I expect...there are palns to drill in the next few weeks before the end of the season.....
From web site..... (emphasis mine)
SUMMER DRILLING PROGRAM
VICTORIA, BC, July 10, 2006 – Newcastle Minerals Ltd. (TSXV:NCM) is pleased to announce the commencement of brushing and clearing of existing helipads and geochemical surveyed lines on the Snip North Property in preparation of a .......""1500 meter diamond drill program scheduled to be completed by early fall, 2006"".
Snip North Property
The Snip North Property is located immediately to the north of the SNIP Mine. Several previous phases of exploration have been carried out and comprised mainly geological mapping, trenching, geochemical surveys (heavy mineral, silt, soil and rock), and lesser amounts of prospecting, geophysical surveys (VLF and EM - both ground and airborne) and 56 diamond drill holes. The Gorge showing was evaluated by a number of drill holes – both on the area covered by the Newcastle’s Snip North claim and the area immediately to the west. The Gorge showing, which straddles the Snip North western claim boundary confirmed the presence of significant gold grades (>15 grams per tonne) over substantial widths (>2.0 metres). An analysis of the drill results indicates that the gold-bearing structures are disjointed and/or are developed along more than one attitude.
A large zone of porphyry copper and molybdenum mineralization has been identified near the center of the property. Several holes intersected abundant disseminated and stringer veins of chalcopyrite with significant amounts of molybdenum mineralization from the surface to the bottom of the hole. The porphyry zone is enveloped by a broad pyrite halo containing gold and copper values. To the north and northwest, the disseminated pyrite mineralization abruptly changes to mineralized shear zones carrying quartz and sulphide veins.
The porphyry copper/molybdenum mineralization embodies a first class target. A large ovoid magnetic feature encompasses the known mineralization and suggests that the porphyry mineralization has the potential to be quite large. The possible extensions to the high-grade Gorge vein system also represent significant targets. In addition, there are several small gold-in-soil geochemical anomalies, which have not yet been investigated but represent valid exploration targets. Previous workers have noted that magnetite is associated with several of the showings.
This press release has been prepared under the supervision of Mr. David G. DuPre, P.Geo., who serves as the qualified person for this project under National Instrument 43-101.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Signed “Kevin Whelan_”
Kevin C. Whelan, President
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