Mr. William Gee reports
EVOLVING GOLD: DRILLING INTERSECTS HIGH GRADE GOLD IN NEW GOLD TARGET AT RATTLESNAKE HILLS, WYOMING
Evolving Gold Corp. has provided an update on the 2011 drilling at its Rattlesnake
Hills gold property in Wyoming, a joint venture with Agnico-Eagle (USA)
Ltd. Core drilling during 2011 has identified high-grade gold mineralization at a new target at South Stock, identified a
new porphyry target at Northeast Stock, expanded the North Stock
mineralization, and confirmed the porphyry target between North Stock
and Antelope basin. Agnico-Eagle is the manager of the Rattlesnake
Hills joint venture and is financing 100 per cent of the exploration
program.
Summary of results
The 2011 exploration program at Rattlesnake Hills included a total of
8,193 metres (26,880 feet) of core drilling in 24 holes. The results of the
final 13 holes of the program are reported herein.
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South Stock target:
- Exploration drilling has intersected high-grade gold mineralization at
the new South Stock gold target in drill hole RSC-180, 3.1 metres of 9.3 grams per tonne gold. This new gold zone is located 500 metres south of the Antelope basin gold
zone and is hosted by stockwork adularia-dolomite-sulphide veinlets.
Soil and rock chip geochemistry shows gold anomalies over an area
larger than at the North Stock gold zone.
- North Stock gold zone:
- Drilling at the North Stock gold zone has enlarged and confirmed
lateral continuity of grade across the known deposit. Drill holes
intersections include 102.1 metres of 0.69 g/t Au in RSC-170, 62.5 metres of 1.84 g/t Au in RSC-171 and 42.7 metres of 1.13 g/t Au in RSC-175.
- Northeast Stock target:
- The first exploration drill tests of the new Northeast Stock target
(RSC-172, -173 and -174) intersected intensely altered porphyry stocks that
do not outcrop, demonstrating potential for large, hidden,
gold-mineralized porphyry bodies.
- Porphyry target:
- Drill hole RSC-168, in the Porphyry target zone, immediately southeast of North Stock, hosts multiple low- to moderate-grade gold
intercepts in diorite and porphyry intrusions, associated with
stockwork veinlet and intense potassic alteration.
"The 2011 exploration drilling program has continued to intersect new
gold zones and expand on the known gold mineralization at the
Rattlesnake Hills project. We are particularly excited to demonstrate
high-grade gold at South Stock, a new gold zone drilled for the first
time in 2011," commented William Gee, chief executive officer of Evolving Gold. "Surface
work shows that South Stock represents a large new zone of essentially
untested anomalous gold mineralization, close to the centre of this
large gold system. South Stock, Northeast Stock and several
additional new drill targets generated by extensive surface sampling in
2011 will be a focus of our 2012 exploration program."
RATTLESNAKE HILLS PROJECT GOLD ASSAYS
Hole From To Interval Gold Interval Gold
(m) (m) (m) (g/t) (ft) (oz/ton)
RSC-168 259.0 266.7 7.6 2.50 24.9 0.073
387.1 406.9 19.8 0.63 64.9 0.018
605.0 615.7 10.7 0.41 35.0 0.012
RSC-169 198.1 254.5 56.4 0.27 185.0 0.008
RSC-170 126.5 228.6 102.1 0.69 334.9 0.019
Including 164.6 170.7 6.1 1.06 20.0 0.030
Including 187.4 192.0 4.6 1.47 15.1 0.043
Including 202.7 225.6 22.9 1.09 75.1 0.032
RSC-171 166.1 228.6 62.5 1.84 205.0 0.054
Including 187.4 227.0 39.6 2.63 129.9 0.077
Including 195.1 208.8 13.7 6.08 44.9 0.177
RSC-172 246.8 251.4 4.6 0.24 15.1 0.007
RSC-173 None
RSC-174 None
RSC-175 128.0 170.7 42.7 1.13 140.1 0.033
Including 161.5 163.1 1.6 21.50 5.2 0.625
RSC-176 284.9 294.1 9.2 0.99 30.2 0.029
RSC-177 170.7 175.3 4.6 0.32 15.1 0.009
RSC-178 None
RSC-179 202.7 204.2 1.5 0.61 4.9 0.017
RSC-180 199.6 202.7 3.1 9.30 10.2 0.272
Notes:
A cut-off grade of 0.24 g/t Au is used for reporting purposes.
All drill hole averages are weighted averages, weighting each assay interval according
to the core length for that assay interval. All assay intervals are included in the
average, with no bottom cut-off. True widths of mineralization in these drill holes,
at this stage of exploration, are not precisely known.
Drill samples were collected with a diamond core drill. Sample
intervals are 1.5 metres (five feet), but in some instances sample intervals
were based on geology and alteration. Half core was shipped to
American Assay Laboratories in Elko, Nev., for preparation and to
American's facility in Sparks, Nev., for analysis. Gold assays were
determined using standard fire assay techniques on 30-gram pulps with
an atomic absorption finish. Agnico-Eagle quality assurance/quality control included the insertion
of standards and blanks on a regular basis. Check assays were
performed by SGS Minerals Services in Toronto, Ont.
About the Rattlesnake Hills project
Evolving Gold joint ventured its Rattlesnake Hills gold discovery with
Agnico-Eagle on June 27, 2011. Approximately 80,000 metres of core drilling
in 180 holes have been completed on the property in four seasons of
drilling. Agnico-Eagle has the right to earn up to 70-per-cent ownership in
the project by spending $76-million on a combination of cash payments
to Evolving Gold, purchases of Evolving Gold treasury shares and
project work commitments, including the obligation to advance the
project through feasibility. In addition to financing the exploration at
Rattlesnake Hills, Agnico-Eagle brings mining expertise and capital to
the project, allowing Evolving gold to focus on its extensive portfolio
of gold properties in Carlin, Nev.
In
compliance with National Instrument 43-101, the company chief
geologist, Steven R. Koehler, BSc geology, CPG, is the qualified
person responsible for the accuracy of this news release.
We seek Safe Harbor.
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