Rocky Shore Gold Ltd. announced that its initial prospecting and surface sampling program at its 100%- owned, district-scale Gold Anchor Project, located in Newfoundland, has identified a highly prospective 6. 0-kilometre-long gold target termed the Lane Pond Gold Target (the "Target"). The Target is located above the Appleton Fault Corridor; a known gold-bearing fault on the adjoining Queensway Project controlled by New Found Gold Corp. Additional gold-bearing targets have also been identified proximal to the JBP Fault Corridor and the newly discovered North and South Fault Corridors.
The Company now controls more than 20 kilometres of the Appleton Fault Corridor, more than 50 kilometres of the JBP Fault Corridor and prospective additional major underexplored faults. The Appleton Fault Corridor and JBP Fault Corridor are known to host significant gold discoveries and gold deposits northeast of the Gold Anchor Project in central Newfoundland. 2024-25 Updated Exploration Summary Highlights: Gold-Bearing Structures Identified: known major faults identified trending southwest onto the Gold Anchor Project, including the Dog Bay Line Fault, the gold-bearing Appleton and JBP Fault Corridors and the Grub Line Fault.
Additional Faults Identified: preliminary studies identify the newly discovered North and South Fault Corridors. Both faults are located between the gold-bearing Appleton and JBP Fault Corridors. Lane Pond Gold Target Identified: the 6. 0-kilometre-long Lane Pond Gold Target discovered along trend to the southwest of the known gold-bearing Appleton Fault Corridor.
The Appleton Fault hosts significant gold discoveries and gold deposits on the adjoining ground. Values from soil, till and historic till and float samples at Lane Pond ranged from 0. 005 g/t gold up to 8. 7 g/t gold. Future planned exploration will include a diamond drill program in the summer of 2025.
Additional Gold Target Areas Identified: Seven (7) additional gold target areas were discovered along the JBP, North and South Fault Corridors and the Grub Line Fault. Follow- up surface work planned for the summer of 2025. Quality Control and Reporting Protocols: All samples are collected and prepared for shipment in the field for submission to Eastern Analytical Ltd. in Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador, an ISO 17025 Certified Analytical Testing Facility, for 34 Element ICP Analysis.
Blank and Certified Reference Materials (CRM) are included such that for every 18 samples, 1 blank and 1 CRM are included. Samples are shipped directly by in-field personnel, who maintain chain of custody until samples are delivered to the laboratory. Rock preparation at the lab involves crushing up to 3 kg to 80% passing 10 mesh, 250 gram split pulverised to 95% passing 150 mesh.
Both soil and till samples are dried at 60oC and sieve up to 100 grams to 80 mesh. Analytical procedures include 4-acid digestion and ICP-34 analysis. For gold analysis, a 30 g sample is subjected to fire assay, digested in aqua regia, and analyzed by Atomic Absorption (AA).
For base metals, 200 milligrams of sample material are digested using 4-acid digestion and analyzed using Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP).
