Eagle Hill Exploration Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EAG) has announced that it has received assay results from an additional three drill holes confirming the continuity of gold mineralization in the Caribou zone at the Company's Windfall Lake Property.
In addition, a new gold zone, named the Mink Zone, has been identified at the Property. The Company has now resumed its winter drilling program and is planning to drill an additional 8,000 meters to increase the size of the known gold zones and to discover new gold mineralization by testing the recently identified, but never drilled geophysical anomalies.
The new assay results confirm the continuity of gold mineralization in the Caribou Zone at shallow depth. The results of the 3 holes include 2.81 g/t Au over 14.0 meters in hole EAG-10-244 and 1.6 g/t Au over 13.0 meters in hole EAG-10-246. A new geological interpretation indicates a higher grade gold shoot plunging moderately to the east-northeast with results including 53.64 g/t Au over 4.55 m and 28.8 g/t Au over 3.35 m in previous drilling.
The results of drill hole EAG-10-245 containing an intercept 3.27 g/t Au over 8.15 m, confirm the presence of a gold zone, located some 50 meters to the SE of Zone 27. The Mink Zone also incorporates past drill holes such as FUR-03-05 (9.87 g/t Au over 7.13 m) and NOT-06-84 (11.74 g/t Au over 3.75 m).
"Continuity of gold mineralization in the Caribou Zone is very positive for this near surface gold zone," explained Dr. Jean-Philippe Desrochers, Chief Geologist of Eagle Hill. "We have now identified a moderate plunge to the east-northeast for higher grade gold mineralization in the Caribou Zone, which remains undrilled. The remainder of our drilling program will test the extensions of the Caribou Zone, better define the new Mink Zone, and delineate the extensions of Zone 27."
Gold analyses reported in this release were performed by standard fire assay using a 30 gram charge with atomic absorption finish and a gravimetric finish for assays greater than 10 grams per tonne. Assays returning results over 1 ounce per ton of gold by atomic absorption are re-assayed using the metallic sieve method. All assays were performed by ALS Chemex Laboratory Group, in Val d'Or, Quebec. Sampling and analytical procedures are subject to a comprehensive quality assurance and quality control program. The QA-QC program, includes duplicate samples, blanks and analytical standards.
Jean-Philippe Desrochers, Ph.D., P.Geo. is a Qualified Person registered in Quebec as defined by NI-43-101 and has reviewed the technical information that this press release contains.
The Company also announces the resignation of John Harvey from the Board of Directors. Eagle Hill will continue to benefit from Mr. Harvey's extensive knowledge and experience with the Windfall Lake Property as he will continue as an advisor.
Source: Eagle Hill Exploration Corporation