Anatolia to drill four prospects in Turkey

Denver — Anatolia Minerals Development (YMC.U-V) is preparing to launch four drilling programs in Turkey.

Among these will be a US$350,000 program with partner Rio Tinto (RTP-N) at two copper-gold porphyry targets.

In the country’s south-central region, Anatolia will drill the Uckapili gold target to determine the bedrock source of a large soil geochemical anomaly. Trenching has revealed deeper-than-anticipated overburden, though more than 20 locations contained visible gold.

Also, six holes will be drilled at the Cukurdere prospect, in eastern Turkey. These holes will average 300-400 metres in depth and will test the leached capping in the centre of a 1-by-2-km depression formed by erosion of altered intrusive and skarns.

At Cukurdere, the company has already completed 1,090 metres of channel sampling along three traverses, which returned an average 1.5 grams gold per tonne and 0.1% copper. Rio Tinto is earning a 75% interest in Uckapili, and 70% interest in Cukurdere by funding exploration and completing a final feasibility study.