ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 09/22/15 -- GLOBEX MINING ENTERPRISES INC. (TSX: GMX)(FRANKFURT: G1M)(STUTTGART: G1M)(BERLIN: G1M)(MUNICH: G1M)(XETRA: G1M)(OTCQX: GLBXF)
While markets have been difficult Globex continues to operate with the firm belief that the exploration sector will again be given its head and that we, in our capacity as a project generator in addition to being an explorer, and royalty company, are well placed to attract partners to participate in unlocking the value of our assets. The Abitibi in particular is our backyard, where our long experience in the region and our talented staff give our shareholders some of the best exposure to discovery available anywhere in the world. Our work as a project generator has continued throughout 2015 allowing us to acquire and advance mineral properties that meet our basic project criteria: historic or qualified mineral resources; past production; established drill targets or drill intersections of economic merit and; location on major ore localizing geological structures. The Company has grown to where it now owns 129 projects including royalties. It continues to grow its stable of precious metal, base metal and industrial mineral projects including the number of projects available for option.
Since our last update in April the Company has made the following acquisitions in Quebec:
-- The Company recently (see September 9th, press release) acquired the
high grade Montalembert Gold Project, located approximately 9 km north
of the Cree Village of Waswanipi and 80 km southwest of the community of
Chapais. Free gold in quartz veins was discovered on the property in
1949. Trenching and limited drilling at that time defined several north
trending quartz vein systems carrying visible gold (Galena No. 1, No. 2
and Rabbit among others) within schistose rocks (possibly shear zones).
Detailed trenching in 1973 by Rochelom Mines Ltd. with seventy-eight
large scale samples revealed a near continuous gold bearing strike
length of 123 m (405 ft) in the Galena vein with an average width of 0.6
m (2 ft). The quartz vein samples were reported to have returned an
average gold assay of 0.67 oz/ton (20.8 gpt Au). Another batch of
samples from the vein was sent to a second assay lab and returned an
average gold assay of 0.59 oz/ton (18.4 gpt Au). Enclosing country rock
was not assayed.
The property remained dormant for over 40 years with no additional
exploration reported. Globex has begun exploration on the property
including over 35 km of line cutting to be followed by a detailed
magnetometer survey, detailed mapping, trench cleaning and stripping
with a hydraulic shovel, large scale sampling of the trenches and
channel sampling of the country rock which recently assayed up to 33.5
gpt Au (1.0 oz/ton) in a sample containing no quartz, only 4% pyrite.
A recent email, from a very senior geologist, confirmed that over 40
years ago he examined samples from the trenched quartz vein that
contained significant visible gold and that a prospector who saw the
initial samples blasted from the first trench remarked that some of the
quartz was "held together by wire gold". These first hand observations
confirm the presence of coarse visible gold and to some degree the
historical data made available in our September 9th press release.
-- Globex acquired the copper-nickel Dalhousie Property located
approximately 50 km east of the town of Matagami. This property has been
explored intermittently since the 1950's with geophysical surveys and
drilling. Exploration files report a number of surface showings and
historic drilling on the property has returned intervals of copper-
nickel mineralization ranging from 0.1% to 5.3% Cu and 0.1% to 0.5% Ni
over intervals of 0.18 m to 18.29 m within limited explored areas of the
property along a 6 km long mineralized trend. (Note: True widths cannot
be determined from the historical data)
-- Globex has also acquired a Feldspar Property located on the North Shore
of the St. Lawrence River, approximately 60 km east of Havre St. Pierre
near the town of Baie Johan Beetz, which has a large historical
resource. The property is located at tidewater with a large docking
facility nearby giving it access to the eastern seaboard of North
America and a transport cost advantage. Feldspar of the quality reported
at this site is used for industrial scale glass and ceramic manufacture
as well as for fillers in paint and other products.
-- Elsewhere in Canada, in April 2015 Globex acquired the Boularderie
Project, 4,064 hectares of prospective potash/salt exploration rights in
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. The potential of the area was initially
identified by the Government of Nova Scotia in a drill hole completed in
1984. Within the drill hole, a large stratified salt zone occurs from
495 m to 833 m with potash intervals from 592.4 m to 593.6 m (3.8% K2O
over 1.2 m) and 744.2 m to 749.2 m (6.03% K2O over 5.0 m). This
acquisition presents Globex with a large, unexplored potash-salt target
with tidewater access. To date in 2015, Globex has compiled all
available information and re-sampled core from the original discovery
hole confirming K2O values at the respective intervals of 5.7% and 4.53%
K2O.
