news on CFO....looks ok to me....table of results is in the link....
Wayne
Clifton Star Provides Assay Results and Drilling Strategy Update
Last update: 10:54 a.m. EST Dec. 8, 2008
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Dec 08, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Clifton Star Resources Inc. ("Clifton Star") (CA:CFO: news, chart, profile) (DEUTSCHE BORSE: C3T) Vice President of Exploration, Fred Archibald P. Geo, OGQ, is pleased to provide newly acquired assay results completed December 1st, 2008 and to announce the upcoming drilling strategy.
Drilling on the Beattie-Donchester properties has been continuing to outline three mineralized zones at approximately 50 metre spacing and down to depths between 300 and 600 metres vertical from surface. These zones, the North Zone, the "A" or "RW" Zone, and the South Zone, have now been traced continuously for some 2300 metres, 700 metres, and 2,200 metres along strike length respectively. Core length average widths for these zones are 15.20 metres, 18.10 metres, and 10.80 metres respectively, and true widths are estimated at 64% to 76% of these core lengths. The drill holes were drilled at an inclination of 45 degrees to 70 degrees. The actual true widths range from 6.9 metres to 13.8 metres on average. The present drill program has delineated the mineralized zones to a vertical depth of approximately 320 metres, 400 metres, and 335 metres respectively for each of these zones. The Beattie was previously mined to a depth of 420 metres and workings sunk to a depth of 670 metres. A composite drill location plan of the 2007 and 2008 drilling on the Beattie and Donchester properties showing proximity to the mineralized vein systems has been included with this report.
The South Zone is similar to the mineralized zones within the Dumico property and it is now believed we are following the same sheared Meta-Conglomerate breccia unit lying along the same contact with the Temiskaming metasediments to the south; a contact which can be traced over a distance of approximately 4,200 metres. With the acquisition of the Central Duparquet property, we can now continue to join these mineral occurrences and also continue to trace this zone eastward.
To date, some 120 drill holes totaling some 37,113 metres has been drilled on the Beattie, Donchester, and Dumico properties. Clifton Star continues to use seven diamond drills to drill all three zones. Within the North Zone and "A"-"RW" Zone there is one vein which splits into two veins at depth for both. Within the South Zone there are up to seven veins of which three have more significant values and widths.
Another 23,270 metres of drilling in 62 drill holes has been completed on the Duquesne property to extend the mineralized zone for some 1,300 metres and down to a depth of between 300 and 600 metres vertical from surface.
The gold mineralization is associated with silicified syenite porphyries and syenite "lath" porphyries associated with sheared "hydrothermal fluid" conduits. The gold mineralization is also associated with graphitic rich meta-conglomerate breccias lying along the south contacts of the syenite porphyries. Late stage quartz veins contain visible gold, and visible gold is also associated with specular hematite, tourmaline, and graphite rich seams. These shears are associated with offset faults on the north side of the Porcupine Destor Fault.
Wire frame modeling of the deposits will begin this week with the objective of completing an updated mineral resource estimate for the various projects by the end of March, 2009.
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