ValGold Resources Ltd. ("ValGold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce results from the last three drill holes of the 2009 diamond drill program on its 100%-owned Garrison gold property located in north eastern Ontario. Northern Gold Mining Limited ("Northern Gold", TSX-V: NGM) is the operator of the exploration program and is in the first year of an option agreement under which it is earning its interest in the Garrison gold property from ValGold. For more information on the option agreement, please see ValGold's news release dated September 14, 2009.
During 2009, eleven diamond drill holes totalling 2,333 metres ("m") were completed as a first step towards developing a resource calculation for the Garrcon shaft zones. The drill program involved step out and infill drilling on a minimum spacing of 25 to 30m. Multiple occurrences of visible gold were observed as fine disseminations in ten of the eleven holes drilled.
To date, the Garrcon shaft zones have been drilled over a strike length of 195m (640 feet), but the zones could continue for 500m (1600 feet) on strike as indicated by drilling by previous operators in 1987. The shaft zones have also been successfully tested to vertical depths beyond 200m (650 feet) in C-06-07 by ValGold, where 3.48 g/t Au was intersected over 13.5m at a down-hole depth of 275.5m.
The following table highlights the gold zone intersections in the holes: GAR-09-03A, -09 and -10:
HOLE ID |
FROM (m) |
TO (m) |
LENGTH (m) |
GRADE (g/t) |
ZONE |
GAR-09-03A |
36.0 |
64.0 |
28.0 |
1.01 |
Shaft B |
Including |
46.0 |
58.0 |
12.0 |
1.60 |
|
including |
56.0 |
56.5 |
0.5 |
8.50 * |
|
GAR-09-03A |
93.0 |
94.0 |
1.0 |
1.13 |
|
GAR-09-03A |
129.0 |
130.0 |
1.0 |
1.60 |
Shaft C |
GAR-09-03A |
142.0 |
143.0 |
1.0 |
1.05 |
Shaft C |
GAR-09-03A |
159.5 |
161.5 |
2.0 |
3.03 * |
South Zone |
GAR-09-09 |
35.0 |
36.0 |
1.0 |
2.36 |
|
GAR-09-09 |
82.0 |
83.0 |
1.0 |
1.04 |
North B |
GAR-09-09 |
103.0 |
132.0 |
29.0 |
4.90 |
North A+DZ |
Including |
112.0 |
132.0 |
20.0 |
6.74 |
North A+DZ |
Including |
112.0 |
117.0 |
5.0 |
14.67 |
|
Including |
115.5 |
116.5 |
1.0 |
33.22g * |
|
and |
131.0 |
132.0 |
1.0 |
14.33 |
|
GAR-09-10 |
18.0 |
19.0 |
1.0 |
0.90 |
|
GAR-09-10 |
62.0 |
63.0 |
1.0 |
0.98 |
|
GAR-09-10 |
70.0 |
71.0 |
1.0 |
2.29 |
|
Note: All widths are down-hole thickness; *-visible gold observed in sample interval
GAR-09-03A was designed to test the Shaft zones east of the Garrcon shaft. GAR-09-09 was designed to test the north zones. GAR-09-10 was far removed from the other ten drill holes and was testing possible extensions of the Garrcon shaft zones east of the Garrcon shaft.
GAR-09-03A was drilled south and collared 100m (330 feet) east of the Garrcon shaft. This hole was advanced 10m in front of GAR-09-03 which finished in mine workings on the 73m level. Multiple occurrences of visible gold were noted in the shaft zones.
GAR-09-09 was drilled north and was designed to test the north zones 30m above GAR-09-01. A broad high grade interval was intersected in the north A and DZ including one sample with visible gold. This high grade interval correlates with a 22.0m intersection in GAR-09-01 which graded 4.21 grams per tonne gold ("g/t Au").
GAR-09-10 was drilled south and collared 500m east of the Garrcon shaft. This hole was designed to test possible extensions of the Garrcon shaft zones along strike. Several low grade sections were intersected which roughly correlate with the Garrcon shaft zones.
Northern Gold reported in a news release dated March 4th 2010 that with the results from the 2009 drill program it is defining targets for Phase II drilling on the Garrison gold property.
For further information on ValGold and its portfolio of exploration projects and joint ventures, visit the Company's website at
www.valgold.com.
Stephen J. Wilkinson
President and Chief Executive Officer
ValGold Resources Ltd.Tel: (604) 687-4622 Fax: (604) 687-4212
Email:
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