Nov 30 2010
Belo Sun Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BSX) has announced the results of three additional drill holes from the diamond drilling program at its Volta Grande Gold Project located in Para State, Brazil.
Results from two in-fill drill holes from the Ouro Verde deposit returned exceptional grades and widths of gold mineralization. Hole VVGD-034 intersected multiple mineralized high grade zones with the first 283.80 meters from surface averaging 1.31 g/t Au; from 183.00 meters there is a 100.80 meters thick zone grading 2.50 g/t Au which includes 41.00 meters grading 5.00 g/t Au. The location of this hole is near the center of the Ouro Verde deposit (section 525 NW). Two additional holes have been drilled. Hole VVGD-033 (approximately 100 meters up dip) intersected mineralization carrying similar grades and widths. The assay results from the hole drilled approximately 150 meters down dip – VVGD-037 are not yet available but the mineralization appears to continue.
Assays from one drill hole of the Grota Seca deposit were also received. Hole VVGD – 031, located on the eastern part of the deposit in the vicinity of the Galo Garimpo, has been explored through small shafts that extend to 300 meters depth. It intersected 2.33 meters grading 11.98 g/t Au, followed by 19.15 meters grading 1.05 g/t Au, just before it intersected the underground workings and had to be stopped.
Belo Sun has completed approximately 47 drill holes of which assays are at the Lab and pending for 15 holes. The drilling program is designed to upgrade and expand the existing mineral resource and further results will be released as they are received.
Helio Diniz, the Vice President, Exploration for Belo Sun, stated "The drill results from section 525 NW at Ouro Verde provides support for management's view that the Property has the geological characteristics and the proper scale to host a large gold deposit. Hole VVGD 034 is one of the best ever drilled at the project and certainly reinforces our observation that there is excellent potential to upgrade the resource at Volta Grande in terms of both size and grade relative to the existing resource estimate."
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
The scientific and technical information in this press release has been reviewed and approved by David Gower, P. Geo., an advisor to Belo Sun and a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. The exploration program is directly supervised by Mr. Carlos Cravo, Belo Sun's exploration manager. Belo Sun's procedures for handling drill core comprise initial description and logging into a Microsoft Access database. Mineralized and suspected mineralized intervals in the drill holes are described in detail and marked for sampling. Core is then cut in half with the right-hand portion of the core put into plastic sample bags and sealed. The left-hand portion is returned to the core box and is stored for future reference or study. Assay standard and "Blank" samples are inserted every 20th sample. These samples are then delivered to ACME Labs sample preparation facility in Itaituba, Para, Brazil. The assay samples are then fine-crushed to better than 85% passing 10 mesh screen, with an assay pulp split of up to 500 grams pulverized to better than 85% passing 200 mesh screen. Samples are assayed at ACME Labs in Santiago, Chile, using a 50 gram fire assay with AAS finish. These QA/QC procedures provide several measures of data quality and assure the Company that the assay data is representative of the original sample.
Source: Belo Sun Mining Corp.