March 26, 2012 - Transition Metals Corp. (XTM – TSX.V) announced it has optioned a 100% interest in 5 staked claims (224 Ha) along strike from the past producing McMillan Gold Mine located in Mongowin Township, 10 km south of Espanola, Ontario. In addition, the company has staked 7 claims (384 Ha) adjacent to the optioned claims to further consolidate this property position. In 2011, the area was highlighted by the Ontario Geological Survey1 as one of the top underexplored areas to conduct gold exploration in Ontario.
The combined property covers a number of gold showings that have not been evaluated using modern exploration techniques including the Fox Lake and Jo Ami occurrences (see attached figure). Shallow drilling (less than 50 m vertical depth) on the property completed at the Jo Ami prospect during the 1960's generated reported gold intersections including 438.5 g/t Au over 0.43 metres, 90.56 g/t Au over 0.95 metres, and 68.42 g/t Au over 1.83 metres. The Jo Ami prospect is located approximately 3 km east of the McMillan mine (not owned by Transition Metals), which is reported to have produced approximately 60,000 tonnes grading 5.6 g/t per tonne between 1934 and 1937 from structures closely related the House Lake Fault. Much of the property acquired by Transition Metals covers the interpreted strike extension of this fault structure between the McMillan mine and Jo-Ami occurrences.
Company CEO Scott McLean commented, "Despite the positive historical indications of mineralization in the area, very little exploration has been conducted in recent times. Much of the House Lake Fault system has never been drill tested, nor have other potentially related structures that host near-surface gold mineralization. This is due in part to the formerly fragmented ownership history of the area. In the context of $1000 plus gold prices, the potential for discovery of large tonnage, near-surface gold deposits needs to be revisited."
The property can be readily accessed by all-season roads south of Espanola. The property is underlain by Proterozoic metasediments that have been overprinted by extensive albitization, a type of alteration that accompanies the gold mineralization within the Huronian Gold Belt of Ontario.
About Transition Metals Corp
Transition Metals Corp (XTM -TSX.V) is a Canadian-based, gold-focused project generator that specializes in converting new exploration ideas into Canadian discoveries. The team has over 60 years of collective exploration experience in the established, emerging and historic mining camps of northern Ontario, and actively develops and tests new ideas for discovering gold mineralization in places that others have not looked, which often allows the company to acquire properties inexpensively. The team is rigorous in its fieldwork, and combines traditional techniques with newer ones to help unearth compelling prospects and drill targets. Transition's business model is to acquire and advance multiple grassroots exploration projects simultaneously, thereby maximizing shareholder exposure to discovery and capital gain. Joint venture partners fund a significant portion of higher-risk drilling and exploration, allowing Transition to conserve capital and minimize shareholder dilution. The company, which was founded in 2011, has an expanding portfolio that currently includes five early stage gold projects, and two additional ones that are being explored by partners.
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1 Ontario Geological Survey Circular – Recommendations for Exploration in Ontario 2010-2011, February 2011
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Further information contact:
Scott McLean
President and CEO
Transition Metals Corp.
705-669-0590
info@transitionmetalscorp.com
TMX Equicom
Patrick Piette
Mining Group
(416) 815-0700 – extension 267
www.equicomgroup.com
