Mr. John Burzynski reports
OSISKO INTERSECTS 68.5 G/T AU OVER 2.9 METRES AT LYNX
Osisko Mining Inc. has provided new results from the continuing drill program at its 100-per-cent-owned Windfall Lake gold project located in the Abitibi greenstone belt, Urban township, Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Quebec. The 800,000-metre drill program combines definition, expansion and exploration drilling in and around the main Windfall gold deposit and the adjacent Lynx deposit (located immediately northeast of Windfall).
Significant new analytical results from 17 intercepts in five drill holes and six wedges focused on infill drilling in the Lynx deposit are in the associated table. Today's infill drilling results will not be included in the pending mineral resource scheduled for release in May, 2018.
Highlights from the new results include: 68.9 grams per tonne gold over 2.9 metres in OSK-W-18-1443; 33.8 g/t Au over 5.0 metres and 48.0 g/t Au over 2.0 metres in OSK-W-18-1436; 80.0 g/t Au over 2.1 metres in OSK-W-18-1367-W2 and 28.0 g/t Au over 3.0 metres in OSK-W-17-1397.
Hole No. FromToInterval Au uncutAu cut to 100 g/t(m) (m) (m)(g/t)(g/t)OSK-W-17-1166-W4672.0 674.0 2.0 11.1OSK-W-17-1343-W2937.0 939.0 2.0 3.591,134.0 1,137.0 3.0 6.31including 379.0 380.0 1.0 97.7OSK-W-17-1396 707.0 709.5 2.5 5.80OSK-W-17-1397 113.6 116.0 2.4 3.35including 114.7 115.1 0.4 16.8128.6 131.6 3.0 28.0 21.2including 128.6 128.9 0.3 98.7including 130.9 131.2 0.3168100173.0 175.0 2.0 5.38including 173.0 174.0 1.0 10.7OSK-W-18-923-W2 895.0 897.2 2.2 5.32including 895.8 896.1 0.3 38.5911.1 917.0 5.9 10.1including 916.2 917.0 0.8 60.8OSK-W-18-1169-W1888.0 890.0 2.0 7.69including 889.2 889.6 0.4 31.6OSK-W-18-1367-W2 1169.6 1,171.7 2.1 80.0 22.8including 1,171.4 1,171.7 0.3501100OSK-W-18-1414-W21,039.0 1,041.0 2.0 5.38including 1,039.0 1,039.9 0.9 11.6OSK-W-18-1429 688.4 690.5 2.1 16.9including 690.1 690.5 0.4 41.7OSK-W-18-1436 902.5 904.5 2.0 8.40including 903.3 903.6 0.3 49.81,062.3 1,064.3 2.0 48.0 25.2including 1,063.8 1,064.3 0.51911,069.2 1,074.2 5.0 33.8including 1,069.2 1,069.8 0.6 97.6OSK-W-18-1443 668.0 670.9 2.9 68.5 45.1including 668.9 669.9 1.0168100NotesTrue widths are estimated at 65 to 80 per cent of the reported core length interval.
OSK-W-17-1166-W4 intersected 11.1 g/t Au over 2.0 metres in Lynx 2. Mineralization is composed of up to 5 per cent interstitial and stringer pyrite within a moderately sericitized felsic fragmental intrusion.
OSK-W-17-1343-W2 intersected two intervals: 3.59 g/t Au over 2.0 metres in Lynx 4 and 6.31 g/t Au over 3.0 metres in Lynx 6. The first interval is composed of 1 per cent pyrite stringers within a sericitized rhyolite. The second interval is composed of up to 1 per cent disseminated and stringer pyrite and quartz-carbonate veins within a strong chlorite-, weak sericite-altered rhyolite.
OSK-W-17-1396 intersected 5.80 g/t Au over 2.5 metres in the Lynx 4. Mineralization is composed of up to 1 per cent pyrite in quartz veins at a chlorite- and fuchsite-altered contact between a gabbro and rhyolite.
OSK-W-17-1397 intersected three intervals: 3.35 g/t Au over 2.4 metres in Lynx HW, 28.0 g/t Au over 3.0 metres in Lynx 1 and 5.38 g/t Au over 2.0 metres in Lynx 2. The first interval is composed of stringer and disseminated pyrite and quartz veins within a strong sericite-altered rhyolite. The second interval is composed of up to 3 per cent disseminated pyrite and pyrite-silica flooding within a strong silica-altered rhyolite. The last interval is composed of up to 2 per cent pyrite in fragments or disseminated within a strong sericite-, strong carbonate-altered felsic fragmental dike.
OSK-W-18-923-W2 intersected two intervals in Lynx 4: 5.32 g/t Au over 2.2 metres and 10.1 g/t Au over 5.9 metres. In the first interval, mineralization is composed of 20 per cent pyrite in quartz-tourmaline veins and disseminated within a fuchsite-altered gabbro. The second interval is composed of 5 per cent disseminated pyrite and 5 per cent pyrite-silica flooding within a strongly sericitized rhyolite.
OSK-W-18-1169-W1 intersected 7.69 g/t Au over 2.0 metres in Lynx 4. Mineralization is composed of up to 5 per cent pyrite stringers and 1 per cent quartz-tourmaline veins within a strong silica-, moderate sericite-altered rhyolite.
