Mr. Akiko Levinson reports
GOLD CANYON CONTINUES TO EXPAND THE PORTAGE ZONE AT SPRINGPOLE-HOLE SP10-022 INTERCEPTS 223 METERS AT 1.45 GRAMS PER TONNE GOLD
Gold Canyon Resources Inc. has intersected a very long intercept of gold mineralization in hole SP10-022, comprising 223 metres at 1.45 grams per tonne (g/t) gold (731 feet at 0.042 ounce per ton gold), including 27 metres at 4.64 g/t gold (89 feet at 0.135 ounce per ton gold), which extends the Portage zone an additional 50 metres southeast. This hole was lost at 396 metres in broken ground before it could reach its targeted depth. Hole SP10-024 twinned SP10-022 and reached its targeted depth, and assays are expected back soon. The Springpole gold project is 100 per cent controlled by the company and is located in the Red Lake mining district of Ontario, Canada.
Hole SP10-022, which was collared approximately 50 metres southeast of hole
SP10-019 (307 metres at 1.44 g/t gold, as announced in the company's news in Stockwatch on Nov. 2, 2010), intersected 223 metres at 1.45 g/t gold (731 feet at 0.042 ounce per ton gold), including 27 metres at
4.64 g/t gold (89 feet at 0.135 ounce per ton gold). Hole SP10-022 was drilled at an azimuth of 220 degrees true north and an inclination
of minus 45 degrees, parallel to hole SP10-019. Because hole SP10-022 did not
reach its intended depth, a twin hole, SP10-024, was drilled nearby and
successfully reached a targeted depth of 506 metres.
Hole SP10-022 extends the Portage zone another 50 metres southeast.
This hole demonstrates good continuity of mineralization in this part of
the Portage zone. Holes SP10-022 and SP10-024 are the southeast-most holes
drilled by the company in 2010. The Portage zone is wide open to the
southeast; this extension will be the focus of drilling this winter.
The strike length of the northwesterly striking Portage zone presently
stands at approximately 950 metres. In the vicinity of SP10-022, this
zone is believed to be dipping 75 degrees to the southwest to near
vertical. Because SP10-022 did not reach its targeted depth, the true
width of the zone cannot be estimated. Pending results from hole SP10-024, the twin of SP10-022, should allow estimation of the true width of
the Portage zone in this area.
Results from the remaining eight holes from this summer's drill program
are due back from the lab by mid-December. Hole SP10-024 is a longer
twin of SP10-022. Holes SP10-026 and SP10-29 test the Portage zone in areas
below holes SP10-007, SP10-009 and SP10-011 (see the company's news in Stockwatch on Aug. 16, 2010, and Aug. 30,
2010) at the northwest end of the Portage zone. Hole SP10-028 tests the middle portion of the zone. Three other holes -- SP10-021, SP10-023
and SP10-025 -- test other targets on the property. Hole SP10-027 was
terminated at 115 metres when the drill hole deviated off course and
thus was unable to reach its intended target zone. In total, the company
has drilled approximately 10,300 metres of diamond core at Springpole in
2010.
Silver assays have returned from holes SP10-012 and SP10-016 (see the accompanying tables). Silver was never routinely analyzed at Springpole in the past,
but the company now conducts systematic assaying of silver on all new
holes. The Portage zone demonstrates appreciable silver such as hole
SP10-012, 133 metres at 8.55 g/t silver (436 feet at 0.250
ounce per ton silver). Silver-to-gold ratios from the Portage zone
generally range from 2.5:1 to 11:1.
Plans are being made for the winter 2011 diamond drill program. The
company is planning an aggressive drill program, financed by the recently
completed $6-million financing (see news in Stockwatch dated Oct. 29,
2010), to further evaluate the size of the Portage zone. The company has planned up to 10,000
metres of drilling using three diamond core rigs
beginning in early January, 2011, weather permitting.
"The Portage zone continues to deliver consistent drill results," comments Dr. Quinton Hennigh, technical adviser to Gold Canyon. "Hole SP10-022 is the southeast-most hole drilled by Gold Canyon to date. We feel confident our upcoming winter drill program will continue to expand this very large gold system. We are also pleased to see consistently high silver from the Portage zone. Our silver assays suggest that, in essence, we are finding a few ounces of silver for every ounce of gold."
