To: Bearcatbob who wrote (9617 ) 10/4/2002 12:51:56 AM From: Al Collard Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 11802 CXP-v ...in the news:Cdn Empire/Wheaton River finish Amos sampling, surveys Thu 3 Oct 2002 News Release Mr. John Brock reports DRILLING REPORT Surface sampling and geophysical surveys have been completed on Canadian Empire Exploration and Wheaton River Minerals Ltd.'s Amos project with six targets now selected for immediate drill testing. Drilling is under way with an initial program that will see one hole into each target. An additional six to eight holes have been budgeted for followup and the testing of additional targets. The Amos project, located 20 kilometres northwest of Amos, Que., hosts 30 known gold and gold-enriched massive sulphide prospects and a number of geophysical and geochemical targets associated with a felsic volcanic package along a 32-kilometre length of the southern portion of the Abitibi greenstone belt. This large land position has many of the geologic features associated with large volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits similar to the Kidd Creek deposit near Timmins, Ont. The initial six targets to be drill tested consist of geophysical electromagnetic conductors and induced polarization (IP) chargeability anomalies in proximity to surface occurrences of sulphide mineralization carrying gold and base metals values. This year's exploration program is being financed by Wheaton, which may earn up to 50 per cent of Canadian Empire's right to an 80-per-cent interest in the Amos project from Teck Cominco Ltd. by completing staged expenditures totalling $2-million by Sept. 30, 2003. Options exist for both Canadian Empire and Wheaton to cause conversion of Wheaton's earned property interest into shares of Canadian Empire. Drill results have now been received for drill holes numbered 2002-4 to 2002-7 at the Hemlo West property. Drill holes 2002-1 to 2002-3 were previously reported. Although most holes have intersected strong alteration, quartz veins and sulphide mineralization characteristic of the Hemlo camp host rocks, no significant gold-silver assays were obtained. In view of drilling commitments on other projects in Canada, plans for further drilling of Hemlo West will be held in abeyance for a few months. Five drill holes have been completed in the Meridian massive sulphide project in Northern Manitoba for which assays are pending.