Oct 28 2013
North Bay Resources Inc. is pleased to report that a completely new and previously undiscovered gold zone has been detected on the Company's 100% owned Brett West claims in southeastern British Columbia, Canada.
The Brett West claims are directly adjacent to and partially surround the Brett occurrence (MINFILE 082LSW110) where 11,970 tonnes grading 39.12 grams per tonne gold have been previously indicated by surface drilling and underground work. The Brett occurrence was initially indicated by low transport gold particles found in HMC (Heavy Metal Concentrates) samples from tributaries of Whiteman Creek which drains the Brett area. The main shear zone on the Brett and the RW vein were both discovered during road construction. If there is an economically viable gold deposit in the area it is likely completely masked by overburden, which is why HMC sampling has been proven to be the best exploration tool. There is a strong possibility that most of the widespread, spotty gold anomalies found in the area to date originate from a previously glaciated gold deposit.
As reported earlier in a Company press release dated January 31, 2012, a successful Pilot HMC geochemical program on the North Bay property was conducted on behalf of the Company by Billiken Gold Ltd ("Billikin") of Enderby, BC. Among the very positive results, one spectacular sample in particular ("NB-60") generated a great deal of interest, not just due to its high assay value of 95.6 grams (3.07 ounces) per tonne gold, but because the sample came from a highly altered area in the Western Zone that has geological similarities to the Brett occurrence. In addition to the high grade and strategic location, the gold particles in this sample were pristine, angular in shape, and with sharp edges that suggest they are "low transport gold" and have not traveled very far. This further suggests potential for a blind lode gold deposit close by, similar to, or possibly an extension of, the nearby Brett deposit.
During the 2013 field season, a second HMC program was commenced on behalf of the Company by Billiken. This program was designed to follow up on the previous findings along trend, and to further evaluate the Company's newly acquired claims adjacent to the alteration zone and the area where sample NB-60 was found during the 2011 sampling program. This year's program was concluded in July 2013 with 46 samples collected. These samples were subsequently processed and catalogued prior to shipment to ALS Chemex in Vancouver for analysis. Mr. Murray Morrison, B.Sc. Geology, consulted on the project and assisted Billiken in a detailed megascopic examination of all the samples. Mr. Morrison has more than 30 years of experience in the geological stratigraphy of the region, with a particular focus on the area bounded by Whiteman Creek area where the Brett West property is located. Mr. Morrison and Gene Dodd, President of Billiken, returned to the property site earlier this month and located an as yet undiscovered alteration zone up slope and up ice from these recent high gold values. Further work will be required to determine if this newly discovered alteration zone is the cause of the highly anomalous gold assays.
The 2013 HMC program has resulted in an expansion and further delineation of the alteration zone found in 2011, and the discovery of a completely new and previously undiscovered target area about 400 metres west of where sample NB-60 was taken. The results of this year's HMC program are extremely positive and encouraging. At least 5 samples (NB-106, NB-107, NB-126, NB-137, and NB-138) confirmed and further delineated the presence of highly anomalous gold particles in the soil upslope from both NB-60 and the large alteration zone discovered during the initial HMC program in 2011. The recently concluded 2013 HMC project produced assays as high as 9.75 g/t (sample NB-137) from the original target area. New and very positive results downslope from the newly discovered alteration zone, about 400m west and upslope from NB-60, produced high gold values from three samples; NB-126 (8.0 g/t), NB-163 (2.29 g/t), and NB-164 (2.53 g/t). These samples were all taken very close together and point to this new target area upslope. Further sampling is planned for next year to locate the origin of this gold dispersal plume.
The exceptional assay results from the new discovery zone also correlate with Mr. Morrison's pick (NB-164) as the most promising of all the rocks found in the 46 sluice reject samples. This accomplishment of Mr. Morrison's is indeed a testament to his ability to spot gold bearing rocks in this environment. Of the 14 sluice reject samples (rock fragments) analyzed, NB-164 gave the highest value by quite a margin: 0.102 g/t. This indicates that the angular vein material and/or rock fragments in the sample are gold bearing and appear to be from a source area very close by.
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