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Five holes tested the easternmost section. Results include 3.7 metres grading 21.5 grams gold per tonne. When the gold is cut to 34.28 grams, the grade is 15.1 grams gold per tonne.
Three other holes cut intervals 3.3-4 metres wide grading 3-8.25 grams gold. A couple of these holes also cut narrower zones with higher grades, specifically 0.9 metre of 15.7 grams gold and 1.4 metres of 10.7 grams gold.
The hole drilled at the steepest angle cut three zones, from 0.7 ot 1 metre wide grading 1.65-3.6 grams gold.
Five holes were drilled 15 metres west of the steep-angle hole. Two of these cut 12.5 metres of 7.7 grams gold and 12.7 metres of 13.4 grams gold. The latter grade changes to 9.5 grams when the gold is cut to 34.28 grams. The steepest hole cut 6 metres grading 2.3 grams gold.
Fifteen metres farther west, six holes tested the zone. Three of these cut intervals of 15.1-18.7 grams gold over 0.7-1.9 metres. In addition, five of the six holes cut wider zones (from 4 to 11 metres wide) grading as high as 6-8.9 grams gold. The steepest hole cut four intervals grading 3-5.3 grams gold over 1-2.3 metres.
All the drilling occurred in the VC zone, which comprises at least three en echelon zones. It has been traced 60 metres along strike and downdip for about 500 metres. An exploration drift is being extended to the west so that drilling can test the zone farther along strike in that direction.
Two horizontal holes, drilled from the 520-metre level, tested an area east of the 388 zone. These cut 3.5-6 grams gold over true widths of 3-5.5 metres. The mineralization was cut at 200 metres and 300 metres from the 388 zone.
In both the 388 zone and the areas to the east, gold is associated with disseminated pyrite in an altered diorite sill. The 388 zone is known to host a measured and indicated resource of 230,200 tonnes grading 6 grams gold per tonne, using a cutoff of 3 grams gold per tonne and a minimum mining width of 1.8 metres.
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