2010 HighlightsI think most here are expecting a few more drill results before too long. My guess is that there must still be close to 30 or more holes not yet reported, many of which will no doubt have been done from the barge. I believe that the last NR from Sep 2 was the first to report on a few of the barge drilled holes(good numbers and close to surface.)
So while waiting I thought I would check out MOA's web site on VLake(
https://www.mountain-lake.org/ValentineLake.html ) and noticed that recently a bunch of Highlights from 2010 drilling have been added. When you see the list, it sure becomes very clear and compelling that this deposit has grown into a major resource. Rarely(never?) have I seen such a consistently high grade near surface and almost no miss drilling. Below I have copied this for those who may have also not yet seen this updated web page.
Highlights from the 2010 drilling results to date:
- hole VL-10-165 intersected 38.32 g/t or 1.12 ounces per short ton (oz/ton) Au over a true width of 9 m from a starting depth of 164 m below surface
- VL-10-165 returned the highest grade intersection ever recorded at Valentine Lake with 321.05 g/t (9.36 oz/t) Au over a true width of 0.8 m, including 506.15 g/t (14.76 oz/t) Au over a true width of 0.4 m (see photo righ
- VL-10-160, 75 m southwest of VL-10-165, returned the broadest interval with 6.79 g/t Au over a true width of 25 m from depth of 152 m and includes 19.43 g/t Au over 7 m and two high grade intersections of >105 g/t (3 oz/t) Au both over true widths of 0.5
VL-10-205, drilled between VL-10-160 and -165, returned 23.98 g/t Au over 4 m within a broader interval of 3.92 g/t Au over 27.2 m from depth of 162 m
VL-10-206, drilled 25 m northeast of VL-10-205 along strike, returned 2.06 g/t Au over 23 m from depth of 161 m
- VL-10-211, drilled in the main zone from the barge on Leprechaun Pond, returned 2.38 g/t Au over a true width of 38 m from depth of 44 m
- VL-10-193 intersected 9.43 g/t Au over 7.8 m from depth of 42 m which represents an extension to the lens of high grade mineralization on strike to the northeast
- VL-10-164, 50 m southwest of VL-10-160, intersected 9.35 g/t Au over 5.6 m from depth of 126
VL-10-170 intersected 47.19 g/t (1.38 oz/t) Au over 2.5 m from depth of 9.5 m below surface
VL-10-190 intersected 33.54 g/t or 0.98 oz/ton Au over 2.65 m within a 4 m interval of 22.75 g/t from a depth of 77 m
- VL-10-186 intersected 9.61 g/t over 2m from depth of 2 m, 2.57 g/t over 6 m from depth of 18 m, and 1.53 g/t over 5 m from depth of 39 m
VL-10-169 intersected 2.27 g/t Au over 10 m from depth of 12 m
VL-10-159 intersected 2.78 g/t Au over 22 m from depth of 32.7 m
VL-10-156 intersected 4.43 g/t Au over 20.8 m from depth of 17.5 m
VL-10-154 intersected 8.67 g/t* Au over 7.4 m from depth of 63.8 m
VL-10-147 intersected 3.57 g/t Au over 12 m starting at a depth of 105m and 8.27 g/t Au over 4.9m starting at a depth of 114.3 m
VL-10-139 intersected 3.94 g/t Au over 9.0 m starting at a depth of 45 m
VL-10-138 intersected 2.97 g/t Au over 9.38 m starting at a depth of 64 m
2010 drilling confirmed the Leprechaun Deposit is open at depth to the SW, and to the NE where historical drilling encountered mineralization over 2 km
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Lots more on the web page including pictures and maps ,,,see link above if interested.
C.Gert