Trading in Gold Canyon Resources (GCU-T) was halted by the Vancouver Stock Exchange after it was learned that a laboratory erred in reporting assay results from the junior ‘s Springpole gold project in northwestern Ontario.
Gold Canyon was informed of the mistake by Santa Fe Canadian Mining, its partner at Springpole. Saskatoon-based TSL Laboratories, which was conducting the assaying, calculated results from a recent hole in grams per tonne but reported them to Santa Fe in ounces per ton. Santa Fe then reported the erroneous results to Gold Canyon, which disseminated them publicly on Aug 7.
Gold Canyon ‘s share price increased to more than $8, from $6.30, after the results were released. The VSE, however, upon learning of the error, cancelled those trades and halted the stock. Trading is expected to resume once full results from holes 208 and 209 are in hand.
The corrected partial results from Hole 208 include: 5.7 ft. grading 0.03 oz.
gold per ton; 15.8 ft. of 0.047 oz.; 11.8 ft. of 0.014 oz.; 4 ft. of 0.036 oz.; and 4 ft. of 0.061 oz.
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