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT INTERVALS IN HOLE SP10-022
From To Length Gold Length Gold
Hole (m) (m) (m) (g/t) (ft) (oz/t)
SP10-022 155 378 223 1.45 731 0.042
includes 180 207 27 4.64 89 0.135
(1) Poor to no core recovery was experienced from 378 metres to the end of
the hole at 396 metres, where the hole was lost in broken ground.
(2) Hole SP10-024 twinned SP10-022 and was drilled to 506 metres depth.
Assays are pending.
(3) Reported intervals apply a cut-off of 0.34 g/t gold (0.01 ounce per
ton gold).
(4) Weighted averages were used to calculate all the reported intervals.
(5) Internal dilution within reported intervals does not exceed core
lengths of 12 metres.
(6) One troy ounce equals 31.103 grams.
(7) Conversion factor -- g/t to troy ounces per short ton; g/t divided
by 34.2857 or g/t multiplied by 0.0292.
(8) One metre equals 3.28 feet.
GOLD AND SILVER INTERVALS FROM HOLES SP10-012 AND SP10-016
Previously Previously
announced announced
From To Length Au Ag Length Au Ag Ag-to-Au
Hole (m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t) (ft) (oz/t) (oz/t) ratio
SP10-012 275 408 133 0.79 8.55 436 0.023 0.250 10.9
includes 275 284 9 2.54 6.06 30 0.074 0.177 2.4
includes 359 362 3 8.76 128.37 10 0.256 3.748 14.6
(1) This hole deviated, and as a result, did not test the full width of the
targeted zone.
(2) Short intervals of no core recovery were encountered at 314 to 317 metres,
329 to 332 metres and 362 to 365 metres.
(3) Zones of no recovery were given zero gold and silver grades in the weighted
averages.
Previously Previously
announced announced
From To Length Au Ag Length Au Ag Ag-to-Au
Hole (m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t) (ft) (oz/t) (oz/t) ratio
SP10-016 181 187 6 0.94 17.42 20 0.027 0.509 18.8
206 511 305 1.03 4.71 1,000 0.030 0.138 4.6
includes 289 463 174 1.35 5.62 571 0.039 0.164 4.2
includes 289 292 3 7.30 58.80 10 0.213 1.717 8.1
includes 312 322 10 2.94 8.72 33 0.086 0.255 3.0
includes 387 397 10 2.08 7.52 33 0.061 0.220 3.6
(1) Hole ends in mineralization.
(2) Short intervals of no core recovery were encountered at 247 to 250 metres
and 445 to 448 metres.
(3) Zones of no recovery were given zero gold and silver grades in the weighted
averages.
(4) Reported intervals apply a cut-off of 0.34 g/t gold (0.01 ounce per ton gold).
(5) Weighted averages were used to calculate all reported intervals.
(6) Internal dilution within reported intervals does not exceed core lengths of
eight metres.
(7) One troy ounce equals 31.103 grams.
(8) Conversion factor -- g/t to troy ounces per short ton; g/t divided by 34.2857
or g/t multiplied by 0.0292.
(9) One metre equals 3.28 feet.
The summer 2010 diamond drill program, now complete, is part of a continuing program of drilling and remodelling of the Springpole deposit to move it toward prefeasibility. Drilling is planned to continue through April, 2011, at which time work will begin on revising the resource estimate for the deposit.
Springpole is an alkaline intrusion hosting a gold system that represents a potentially new style of Canadian Archean Shield gold deposit. Springpole shares many similarities with deposits such as the Cripple Creek gold deposit in Colorado. The Portage zone is hosted by a trachytic porphyry intrusion displaying polyphase autolithic breccias that contain gold mineralization of remarkably uniform grade. Other zones including East Extension, Camp and Main consist of high-grade veins and pods hosted in diatreme breccias composed of intrusive and country rocks. These diatreme breccias surround the northwest and northern margins of the Portage zone. The known mineralized zones underlie a total known area of about four square kilometres, representing only about 15 per cent of the greater alkaline intrusive complex which yet remains to be explored.
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