SURREY, BC / ACCESSWIRE / July 17, 2024 / Gungnir Resources Inc. (TSXV:GUG)(OTCPK:ASWRF) ("Gungnir" or the "Company") is pleased to report discovery of a new surface gold exploration target on its 100%-held Hemberget project located in the south-east portion of the regional Gold Line, Vasterbotten District, Sweden. Please refer to accompanying slides for maps and rock photos (see slides).
Highlights:
New grassroots prospecting discovery with angular to sub-angular float assaying up to 0.422 g/t Au associated with characteristic Gold Line arsenopyrite; > 10,000 ppm As in new results
Two-kilometre-plus trend open-ended along a well-defined magnetic and geologic contact; 11-kilometre-long prospective gold exploration target
Property is situated up-ice of the one of the largest gold-in-till anomalies in the district; other till anomalies are related to either current and past-producing gold mines or known gold resources
"This new surface gold exploration target bolsters our gold and nickel portfolio in Sweden, currently highlighted by a developing intrusion-hosted gold target at Knaften and our high-grade Lappvattnet nickel deposit. While still in its very early stages, initial results point to a definitely pursuable gold prospect at Hemberget which shares an arsenopyrite association similar to other gold deposits along the regional Gold Line. With only limited samples collected to date, the next step is further field work to get more samples for assay and to possibly locate bedrock mineralization", commented Jari Paakki, CEO.
So far at Hemberget, highly anomalous gold mineralization occurs in angular to sub-angular arsenopyrite-bearing, silica-sericite+/-biotite altered and quartz veined float (also referred to as boulders) covering a distance of more than two kilometres trending west-northwest along a well-defined gabbro-felsic volcanic and related magnetics contact. Based on angularity of eight mineralized float samples collected for assay from this area, along with abundant altered and quartz veined float, and their positioning along a geologic-magnetics contact, it is believed that they are derived from a proximal bedrock source. Four of the eight samples returned gold values ranging from 0.202 to 0.422 g/t Au with five samples returning more than 6,550 ppm As including three samples reporting > 10,000 ppm As.
At the west end of the current trend, mineralized and altered float samples are spread across a distance of approximately 300 metres in a roughly north-south direction. On the larger property-scale (29.4 km2), the magnetics high extends for 11 kilometres forming a broad arcuate shape with felsic volcanics on its northern contact being the exploration target.
The Gold Line structure ("Gold Line") is a proven but under-explored gold belt covering gold deposits and occurrences in different geological environments roughly aligned along a regional tectonic zone with gold mineralization primarily associated with arsenopyrite. The Gold Line hosts Gungnir's Knaften 300 Zone and more advanced gold deposits including Barsele containing greater than 2 million Au (Agnico Eagle 55% / First Nordic Metals 45%; see First Nordic website) and Dragon Mining's Svartliden and Faboliden deposits which includes a gold mill at Svartliden. The Gold Line is defined by a more-or-less, 50-kilometre- wide linear array of locally-derived and transported gold-in-till anomalies outlined by the Swedish Geological Survey stretching for more 150 kilometres. The two largest till anomalies along the Gold Line are located at Barsele and down-ice (immediately southeast) of Gungnir's Knaften-Hemberget projects. The third large gold-in-till anomaly in the region (Vasterbotten District) is located in the Boliden/Bjorkdal area containing greater than 5 million Au in current and past-producing mines.
Mapping, prospecting and sampling was completed in early June by Geovista AB, a local Swedish consulting firm specializing in exploration and permitting. Samples were delivered to ALS's lab facility in Pitea, Sweden for sample prep before being shipped for analyses to ALS in Ireland. Samples were assayed for Au (fire assay Au-ICP21) and analyzed by a multi-element ICP package (ME-MS41). The average size sample (pieces broken off float) submitted to the lab weighed 1.2 kilograms.
The technical information in this news release has been prepared, verified and approved by Jari Paakki, P.Geo., CEO, and a director of the Company. Mr. Paakki is a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101.
About Gungnir Resources
Gungnir Resources Inc. is a Canadian-based TSX-V listed mineral exploration company (GUG:TSX-V, ASWRF:OTCPK) with gold and base metal projects in northern Sweden. Gungnir's assets include two nickel-copper-cobalt deposits, Lappvattnet and Rormyrberget, both with updated nickel resources, and the Knaften-Hemberget project which hosts a developing intrusion-hosted gold system, VMS-style mineralization, copper-nickel targets, and disseminated felsic volcanic breccia-hosted gold boulders all of which are open for expansion and further discovery. Further information about the Company and its properties may be found at www.gungnirresources.com or at www.sedar.com.
On behalf of the Board,
Jari Paakki, CEO and Director
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