Mason Graphite Reports High Grade Intercepts from Infill Drilling in the GC
Zone, Including 27 Meters at 40.3 % Cg, and Announces the Appointment of
a New Director of Sustainable Development
Mason Graphite Inc. ("Mason Graphite" or
the "Company") (TSX.V:
LLG; OTCQX:
MGPHF) is pleased to report the
second batch of assay results from the 2013-2014 drilling program at its
Lac Guéret project in northeastern Quebec. The drill program consisted
of 97 holes totaling 15,108 metres and was designed to pursue three
objectives:
•
to explore for mineral extensions
to the North-East and beyond the defined resource envelope of the GC
Zone (18 holes totaling 2,085 metres) – Results previously reported in
the press release dated July 29, 2014;
•
to explore for mineral continuity within the defined resource envelope of the GC Zone (68 holes totaling 11,323 metres); and
•
to conduct exploration drilling on
graphite showings on the property located beyond the areas where
drilling had previously been conducted (11 holes totaling 1,700 metres).
This press release reports assay results from drilling conducted in the
GC zone. The remaining drilling results will be reported in upcoming
communications.
Results Confirm Presence of High Grade Areas in the GC Zone
"We are very pleased that these new results confirm the continuity of
the mineralization within the GC zone. Furthermore, we continue to
obtain high graphite grades, which supports our belief in the
exceptional quality of the Lac Guéret property. These latest results
will be combined with those from the North-East extension to update our
resource estimate, which is expected to lead to the upgrade of the
resource categories and to also allow for the optimization of the mining
plan during our Feasibility Study.” said Benoit Gascon, President and
CEO of Mason Graphite.
Drilling was performed in a quincunx pattern, with new holes drilled
roughly in the middle of four (4) existing holes, resulting in an
average distance of 35 metres between holes. The former drilling
followed a grid pattern, with average spacing of 50 x 50 metres.
Intercept highlights from drilling conducted inside the PEA open pit envelope in the GC Zone include:
•
Hole LG-403 intersected 76 metres at 27.5 % Cg, including 38 metres at 39.3 % Cg;
•
Hole LG-421 intersected 46 metres at 28.7 % Cg, including 27 metres at 40.3 % Cg;
•
Hole LG-424 intersected 86 metres at 32.7 % Cg, including 73 metres at 36.1 % Cg; and
•
Hole LG-471 intersected 50 metres at 23.9 % Cg near the surface (4 metres), including 21 metres at 37.4 % Cg.
Intercept highlights from drilling conducted outside the PEA open pit envelope in the GC Zone include:
•
Hole LG-420 intersected 42 metres at 24.6 % Cg, including 17 metres at 34.7 % Cg near the surface (7 metres);
•
Hole LG-439 intersected 58 metres at 20.2 % Cg, including 14 metres at 36.6 % Cg;
•
Hole LG-455 intersected 202 metres
at 21.6 % Cg, including 3 intersections of 17, 24 and 46 metres at 30.7
% Cg to 33.3 % Cg, respectively;
•
Hole LG-458 intersected 91 metres at 25.3 % Cg, including 30 metres at 40.8 % Cg; and
•
Hole LG-463 intersected 130 metres at 26.7 % Cg, including 57 metres at 39.0 % Cg.
Table 1 – Most relevant drill results from the GC Zone, inside the PEA Pit Envelope
Follow this link to view table:
http://bit.ly/1BSy1m4
Table 2 – Most relevant drill results from the GC Zone, outside the PEA Pit Envelope
Follow this link to view table:
http://bit.ly/1uC1PTJ
Appointment of Director of Sustainable Development
Mason Graphite is also pleased to announce that Mrs. Jacqueline Leroux,
Eng. has joined its management team as Director of Sustainable
Development. Mrs. Leroux has worked for two major mining projects in the
province of Quebec (Project BlackRock and Project Éléonore) where she
was in charge of sustainable development, various environmental studies
and social relations. She successfully conducted the permitting
processes for both projects. Her experience is expected to be invaluable
to the development of the Lac Guéret project.
About Mason Graphite
Mason Graphite is a Canadian mining company focused on the
exploration and development of its 100% owned Lac Guéret graphite
property, located in northeastern Québec. The property hosts a National
Instrument 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource featuring 50,024,000 tonnes
grading 15.6% Cg, including 6,672,000 tonnes grading 32.4% Cg, in the
Measured and Indicated categories and 11,861,000 tonnes grading 17.1%
Cg, including 2,637,000 tonnes grading 30.5% Cg, in the Inferred
category (see press release dated December 5, 2013). Excellent potential
exists for further mineral growth. A Preliminary Economic Assessment
(PEA) study was completed on a 7.6Mt mineral resource estimate from July
2012 which features 22 years of production at 27.4% Cg and a pre-tax
internal rate of return of 33.7% (see technical report entitled
“Technical Report on the Mineral Resources Estimation Update 2013, Lac
Guéret Graphite Project, Quebec, Canada” issued on January 17, 2014).
The Company's senior management team possesses significant graphite
expertise from their experience at Timcal/Imerys, including Benoît
Gascon, CPA, CA, who held executive positions for 20 years, including
over 6 years as President and CEO; Jean L'Heureux, Eng., Executive
Vice-President, Process Development, with over 20 years of experience;
and Luc Veilleux, CPA, CA, Chief Financial Officer and Executive
Vice-President, with 8 years of experience. Timcal, now owned by Imerys,
is one of the largest graphite producers in the world.
Qualified Persons/Quality Control and Assurance
Yves Caron, P. Geo., Mason Graphite's Director of Exploration and
Geology and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101,
supervised the drill program and has reviewed and approved the
geological scientific and technical content of this press release.
Jean L’Heureux, Eng., Mason Graphite's Executive Vice-President Process
Development and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument
43-101, has reviewed and approved the metallurgical scientific and
technical content of this press release.
Analyses for this drilling campaign were carried out by AGAT
Laboratories Ltd. in Mississauga, Ontario, a company independent from
Mason Graphite, exercising a thorough Quality Control and Assurance
program (QA/QC) with Mason Graphite personnel inserting one blank, two
standards and one duplicate every 100 samples. AGAT Laboratories is an
accredited analytical laboratory. Carbon as graphite ("Cg") assays
reported in this press release were obtained by using the LECO
analytical technique ASTM E1915-07A with a detection limit of 0.01% Cg.
Drill holes were sampled over an average of 1.5 metre intervals.
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Benoît Gascon, President & CEO
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Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated
economic viability. The estimate of mineral resources may be materially
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The quantity and grade of reported inferred mineral resources in this
news release are uncertain in nature and there has been insufficient
exploration to define these inferred mineral resources as indicated or
measured mineral resources and it is uncertain if further exploration
will result in upgrading them to indicated or measured mineral
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Resources, which are considered too geologically speculative to have
mining and economic considerations applied to them that would enable
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