Trading Symbol RCR: TSXV
TORONTO, Feb. 8, 2012 /CNW/ - Rockcliff Resources Inc. ("Rockcliff") (RCR: Tier 1 TSXV) is pleased to announce that the DPEM geophysical survey at the Spruce
Point Property, located in central Manitoba, has identified multiple
DPEM targets centered around the former Spruce Point Copper Mine. A
drill has now been secured to test the DPEM targets beginning in
mid-February. The Spruce Point Property hosts a former copper producer
(Spruce Point Copper Mine) located within the Snow Lake Mining camp.
The property is part of Rockcliff's Snow Lake Project which is located
within the prolific Flin Flon greenstone belt, host to the largest
Paleoproterozoic VMS district in the world.
Drilling will focus on at least two preliminary DPEM targets (T-4 and
T-5) identified in the recently completed survey. The T-4 target has a
strike length of +500m and begins at a vertical depth of approximately
300m. The T-5 target has a strike length of greater than 150m and
begins at a vertical depth of approximately 100m. Both targets are
high priority drill targets with massive sulphide potential.
The Spruce Point Mine was discovered in 1972 and one-650m deep
production shaft was completed by 1981. Production began in 1982 and
was completed in 1988 from several VMS-rich (copper, gold, zinc,
silver) zones. Production figures are tabulated below.
|
Tonnes
|
Copper/pounds
|
Zinc/pounds
|
Silver/ounces
|
Gold/ounces
|
|
1,364,000
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2.36%/70,800,000
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2.8%/84,000,000
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25.00g/t/1.09M
|
2.0g/t/87,500
|
Additional historical resources within and below the underground
workings are tabulated below. The historical resources were documented
in the Mineral Deposit Series Report #33 completed by the Manitoba
Energy and Mines Geological Services in 1996 and by Hudson Bay
Exploration and Development Company Limited (HBED) in 1992.
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Zones
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Tonnes
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Copper
|
Zinc
|
Silver
|
Gold
|
|
Multiple zones
|
567,000
|
2.15%
|
1.7%
|
15.04g/t
|
1.44g/t
|
|
Copper (lower, central)
|
900,172
|
2.34%
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Although the historical resources are viewed as reliable and relevant
based on the information and methods used at the time they do not
satisfy the requirements set out by NI 43-101. Neither Rockcliff nor
its Qualified Persons have done sufficient work to classify the
historical estimates as current mineral resources and are not treating
the historical estimates as current mineral resources. The historical
resources should not be relied upon.
Rockcliff has the exclusive right to earn a 100% interest in the Spruce
Point Property from HBED, a wholly owned subsidiary of HudBay Minerals Inc. (HBM: TSX). Rockcliff will be required to incur aggregate exploration expenditures
totalling $2,400,000 over four years. If Rockcliff earns its interest
in the Spruce Point Property, HBED then has a right to acquire up to a 65% interest in the Spruce Point
Property. Please refer to the Press Release dated February 14, 2011 for
further details.
Rockcliff Resources Inc.
Rockcliff Resources Inc. is a Canadian resource exploration company
focused on discovery and advancement of its high-quality mineral assets
at its Snow Lake Project. Rockcliff presently controls the Snow Lake
Project totalling in excess of 500 km2. The project includes one copper rich NI43-101 Indicated Resource
(Rail), two former copper rich VMS Mines (Spruce Point and
Dickstone), one historic VMS copper deposit (Lon) and the Tower Copper
Deposit. Rockcliff also controls a zinc-silver rich NI43-101
Indicated Resource (Shihan) and a portfolio of precious metal assets
including one former gold mine (Century Mine) and one surface gold
deposit (C-Zone) in Manitoba and the Black Gold Property in Ontario.
Ken Lapierre P.Geo., President and CEO of Rockcliff Resources Inc. is a
Qualified Person in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements as
set out in NI 43-101, and is responsible for the information in this
press release.
For more information please visit our website at www.rockcliffresources.com
Forward Looking Statement:
Some of the statements contained herein may be forward-looking
statements which involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties.
Without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization and
resources, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the
Company are forward looking statements that involve various risks. The
following are important factors that
could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward looking statements: changes in the
world wide price of mineral commodities, general market conditions,
risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks
associated with development, construction and mining operations, the
uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of access to
additional capital. There can be no assurance that forward-looking
statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future
events may differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Rockcliff undertakes no obligation to update such
forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's estimates
or opinions should change. The reader is cautioned not to place undue
reliance on such forward-looking statements.
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