Premium Exploration Inc. (TSX-V:PEM) (�Premium� or
�the Company�) is making gold discoveries; the Company�s goal is to discover
multiple gold deposits along its 30 km property, an emerging gold district in
Idaho, USA.
The Company is pleased to announce the start of the 2011 exploration field
season; gold-in-soil sampling underway, claims staking, and drilling in
progress.
District-Wide Phase-Four Exploration Program Highlights:
- 3,091 Meters of the +25,000
Meter Drill Program
- 9 drill holes have encountered
alteration & sulphide mineralization
- 550 Gold-in-Soil samples of the
+10,000 sample campaign
- 30% increase in land position
to 172.6 km2
�We are pleased with the progress of Phase-Four Exploration; drilling has
intersected favourable zones, gold-in-soil sampling
is underway, and additional claims have been staked making our property package
one of the largest in Idaho.� Stated Michael Ostenson,
P.Geo., VP Exploration of Premium Exploration.
�Drills will be mobilized shortly to the promising Deadwood Zone to begin
another year of making new discoveries�.
Premium�s strategy of drilling structures identified by geophysics and gold-in
soil trends has led to three gold discoveries and significant resource
development; 343,000 indicated and 779,000 inferred gold ounces are hosted in
just 0.8 km of structure at the Idaho Gold Project to date. This represents
less than 1% of the +60 km of parallel and cross-cutting structures identified
on the property.
Drilling Update:
Buffalo Gulch Zone
- 2
drill-holes in 332.5 meters
- Both holes encountered
alteration & sulphide mineralization
consistent with the �OSZ�
- Drill to return once weather
conditions improve
The target zone at Buffalo Gulch is 4 km of the 12 km
correlating Gold-in-Soil and Airborne Geophysical anomalies along the main 30
km trend.
Drilling at Buffalo Gulch is designed to test the same geological model tested
at the Friday Zone, 20 km south along the 30 km trend, which resulted in 100%
success in drilling and increased the Friday-Petsite
deposit from 549,000 oz inferred to 880,000 inferred and 343,000 oz indicated
gold in Phase-Three.
A historic indicated resource of 110,000 oz gold in 4..8 Mt at 0.8 g/t with 0.4
g/t Au cut-off is hosted along 0.5 km of the 4 km trend and remains open. The
last operator in the 1990�s focused on defining near-surface oxide
mineralization. Targeting gold-in-soil anomalies, they defined the near-surface
oxide deposit via shallow, vertical RC drilling and did not investigate
potential high-grade structural mineralization at depth; Premium�s new
geological model.
Friday
Zone
- 7
drill-holes in 2,758.3 meters
- All drill-holes encountered
alteration & sulphide mineralization
consistent with the �OSZ�
- 2
drill-holes in progress:
- 1 located along the Friday
Fault to the south of the Friday-Petsite
resource zone
- 1 located along the Friday
Fault to the north of the Friday-Petsite
resource zone
Drilling is designed to locate and intersect the Friday Fault at depth, along
strike to the north and south to test 5km of potential strike length identified
by gold-in-soils and geophysics.
The first 7 holes are located within the current Friday-Petsite
resource footprint. Upon successfully locating the Friday Fault at depth (Lower
Block), Premium intends to continue stepping out along strike, out of the
resource footprint.
343,000 oz gold Indicated (11.8 Mt @ 0.90 g/t Au with 0.5 g/t Au cut-off) and
879,000 oz gold Inferred (26.4 Mt @ 1.04 g/t Au with 0.5 g/t Au cut-off) are
hosted along 1.4 km of structure to date; 343,000 oz gold Indicated
and 779,000 oz inferred in just 0.8 km.
Field Season Update:
Gold-In-Soil Sampling:
A total of 550 gold-in-soil samples in the +10,000 sampling program have been
taken along the western portion of the Deadwood Zone to further refine drill
targets planned for the Phase-Four drill program.
This first stage of sampling is focused on the new
�Lucky Strike Structure� previously announced March 29th 2011. The second
stage of the gold-in-soil sampling program will be focused to the west and south
of the Friday-Petsite resource following the OSZ
south to the X Zone.
In-situ gold-in-soil sampling along the Idaho Gold Project has been shown to be
a key exploration tool and an excellent representation of the underlying
bedrock as the region is un-glaciated.
Claim Staking:
A total of 623 new claims have been staked bringing the Idaho Gold Project land
position to 2,127 un-patented lode claims and 5 patented claims for a total of
2,132 claims. The total area has been increased by 30% to 172.6 square
km.
Please click on the map to enlarge it.
Buffalo Gulch
Zone
Friday
Zone
New Land Position &
Drill Plan
Map
Drill Plan Map
Soil Campaign along Lucky Strike
Disclaimer: All estimates of historic gold resources are historical
in nature, predate and are noncompliant with NI 43-101. Premium is not
treating the historical estimate as current mineral resources or reserves.
Premium has not undertaken any independent investigation of the resource
estimates nor has it independently analyzed the results of the previous
exploration work in order to verify the resources, and therefore the historical
estimates should not be relied upon. The historical classes used by Idaho Gold
Corporation, a subsidiary of Bema Gold, are different from current CIM classes,
however, they might be comparable to the CIM inferred or indicated resource
classes.
About Premium Exploration, Inc.
Premium Exploration Inc. (TSX-V:PEM) is focused on gold exploration at its
district-sized land package along the Orogrande Shear
Zone (�OSZ�) in North-Central Idaho, USA; the 4th largest gold producing
country in the world. The �OSZ� is a +30 km regionally-significant trending
structure with multiple known zones of gold mineralization and is similar to
many large gold belts, like the Carlin Trend in Nevada. Armed with a proven
exploration strategy, advancing gold resources, and 30 Km of drill-ready
targets, Premium is well positioned to create shareholder value through
exploration, discovery, and the development of this emerging gold district. For
additional information, please visit us at www.premiumexploration.com.