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Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Hawthorne Assays
Significant Grades in Surface Trench Vein - 400.0 g/t Au over 0.40 metres
(uncut); Positive Results Continue from Drilling at Taurus Zone
Hawthorne Gold
Corp. ("Hawthorne" or the "Company") (TSX-V: HGC, US:
HWTHF) is pleased to announce drill results
from the Phase II diamond drill program, which consisted of fifteen (15) NTW
diamond drill holes totaling 855.20 metres within the Taurus deposit. Initial
results from the Phase I drill program achieved our goal of identifying a
high grade mineralized gold zone near surface within the Sable zone. Recent
drill hole assays received from the Phase II drill program focused on firstly
defining the resource at near-surface with the current bulk test pit and
secondly, testing for resource potential immediately adjacent the current
bulk test pit.
Results from the first nine holes from the Phase II drilling have confirmed
that mineralization is continuous from depth to near-surface with grades
continuing to meet or exceed expectations. This recent definition drilling
confirms the interpreted strike of mineralization as well as establishes the
predominant host of the mineralization to be a north-west striking shear zone
with off-shoots of extensional veining.
Results
from trench TR09-004 demonstrate the potential to increase resources in
several zones on or near surface. An intersection of mineralization from
73.40 metres to 78.00 metres, yielding a grade of 37.5 g/t Au (uncut -- see
table below), demonstrates the strike potential of the resources of the
current test pit. This zone lies both along strike of the current test pit,
as well as the mineralized zones modeled to date. This particular mineralized
intersection within the trench remains open to the south as an access road
prevents sampling from 78 metres to 92 metres along strike. Future work will
involve moving this access road to allow completion of the trenching in
TR09-004 and to determine the actual width and geological nature of the
mineralized zone.
"Our exploration team, through targeted short diamond drill holes, was
able to quickly define additional mineralization at the Sable Zone for the
bulk sample program. The Company has also recently completed a Phase III
diamond drill program located on the Hill 88 Zone with a goal of defining an
additional near-surface gold zone through systematic trenching and diamond
drilling," commented Richard Barclay, President and CEO of Hawthorne.
Of interest, Hole No. TA09-0017 intersected 6.38 metres averaging 4.6 g/t
Au, applying a 20g/t cut off to a sample yielding 75.2 g/t Au over 0.46
metres, from 16.23 -- 16.69 metres.
TR09-004 yields bonanza grade of 400.0 g/t Au and 59.2 g/t Ag over 0.40
metres. See additional results below:
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HOLE
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FROM
(m)
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TO
(m)
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Width (m)
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Est. True Width
(m)
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Au
g/t
|
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TA09-015
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6.01
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8.81
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2.80
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2.24
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10.7
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15.28
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17.83
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2.55
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2.04
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3.3
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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TA09-016
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3.76
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6.54
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2.78
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2.22
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1.6
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|
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11.56
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14.64
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3.08
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2.46
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8.4
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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TA09-017
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4.59
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5.70
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1.11
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0.89
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3.0
|
|
|
12.25
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20.22
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7.97
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6.38
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7.8
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|
(w/ 20g/t cut off)
|
.............................................................................4.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TA09-018
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16.56
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18.99
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2.43
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1.94
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2.6
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|
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22.60
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27.33
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4.73
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3.78
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7.2
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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TA09-019
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8.22
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9.50
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1.28
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1.02
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6.5
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|
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13.51
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16.76
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3.25
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2.60
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8.9
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(w/ 20g/t cut off)
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.............................................................................7.0
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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TA09-020
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4.57
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9.35
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4.78
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3.82
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4.9
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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TA09-021
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2.72
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4.37
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1.65
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1.32
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3.6
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TA09-022
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7.75
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9.40
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1.65
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1.32
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2.5
|
|
|
17.94
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21.10
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3.16
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2.53
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2.8
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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TA09-023
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8.40
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11.18
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2.78
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2.22
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2.3
|
|
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14.54
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15.55
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1.01
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0.81
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2.2
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TR09-004 (trench)
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14.10
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18.90
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4.80
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4.80
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2.2
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|
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58.80
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61.40
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2.60
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2.60
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5.2
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|
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73.40
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78.00
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4.60
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4.60
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37.5
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(w/ 20g/t cut off)
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.............................................................................4.5
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105.50
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107.20
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1.70
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1.70
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3.6
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The Company has completed the three phase (I, II, III) diamond drill and
trenching program within the Taurus zone and has now moved the drill to
commence the Phase IV drill program at the Table Mountain zone. The drill
plan map for Taurus can be viewed at http://www.hawthornegold.com/s/Taurus.asp.
Following logging of drill core, split core samples were collected and
shipped to the primary assay lab ALS Minerals (formerly ALS Chemex) of North
Vancouver, BC. Check assays are sent to EcoTech Laboratory (Stewart Group) of
Kamloops, BC. Hawthorne's Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC)
program comprises inserting Standard Reference Materials, preparation
duplicates as well as secondary lab check assays.
The goal of the Taurus zone drilling is to delineate a small-tonnage, higher
grade near-surface gold zone in excess of 3.5 g/t Au, amenable to open pit
mining. Once the zone is defined, the mineralized material could potentially
be used as mill feed at the permitted Cassiar Gold Mine when production
commences. The Taurus Deposit currently contains a National Instrument
("NI") 43-101 Mineral Inferred Resource Estimate* of 1.06 million
ounces of gold (33.06 million tonnes grading 1.00 g/t Au).
Michael Petrina, P.Eng., the Company's Vice President of Mining and a
Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and
approved the technical disclosure contained in this news release.
About Hawthorne Gold Corp.
Hawthorne Gold Corp. is a Canadian-based gold exploration and development
company with key properties in British Columbia, Canada. Hawthorne is led by
well-respected mining leaders Richard Barclay and Michael Beley. Hawthorne's
goal is to become a junior gold producer by working towards production at
Cassiar Gold Mine in Q4 2009 / Q1 2010 and to continue resource development
of the nearby Taurus deposit, as well as the Frasergold deposit in the south
central British Columbia Cariboo region. Hawthorne continues to review potential
acquisitions, focusing on high quality, advanced gold development
opportunities.
For more information on Hawthorne, contact Todd Hanas toll free at
1-866-869-8072 or the Company at (604) 629-1505, or you can visit Hawthorne's
website at www.hawthornegold.com.
ON BEHALF OF HAWTHORNE GOLD CORP.
"Richard J. Barclay"
President & CEO
Certain
information regarding the Company including management's assessment of future
plans and operations, may constitute forward-looking statements under
applicable securities laws and necessarily involve risks associated with
mining exploration and development, volatility of prices, currency
fluctuations, imprecision of resource estimates, environmental and permitting
risks, access to labour and services, competition from other companies and
ability to access sufficient capital. As a consequence, actual results may
differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. A
feasibility study has not been completed and there is no certainty the
disclosed targets will be reached nor that the proposed operations will be
economically viable.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the
TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy of accuracy of
this release.
*The Company has prepared a NI 43-101
report (Wardrop Engineering Inc. - Updated Resource Report on the Taurus
Deposit - Liard Mining District, BC - dated March 11, 2009) regarding the
Taurus Property and can be viewed at www.sedar.com.
You can
also view this News Release on our website at:
http://www.hawthornegold.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=362512
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