Here is the latest from Copperhill Corp.....some blockbuster assay values:1998 Exploration Program Begun At The Turks Gut Cu Ag
Property, Newfoundland
COPPER HILL CORP ("CUHL-Z") - 1998 Exploration Program Begun At The Turks Gut Cu-Ag -
Property, Newfoundland
Copper Hill Corporation ("CUHL") is pleased to announce that its 1998 exploration program on the Turks
Gut Showing has begun. The corporation's 100 percent-owned Turks Gut property is located within the
Avalon Tectonostratigraphic Zone of the Appalachian Orogenic Belt, approximately 37 km W of St.
John's, Newfoundland. The property, consisting of 54 claims covering 3340 hectares, is centred on
Marysville Ridge and is readily accessible by roads and seawater. The showings are hosted by Late
Proterozoic mafic volcanic and volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks of the Harbour Main Group. The copper
sulphide mineralization consists of chalcopyrite-chalcocite-bornite veins/stockworks and disseminations
with rare native copper. The mineralization appears to fill shear structures that are secondary and
tertiary to major regional fault systems, and there is potential for copper concentrations in primary
permeable horizons such as flow tops; as such the mineralization is very reminiscent of the world class
Keeweenawan copper mining district in Northern Michigan. In the mid 19th century there was minor (31
tons) production of copper ore from a shaft-adit system (Adit number 1) at the NE end of the property
and an adit (Adit number 2) 3.5 km SSW of Adit number 1. Prospectors staked the northeastern part of
property in 1995 covering Adit number 1 and carried out prospecting, geochemical sampling and
VLF-EM and MAG surveys. This work resulted in discovery of a SE extension 120 m from Adit number
1 with grab samples of up to 1.32 percent Cu and 1.73oz/t Ag, and indicated assay values of 13.7
percent Cu and 10.5 oz/t Ag in a 7 m wide chip sample over Adit number 1.
CUHL optioned the original property in 1996 and staked additional claims to the SW covering Adit
number 2. Exploration by CUHL in 1996 and 1997 included prospecting and grab and chip sampling and
an airborne MAG and EM. geophysical survey. A new zone of disseminated bornite and chalcocite,
("OBD Zone"), was discovered during this work near Adit number 2.
Results from the chip sampling program were as follows:
Location Sample Cu( Percent) Ag(oz/t) Interval
Adit Number 1 TGA1QV-001 21.20 11.60 grab
TGA1TR-002 33.00 7.70 grab
TG1HR-003 5.80 5.10 grab
TGA1R10M-018 4.00 2.36 10 metres
Adit Number 1,
SSW Zone TGA1SBR-013 3.60 2.07 grab
TGA1SBR-014 2.20 1.36 grab
TGA1SBR-013 2.23 1.50 grab
Adit Number 2 TGA2TR-004 19.10 5.50 grab
TGA2TR-005 33.40 7.90 grab
TGA2TR-006 13.60 2.70 grab
TGA2TR-007 4.10 1.16 grab
TGA2TR-008 6.60 1.30 grab
TGA2R-10M-019 1.45 0.84 10 metres
OBD Zone TGOBD-009 9.30 1.16 grab
TGOBD-010 6.80 0.87 grab
TGOBD-011 5.50 0.90 grab
TGOBD-012 6.30 1.01 grab
TGOBD-017 6.30 1.26 grab
Assay values from 1-metre cross-cut channel samples from east, west
and south-facing walls at entrance to Adit number 1 were as follows:
Sample Cu( percent) Ag(oz/t)
TGMS-JCH-01 1.22 0.76
TGMS-JCH-02 0.11 0.07
TGMS-JCH-03 1.09 0.80
TGMS-JCH-04 1.40 0.46
TGMS-JCH-05 0.27 0.09
TGMS-JCH-06 1.01 0.34
TGMS-JCH-07 0.09 0.04
TGMS-TCH-01 11.30 8.42
TGMS-TCH-02 6.00 4.12
TGMS-TCH-03 2.50 2.39
TGMS-TCH-04 1.23 0.36
All samples assayed showed anomalous gold values up to 0.965 g/ton. Samples were assayed at
Eastern Analytical Ltd., Springdale, Newfoundland and Bondar-Clegg, North Vancouver, B.C.
The 1998 exploration program is based on Max-Min geophysical and soil geochemical surveys over the
property along with selective chip sampling. Results will be released following analysis and
interpretation of the collected samples and data.
For further information, call 709-739-4780; fax: 709-739-4785, or visit our web site home page which is
currently under development at copperhillcorp.com. TEL: (709) 739-4780
Earl R. Benson, President FAX: (709) 739-4785 WEBSITE: copperhillcorp.com
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