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RC drill highlights:
- L100E-60B -- 10.19 to 16.28 metres, 6.09 metres at 26.8 grams per tonne gold, including 13.23 to 15.27 m, 2.04 m at 78.71 g/t Au, also including 14.25 to 15.27 m, 1.02 m at 138.26 g/t Au;
- L077E-48A -- 27.68 to 38.85 m, 11.17 m at 5.83 g/t Au, including 27.68 to 29.71 m, 2.03 m at 6.02 g/t Au, also including 27.68 to 28.69 m, 1.01 m at 10.53 g/t Au, including 36.82 to 38.85 m, 2.03 m at 25.12 g/t Au, also including 37.84 to 38.85 m, 1.01 m at 46.63 g/t Au;
- L076E-18A -- 8.07 to 16.81 m, 8.74 m at 7.73 g/t Au, including 12.75 to 14.78 m, 2.03 m at 30.48 g/t Au.
Intervals are interpreted to approximate true thickness.
Detailed description of drilling
The 2010 drill program targeted an area directly east of the 2009 pit extension. The tight-spaced drill grid was designed to test the projected pit to a bedrock depth of 25 metres. The data from the program will be used to build geologic models for pit design and grade control. The area of the Pine Creek fault zone that was drilled defined a wedge-shaped package of volcanics (andesites and lamprophyres) sandwiched within carbonate-altered ultramafics, and bounded below by a major fault zone.
Two main gold-bearing zones were identified. Gold mineralization is associated with quartz stockwork and intense iron carbonate alteration within the ultramafic rocks and within quartz-stockwork associated with silicified and pyritic volcanic rocks.
Chuck Downie, PGeo, vice-president of exploration, states that: "We are encouraged by the presence of two relatively continuous, near-surface mineralized gold zones within the area of the next pit. The tight-spaced drilling will give us a very detailed geologic model which will greatly enhance the effectiveness of grade control during our mining operation."
TABLE OF SELECTED 2010 DRILL RESULTS Hole Order From (m) To (m) Intersection No. L064E-42A 25.64 28.69 3.05 m at 21.24 g/t Au L064E-42A Including 26.66 27.68 1.02 m at 48.21 g/t Au L066E-24A 21.38 24.42 3.04 m at 10.39 g/t Au 33.57 34.58 1.01 m at 5.69 g/t Au L070E-24A 25.64 26.66 1.02 m at 7.44 g/t Au L070E-30A 20.87 29 8.13 m at 4.91 g/t Au Including 27.98 29 1.02 m at 31.4 g/t Au L073E-54A 31.39 32.4 1.01 m at 3.33 g/t Au L076E-18A 8.07 16.81 8.74 m at 7.73 g/t Au Including 12.75 14.78 2.03 m at 30.48 g/t Au L076E-24A 18.84 20.87 2.03 m at 5.79 g/t Au L076E-54A 41.69 42.71 1.02 m at 5.22 g/t Au L077E-42A 33.63 36.67 3.04 m at 3.74 g/t Au L077E-48A 27.68 38.85 11.17 m at 5.83 g/t Au Including 27.68 29.71 2.03 m at 6.02 g/t Au Also including 27.68 28.69 1.01 m at 10.53 g/t Au Including 36.82 38.85 2.03 m at 25.12 g/t Au Also including 37.84 38.85 1.01 m at 46.63 g/t Au L082E-30A 20.42 21.44 1.02 m at 10.26 g/t Au L082E-36A 23.26 25.29 2.03 m at 4.2 g/t Au L088E-18A 12.23 13.25 1.02 m at 3.22 g/t Au L088E-30A 18.79 19.81 1.02 m at 3.01 g/t Au L088E-42A 22.29 23.31 1.02 m at 6.58 g/t Au L088E-64A 8.1 9.11 1.01 m at 3.48 g/t Au 30.45 31.46 1.01 m at 2.89 g/t Au L088E-64B 5.92 13.03 7.11 m at 2.25 g/t Au Including 6.93 7.95 1.02 m at 8.42 g/t Au L094E-24A 12.29 13.31 1.02 m at 3.25 g/t Au L094E-30A 14.53 15.54 1.01 m at 9.45 g/t Au L094E-36A 10.19 11.2 1.01 m at 11.8 g/t Au L100E-24A 8.33 10.36 2.03 m at 12.11 g/t Au L100E-48A 17.63 22.71 5.08 m at 3.05 g/t Au Including 18.64 19.66 1.02 m at 7.74 g/t Au L100E-60B 10.19 16.28 6.09 m at 26.8 g/t Au Including 13.23 15.27 2.04 m at 78.71 g/t Au Also including 14.25 15.27 1.02 m at 138.26 g/t Au L106E-56A 11.14 12.16 1.02 m at 8.8 g/t Au
The drilling was oriented perpendicular to the known structural trends, and it is believed that most of the drill intercepts represent true widths of the mineralized zones.
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