Virginia Gold’s Roberto zone bigger and better

Virginia Gold Mines‘ (VIA-T) drilling, continues to expand gold zones at its Eleonore property in the Opineca reservoir region, Que.

Two zones, namely Roberto and Roberto Est, are being drilled.

Highlights from the southern part of the Roberto zone include: 22.27 grams gold over 11.0 metres, 12.87 grams gold over 11 metres and 15.07 grams gold per tonne over 7 metres.

Two holes tested the zone to a vertical depth of 350 metres: hole 55 cut 7 grams gold over 12.25 metres at a down-hole depth of 409 metres (this included a 5-metre section grading 10.3 grams gold per tonne) and hole 52 hit 6 metres grading 6.9 grams gold at a down-hole depth of 420 metres (this included 3 metres grading 10.3 grams gold per tonne.

Another 11 holes cut from 3.3-15.4 grams gold per tonne over widths ranging from 1.25-8 metres.

Locally the zone is cut by barren, sub-horizontal, pegmatite dykes which vary from a metre to tens-of-metres thick. In hole 29 it was found that mineralization continued below these dykes. Hole 49, however, was drilled for 369 metres, cut pegmatite and failed to intersect significant mineralization.

The Roberto zone has been defined over a 450-metre strike and to a depth of 350 metres and it remains open in all directions.

Hole 46, drilled into the south portion of Roberto Est, cut an interval that graded 19.6 grams gold over 11 metres at 67 metres down-hole, followed by 4 metres grading 22 grams gold per tonne at 103 metres down-hole. Another hole, ELE-04-41, drilled in the north portion of the zone, hit 10.12 grams gold over 6.25 metres at 190 metres down-hole, followed by 12.5 grams gold per tonne over 5 metres at 235 metres down-hole.

Eleven other holes cut grades ranging from 2-10.2 grams gold per tonne over widths of 2-25 metres. Four holes failed to cut significant mineralization.

The Roberto Est zone is open in all directions. It has been cut at a vertical depth of just over 250 metres. The mineralized zone is wider at this depth; hole 53 cut 25 metres that graded 5.7 grams gold per tonne at a down-hole depth of 334 metres.

Three drills continue to test both zones.