LLC (collectively, the “Optionors”), whereby the Optionors have granted the Company the option to acquire a 100% interest in the Mohave Project (the “Property”).

Project Highlights:

• Large, robust low-sulphidation epithermal gold-silver system covering a 4 x 1.5 km area
• Project is permitted for up to 600 drill sites and up to 27 kilometers of access roads
• 619 historical drill holes totaling 23,244 metres - shallow holes averaging 37.5 metres depth with many bottoming in gold mineralization
• Over 40 abandoned mine workings (adits, shafts and declines)
• Large areas of anomalous rock and soil geochemistry and historical mine workings which have not seen any drilling
  

“The opportunity to acquire the Mohave Gold Project was one we could not pass up,” commented Peter Bernier, CEO. “The exploration potential for high-grade gold on this project is clear and we look forward to drilling the multitude of mineralized zones, many of which have never been drilled. The Mohave Gold Project will complement Prosper Gold’s Golden Sidewalk project in Red Lake allowing for year-round exploration on two highly prospective land packages in low-risk jurisdictions.”

Mohave Gold Project

The Mohave Gold Project has a long history of exploration and small-scale mining dating back to 1865. Gold was discovered at the Dixie Queen Mine (Figure 1) in 1894. The Project is a low-sulphidation epithermal gold-silver prospect considered to be in the advanced exploration stage. The Project comprises 160 contiguous mining claims covering 1,176 hectares in the Mohave County, northwestern Arizona. It is road-accessible with a well-developed network of access roads to historical workings and drill sites. The Project is permitted for construction of up to 600 drill sites and approximately 27 kilometres of access roads.

Exploration to date by historical operators has outlined several mineralized zones through relatively shallow drilling (refer to Table 1) along with additional targets outlined through geochemical and geophysical surveys which have not been drill tested. Extensive alteration and widespread gold mineralization outlines three mineralized trends: the Golden Door, the Klondyke and the Dixie trends. The Dixie trend has seen no drilling to date, despite the presence of highly anomalous rock and soil geochemistry and the presence of numerous historical workings.

Table 1 - Select historical drill intercepts.

Hole ID	From (m)	To (m)	Interval (m)	Gold (gpt)	Prospect
M80R-028	15.3	30.5	15.2	3.97	Klondyke
M87A-117	15.2	25.9	10.7	5.63	Klondyke
M88A-158	7.64	18.74	11.1	4.76	Klondyke
M90R-313	10.7	13.7	3.0	10.3	Klondyke
M81R-035	21.4	29.0	7.6	6.75	Golden Ram
M80R-144	32	47.2	15.2	2.82	Scout
M80R-149	0	35.1	35.1	1.39	Scout
M87A-073	7.6	15.2	7.6	3.9	Golden Door
M87A-083	13.7	18.3	4.6	8.1	Golden Door
M85A-017	3.1	6.1	3.0	8.4	Jim & Jerry
M85A-025A	0	15.2	15.2	2.35	Jim & Jerry
M81R-027	36.6	42.7	6.1	3.0	Epidote Ridge
M89A-244	9.1	13.7	4.6	4.27	Apex

^{* True thicknesses are not known}

The first production in the district was from the Klondyke and North Klondyke mines in 1898, with documented production of approximately 4,500 tons averaging 19.3 gpt gold. The Red Gap mine was discovered in 1904. There is no known record of production at the Red Gap mine, though a one ton “test shipment” from the No. 2 tunnel in 1926 assayed 85.8 gpt gold and 497.7 gpt silver. The Golden Door open pit mine is reported to have produced about 20,000 tons averaging 7.46 gpt gold over a thickness ranging from 0.61 metres to 2.45 metres. This mine was closed during World War II. The Dixie Queen Mine is reported to have produced some 4,000 tons at an average gold grade of 23.3 gpt. Other mines with unknown past production include the Scout, Jim and Jerry, Apex, Middle Dixie and Dixie Gold mines.

Figure 1. Map showing compiled historical rock sampling results (gold) and location of historical workings/prospects.
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Modern exploration, predominantly Reverse Circulation (“RC”) and Rotary Air Blast (“RAB”) with only 9 diamond drill holes, began in 1975 and continued intermittently to 1995. Various geophysical and geochemical surveys have been completed by several operators in recent years, though the last time drilling activities were completed on the Project was 1995. Select historical drilling results, along with mapped geology and soil geochemistry results are illustrated in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Map showing select historical drill results (gold) and compiled soil geochemistry results (gold), underlain by property geology.
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Table 2 - Collar information for select historical drill holes (coordinates are in Datum WGS 84, zone 11N).

Hole ID	Easting (m)	Northing (m)	Azi (°)	Dip (°)	Depth (m)	Hole Type	Prospect
M80R-028	723266	3933932	0	-90	48.158	RC	Klondyke
M87A-117	723260	3933934	0	-90	28.346	Air Rotary	Klondyke
M88A-158	723259	3934002	0	-90	18.745	Air Rotary	Klondyke
M90R-313	723474	3934088	0	-90	59.436	RC	Klondyke
M81R-035	723642	3935500	0	-90	45.72	RC	Golden Ram
M80R-144	723286	3935151	0	-90	54.254	RC	Scout
M80R-149	723293	3935146	0	-90	54.254	RC	Scout
M87A-073	722858	3935278	0	-90	18.288	Air Rotary	Golden Door
M87A-083	722884	3935276	0	-90	32.004	Air Rotary	Golden Door
M85A-017	723749	3935203	0	-90	18.288	Air Rotary	Jim & Jerry
M85A-025A	723721	3935142	0	-90	18.288	Air Rotary	Jim & Jerry
M81R-027	723862	3934687	0	-90	53.34	Air Rotary	Epidote Ridge
M89A-244	723411	3934379	0	-90	25.908	Air Rotary	Apex

Key Terms of Option Agreement

The Option Agreement on the Property calls for the Company to pay US$3,350,000 cash (the “Cash Payments”) and for work expenditures totaling US$1,700,000 (the “Expenditures”) over 5 years in order for the Company to earn a 100% interest in the Property (the “Option”). The Company may, in its sole and absolute discretion, accelerate payment of the Cash Payments. In the event that the Company accelerates the Cash Payments in full, the Option will be deemed to be exercised whether or not all the Expenditures have been incurred. Upon full payment of the Cash Payments, the Company will grant a 1.5% net smelter royalty to the Optionors and Desert Ventures Inc. (the “Royalty”).

Details of the Option Agreement will be available on the Company’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.

Qualified Person

The scientific and technical information in this news release has been reviewed by Rory Ritchie, P.Geo., Vice-President of Exploration for Prosper Gold and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. The results contained in this release were completed by previous operators of the Property. Although the Company was not involved in the original work in respect of these results, proper industry data verification procedures appear to have been followed.

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ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Per: “Peter Bernier”
Peter Bernier
President & CEO

For further information, please contact:

Peter Bernier
President & CEO
Prosper Gold Corp.
Cell: (250) 316-6644
Email: Pete@ProsperGoldCorp.com

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