Throughout the summer and into the fall of 2015, the Company has continued to investigate and explore its mineral portfolio conducting numerous data compilations, field visits, mapping and sampling projects and drilling.
At our Pandora - Wood Joint Venture Property a $200,000, three-hole drill program totaling 1,802 m started in March and was completed in early April. Two drill holes targeted possible down-dip extensions of two of the best 2013 drill campaign gold intersections located within the North Break. Drill hole CC-15-10 returned 4.22 gpt Au over 2.25 m from 256.85 to 259.10 m and 3.11 gpt Au over 3.0 m from 510.5 to 513.5 m. Drill hole W-15-115 returned 12.26 gpt Au over 2.0 m from 633.0 to 635.0 m and 2.17 gpt Au over 3.0 m from 652.0 to 655.0 m. A third hole was designed to follow up on a shallow 2008 gold intersection south of Ironwood deposit and located in Cadillac sediments. A weakly anomalous interval of 0.35 gpt over 50 cm was intercepted. (Note: True widths are estimated at 55% of intersection widths)
Pandora-Wood constitutes one of Globex's priority gold properties and is located several km west of the currently producing Agnico Eagle Lapa Gold Mine, both located along the prolific gold localizing Cadillac Break. Globex with joint partner Canadian Malartic Corporation will continue work this year and have started a second $200,000 exploration drill program, comprised of 4 holes along the Cadillac structure and a surface litho-geochemical survey on the Amm portion of the property.
Work is ongoing or has already been undertaken by the Company on these Globex properties
-- At our Duvan Project we have compiled all information available on the
property and completed prospecting over the eastern part of the
property. Globex is preparing a 6.5 line km Induced Polarisation (IP)
survey to be completed in Q3 of 2015 to identify drill targets.
-- At the Great Plains Base Metal Project, compilation, data interpretation
and prospecting were completed earlier this year. A ground electro-
magnetic survey follow-up is being considered for later in 2015.
-- In the Joutel camp the Company conducted prospecting, including mapping
and grab sampling at the Joutel Mine Project, following a database
compilation. Although samples from fieldwork returned only low grade
values of copper and zinc, drilling is proposed to explore the zinc-rich
southwest zone of the Joutel Mine as a result of information developed
from the compilation.
-- Drilling has started on the Eagle Mine Project where an historic
resource of 277,710 t grading 5.83 gpt Au is recorded. (Source: Quebec
Government File DV-93-01, 1993 by Verpaelst et al) A 950 m drill hole
has been planned to test the potential trend of known gold
mineralization.
-- Detailed mapping and systematic sampling of a massive quartz vein system
with historic molybdenum, bismuth and tantalum values has been completed
on the Moly Hill Project. Samples have been sent for analysis.
-- We have completed detailed mapping and litho-geochemical sampling at the
Rich Lake Project west of Rouyn-Noranda in the area where Globex's 2014
drilling intersected anomalous zinc mineralization and alteration.
Drilling on several targets has begun.
-- At Ontario Lake a ten day prospecting program supported with a Beep Mat
electro-magnetic survey to identify ilmenite outcrops or boulders was
performed over the southern part of the Ontario Lake property. Assays
results from sampling are pending.
-- At Santa-Anna, initial mapping and channel sampling were completed over
the three main trenches on the property. More than 100 samples were
taken to verify high-grade values in the quartz veins and to better
define low-grade mineralization in rocks along the margins of the veins.
Several values ranging from 1.00 gpt Au to 14.49 gpt Au were returned.
More channel sampling will be undertaken.
-- At our Wawagosic Property - the Corporation completed line cutting and
16 line km of horizontal loop electromagnetic and magnetic surveys in
late March 2015. A preliminary interpretation of this work has
identified several anomalies which will be further investigated.
-- Globex visited its recently acquired claims at the Turner Falls Project,
identifying the Certitude, Certitude North and South showings, initial
limited sampling at these showings returned assays ranging from 0.1% to
3% TREO.
