Narrow high-grade hits at Hamelin (January 16, 2006)

Four early stage drill holes at the Hamelin zone in Vassan Twp., northwest of Val d’Or, Que., have intersected high-grade gold mineralization over narrow widths, owner Stellar Pacific Ventures (SPX-V, SPVIF-O) reports.

Four drill holes intersected quartz veins with sulphides, grading into semi-massive and massive sulphides, along a near-vertical east-northeast-striking structure. The mineralization has a shallow plunge to the east.

Hole V2005-01 intersected two zones, one of 0.7 metre grading 32.1 grams gold per tonne and another of 0.3 metre grading 27 grams. Hole V2005-02 cut four zones, 0.5 to 1.9 metres wide, with lower grades, including 8.5 grams per tonne over 0.8 metre and 5.1 grams over 1.9 metres.

A third hole, V2005-04, intersected 1.1 metres grading 24.5 grams per tonne.

Problems with drill deviation have limited the company’s ability to investigate the structure, but Stellar Pacific hopes to have better drill-hole spacing in future programs.