Campbell to drill new prospect at Santa Gertrudis

An 8-hole program of reverse-circulation drilling by Campbell Resources (CCH-T), north of its Santa Gertrudis mine in Sonora state, Mexico, has turned up gold mineralization.

Six of the holes drilled on the prospect, known as Viviana Norte, intersected limestones with hematite and argillic alteration and local jasperoid. The first hole, VV-103, was drilled last year and cut a 4.5-metre length grading 1.6 grams gold per tonne. Another hole, VV-106, was collared 40 metres to the southwest and returned the program’s best intersection: 16.5 metres grading an average 8.8 grams. Three other holes intersected significant grades over narrower widths in the area north of the Viviana Fault, an east-striking fault known to be about 3.8 km long.

Another hole, VV-110, crossed the fault and intersected 6 metres grading 2.4 grams gold per tonne.

The mineralized zone, as traced along a hill exposure, is about 120 metres long and, on average, 7 metres wide. It is still open at a depth of 120 metres and believed to extend farther west by as much as another 230 metres.

Campbell plans more reverse-circulation drilling and has more reconnaissance exploration under way along the Viviana Fault.