STRONGBOW
IDENTIFIES TEN GEOCHEMICAL TARGETS AT MIDWAY GOLD PROJECT, SOUTH
CAROLINA
Strongbow Exploration Inc. (SBW: TSXV) is
pleased to provide an update on exploration activities at its Midway gold
project located in South Carolina, USA. Highlights include:
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Results have
been received for over 1,000 geochemical samples collected during the 2010
field program;
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Ten discrete, multi-element geochemical anomalies have been identified
within the Midway properties and represent priority targets for further evaluation
in 2011;
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Seven of the targets are located within the main Midway project area,
including a robust 500 m by 300 m anomaly that is coincident with altered
volcanic and sedimentary rocks exposed in streambeds;
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Exploration is
scheduled to recommence in early February with drilling planned to start in
March 2011.
Initial results have been received
for over 1,000 of approximately 1,300 geochemical samples collected from
October through December 2010, including results covering approximately 90
percent of the Midway project properties. Ten discrete multi-element
geochemical anomalies have been identified, including seven anomalies located
within three kilometres along strike from Romarco s Haile gold mine property.
Geochemical surveys were completed
on a nominal 100 m by 100 m grid and each of the ten anomalies has been defined
by a minimum of five sample stations anomalous in gold plus various
combinations of associated pathfinder elements including Mo, As, S, Pb, Cu and Zn. The highest priority target includes seven
soil samples returning between 107 and 308 ppb gold and covers a 500 m by 300 m
area coincident with previously described hydrothermally altered volcanic and
sedimentary rocks exposed in local stream beds (please see Strongbow
news release #10-07 dated October 21, 2010).
Remaining results from the 2010
exploration program are expected by mid-February, 2011 including final data
from an airborne geophysical survey and geochemical surveys of over 4,000 acres
of prospective private property to which the Company has secured permission to
access.
Exploration of the Midway project is
scheduled to recommence in early February. Initial work will consist of
follow-up geochemical and ground geophysical surveys and drilling. Geochemical
surveys will include infill sampling of identified targets, as well as regional
work intended to identify new prospective areas within the Carolina Slate Belt.
Ground geophysics will include magnetic and induced-polarization (IP) surveys
of the highest priority target areas. An exploration drilling program is
scheduled for March 2011.
About the
Midway gold project
The Midway project consists of
approximately 2,375 acres within the prospective, 16 kilometre (10 mile) Haile-Brewer gold trend in South
Carolina. Most of the properties are located between Romarco Minerals Inc. s (R: TSX) Haile
gold mine and Buzzard exploration properties. Current measured and indicated
resources reported by Romarco for the Haile gold mine consist of 3.1 million ounces gold with
additional inferred resources of 1.1 million ounces gold. Gold mineralization
at the Haile mine, as well as at the nearby past
producing Brewer mine, is hosted within volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the
Carolina Slate Belt (CSB). A preliminary evaluation of the Midway project area
has identified several geological characteristics reportedly associated with
mineralization at the Haile and Brewer gold deposits.
Strongbow is also working to identify and acquire
additional gold targets within the Carolina Slate Belt,
About Strongbow Exploration
Inc.
Strongbow is exploring for gold deposits
within the Carolina Slate Belt of the southeastern United
States, as well as magmatic nickel-copper sulphide deposits
along the Snowbird Tectonic Zone in central Canada.
Strongbow s management and board of directors have a
proven track record of exploration success and a demonstrated ability to raise
the capital required to finance its exploration programs.
All geochemical samples were submitted to Acme Analytical Laboratories
in Vancouver, British
Columbia.
They were analyzed using either a 36 or 53 element ICP mass spectrometer
package, using either a 0.5g or 15g sample size and an aqua regia
digestion. A quality
assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program is in place, with the insertion of
standard, blank and field duplicate samples into the sample stream to confirm
the accuracy of the reported results. Strongbow s exploration programs are
conducted under the supervision of David Gale, P.Geo.(BC), Vice-President of Exploration for Strongbow
and a qualified person under NI 43-101.
STRONGBOW EXPLORATION INC.