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Provenance Releases Initial Technical Report on White Rock Gold Property in Nevada

July 7, 2022 – Provenance Gold Corp. (CSE: PAU) (OTCQB: PVGDF) (the “Company” or “Provenance”) is pleased to announce that an initial NI 43-101 technical report has been completed on its White Rock Gold Property (the “Property”) in Nevada. The purpose of this report was to form a baseline for the Property and will be updated further in 2023 following a second drill program planned by the Company that is fully permitted. The planned drill program is being designed to expand upon significant zones of gold mineralization confirmed during the 2021 drill program.(1) 

The following points are highlights of the technical report:

  • The Property is very large with gold mineralization being found over three-square kilometers that hosts gold in feeder structures, silicified limestones and silicified sandstones and shales.
  • The Property has on the surface to near surface gold mineralization over significant widths and thickness associated with a > 3.5 km2 alteration system, and affinities of both sediment-hosted low-sulfidation epithermal and Carlin styles of mineralization.
  • Significant exploration potential is found on undrilled or under-drilled portions of the property in 2021; including the newly recognized feeder structure on Central Ridge.
  • There is a strong correlation between the 2021 and historic assay values from twinned holes on the property, indicating the historic data is valid and can be relied upon for future exploration and evaluation.
  • The authors of the technical report recommend that the Property be advanced with a large drilling program, metallurgical test work and a thorough database audit in preparation for resource modeling.

Figure 1. Drill Holes and Targets – White Rock Property, Nevada
https://www.provenancegold.com/assets/2022-06-10_Fig1.pdf

Table 1. Drill Intersection Highlights Showing Results Above 0.1 g/t Au

 

Hole 

Depth

Interval-Ft

Thickness-Ft*

Au g/t

WR-15

500

120-215

95

0.636



160-185

25

1.452



235-410

175

0.197



240-265

25

0.427



420-435

15

0.13

WR-16**

300

95-270

180

0.618



95-135

40

0.83



225-260

35

1.53

WR-17**

450

440-450

10

0.21

WR-18**

320

295-320

25

1

WR-19**

300

90-125

35

0.792



150-175

25

0.321



290-300

10

0.404

WR-20

450

85-115

25

0.158



165-230

65

0.196



255-280

25

0.321

WR-21

400

110-135

25

0.11

WR-22**

140

0-40

40

0.357



60-65

5

1.337



85-140

55

0.25

WR-23

480

0-75

75

0.256



95-360

265

0.388



100-125

25

0.778



160-180

20

0.397



200-220

20

0.526



260-310

50

0.65

WR-24**

300

0-40

40

0.454



90-300

210

0.293



95-130

35

0.713



230-240

10

0.407

WR-25**

200

55-95

40

0.301



105-125

20

0.14



140-165

25

0.144

WR-26

400

0-55

55

0.157



80-150

70

0.293



175-190

15

0.117



200-330

130

0.241



235-255

25

0.435



345-380

35

0.156

WR-27**

10-15

10

0.82



30-55

25

0.237



70-210

140

0.257



115-140

25

0.546

WR-28

530

75-340

265

0.376



205-260

55

0.729



355-405

50

0.242

WR-29**

235

115-235

120

0.276

WR-30**

140

85-140

55

0.291

WR-31

400

195-335

140

0.208

WR-32**

380

165-380

215

0.305



175-240

65

0.411



350-365

15

0.492

WR-33**

120

75-120

45

0.39

WR-34**

150

0-20

20

0.17



95-140

45

0.492



95-120

25

0.96

WR-35**

160

110-160

50

0.22

WR-36**

250

115-250

135

0.242



215-235

20

0.412

WR-37

600

35-50

15

0.23



70-100

30

0.153



210-225

15

0.157



240-285

45

0.226



310-405

95

0.205



490-500

10

0.119



590-600

10

0.182

WR-38**

270

120-175

55

0.28



135-160

25

0.476



200-225

25

0.156



245-265

20

0.216

WR-39**

220

65-90

25

0.152



125-150

25

0.217



195-220

25

0.17

WR-40**

220

135-220

85

0.449

WR-41**

250

145-195

50

0.289



215-250

35

0.219

WR-42

360

0-30

30

0.16



185-250

65

0.15



260-280

20

0.24

WR-43**

200

40-200

160

0.017

WR-44

320

95-145

50

0.137

WR-45

340

55-275

220

0.517



70-170

100

0.88



120-160

40

1.11

WR-46**

60

0-60

60

0.367



35-50

15

1.01

WR-47

310

0-310

310

0.359



35-135

100

0.535



170-195

25

0.717

WR-48

300

160-180

20

0.1



220-225

10

0.1

WR-49

300

60-85

25

0.1

(Many of the drill holes ended in mineralization short of their target depths due to difficult ground conditions)

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Provenance’s Chairman Rauno Perttu said, “We are a junior mining company in the very enviable position of controlling two major gold projects, with both the White Rock and Eldorado properties. We plan to focus on these two projects, to advance them as quickly as we can.

