CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Nov. 28, 2013) - Altitude Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ALI) is pleased to announce today that it has initiated permit applications with the Alberta Government for a drill program at the Elan Coal property located in southern Alberta, Canada. The proposed program is designed primarily for determining coal quality and calls for the drilling of up to 1,800 meters with a $1,200,000 CDN budget.
The drill targets in the proposed program were identified in the October 2013 preliminary field assessment program carried out by Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd. ("Dahrouge") of Edmonton, Alberta. Dahrouge has also been contracted to oversee the proposed 2014 drill program. It is expected that the approval will be received in calendar Q1 2014 and the program is expected to start shortly thereafter.
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Commenting on the upcoming program Gene Wusaty, President and CEO said, "The planned 2014 drill program will test new coal targets identified in the 2013 field exploration and will focus on providing more extensive coal quality analysis."
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The drill program is targeting the Elan Coal Property which is located in southwestern Alberta near the historic coal mining municipality of Crowsnest Pass and adjacent to Riversdale's recently acquired Grassy Mountain coal project. As announced on August 12, 2013 Altitude entered into an Exploration and Option Agreement with Elan, a private Non-Arm's Length Party. Altitude has acquired an option to earn up to a 51% undivided working interest in Elan's 27 Alberta Crown coal lease applications which cover a 22,951 ha area. The Agreement allows Altitude the right to enter upon and conduct exploration activities in and on all parts of the Leases. An initial NI 43 - 101 Coal Resource estimate was calculated comprising of 62 million tonnes ("Mt") in the Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource categories and 84Mt in the Inferred Mineral Resource category. A 726Mt (NI 43-101 compliant) exploration target for the Elan property has been identified. The property can be accessed by driving north from Crowsnest Pass on secondary roads. Elan has access to rail and port infrastructure with spare capacity. Coal rank is low to mid volatile.
Gene Wusaty, Altitude's Chairman, a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101, supervised the preparation of the technical information in this release.
About Altitude Resources
Altitude Resources is a new Canadian coking coal exploration and development company focused on developing its portfolio of coking coal properties in west-central Alberta, Canada. Altitudes properties include the Palisades Coal Project and the option on Elan Coal. Both properties are located in close proximity to rail which has capacity to provide transport of coal to deep-water ports on the west coast of Canada to service the growing demand from world markets.
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