Vancouver, March 31, 2008, ValGold Resources Ltd. ("ValGold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed the first stage of exploration on its 100% owned Reis Gold Property, located in northwestern Guyana. The Reis Property is comprised of four medium scale prospecting permits covering 1875 hectares ("ha") located in the Five Star area approximately 275 kilometers ("km") northwest of Georgetown.
The Reis Property is an integral part of ValGold's extensive holdings in northwestern Guyana where the Company is exploring a 40 km long stretch of the Whana gold belt. Most of this belt is controlled by ValGold in the form of prospecting licenses and medium scale prospecting permits. The Whana gold belt is highly prospective, defined by a linear belt of gold occurrences concentrated proximal to the regional scale, east-west striking, Whana Thrust Fault ("WTF") and its splays. The Reis Property is reported to be underlain by Lower Proterozoic-age rocks consisting mostly of amphibolite, felsic to intermediate volcanics and phyllite. Amphibolite which underlies the northern half of the area has been thrust over younger volcanic and sedimentary units to the south on a regional scale along the WTF. Gold soil anomalies and alluvial mining of gold are common in proximity to the WTF over much of its 40 km strike length.
ValGold's soil sampling over the Reis Property has outlined a northeast/southwest trending gold anomaly that measures over 2,000 m long as defined by gold values of 50 ppb or greater. Within this anomaly are at least four east-west striking zones with even higher gold values of greater than 100 parts per billion ("ppb") gold where each anomaly has strike lengths ranging from 100m to 650m and up to 300m across. These anomalies lie either along the WTF or splay off it. Coincident with many of the anomalous gold values are soil anomalies in arsenic and bismuth. A plan of the anomalies is attached at the end of this news release.
The anomalies have seen no trenching or drilling even though alluvial mining of gold is common in the area. Preparations are underway to begin to drill the soil anomalies in March.
Mr. Tom Pollock, P.Geo., ValGold's Vice-President, Exploration, is the Qualified Person for the project, and is responsible for all of the technical reporting in compliance with NI 43-101. Mr. Pollock has instituted and is responsible for ValGold's program of Quality Control and Assurance using assay control samples and duplicates.
For further information on this property, our Company and its portfolio of international exploration projects and joint ventures, visit our website at
www.valgold.com.
Stephen J. Wilkinson
President & Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Stuart
Investor Relations
ValGold Resources Ltd.
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This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements." All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address future production, reserve potential, exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments that the Company expects are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices, exploitation and exploration successes, and continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, market or business conditions. Investors are cautioned that any such statements are not guarantees of future performance and those actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on the Company, investors should review the Company's filings that are available at www.sedar.com or the Company's website at www.valgold.com.
This figure is a plan of the central portion of the Reis Property showing the grid lines and locations of gold in soils anomalies. The grid lines are spaced at 200m along which soil samples were taken every 50m.
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