Considering these positive developments, the Company has elected to discontinue its option agreement on the Mineral Hill silver property to better advance our flagship projects.  Because we believe our Silver Bow property also has the potential to become another significant project, we plan to continue to also advance it in the belief that we will become a three-flagship property junior.  I don’t know if there’s another junior out there in that position.”  

NI 43-101 Technical Report

An NI 43-101 Technical Report entitled “Technical Report on the White Rock Property, Elko County, Nevada” has been completed and filed on behalf of the Company. The report was completed by Michael Dufresne, M.Sc., P.Geol., P.Geo. of Apex Geosciences Ltd. and Jodie Gibson, M.Sc., P.Geo. with an effective date of April 29, 2022. The purpose of the report was to summarize the geological setting; historic and current exploration and drilling data; and, ultimately, form the baseline for the project for future exploration, and potentially, resource estimation purposes. The authors noted that White Rock is a Property of Merit based on drilling results to date and appears to host a large alteration and gold mineralized system that is near surface and with significant thickness. The authors also recommended further exploration work on the project to better define the mineralization in term of grade, potential size and scale across the Property in advance of a mineral resource estimate. The recommendations included 1.) substantial infill and step-out drilling (up to 12,000m), 2.) metallurgical test work, and 3.) a thorough audit and validation of the historic and current drill hole and surface data. The technical report has been posted on the Company’s website and is available on SEDAR. 

  1. See the Company’s news release dated December 2, 2021. Available on SEDAR. 

White Rock Project Summary

The White Rock Property consists of 258 lode mining claims covering a combined area of approximately 5,160 acres, located approximately 105 kilometers northeast of Wells, Elko County, Nevada. On June 12, 2020, Provenance, through its subsidiary Provenance Gold USA, entered into a four-year option agreement with Nevada Select Royalty Inc., an arm’s-length company that is a subsidiary of Gold Royalty Corp. (NYSE: GROY), a leading growth and America’s-focused precious metals royalty company which grants Provenance Gold USA the sole and exclusive right to purchase 100% of Gold Royalty’s right, title and interest to the Property. 

The Property lies near the northern end of the basin and range geological province of the western United States and hosts gold mineralization and alteration patterns with similarities to low sulphidation epithermal deposits.  Drilling by Provenance commenced in July 2021 and defined the stratigraphic and structural controls and grades within the extensive central area of sediment-hosted gold mineralization. The target mineralization extends across a 2.8 km by 1.3 km area centered on a complex dome structure that is believed to have formed on the upper plate of a system of thrust faults. In addition, drilling was intended to confirm results from historical drillholes that intersected numerous thick intervals of gold mineralization, while confirming Provenance’s new understanding of the structural and stratigraphic controls of the gold mineralization. 

The drillhole assay results confirmed similar results to those achieved by past operators and confirmed the location of a newly recognized open-ended gold mineralization feeder structure that extends across the core mineralized area of 2.8 km in width and 1.3 km in length (WR-45) while bottoming out in mineralization. In addition to the newly identified plumbing structure, recent step-out drilling continued to expand the gold mineralization in several directions from drillhole WR-23, which returned an interval of 80 meters (265 feet) of gold mineralization. Large step-out drilling tested new areas including the Rhyolite Graben to the northwest, the Nose area to the south and the newly identified plumbing structure. The Rhyolite Graben, located to the northwest and west of hole WR-23 was tested with two holes. Both intercepted gold mineralization with hole WR-32 assaying 65.5 meters (215 feet) of 0.305 g/t gold which included 20 meters (65 feet) of 0.411 g/t gold. The hole bottomed out in mineralization at 115.8 meters (380 feet) and was lost. The importance of this intercept suggests that the host rocks in the graben will host gold mineralization and now become a substantial new target.

The Company was pleased to report that all 35 RC drill holes during its 2021 drill program intercepted gold mineralization.  Provenance is currently planning the next stage of drilling at White Rock.

Qualified Person

Steven Craig, CPG, an independent consultant and qualified person as defined under National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and approved the technical contents of this news release.

About Provenance Gold Corp.

Provenance Gold Corp. is a precious metals exploration company with a focus on gold and silver mineralization within North America. The Company currently holds interests in four properties, three in Nevada, and one in eastern Oregon, USA. For further information please visit the Company's website at https://provenancegold.com or contact Rob Clark at rclark@provenancegold.com

On behalf of the Board,
Provenance Gold Corp.
Rauno Perttu, Chief Executive Officer

Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange, nor its regulation services provider, accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release. This news release may contain certain “Forward-Looking Statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws.  When or if used in this news release, the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “target, “plan”, “forecast”, “may”, “schedule” and similar words or expressions identify forward-looking statements or information. Such statements represent the Company’s current views with respect to future events and are necessarily based upon a number of assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the Company, are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social risks, contingencies and uncertainties. Many factors, both known and unknown, could cause results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements that are or may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update these forward-looking statements or information to reflect changes in assumptions or changes in circumstances or any other events affecting such statements and information other than as required by applicable laws, rules and regulations.

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