OSK-W-18-1367-W2 intersected 80.0 g/t Au over 2.1 metres in Lynx 4. Mineralization is composed of 5 per cent pyrite stringers and 1 per cent quartz-tourmaline veins within a moderate sericite- and chlorite-altered felsic porphyritic dike.
OSK-W-18-1414-W2 intersected 5.38 g/t Au over 2.0 metres in Lynx 4. Mineralization is composed of 10 per cent disseminated pyrite and 1 per cent ptygmatic tourmaline veins at the contact of moderate silica- and fuchsite-altered gabbro.
OSK-W-18-1429 intersected 16.9 g/t Au over 2.1 metres in Lynx HW. Mineralization is composed of 5 per cent pyrite stringers and 5 per cent disseminated pyrite and local visible gold within strong silica-, strong sericite- and weak fuchsite-altered gabbro.
OSK-W-18-1436 intersected three intervals in Lynx 4: 8.40 g/t Au over 2.0 metres, 48.0 g/t Au over 2.0 metres and 33.8 g/t Au over 5.0 metres. The first interval is composed of up to 5 per cent pyrite-silica flooding with local visible gold within a strong silica-altered rhyolite. The second interval is composed of up to 10 per cent pyrite stringers, 5 per cent pyrite-silica flooding and local visible gold within a strong silica-altered rhyolite. The last interval is composed of 10 per cent pyrite-silica flooding and local visible gold within a strong silica-altered rhyolite.
OSK-W-18-1443 intersected 68.5 g/t Au over 2.9 metres in Lynx 4. The mineralization is composed of 15 per cent pyrite-silica flooding and 15 per cent disseminated pyrite within a moderate silica-, sericite-, carbonate- and fuchsite-altered gabbro.
Qualified person
The scientific and technical content of this news release has been reviewed, prepared and approved by Louis Grenier, MScA, PGeo (OGQ 800), project manager of the Windfall Lake gold project, who is a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 -- Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
Quality control and reporting protocols
True width determinations are estimated at 65 to 80 per cent of the reported core length intervals for most of the zones. Assays are uncut except where indicated. Intercepts occur within geological confines of major zones but have not been correlated to individual vein domains at this time. Reported intervals include minimum weighted averages of 3.0 g/t Au diluted over core lengths of at least 2.0 metres. All NQ core assays reported were obtained by either one-kilogram screen fire assay or standard 50-gram fire-assaying-AA finish or gravimetric finish at ALS Laboratories in Val d'Or, Que., Thunder Bay and Sudbury, Ont., or Vancouver, B.C., or Bureau Veritas in Timmins, Ont. The one-kilogram screen assay method is selected by the geologist when samples contain coarse gold or present a higher percentage of pyrite than surrounding intervals. Selected samples are also analyzed for multielements, including silver, using an aqua-regia-ICP-AES method at ALS Laboratories. Drill program design, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) and interpretation of results are performed by qualified persons employing a QA/QC program consistent with NI 43-101 and industry best practices. Standards and blanks are included with every 20 samples for QA/QC purposes by the corporation as well as the lab. Approximately 5 per cent of sample pulps are sent to secondary laboratories for check assay.
About the Windfall Lake gold deposit
The Windfall Lake gold deposit is located between Val d'Or and Chibougamau in the Abitibi region of Quebec, Canada. The mineral resource defined by the previous operator comprises 2,762,000 tonnes at 8.42 g/t Au (748,000 ounces) in the indicated category and 3,512,000 tonnes at 7.62 g/t Au (860,000 ounces) in the inferred category (sourced from a technical report dated June 10, 2015, entitled "Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Windfall Lake Gold Property, Quebec, Canada" with an effective date of April 28, 2015, prepared in accordance with NI 43-101). The Windfall Lake gold deposit is currently one of the highest grade resource-stage gold projects in Canada. The bulk of the mineralization occurs in the Main zone, a southwest/northeast-trending zone of stacked mineralized lenses, measuring approximately 600 metres wide and at least 1,400 metres long. The deposit is well defined from surface to a depth of 500 metres and remains open along strike and at depth. Mineralization has been identified only 30 metres from surface in some areas and as deep as 870 metres in others, with significant potential to extend mineralization up and down plunge and at depth.
About Osisko Mining Inc.
Osisko is a mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of precious metal resource properties in Canada. Osisko holds a 100-per-cent interest in the high-grade Windfall Lake gold deposit located between Val d'Or and Chibougamau in Quebec and holds a 100-per-cent undivided interest in a large area of claims in the surrounding Urban Barry area and nearby Quevillon area (over 3,300 square kilometres), a 100-per-cent interest in the Marban project located in the heart of Quebec's prolific Abitibi gold mining district, and properties in the Larder Lake mining division in Northeastern Ontario, including the Jonpol and Garrcon deposits on the Garrison property, the Buffonta past-producing mine and the Gold Pike mine property. The corporation also holds interests and options in a number of additional properties in Northern Quebec and Ontario. Osisko continues to be well financed with approximately $190-million in cash and investments as of Dec. 31, 2017.
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