Willow Creek Enterprises Receives Drilling Permits for Hercules Property
Willow Creek Enterprises has received the drilling permit for its future drilling campaign at its Hercules property.
Recently, the company has proclaimed an indicated resource of around 583,000 gold-equivalent ounces at the Hercules property in April 27, 2011. Willow Creek has proposed an exploration campaign to drill angle holes that includes both reverse circulation-rotary (RC) and core drilling. This is an effort to develop the indicated resources by means of infill drilling.
The company is establishing a huge resource for the property. It will begin the drilling program in order to significantly increase the resource. The company has identified the targets that will characterize the gold mineralized zones and provide a better explanation about the gold and silver mineralogy at the Hercules property. The company is excited to go ahead with the next exploration phase at the Hercules property.
Now, the Hercules property includes 88 mining claims totaling 1760 acres situated in the Walker Lane Mineral Belt in southern Lyon County, Nevada. The location of this Hercules property is around 7 miles outside of Dayton, 15 miles from the Talapoosa Mine, 25 miles southwest of Reno and 10 miles from the Comstock Lode Deposit.
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