KWG & Bold 2014 diamond drilling campaign, Koper Lake Project, Ring of Fire
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KWG & Bold 2014 diamond drilling campaign, Koper Lake Project, Ring of Fire – Moving Rod Sloop
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KWG & Bold 2014 diamond drilling campaign, Koper Lake Project, Ring of Fire
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KWG & Bold 2014 diamond drilling campaign, Koper Lake Project, Ring of Fire – Moving Rod Sloop
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TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Nov. 25, 2013) – KWG Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KWG) (“KWG”) is very encouraged with the results of ongoing metallurgical test work to determine the thermodynamics of metalizing the chromite from the Black Horse deposit by its reduction with natural gas.
“We have reported to the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines some of the conclusions being derived from this work which may have profound and positive consequences for the Development Corporation that the Minister has announced,” said KWG President Frank Smeenk. “We were gratified to contribute to the discussion, at Minister Gravelle’s invitation, about the many considerations for the infrastructure expansion that the Development Corporation will undertake. As our own test work indicates, ‘getting it right’ may need a little more thinking-through and is very much worth taking the time for.”
KWG also announces that it has closed a third tranche of its previously announced flow-through private placement, the subscriptions to which now total $2.1 million. The company has received conditional listing approval to complete a final subscription of units for $300,000 on or before December 23, 2013. Each unit comprises one flow-through treasury share and one warrant which may be exercised to acquire a further flow-through share for $0.10 at any time within three years. The units may be acquired by qualified investors for a subscription of $0.05 each.
The third tranche consisted in 10,400,000 flow-through units for gross proceeds of $520,000. Finder’s fees included a payment in cash of $10,250 and a compensation option entitling its holder to purchase 82,000 common shares of KWG at a price of $0.05 during a three-year period. All securities issued are subject to a four-month hold period.
About KWG: KWG has a 30% interest in the Big Daddy chromite deposit and the right to earn 80% of the Black Horse chromite where resources are being defined by a drilling program expected to resume early next year. KWG also owns 100% of Canada Chrome Corporation which has staked claims and conducted a $15 million surveying and soil testing program for the engineering and construction of a railroad to the Ring of Fire from Exton, Ontario.
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Shares issued and outstanding: 731,137,273
KWG Resources Inc (“KWG”) is an exploration stage company that is participating in the discovery, delineation and development of chromite deposits in the James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario. These deposits are globally significant source of chromite which may be refined into ferrochrome, a principal ingredient in the manufacture of stainless steel. KWG has been a pioneer in exploring the James Bay lowlands since 1993 and discovered diamond bearing kimberlite pipes near Attawapiskat and 5 more near the Ring of Fire area in 1994. This led to the accidental discovery of the McFaulds Lake copper-zinc volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits in 2002, the discovery which precipitated a staking rush that defined the “Ring of Fire”.
Canada Chrome Corporation
Canada Chrome Corporation (“CCCâ€) was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary of KWG. CCC has staked mining claims covering a unique linear sand ridge that stands proud of the vast wetlands. This sand ridge is well suited for a railroad embankment which could be created for transporting materials into the discovery area as well as transporting the mined ores out. Krech Ojard & Associates have been engaged to undertake pre-feasibility engineering of the embankment alignment and water crossings. A geotechnical study was carried out by Golder Associates who collected soil samples from 744 borings using hollow stem auger drills. The sampling along the 330 kilometre study corridor was completed in May 2010. The pre-feasibility level engineering document will enable informed consultations with affected First Nations and all other local and regulatory constituencies, on the feasibility of constructing a railroad.
Chromium
The Black Horse
In 2010, Fancamp Exploration intercepted 210 metres of high grade chromite (43.5% Cr2O3) in between downhole depths of 800 and 1010 metres, followed by an intercept in a second hole from 711 to 819.4 metres downhole. These two intercepts, supplemented by a chromite intercept at downhole depths from 712.7 to 726.15 metres in a hole jointly drilled by Noront and Fancamp in 2008, demonstrate that a significant chromite deposit exist at depths below 500 metres, and remains to be delineated by drilling at shallower depths. A model was created that projects this deposit up-dip, which intersects surface coincident with a gravity anomaly that is the same gravity anomaly that contains Noronts Blackbird deposit 500 metres to the west. A drilling program that will trace this chromite deposit towards surface will be conducted in 2013.
Bold recently concluded a four-stage option to acquire the Black Horse claims from Fancamp Exploration Ltd., subject to Fancamp retaining a price-variable gross metal royalty (the “Fancamp Optionâ€). Under the terms of an agreement now concluded between KWG and Bold Ventures, KWG can acquire up to 80% of Bold’s interest in the Fancamp Option by funding 100% of Bold’s earn-in expenditures and option payments. The current program has budgeted $2 million to drill the chromite horizon. An additional $1 million has been budgeted to drill nickel targets.
Big Daddy Chromite Property Highlights
The Big Daddy
KWG and Cliffs are joint venture partners on the “Freewest Option†mining claims comprising 78 claim units (nominally 16 ha) in the McFaulds Lake area. KWG has earned a 30% interest in the property. Cliffs is currently the designated operator.
Exploration in the general area dates back to the mid-1990’s during which time diamonds were the main target. As a direct consequence of a copper discovery made in 2002, during a De Beers drilling campaign for diamonds, the geological environment of the area emerged to be highly prospective for volcanogenic massive sulphide (“VMSâ€) base metal deposits. Thus the exploration emphasis immediately shifted to multi-metal base metal deposits, principally copper and zinc.
SKF Project Claim Map. SKF Option claims are shown in green. |
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Figure 4.2 from 43-101 report, Micon International Limited, filed on SEDAR on June 7th 2010 |
KWG is involved in the discovery of world class chromium deposits in the McFaulds Lake area of the James Bay lowlands. KWG and Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (‘Cliffsâ€) are joint venture partners on the Big Daddy chromium deposit, the first chromium discovery in the Ring of Fire. The chromium deposit is contained within the Ring of Fire intrusion, which extends to the southwest through claims owned by Fancamp Exploration (“Fancampâ€) who discovered the Black Horse chromite deposit at depth, near the property boundary where Noront Resources Ltd. (“Norontâ€) discovered the Blackbird One and Two chromium deposits. Immediately to the north of the Big Daddy, Cliffs is developing two discoveries, the Black Thor and Black Label chromium deposits. The southwest trending Black Thor deposit crosses over the north-south property boundary from the Cliffs 100% owned claim block to Probe Mines Ltd. claims containing their Black Creek chromium deposit. The south western extent of this deposit terminates abruptly at a north-south fault resulting in a 500 metre southward displacement of the chromite horizon beyond the claim boundary, onto the adjoining joint venture property, the continuity being the Big Daddy chromium deposit.
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