Harte Gold Provides Exploration Strategy Update and Regional Exploration Results

Toronto – April 29, 2021 – HARTE GOLD CORP. (“Harte Gold” or the “Company”) (TSX: HRT / OTC: HRTFF / Frankfurt: H4O) is pleased to announce an update on exploration activities currently underway, and a revamped regional exploration strategy for continued target generation and exploration success at its 100%-owned Sugar Zone Property.

 

Dave Schonfeldt, Vice President, Exploration, commented:

 

“The Sugar Zone property is a highly-prospective, underexplored land package situated in an environment similar to the prolific Hemlo mining complex (Figure 1). There are several reasons to be excited about the potential for new discoveries. First, there is no shortage of highly prospective targets situated along the contact with the Strickland Pluton and Dayohessarah greenstone belt, extending into the newly-discovered TT8 area. Second, at the TT8 Zone, what started as an initial 100 m outcropping, has grown into an 18 km continuous extension of the Kabinakagami greenstone belt, with five additional high-grade showings discovered in 2020. Finally, we have overhauled our exploration strategy, which includes recently bolstering the team to support greenfield prospecting and shifting focus to a geoscientific data-driven philosophy to advance existing targets while continuing to develop a strong pipeline of future targets.”

 

Figure 1: Sugar Zone Property

 

 

Exploration Update at TT8 Zone:

 

TT8 Zone, a greenfield discovery

 

The TT8 Zone, located approximately 17 km southeast of the Sugar Zone mine (Figure 2), is an area that was previously mapped as tonalite by the Ontario Geological Society and was not considered prospective prior to Harte Gold’s exploration work that started in 2019. The TT8 Zone is interpreted as an extension of the Kabinakagami greenstone extension to the East, an area of historical importance including host to the past producing Hiawatha gold mine.

 

Work at TT8 completed to-date

 

Since drilling started in late 2019, a total of approximately 3,352 metres have been drilled in 35 holes across the TT8, Money, Smoking Aces, and Long Shot showings. The initial 16 holes drilled in 2020 included in Table 1 (under “Previously Disclosed Results (2020 Drilling)”) expanded the TT8 system 600 metres along strike and 400 metres down dip. Of the holes drilled, 10 of the 15 contained visible gold in narrow mineralized quartz veins, confirming the continuation of the TT8 gold system, however no significant quartz vein system was intersected. Cumulative drill results completed to-date are provided in Table 1 (under “Results From Q4 2020 Drilling”).

 

While drilling is ongoing, the Company is encouraged by the potential for wider zones of mineralization across the TT8 area, particularly to the south towards the Southern Showing, where it is believed the lithology steepens down dip where the orientation of the important new greenstone belt expansion changes orientation.

 

Table 1: TT8 Drill Results*

 

 

* Core intersection lengths approximately 80% true width, assay results are uncut, fire assay with metallic screen samples on > 10 g/t.

 

Figure 2: TT8 Drilling Underway