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Golden Predator Intersects 11.12 gpt Gold over 25.40 m including
52.35 gpt Gold over 2.70 m from the Tom Zone at Gold (Scheelite)
Dome, YT
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Vancouver, British Columbia, November 16, 2009: Golden Predator Royalty
& Development Corp. (TSX-V:GPD) (the "Company") is pleased to report
assays from 14
Diamond drill holes completed this summer at the Gold
(Scheelite) Dome Project. Six of the holes, drilled in the Tom Zone
along the north slope of Sabbath Creek, were targeting an area of
auriferous calc-silcate alteration first drilled by Golden Patriot
Mining Inc. which completed 310 meters of drilling in five drill holes
during the 2003 field season. With the intersection this summer of
11.12 grams per tonne gold from 10.25-35.65 m in drill hole GD09-007,
the Tom Zone has gained importance as a primary focus for the 2010
field season. The Tom Zone is one of several distinct gold targets
identified to date within the 30 square kilometer soil geochemical
anomaly present at Gold (Scheelite) Dome. The Company is planning an
accelerated campaign next year to further evaluate the numerous known
gold targets as well as identify additional gold targets within the
very large anomaly area.
Drilling at the Tom Zone formed part of a larger Phase 1 drilling
campaign on the Project undertaken by True North Mining Corp., the
Company's wholly-owned Yukon subsidiary, which also included first time
drilling at the Toby and Hawthorne Vein Zones. Each of the six holes
(1,173 m) drilled at Tom returned gold values >1 gpt. The Tom Zone
drilling targeted extensions of gold mineralization intersected in
Diamond drill core during Golden Patriot's 2003 exploration program and
was designed in particular to follow up the previous best intersection
from that program of 6.40 m at 7.09 gpt Au from 5.00 m in
Diamond drill
hole SH03-30. Drill hole GD09-004 was collared 85 m to the south of
SH03-30, at the location of 2003
Diamond drill hole SH03-31. This 2003
hole was shut down prematurely due to poor recovery and drilling
problems, and was designed to target test pit 97-14, which returned up
to 25,000 ppb Au in grab samples. Drill hole GD09-004 intersected
narrow quartz-sulfide veins and up to 2% coarse-grained arsenopyrite in
partially oxidized phyllite, which returned 1.78 m of 3.50 gpt Au from
5.39 m. The hole also intersected 0.21m of 75.33 gpt Au in partially
oxidized calc-silicate skarn-altered phyllite/quartzite from 5.18 m.
This interval likely represents an intersection through transported
material. However, given the nature of the local topography, it is
unlikely that this material was transported over any great distance,
and this result provides evidence for high grade mineralization in the
immediate Tom Zone area, above drill hole GD09-004.
Hole GD09-005 was drilled 100 m to the north-east of hole SH03-30, and
35 m behind drill hole SH03-29, which previously returned 1.22 m of
5.06 gpt Au from 20.12 m. Hole 005 intersected calc-silicate skarn and
semi-massive to massive, coarse-grained arsenopyrite, with minor pyrite
and pyrrhotite and trace chalcopyrite, which returned a best result of
4.15m of 6.23 gpt Au from 26.77 m, and disseminated and vein-hosted
arsenopyrite associated with tourmaline and actinolite alteration,
which returned 1.95 m of 3.75 gpt Au from 55.7 m. Hole GD09-006 was
drilled 50 m south-east, directly along section, of hole SH03-30, and
also intersected calc-silicate skarn with semi-massive coarse-grained
arsenopyrite. This hole returned a best result of 1.03 m of 21.64 gpt
Au from 13.62 m. Hole GD09-007 was collared on the same setup as 006,
but was oriented 45� to the west, and was designed to target the
mineralization intersected in drill hole 006. Two mineralized
intersections comprising clinopyroxene and tremolite-actinolite
altered phyllite and up to 25% coarse-grained
arsenopyrite+pyrite+pyrrhotite+ chalcopyrite were identified, and
returned best results of 2.70 m of 52.35 gpt Au from 13.00 m and 10.45
m of 12.96 gpt Au from 25.20 m. Holes GD09-008 and 009 were drilled 90
and 25 m west of hole GD09-006, respectively. These were vertical holes
designed to test the possibility of flat-lying mineralization, however,
they did not intersect the zones of skarn-altered semi-massive sulphide
mineralization identified in holes GD09-005, 006 and 007. Minor gold
mineralization in these holes was associated with weak calc-silicate
skarn alteration and quartz veins in silicified phyllite.
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Drill Highlights from Tom Zone - Gold (Scheelite) Dome Project, YT
Assay Intervals greater than 1 gpt
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Interval,
Drill Hole # From, m To, m m Au, gpt Au, opt
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GD09-004 5.18 7.16(1) 1.98 10.87 0.32
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GD09-005 21.34 30.92 9.58 2.56 0.07
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Including 27.44 30.92 3.48 5.39 0.16
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Including 30.01 30.92 0.91 12.59 0.37
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GD09-005 55.70 57.63 1.93 2.46 0.07
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GD09-005 161.99 163.15(2) 1.16 1.17 0.03
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GD09-006 13.62 15.54 1.92 11.55 0.34
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Including 13.62 14.65 1.03 21.64 0.63
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GD09-007 10.25 35.65(3) 25.40 11.12 0.32
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Including 10.25 18.60 8.35 17.56 0.51
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Including 13.00 15.70 2.70 52.35 1.53
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Including 25.20 35.65 10.45 12.96 0.38
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Including 26.65 27.91 1.26 21.87 0.64
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Including 30.97 33.92 2.95 19.08 0.56
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GD09-007 240.15 243.25 3.10 1.12 0.03
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GD09-008 59.93 61.49 1.56 1.23 0.04
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GD09-008 64.61 66.60 1.99 1.00 0.03
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GD09-009 77.90 79.67 1.77 1.00 0.03
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(1) Includes first recovered core interval from 5.18-5.39 m which appears
less oxidized and may be locally transported.
