Major General drilling on Pickle Lake project

A 6,500-ft. drill program has started on Major General Resources’ (VSE) Dorothy Lake gold project, about 50 miles west of Pickle Lake in northwestern Ontario. The 62-claim property is about nine miles west along strike from the producing Golden Patricia mine owned by Bond International Gold (TSE). Major General acquired the Dorothy Lake prospect from UMEX, a Belgium-government controlled company, earlier this year as part of a larger asset purchase agreement.

Previous work by UMEX at Dorothy Lake included 27,000 ft. of drilling in 47 holes. That work identified two areas of gold enrichment known as the Main and West zones. The Main zone is currently estimated to contain preliminary reserves of 240,000 tons grading 0.18 oz. gold per ton to a depth of 500 ft. The objective of this summer’s drill program is to test the Main zone to a depth of 820 ft. and along a strike length of 2,000 ft.