Oct 7 2010
Pediment Gold Corp. (TSX:PEZ), (OTCBB:PEZGF), (FRANKFURT:P5E) ("Pediment" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the results of 53 drill holes at the San Antonio Gold Project in Baja Sur, Mexico.
Please click on the following link to view the current drill map for this program: https://www.argonautgold.com/English/home/default.aspx
The following two tables provide highlights from the Main Zone and Intermediate Zone. A complete table of all drill results can be viewed by clicking the following link: https://www.argonautgold.com/English/home/default.aspx
Within the Los Planes/Main Zone area of where the known mineral resources exists, the following drill hole results have either expanded and/or reclassified the existing resource.
Recently completed drill holes within the Intermediate Zone all represent an expansion of the known mineral resource. No drilling within the intermediate zone was ever included in the previously announced resource calculation by AMEC in the Preliminary Assessment released in August (See news releases dated August 10, 2010 and August 11, 2010).
Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
Mel Herdrick, VP Exploration and Qualified Person under the guidelines of NI 43-101, has read and approved this release. All summarized intervals reported in this news release were calculated using a 0.20 g/t Au cut-off grade. Intervals contain no more than three low-grade to barren samples between mineralized samples containing over 0.20 g/t Au. High grades were not capped. Pediment Gold Corp. has a Quality Assurance/Quality Control program that includes insertion and verification of standards, blanks and duplicates. All samples here reported have passed QA/QC satisfactorily. Samples from the San Antonio Project are shipped to the preparation laboratory of ALS Chemex in Hermosillo, Sonora. The prep lab then sends the sample pulps to ALS Chemex's laboratory in North Vancouver, where they are assayed for gold by fire assay with atomic absorption (Au AA-23 assay method code; 0.005 to 10ppm detection limit). Samples over 10 g/t Au are assayed with gravimetric finish (Assay code AU-GRA21). All samples are also assayed by ICP-MS (code ME-ICP41) for a suite of 35 elements.
Most drill-hole mineralized intercepts do not represent true widths. The mineralized zones referenced in this news release have a dip between -45 and -50 degrees to the west. Drill holes oriented with a 090 azimuth and -45 to -50 dip are closer to showing true width. Please visit the Company's website to see a complete collar table for the San Antonio project.
Pediment Gold is focused on the San Antonio Gold Project where AMEC E&C Services, Inc. ("AMEC") completed and delivered a positive preliminary assessment for the San Antonio Gold Project in August of 2010. The project demonstrates a robust financial return at a base case gold price of US$900 per ounce with a pretax net present value (NPV at 8%) of US$79 million and an internal rate of return (IRR) of 33%. Payback is calculated at 3.28 years from start up. The AMEC preliminary assessment suggests that the project could potentially produce an average of 82,500 ounces of gold per year and have an average cash cost of US$513 per ounce gold produced. Capital costs are estimated to be US$71.1million with a total sustaining capital for life-of-mine estimated at US$27.9 million. The project can be mined with a conventional truck and shovel fleet and processed via a proven heap leach technology. The mine has a mine life of nine years including a one year pre-strip period with the potential to increase the mine life with additional resources.
Source: https://www.argonautgold.com/English/home/default.aspx