Founders Metals Drills 26.00 metres of 6.35 g/t Gold at Froyo Gold Zone and Second Rig Begins Drilling
Vancouver, British Columbia, October 26, 2023 – Founders Metals Inc. (TSX-V: FDR) (“Founders” or the “Company”) announces drill core assay results from its maiden drill program at the Antino Gold Project in southeastern Suriname. The Company continues to intercept high-grade gold at the Froyo Gold Zone reporting 26.00 metres of 6.35 grams per tonne Gold (Au) and 10.50 metres (m) of 8.91 g/t Au near surface within the Froyo-Ginger Connector (see Figure 1). Additionally, Founders is very pleased to announce that its second Company-owned rig has begun drilling Upper Antino exploration targets.
Highlights
- Drillhole 23FR030 intersects 26.00 metres (m) of 6.35 g/t Au (Table 1, Figures 1 &2)
- Drillhole 23FR027 intersects 10.50 m of 8.91 g/t Au from Froyo-Ginger Connector Zone (Table 1, Figures 1 & 2)
- Founders second diamond drill rig is now operating increasing drilling production up to >4500 m per month
Figure 1: Upper Antino area plan map. Long section line corresponds to Figure 2.
Founders’ CEO, Colin Padget, commented “We are again pleased with the Upper Antino drilling results and the stepwise growth we continue to see at the Froyo Gold Zone. Additionally, it is very exciting to have our second drill rig turning so we can start testing some of the area’s highest priority exploration targets.”
Table 1: Drilling Result Highlights
| Drillhole | From (m) | To (m) | Interval (m)* | Au (ppm) |
| 23FR023 and |
163.64 230.00 |
172.00 237.30 |
8.36 7.30 |
0.97 2.20 |
| 23FR027 | 22.50 | 33.00 | 10.50 | 8.93 |
| 23FR028 and |
5.50 22.50 |
13.50 34.50 |
8.00 12.00 |
0.56 1.21 |
| 23FR030 and |
141.00 182.00 |
149.00 208.00 |
8.00 26.00 |
1.28 6.35 |
*Intervals are core length.True widths are unknown at this early stage of exploration
*Intervals are reported at a cut-off grade of 0.3 g/t Au using 5 metres minimum length and 5 metres maximum internal dilution.
Figure 2: Updated Froyo Gold Zone Long Section
About Founders Metals Inc.
Founders Metals is a Canadian exploration company operating in North and South America. The Company is focused on acquiring and advancing gold projects in the South American Guiana Shield. Its flagship project is the 20,000 ha Antino Gold Project in Suriname. Exploration work on the project includes, over 30,000 m of historical drilling, 35,000 gold-in-soil auger samples, property-wide aeromagnetic survey data, and a 2022 LiDAR survey. Antino is the most advanced gold exploration project in Suriname; within an area where historical surface/alluvial gold mining has produced over 500,000 gold ounces to date1.
1 2022 Technical Report – Antino Project; Suriname, South America. K. Raffle, BSc, P. Geo & Rock Lefrançois, BSc, P.Geo.
Figure 3: Upper Antino Area
Quality Assurance and Control
Results from samples were analyzed at FILAB Suriname, a Bureau Veritas Certified Laboratory in Paramaribo, Suriname (a commercial certified laboratory under ISO 9001:2015). Samples are crushed to 75% passing 2.35 mm screen, riffle split (700 g) and pulverized to 85% passing 88 µm. Samples were analyzed using a 50 g fire assay (50 g aliquot) with an Atomic Absorption (AA) finish. For samples that return assay values over 10.0 grams per tonne (g/t), another cut was taken from the original pulp and fire assayed with a gravimetric finish. Founders Metals inserts blanks and certified reference standards in the sample sequence for quality control. External QA-QC checks are performed at ALS Global Laboratories (Geochemistry Division) in Vancouver, Canada (an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited facility). A secure chain of custody is maintained in transporting and storing of all samples. Drill intervals with visible gold are assayed using metallic screening. Rock chip samples from outcrop/bedrock are selective by nature and may not be representative of the mineralization hosted on the project.
Qualified Persons
The technical content of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Michael Dufresne, M.Sc., P.Geol., P.Geo., a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
Per: "Colin Padget"
Colin Padget
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
Founders Metals Contact Information
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Tel: 403 410 7907 | daveb@fdrmetals.com
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