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Firestone drills 33 m of 22% Zn at Torlong Hill
2006-06-02 12:26 ET - News Release
Ms. Lori Walton reports
FIRESTONE ANNOUNCES IMPRESSIVE ZINC GRADES FROM TORLON HILL DRILL PROGRAM
Firestone Ventures Inc.'s hole TH06-16, drilled on the Torlon Hill property in Guatemala, has significantly increased the known extent of the high-grade zinc mineralization. Results from hole TH06-16, one of the final eight holes in the company's spring 2006 diamond drilling program (22 holes totalling 1,442 metres), reveal an extension of the zone containing potentially viable zinc grades by at least 75 metres to the south from previously reported hole TH06-12.
Results for diamond drill holes TH06-1 to TH06-14 were previously recorded and include some spectacular intersections of high-grade zinc mineralization. Of 859 drill core samples collected during the program, 18 returned greater than 30 per cent zinc over 1.5 metres. Many drill intercepts also include significant lead values, to a maximum of 4 per cent lead across 13.7 metres (hole TH06-8). Silver values are up to 31.7 grams per tonne silver over 3.5 metres (hole TH06-7). Firestone is earning a 100-per-cent interest in the road-accessible 150-hectare (370.6-acre) Torlon Hill (oxide) zinc project located 12 kilometres northwest of Huehuetenango, located on the Pan American Highway in western Guatemala.