Bowmore samples up to 99.6% SiO2 at La Scie

Jan 16, 2014

BOWMORE DISCOVERS HIGH PURITY SILICA ZONE ON LA SCIE PROPERTY

Bowmore Explorations Ltd. has discovered a broad zone of high-purity silica averaging 99.4 per cent SiO2 following the summer-fall 2013 regional rock sampling program on the La Scie gold property, located on the eastern extremity of the Baie Verte peninsula in Newfoundland. The La Scie gold project is a grassroots gold exploration program, initiated in mid-2013, that is primarily targeting high-grade gold showings initially reported in 2012.

The high-purity silica zone is part of an east-west trending, 2,500-metre-long silicified zone that was sampled for gold but returned very low to nil gold values. Bowmore’s chief geologist however, observed that a portion of the silicified body was snow white and showed potential for high-purity silica, used notably in the production of silicon metal and ferrosilicon alloys. The zone as exposed on surface has a minimum length of 290 metres by 3.5 to 15 metres in apparent width. The table provided summarizes the silica grade and impurities from seven chip samples taken in five locations along the 270-metre strike length of the high-purity zone.

SAMPLE RESULTS

           Sample
Sample    width(i)  SiO2   Al2O3    CaO   Fe2O3    K2O   Na2O   TiO2    LOI
                      (%)     (%)    (%)     (%)    (%)    (%)    (%)    (%)

P949001       4.0  99.40    0.15   0.03    0.07   0.03   0.01   less   0.07
                                                                than
                                                                0.01
P949002       2.0  98.90    0.42   0.01    0.11   0.17   0.02   less   0.09
                                                                than
                                                                0.01
P949003       3.0  99.50    0.13   0.01    0.06   0.03   0.01   0.01   0.14
P949004       5.0  99.40    0.13   less    0.04   0.03   0.01   less   0.10
                                   than                         than
                                   0.01                         0.01
P949005       4.0  99.40    0.11   0.01    0.06   0.02   0.01   less   0.04
                                                                than
                                                                0.01
P949006       3.4  99.50    0.19   less    0.08   0.05   0.01   less   0.04
                                   than                         than
                                   0.01                         0.01
P949007       5.0  99.60    0.13   0.01    0.11   0.04   0.01   less   0.04
                                                                than
                                                                0.01

(i)Samples were taken perpendicular to the strike of the
zone, on apparent width

All results for BaO (barium oxide), MgO (magnesium oxide), MnO (manganese oxide), P2O5 (diphosphorus pentoxide), strontium oxides and S (sulphur) returned values below detection limit (less than 0.01 per cent).

High-purity silica deposits of significant tonnage are very rare and the crushed material can command market prices of over $100 per tonne. Furthermore, the La Scie silica zone is easily accessible and is located within three kilometres from the deep water port facility of La Scie, which is of critical importance to the potential development of the zone. The port is presently being used for salt shipments.

Demand for permitting is in progress and a first-phase drill program (approximately 500 metres) is being planned for this winter in order to establish the size of the high-purity silica zone. Bowmore is presently conducting research to identify potential end users for this valuable industrial mineral.

The three gold zones (Burton, Isaiah and Jonah) that have thus far been identified on the property will also be the object of a winter drill program.

Samples reported above were sent for analysis at ALS Minerals laboratory in Val d’Or, Que. (accreditation ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 17025). During preparation, all samples were fine crushed to 70 per cent at less than two millimetres, split to 50 grams and pulverized to 70 microns with a tungsten carbide jaw pulverizer to avoid iron and titanium contamination. A lithium borate-fused subsample of 0.66 gram was used for the analysis of 14 major element oxides by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (ME-XRF26). The sulphur was obtained by using a subsample of 0.01 to 0.1 gram that was heated in an induction furnace and measured with an IR (infrared) detection system. The loss of ignition (LOI) was obtained by thermogravimetric analysis after combustion furnace at 1,000 degrees (ME-GRA05x) of a subsample of two grams. The SiO2 analysis was done using a gravimetric determination method (Si-Con02) by dissolving a 0.5-gram subsample with sulphuric acid and hydrofluoric acid. To ensure higher accuracy, the SiO2 results correspond to an average of two analyses per sample. For quality assurance/quality control protocols, ALS Minerals inserted one blank that was analyzed for each method of analysis mentioned above and compared results with two duplicates and standards (two for the XRF, LOI and sulphur analysis, and one for the silicon analysis).

Jean-Marie Pronovost, PGeo, chief geologist at Bowmore, is the qualified person who has reviewed this news release, and has approved the scientific and technical data reported herein.

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