By Kalwinder KaurJul 20 2012
Andover Mining, a base and precious metal exploration and development firm, has reported assay results from the initial hole drilled at the SUN property, during 2012 drilling campaign. This property is located in Northwest Alaska. On June 21, 2012, the company completed drill hole SUN 12-29 at a depth of about 203 m.
Geologists from the company logged, split and packed the 2012 drill core on site. The company has sent the core samples from hole SUN 12-29 to Fairbanks, Alaska-based ALS-Chemex Prep Lab.
The pulps taken from Fairbanks were specifically examined for 35 elements at Vancouver-based ALS-Chemex plants. Assaying of gold was carried out at the ALS-Chemex facilities located in Reno, Nevada. Wet assaying was conducted for base metal over-limits.
The hole SUN 12-29 was the initial hole drilled at the property during the 2012 campaign and examined the major SUN deposit. The company intersected 1.49% copper, 1.60% lead, 9.03% zinc, 66.2 g/t silver and 0.190 g/t gold over 8.6 m; 2.73% copper, 1.27% lead, 6.54% zinc, 116.4 g/t silver and 0.396 g/t gold over 6.2 m; and 1.68% copper, 0.26% lead, 1.04% zinc, 48.9 g/t silver and 0.142 g/t gold over 2.3 m in hole SUN 12-29.
The company is continuing the drill program on the S.W. SUN deposit and the SUN deposit. It will announce additional assays once they become available. Drilling is being performed round the clock and may continue till September 2012.
Source: http://www.andovermining.com/
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