Belize---NR
Erin Ventures starts field exploration at Ceibo Chico
2007-05-14 12:35 ET - News Release
Mr. Blake Fallis reports
2007 EXPLORATION PROGRAM UNDERWAY ON BELIZE GOLD PROPERTY
Erin Ventures Inc.'s 2007 field exploration is currently under way on the Ceibo Chico gold prospect in Belize. The goal of this exploration season is to establish drill targets within the two-kilometre-wide zone of intrusive and meta-sedimentary rocks within the upstream portion of the Ceibo Chico River system. It was within this zone that the discovery of the quartz vein system containing significant free gold and sulphides (named Copal-1) was found.
Exploration during the 2007 field season will include the following activities to allow for the identification of drill targets:
channel sampling of the cliff faces at the Copal-1 site performed perpendicular to the bedding and the vein direction. The samples will be sent for geochemical analysis. The sampling will reveal whether the gold values extend into the host rocks;
a program of "ridge and spur" soil sampling in the ridge area between the two main drainages (the Ceibo Chico Creek and the Chiquibul Creek). Soil samples will be collected every 50 metres and analyzed for Au plus 30 elements;
trench across zones of anomalous soil values identified by soil geochemistry;
conduct channel sampling of any altered and mineralized zones that are exposed in the trenches;
perform additional prospecting in the Ceibo Chico and Chiquibul drainage systems, with particular attention paid to the sampling of float blocks that are altered (silicified), to help locate the potential source of the residual gold being recovered in both of these drainage systems which run parallel to and on either side of a two-kilometre-wide ridge. These samples will be sent for geochemical analysis; and
acquire and review all previous data from Belize that may have been completed by other companies and government agencies. Of particular interest is any regional stream sediment data which may lead to the identification of additional target areas.