News Drilling started White Gold DistrictSmash Minerals Corp.: Drill Program Commences on Whiskey Property
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 24, 2011) -Smash Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SSH) (the "Company" or "Smash")announces that a diamond drilling program has commenced to test targetsidentified by an exploration program on its 100 percent owned WhiskeyGold Property (the "Property"), located in the White Gold District ofwest-central Yukon Territory, Canada. The Property occupies 4,177 claimscovering an area of 846 square kilometres covering the placer gold-richBlack Hills and Barker creeks.
Since last public reporting, August 17, 2011, an additional1,992 assays have been received from soil, rock grab, and channelsamples. Year to date, a total of 11,179 assays have been received.
The following is a summary of these results from the initial targeted zones on the Property.
Bowmore Zone
Drilling is underway at the Bowmore Prospect targeting astructural intersection with epithermal-style quartz veins cuttingmeta-gabbro host-rock coincident with a 1,300 metre northwest-trendinggold-in-soil anomaly. Soil values at Bowmore range from detection limitto 1.53 g/t Au, including 0.10, 0.17 and 0.26 g/t Au, in addition tovalues previously reported.
Bushmills Zone
As reported in the August 11, 2011 news release, trenching atthe Bushmills Zone has uncovered a significant sercite-quartz-pyritealteration zone at the intersection of an east-west fault and anorth-northwest trending structural fabric within felsic orthogneiss.Anomalous gold values in grab rock samples up to 1.3 g/t and a distinctpathfinder element anomaly (silver, lead, molybdenum, bismuth, andtellurium) in both soil and rock define this zone.
Ben Nevis Zone
The newly defined Ben Nevis zone is a north-trendingstructural corridor of brecciated quartz veins and sericitically alteredfelsic orthogneiss. Gold mineralization has been identified from soilassays ranging from detection limit to 0.15 g/t Au with 1.40 g/t Ag.Channel sampling from trenches have returned encouraging results rangingfrom detection limit to 0.29 g/t Au. Grab samples of brecciated quartzveins from within this zone return values from detection limit to 3.03g/t Au.
Glen Breton Zone
The Glen Breton zone, two kilometres north along strike ofthe Bowmore prospect, is characterized by a north-trending structurallineament containing brecciated quartz veins, high-density stockworkquartz veining, and strong sericite alteration of felsic orthogneiss.Disseminated pyrite and secondary copper mineralization, is focused inbrecciated quartz veins and altered wall rock. Rock samples from thearea returned gold values ranging from detection limit to 3.19 g/t Au.Further soil, rock grab, and trench channel assay results are pending.
Highland Park Zone
The Highland Park zone occurs in the same style of alteredand brecciated felsic orthogneiss and quartz veining characteristic ofboth, Bushmills and Ben Nevis zones. Highly anomalous mercury and silverwith minor gold identified in soil from Highland Park may indicate highlevel mineralization in a vertically zoned system located in thenortheast portion of Smash Minerals' claims. Drilling at Highland Parkis aimed to intercept gold mineralization at depth. The Highland Park,Glen Breton, and Ben Nevis zones are clearly defined as intersectingnorthwest- and east-west-trending magnetic lows interpreted as majorstructures that are coincident with brecciated quartz veining andsiliceous alteration mantled by intense sericite-limonite alterationwithin felsic gneiss host-rock.
Drilling is expected to continue into late September testingseveral targets. Bowmore, Bushmills, Ben Nevis, Glen Breton, andHighland Park are ranked on present data but may be reprioritisedfollowing receipt of additional assay results.
The exploration program is being directed by Adrian Fleming,CEO and a director of Smash and formerly CEO of Underworld Resources(now Kinross Gold Corp.). Overall technical guidance for the programincluding specialist expertise in geology, geochemistry, and geophysicsis being provided by Revelation Geoscience. A significant proportion ofSmash's technical team formerly worked for Underworld Resources and wasresponsible for the first discovery in the White Gold District, Yukon,being the Golden Saddle discovery in 2008.
A comprehensive QA/QC program is in place to monitorprecision and accuracy of the assay results. All soil and rock samplesare submitted with certified reference materials. Soil sample duplicatesare routinely collected, and pulp duplicates are obtained for both soiland rock samples. Soil samples are analyzed by Acme AnalyticalLaboratories Ltd. using an aqua regia digestion and a 15 g charge forridge and spur samples and a 30 g charge for grid samples. Rock samplesare analyzed by SGS Minerals Services. Gold analyses are by fire assayusing a 50 g charge and an atomic absorption spectrometry finish. Goldassays greater than 3 g/t are routinely re-assayed using a gravimetricfinish to confirm initial atomic absorption results. Both Acme and SGSlaboratories are ISO 9001 accredited.
Phil Smerchanski, P.Geo., Principal Consultant - Geology,Revelation Geoscience Ltd., is a Qualified Person and has reviewed thetechnical content of this press release.
Additional information and maps displaying Smash Minerals'results to date and the identified drill targets can be viewed on theCompany website at: www.smashminerals.com