- TC09-68b intersects 12.75 grams per tonne (gpt) gold (Au) over 83.40 metres (m), or 13.73 gpt over 77.50 m, including 24.68 gpt over 13.00 m, 38.22 gpt over 11.00 m and 26.78 gpt over 8.50 m
- High-grade intercepts among best drilled in Timmins Gold Camp
- Second mineralized porphyry unit identified
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 24, 2009) - Lake Shore Gold Corp. (TSX:LSG) ("Lake Shore Gold" or the "Company") today announced results for six new holes and one wedge hole (5,900 metres) as part of its ongoing 22,000 metre diamond drill program at the Thunder Creek joint venture property, located immediately adjacent to Lake Shore Gold's 100%-owned Timmins Mine project. The Company holds a 60% interest in the Thunder Creek property, and is the operator of the joint venture with West Timmins Mining Inc.
The results include wedge Hole TC09-68b, which intersected the best widths and grades encountered to date at Thunder Creek. TC09-68b intercepted 12.75 gpt Au over 83.40 m or 13.73 gpt over 77.50 m, including 24.68 gpt over 13.00 m, 38.22 gpt over 11.00 m and 26.78 gpt over 8.50 m. The broad intercept in TC09-68b, which spans the full width of the Porphyry unit, contains many of the features from other holes including strong alteration, intermittent quartz veinlets, local visible gold and accessory minerals such as molybdenite, galena, sphalerite and scheelite. TC09-68b also intersected mineralization in the Rusk Zone, with an intercept of 5.62 gpt Au over 4.90 m, including 9.50 gpt over 2.20 m, and also intercepted 1.01 gpt Au over 6.00 m in a new, second Porphyry unit discovered near the bottom of the hole. TC09-68b is located approximately 50 metres above the previously released wedge Hole TC09-68a, which included an intercept of 10.09 gpt Au over 4.70 m, including 17.16 gpt over 2.25 m.