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Andover Mining drills 8.6 m of 66.2 Ag at Sun
2012-07-18 07:56 PT - News Release
Mr. Gordon Blankstein reports
ANDOVER REPORTS INITIAL ASSAY RESULTS FROM THE 2012 DRILL PROGRAM AT SUN PROPERTY, AMBLER DISTRICT, ALASKA
Andover Mining Corp. has released its assay results from the first drill hole of its 2012 drilling program on the Sun property located in the Ambler mining district in northwest Alaska. Drill hole SUN 12-29 was completed on June 21, 2012, at a depth of approximately 203 metres.
The 2012 drill core was logged, split and boxed on site by Andover's geologists. Core from SUN 12-29 was shipped to the ALS Chemex prep lab in Fairbanks, Alaska. The pulps from Fairbanks were analyzed for 35 elements at the ALS Chemex facilities in Vancouver, B.C., and the gold assays were performed at ALS Chemex facilities in Reno, Nev. Base metal overlimits were wet assayed. Blanks and standards were inserted with each sample shipment.
Drill hole SUN 12-29 was the first drill hole of the 2012 drill program at the Sun property and tested the main Sun deposit. Significant drill intercepts from SUN 12-29 are shown in the attached table.
True From To Interval Thickness Cu Pb Zn Ag AuDrill hole (m) (m) (m) (m) (%) (%) (%) (g/t) (g/t)SUN 12-29 71.9 80.5 8.6 8.6 1.49 1.60 9.03 66.2 0.190SUN 12-29 100.5 106.7 6.2 6.2 2.73 1.27 6.54 116.4 0.396SUN 12-29 130.0 132.3 2.3 2.3 1.68 0.26 1.04 48.9 0.142
Drilling continues on both the Sun deposit and SW Sun deposit. Further assays will be released as they are received. Drilling is being conducted on a 24-hour basis seven days a week and is expected to continue into September, 2012.
This news release has been reviewed by Bradley C. Peek, certified professional geologist (AIPG CPG-11299) and general manager for Andover's Ambler district projects. Mr. Peek is a qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for the technical aspects of this news release.