(2) Part of a larger interval assaying 0.49 gpt over 12.14 m.
(3) Includes 9.50 m interval starting at 15.70 m that assays less than 500
ppb Au.
Gold mineralization at Tom is apparently associated with calc-silicate
skarn that is partially retrograde altered and contains significant
amounts of arsenopyrite, pyrrhotite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite.
Preliminary petrographic analyses have identified relict
clinopyroxene-plagioclase partly altered to tremolite-actinolite,
variable quartz, biotite or phlogopite, local carbonate, and sericite,
as well as scheelite. Gold mineralization is, at least in part,
associated with geochemical enrichment in W-As-Bi-Te-Ag-Se.
The remaining eight holes were drilled on the Hawthorne
quartz--arsenopyrite-stibnite-scorodite Vein and represent the first
drilling at this occurrence. The Hawthorne Vein was originally staked
and identified in 1916, and was explored by hand and mechanical
trenching intermittently between 1933 and 1965, then again 1997, when
Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc. trenched along the Vein footwall
while exploring for a bulk mineable gold deposit. The Company has
completed eight closely-spaced shallow drill holes to explore for gold
mineralization within the Vein and to work out vein geometry. The Vein
contains up to 5% arsenopyrite+pyrite and possibly stibnite and 1%
scorodite with narrower quartz-sulphide veinlets also observed in the
footwall to the Vein. Highlights from this drilling include:
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Drill Highlights from the Hawthorne Vein - Gold (Scheelite) Dome Project, YT
Assay Intervals greater than 1 gpt
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Interval,
Drill Hole # From, m To, m m Au, gpt Au, opt
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GD09-010 56.39 57.93 1.54 1.43 0.04
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GD09-012 20.00 22.15 2.15 3.79 0.11
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GD09-012 48.96 50.40 1.44 1.92 0.06
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GD09-013 48.68 50.39 1.71 2.29 0.07
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GD09-014 14.20 27.43 13.23 1.40 0.04
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GD09-015 24.35 25.81 1.46 2.81 0.08
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GD09-015 36.35 38.87 2.52 5.17 0.15
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GD09-015 92.77 94.37 1.60 2.34 0.07
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GD09-016 14.74 16.46 1.72 1.96 0.06
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Results of the drilling indicate that the Hawthorne Vein is a complex
structure that pinches and swells and appears to have some development
of anastamosing secondary veinlets in its footwall. During the winter
drilling hiatus, the Company's geologists will review known structural
and geochemical data for the Hawthorne area to determine what, if any,
follow up work is warranted for this showing in 2010.
Further information about Gold (Scheelite) Dome, including a geologic
description of the property, as well as information on the Company's
other Yukon projects can be found in the Company's news release dated
September 28, 2009.
Quality Assurance - Quality Control
ACME Analytical Laboratories of Vancouver, B.C. performed all sample
preparation and analyses. Core samples were logged and sampled at the
Project site under the supervision of the Project Geologist and then
expedited in sealed bags to Whitehorse where they were shipped via
common carrier to Vancouver. After being received and logged in at the
laboratory, a 2 kg split of core was dried then crushed to 80% -10
mesh. A 250 g split was then pulverized to 85% -200 mesh.
A 15 g split of each sample was analyzed by ICP-MS after aqua regia
digestion to yield a 37 element scan. All samples yielding greater
than 500 ppb gold then underwent a 30 g fire assay with an ICP-ES
finish.
QA/QC procedures followed for the
Diamond drilling program include
submittal of assay standards for analysis approximately every 30
samples as well as a blank and a duplicate sample of quarter core at
approximately the same frequency.
All assays are reported as drilled width and are not to be interpreted
as true widths. Dr. Art Ettlinger, P.Geo. & Vice-President of
Corporate Development is the Qualified Person for the above Project and
is responsible for the technical content of this news release.
About Golden Predator Royalty & Development Corp.
Golden Predator's corporate mandate is to establish a self-funded
precious metals exploration company with an immediate focus on
exploring for and developing world class gold deposits in the Yukon's
Tintina Gold Belt, where the Company is aggressively exploring its Gold
(Scheelite) Dome, Antimony Mountain and Brewery Creek Projects. Brewery
Creek, a permitted former producer, hosts an indicated resource of 3.98
million tonnes grading 1.135 gpt Au (145,000 oz) and an inferred
resource of 2.2 million tonnes grading 2.01 gpt Au (143,000 oz) using a
cutoff grade of 0.5 gpt Au (Simpson, 2009).
The Company's Yukon operations are supported by four divisions: the
Royalty Division partially self-finances the Company's exploration
activities through its passive royalty stream, holding 29 properties.
The Advanced Assets Division includes the Taylor Mine and Mill which
hosts a 43-101 silver resource, as well as the Company's Alkalic Gold
program in Wyoming and the Lewis-Phoenix and Bonterra joint ventures.
The Nevada Division is drilling a number of its properties with
bonanza-style gold mineralization, including Angel's Camp, Adelaide and
Golden Ridge, to identify one or more targets for the near term
production of small-tonnage high grade ores. The Company intends,
through its strategic use of modular mills at its Taylor and Humboldt
mill sites, to become a mid-tier precious metals producer. The Non-Core
Assets Division is responsible for disposing of non-core properties to
augment the Company's treasury and royalty portfolio.
For additional information:
Golden Predator Royalty & Development Corp.
William Sheriff, Chairman & CEO (604) 648-GOLD
John Legg, President (604) 648-4653
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