-- Efforts to advance our Timmins Talc Magnesite Project continued. A
number of valuations were undertaken in order to prepare for discussions
with potential partners or any party interested in acquiring the
project. A final valuation and structure was set and will be used going
forward. A specialist with contacts related to parties that may have an
interest in going forward with us on this project is now engaged in
trying to advance the project.
-- At our Shortt Lake Gold Mine Property, Globex acquired additional cells
thereby consolidating our land position.
-- Similarly Globex has added strategic cells to our New Richmond Antimony-
Gold Property in southern Gaspe.
-- Globex's structural geologist has compiled all the available drill data
on our Carpentier Township, Pyrophyllite-Gold Property defining priority
areas to explore for gold following up on significant historical drill
intersections of up to 2.44 m grading 14.7 gpt Au (1.22 m grading 6.57
gpt Au and 1.22 m grading 22.97 gpt Au) and surface sample the
pyrophyllite horizon for metallurgical test work.
In 2015, Globex has welcomed new project partners, bringing investment for exploration to our properties. In June, Globex and Sphinx Resources Ltd. ('Sphinx') completed an agreement whereby Sphinx has acquired 7 claims from Globex in La Motte Township. The claims formed the western part of Globex's Bilson Cubric property, located 60 km east of Rouyn-Noranda. Sphinx has made the acquisition so as to expand their nickel exploration strategy on their adjoining Somanike project, which includes the former producing Marbridge Nickel Mine. Globex has received 1,200,000 common shares of Sphinx and retains a graduated Gross Metal Royalty ("GMR") on production from the property of 1.0% at a nickel price of US $6.00 per pound or less; 1.5% from US $6.00 to US $8.00 per pound; and 2.0% above US $8.00 per pound. Sphinx has also committed to exploration investments of $500,000 over five years.
Since reaching an option agreement with Globex which we reported in February, Renforth Resources Inc. ('Renforth') has been exploring the Parbec Gold Property located 6 km northwest of the large Canadian Malartic open pit gold mine (Agnico Eagle Mines Limited and Yamana Gold Inc.) and adjoining the former East Amphi Gold Mine, all located on or near the gold-localizing Cadillac Break.
In a press release on September 8th, Renforth announced an exploration target potential for the Parbec Gold Property within a range of tonnage between 1,200,000 and 1,700,000 tonnes at a grade range of 4 to 6 g/t Au, for a range of between 176,400 oz and 360,000 oz of potential contained gold. The potential gold target has been identified principally within the Camp Zone with some extension to the #2 Zone and is located between surface and a maximum depth of 300 m or 350 m. The flooded ramp at Parbec property comes to within approximately 30 m of this mineralized area. According to Renforth the potential quantity and grade is conceptual in nature and insufficient exploration work has been done to date to define a mineral resource and future exploration may not do so. The company also mentions that additional mineralization is present on the property outside the boundary of the exploration target.
An important part of Globex's fiscal management and its operational strategy is the negotiating and eventual collection of royalties from properties we have placed with other partners. The Mid Tennessee Mine operated by Nyrstar is our most important royalty asset today and generated royalty income for Globex in the first half of the year despite the considerable volatility in the metals markets during the period. In the first seven months of the year we received approximately $605,000 (CDN) in royalty payments based on zinc prices maintaining monthly average prices above $US 0.90 per pound. We are encouraged by price forecasting by many analysts for zinc prices that our Mid Tennessee royalty will continue to offer Globex an advantage in this difficult exploration environment in the future.
On our la Grosse Femelle Silica Royalty Property, Rogue Resources Inc. continues channel sampling of high-grade quartzite horizons. Latest assays have returned up to 99.8% SiO2.
Globex is in the process of completing an agreement as regards an option of our New Brunswick Manganese Property. The agreement, in order to be finalized, must receive exchange approval and is subject to certain corporate matters of the optioning party. It is expected that it may take up to 2 months to finalize the agreement.
Jack Stoch, P. Geo., President and CEO of Globex in his capacity as a Qualified Person (Q.P.) under NI 43-101 wrote this press release and supervised the preparation of the technical disclosure in this press release.
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President & CEO
Globex Mining Enterprises Inc.
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