Reno, Nevada, Feb. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dakota Territory Resource Corp (OTCQB: DTRC) ("Dakota Territory" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Terry has completed geological modeling of the Maitland - False Bottom Area of northern Black Hills of South Dakota that extends prospective rocks, including the Homestake Formation, to the west-northwest on Dakota Territory's Blind Gold Property. The Homestake Formation is the host for gold mineralization at the Homestake Mine.
Dr. Terry's new geological interpretations are the product of work commissioned by Dakota Territory Resource Corp in January, 2014 to build upon the historic drilling and geologic mapping conducted by Homestake Mining Company by incorporating and integrating more recent independent works in the District. This research has included analysis of information and data sets from several published scientific works centered on the Homestake Deposit, recent scientific publications on the geology of the Black Hills Area, Dakota Territory's 3-dimensional modeling of the Homestake Mine, and field work conducted by Dr. Terry in the Spring - Summer of 2014. This research, coupled with Dr. Terry's pioneering structural and stratigraphic research on rocks of Early Proterozoic over the last 25 years has produced a new geologic map of the Precambrian rock units and structures at the unconformity surface in the Maitland - False Bottom Area that extends the prospective Proterozoic Ellison, Homestake and Poorman formation stratigraphic sequence at the Blind Gold Property. Additionally, this research sheds new light on the structural controls for Precambrian gold mineralization that are fully integrated into the Maitland - False Bottom interpretation and provides a framework for continued exploration in the area. Dr. Terry's work is inclusive and is supported by historic drilling and mapping, work completed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the South Dakota Geological Survey's recently published geologic maps (Redden and Dewitt, 2008; Redden et al. 2013).
Richard Bachman, President and CEO of the Company commented: "Our relationship with Dr. Terry has been productive and is on-going. His unique skill set and creative way of thinking about the Homestake District is providing important direction for our exploration programs."
About Dakota Territory Resource Corp
Dakota Territory Resource Corp. is a Nevada Corporation with offices located at Reno, Nevada. Dakota Territory is committed to creating shareholder value through the acquisition and responsible exploration and development of high caliber gold properties in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
In terms of total historic US gold production, the Black Hills ranks second only to the Carlin District of northeast Nevada, with the gold production of the Black Hills concentrated in a 100 square mile area known as the Homestake District. Dakota Territory maintains 100% ownership of three mineral properties including the Blind Gold, City Creek and Homestake Paleoplacer Properties, all of which are located in the heart of the Homestake District and cover a total of approximately 3,057 acres. The Blind Gold Property is located approximately 4 miles northwest and on structural trend with the historic Homestake Gold Mine. Through its 125 year production history, the Homestake Gold Mine produced approximately 40 million ounces of gold and is the largest iron-formation-hosted gold deposit in the world
In the 1980's and 1990's Homestake Mining Company undertook a $70 million exploration program managed by Richard Bachman, president and chief executive officer of Dakota Territory that was focused primarily on the search for a repeat of the Homestake Mine. This program successfully discovered significant new gold mineralization beyond the confines of the producing mine, demonstrating repeatability and the potential for additional gold deposits in the Homestake iron-formation host. This program also proved the continuous extension of the Homestake iron-formation to a distance of approximately 4 miles from the producing mine and under the Blind Gold Property.
Dakota Territory Resource Corp is uniquely positioned to leverage Management's extensive exploration and mining experience in the Black Hills of South Dakota with Homestake Mining Company. For more information on Dakota Territory, please visit the Company's website at http://DakotaTRC.com/.
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Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") limits disclosure for U.S. reporting purposes to mineral deposits that a company can economically and legally extract or produce. Our property currently does not contain any known proven or probable ore reserves under SEC reporting standards. Our reference above to the various formations and mineralization believed to exist in our property as compared to historical results and estimates from other property in the district is illustrative only for comparative purposes and is no indication that similar results will be obtained with respect to our property. U.S. investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our latest reports filed with the SEC. You can review and obtain copies of these filings at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.
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