Northern Freegold Drilling Intersects 1.75 m of 21.18 g/t Gold
within 23.7 m of 2.84 g/t Gold
� in Goldy Zone, Freegold
Mountain Project, Yukon
Vancouver,
BC, September 25, 2008.� Northern
Freegold Resources Ltd.. (NFR: TSX-V) is pleased to announce results from the
2008 drill program at the Goldy Zone located in the eastern portion of
the district scale Freegold Mountain Project, Yukon.� The Goldy Zone is located 17 km from
the Nucleus Zone. The 2008 program consisted of ground geophysics, and
the drilling of 8 diamond drill holes (1,500 m, 4,920 feet) based upon
historical gold-in-soil anomalies, trenching and 2007 drilling.
�
Highlights:
� Drill hole GY08-27
intersected 23.70 m (77.76 feet) of 2.84 g/t gold including
o 1.75 m (5.74 feet)
of 21.18 g/t gold and
o 1.45 m (4.76 feet)
of 11.26 g/t gold
� 2008 drill program
was conducted within a shear zone, the extent of which is yet to be
defined
� Mineralization
within the Goldy Zone starts at surface
� The Goldy Zone is
at the intersection of a 3 km gold in soil anomaly trending north-south;
and a 4 km gold in soil anomaly trending northwest-southeast
� The Goldy Zone is
located 4 km from a past producing gold mine
The Goldy Zone
occurs at the northwest-trending contact between the Jurassic Big Creek
Syenite and Devonian gneisses of the Yukon-Tanana Terrane.��� The 2008 drill program confirmed the
presence of a mineralized shear zone at this contact, as gold intervals
were encountered in all 2008 drill holes (see table next page).�
Bill Harris, CEO & COO commented
"Encountering high grade gold intervals near surface in the Goldy
Zone is very encouraging.� The
potential of expanding the mineralization within the shear zone is
excellent as the shear zone may represent part of a larger regional
mineralizing system.� Further
drilling will help define the extent and size of this regional scale
shear zone."
Goldy� Zone
2008
Drill Results
|
Hole
No.
|
Length
|
From
|
To
|
Interval
|
Interval
|
Au
|
Au
|
|
|
m
|
m
|
m
|
m
|
Feet
|
g/t
|
oz/ton
|
|
GY08-27
|
241.40
|
25.00
|
48.70
|
23.70
|
77.76
|
2.84
|
0.083
|
|
� Includes
|
|
29..05
|
30..80
|
1.75
|
5.74
|
21..18
|
0.618
|
|
� Includes
|
|
45.80
|
47.25
|
1.45
|
4.76
|
11.26
|
0.328
|
|
GY08-26
|
210.31
|
10.65
|
11.65
|
1.00
|
3.28
|
3.60
|
0.105
|
|
And
|
|
28.95
|
30.00
|
1.05
|
3.44
|
1.33
|
0.039
|
|
And
|
|
37.80
|
38.95
|
1.15
|
3.77
|
1.09
|
0.032
|
|
And
|
|
56.10
|
59.15
|
3.05
|
10.01
|
2.20
|
0.064
|
|
And
|
|
124.00
|
124.75
|
0.75
|
2.46
|
1.19
|
0.035
|
|
GY08-25
|
202.10
|
122.04
|
123.08
|
1.04
|
3.41
|
3.02
|
0.088
|
|
GY08-24
|
172.70
|
58.80
|
60.90
|
2.10
|
6.89
|
1.41
|
0.041
|
|
GY08-23
|
113.99
|
3.40
|
8.12
|
4.72
|
15.49
|
3.47
|
0.101
|
|
� Includes
|
|
7.00
|
8.12
|
1.12
|
3.67
|
8.62
|
0.251
|
|
And
|
|
55.17
|
56.48
|
1.31
|
4.30
|
3.93
|
0.115
|
|
And
|
|
70.16
|
72.20
|
2.04
|
6.69
|
1.22
|
0.036
|
|
And
|
|
100.80
|
107.10
|
6.30
|
20.67
|
0.90
|
0.026
|
|
GY08-22
|
117.34
|
8.34
|
12.12
|
3.78
|
12.40
|
3.52
|
0.103
|
|
� Includes
|
|
8.34
|
9.10
|
0.76
|
2.49
|
15.70
|
0.458
|
|
And
|
|
58.48
|
60.76
|
2.28
|
7.48
|
2.13
|
0.062
|
|
� Includes
|
|
60.48
|
60.76
|
0.28
|
0.92
|
15.20
|
0.443
|
|
And
|
|
90.50
|
94.95
|
4.45
|
14.60
|
1.63
|
0.047
|
|
�Includes
|
|
92.07
|
92.76
|
0.69
|
2.26
|
5.20
|
0.152
|
|
And
|
|
111.25
|
113.08
|
1.83
|
6.00
|
0.96
|
0.028
|
|
GY08-21
|
166.10
|
7.70
|
9.25
|
1.55
|
5.09
|
2.10
|
0.061
|
|
And
|
|
14.00
|
15.40
|
1.40
|
4.59
|
1.13
|
0.033
|
|
And
|
|
20.50
|
23.00
|
2.50
|
8.20
|
0.67
|
0.020
|
|
And
|
|
50.00
|
60.80
|
10.80
|
35.43
|
2.12
|
0.062
|
|
�
Includes
|
|
50.00
|
54.20
|
4.20
|
13.78
|
3.04
|
0.089
|
|
�
Includes
|
|
58.40
|
60.80
|
2.40
|
7.87
|
3.07
|
0.090
|
|
�And
|
|
108.60
|
110.20
|
1.60
|
5.25
|
1.68
|
0.049
|
|
GY08-20
|
95.63
|
69.74
|
70.64
|
0.90
|
2.95
|
0.93
|
0.027
|
|
�And
|
|
91.72
|
92.57
|
0.85
|
2.79
|
3.60
|
0.105
|
2008 Freegold Mountain
Program
A total of 97 holes, totaling
22,773 m (74,695 feet) were drilled between April and August at the
Freegold Mountain Project. Results are pending on 83 holes,
following this release.
