Vancouver A first-phase drill program has generated a new gold discovery for Southern Rio Resources (SNZ-V) at its wholly owned Davidson property near Vanderhoof, in central British Columbia.
A hole drilled to test a coincident geochemical anomaly and geophysical conductor intersected 14 metres grading 4.94 grams gold and 17.1 grams silver per tonne, within a larger mineralized zone of 64 metres grading 1.8 grams gold and 6.5 grams silver, from a depth of 96 to 160 metres. The true widths of the intercepts are not yet known.
The new zone was discovered by the second hole of a 5-hole program aimed at testing a number of geophysical and geochemical targets for epithermal gold and silver mineralization. The host rocks are strongly altered felsic volcanics.
Assay results are awaited for three subsequent holes, along with additional results from the second hole below a depth of 160 metres.
The newly discovered zone is situated about 300 metres northwest of a hole drilled by a previous operator in 1992. That hole returned 4.3 metres of 4.91 grams gold and 1.9 grams silver, starting at a depth of 167 metres. This interval was part of a wider intercept that returned 2.48 grams gold and 2.3 grams silver over 10.3 metres, starting at a depth of 161 metres.
Southern Rio is planning additional work, including drilling, for its new discovery, which is situated about 20 km northeast of its flagship 3Ts project. The 3Ts project is comprised of three contiguous properties covering a bonanza-style, epithermal gold-silver camp discovered by the B.C. Geological Survey in the early 1990s. Several major companies explored the properties in the mid-1990s, but work ceased in 1999 with the industry downturn. Southern Rio then acquired the ground through staking and option agreements.
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