Nucleus Zone
The Nucleus Zone, located 17
km to the west from the Goldy Zone, was originally identified as a low
grade bulk tonnage near surface gold target.� A total of 53 holes were drilled in
2008 in the Nucleus Zone (13,287 m/45,352 feet).� Results received from 6 holes initially
drilled in the Nucleus in 2008 indicate the presence of gold-rich
(abundant visible gold in some samples) sulphide lenses in addition to
the vein hosted epithermal mineralization.� The high grade lenses returned 3.25 m
(10.66 feet) of 100.69 g/t (2.94 oz/ton) gold within 37.80 m (124.02
feet) of 10.41 g/t (0.30 oz/ton) gold and 2.34 m (4.04 feet) of 92.74 g/t
(2.70 oz/ton) gold within 46.96 m (154.07 feet) of 9.60 g/t (0.28 oz/ton)
gold (see press releases dated June 9, 2008 and July 29, 2008).� Results are� pending from 46 holes.�
Tinta Zone
The Tinta Zone, located 6 km to the east
from the Goldy Zone, is a high grade gold-silver-copper polymetallic vein
system.� The 2008 program is
focused on drilling the vein system such that a NI 43-101 compliant
resource may be calculated at the Tinta Zone, upon receipt of
results.� A total of 17 holes
totaling 3,807 m (12,487 feet) have been drilled.� Results are pending on all 17 holes.
Stoddart Zone
Upon completion of the
initial phase of drilling at the Goldy Zone, the diamond drill moved to
the Stoddart Zone, located 9 km from the Nucleus Zone, and 8 km from the
Goldy Zone.� Two holes, testing a
soil geochemical anomaly, drilled at the end of the 2007 program
intersected porphyry style mineralization at the Stoddart Zone.� A total of 10 holes totaling 2560 m
(8,397 feet) have been drilled in 2008 to expand upon the 2007 discovery
of porphyry mineralization.� Results
are pending on all 10 holes.
Ridge Zone
High grade gold-silver-copper
mineralization was discovered in mineralization at the Ridge Zone in
2007. The Ridge Zone is located 1 km to the west of the Stoddart
Zone.� In 2008, 9 drill holes
totaling 1,079 m (3,539 feet) have been completed to test the
mineralization within the trenching from 2007.� Results are pending on all 9 holes.
Freegold Mountain Project
The Freegold Mountain Project is a road
accessible district scale property that covers 166 square km (64 square
miles). Within the project expanse are at least 20 known mineralized
zones, some with historical resource estimates (not compliant with NI
43-101). Northern Freegold is actively drilling on five of those zones
(2% of the total project area), two of which to calculate NI 43-101
resource calculations at the end of the 2008 program (Nucleus and Tinta),
and 3 of which are still at an exploration stage (Goldy, Stoddart,
Ridge).
The district scale Freegold Mountain
Project is situated within the Dawson Range portion of the Tintina Gold
Belt, characterized by plutonic rocks of the 100 million year old
Cretaceous Dawson Range Batholith and early Jurassic metaplutonic rocks,
intruding Devonian metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of the
Yukon-Tanana Terrane.� The Dawson
Range is a well-mineralized belt over 100 km long, extending from Mount
Freegold northwesterly to the Casino copper-gold porphyry deposit.� This belt is transected by the
west-northwest trending Big Creek Fault, which provides the locus for
many mineral occurrences including placer gold deposits, porphyry
gold-copper mineralization, gold veins and breccias bodies.� The Freegold Mountain Project covers a
35 km long section of this belt.
�Quality
Control and Assurance
The holes were drilled by a skid mounted
diamond drill with NTW core size (5.6 cm/2.2 inches in diameter).� All core samples from diamond drilling
are split and sent to EcoTech Laboratory in Whitehorse for sample preparation
and then to EcoTech Laboratory in Kamloops for analysis. Blanks,
commercial standards and duplicate core samples are included in each
batch. Gold is analysed on 30 gram pulps by fire assay followed by four
acid total digestion and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS). Gold
values greater than 1000 ppb are analysed by gravimetric fire assay.
Other elements are analyzed by 29 element ICP analysis after four acid
total digestion. Additional check analyses and assays will be carried out
by ALS Chemex in North Vancouver.�
Intervals reported in this release do not necessarily represent
true widths of mineralization.
The technical information disclosed in
this release has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Fabrizio Colombo,
P.Geo.
Northern Freegold is a well financed Canadian-based
resource exploration and development company which relies on local
expertise and strong management to focus on development of economic
reserves on the district-scale Freegold Mountain Project in the Yukon and
Arizona.
Northern
Freegold Resources Ltd.
On
behalf of the Board of Directors
Signed
"Bill Harris"
Bill
Harris
CEO
& COO
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statements including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and
content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations, receipt of
property titles, potential mineral recovery processes, etc.� Forward-looking statements address future
events and conditions and therefore, involve inherent risks and
uncertainties.� Actual results may
differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.