Duncastle Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: DUN)(FRANKFURT: 5D3) reported
drill results today from a five hole, 1682 metre Phase II drill
program at its flagship Yankee-Dundee property located three
kilometres northeast of Ymir, in southeastern British Columbia.
Drilling results have successfully increased the size of
higher-grade lenses of gold and silver-enriched polymetallic
mineralization located along the target horizon and have extended
the mineralized zone to the west, from the historic Yankee Girl
workings approximately 400 metres in strike-length.
Highlights of significant assays from this phase of work
include:
- a 4.5 metre interval (est. true thickness) averaging 3.4g/t
Au, 84.4g/t Ag, 1.6% Pb, and 2.6% Zn within a broader 6.5 metre
interval averaging 2.6g/t Au, 61.5g/t Ag, 1.1% Pb, and 1.9% Zn from
drill hole YD09-46, and
- a 2.5 metre interval averaging 6.0g/t Au, 38.1g/t Ag, 1.1% Pb
and 4.3% Zn within a 4.3 metre interval averaging 5.6g/t Au,
27.4g/t Ag, 0.8% Pb and 4.1% Zn from drill hole YD09-45
The Company reported that drill holes YD09-46 and YD09-45,
successfully tested a 100 metre drilling gap between the previously
tested 400 and Yukon shoots and have effectively combined the two
lenses of thicker and higher-grade mineralization into a single
lens that has now been drill tested along a 180 metre strike-length
and 280 metre dip extent. The now combined lens remains open to the
west towards the 790 target, to the east towards the Yankee Girl
mine and at depth along its full strike-length.
The Company also reported that drill hole YD09-44 returned a 1.3
metre interval averaging 1.6g/t Au, 54.6g/t Ag, 0.4% Pb and 0.7% Zn
within a broader 8.8 metre zone averaging 0.6g/t Au, 19.3g/t Ag,
0.2% Pb, and 0.4% Zn. A hangingwall intercept also returned 1.1g/t
Au, 8.5g/t Ag, 0.4% Pb and 1.2% Zn over 5.8 metres. This hole,
which tested the Yankee Girl structure approximately 400 metres to
the west of the historic workings, is the farthest step-out that
the Company has drilled on the structure and continues to
demonstrate the lateral continuity of mineralization along strike,
thereby opening the potential of the western extension. All
intervals are reported as estimated true thickness.
Hole YD09-47, which tested the east side of the Yukon shoot,
returned three mineralized intercepts including a 1.9 metre zone
with 1.7g/t Au, 59.8g/t Ag, 1.3% Pb, 7.7% Zn including a 0.6 metre
interval grading 1.2g/t Au, 142g/t Ag, 3.0%Pb and 22.5% Zn.
Hole YD09-48 tested the eastern margin of the Yankee Girl mine
and returned 1.7 metres of 6.4g/t Au, 35.9g/t Ag, 1.2% Pb and 1.8%
Zn. A second intercept returned 0.3 metres of 21.0g/t Au, 232.0g/t
Ag, 6.3% Pb, and 21.3% Zn within a broader 1.9 metre zone of 3.3g/t
Au, 33.8g/t Ag, 0.9% Pb, and 3.0% Zn. Mineralization occurred in
the immediate hangingwall and footwall of the historic workings and
highlights increased exploration potential along the easterly
projection of the Yankee Girl structure.
Drill hole YD09-43, which tested the Goodenough prospect,
located 3 kilometres to the north of the Yankee Girl mine, returned
only weakly anomalous precious and base metal values.
In total, the second phase drill work brought the 2009
exploration program to over 2,830 metres drilled in eleven holes
with a focus on the polymetallic high-grade vein system of the
Yankee Girl structure. To date, Duncastle has drilled over 7,790
metres in 48 holes at the Ymir camp at a cost of approximately $2.6
million since its acquisition of the property in 2007.
Table 1: Selected Assays from Phase II drilling on the Yankee-Dundee project
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Est.
Collar Data True
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AZ DIP Depth From To rval ness Au Ag Pb Zn
Hole # Deg Deg (m) (m) (m) (m) (m) g/t g/t % %
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YD09-44 170.0 -65.0 196.3 153.0 161.0 8.0 5.8 1.1 8.5 0.4 1.2
179.0 191.2 12.2 8.8 0.6 19.3 0.2 0.4
inc. 188.7 190.5 1.8 1.3 1.6 54.6 0.4 0.7
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YD09-45 165.0 -55.0 199.0 179.8 185.0 5.2 4.3 5.6 27.4 0.8 4.1
inc. 179.8 182.8 3.0 2.5 6.0 38.1 1.1 4.3
and 184.0 185.0 1.0 0.8 11.4 24.3 0.9 6.9
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YD09-46 150.0 -55.0 200.3 169.6 177.4 7.8 6.5 2.6 61.5 1.1 1.9
inc. 172.0 177.4 5.4 4.5 3.4 84.4 1.6 2.6
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YD09-47 156.0 -55.0 318.9 22.7 23.9 1.3 1.0 1.1 8.2 0.5 0.1
246.7 249.0 2.3 1.9 1.7 59.8 1.3 7.7
248.3 248.6 0.7 0.6 1.2 142.0 3.0 22.5
252.5 255.5 3.0 2.5 0.5 20.2 0.7 2.3
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YD09-48 142.0 -75.0 385.0 368.0 370.9 2.9 1.7 6.4 35.9 1.2 1.8
inc. 369.2 370.9 1.8 1.0 10.5 56.0 1.9 2.6
373.7 377.0 3.3 1.9 3.3 33.8 0.9 3.0
inc. 375.2 375.7 0.5 0.3 21.0 232.0 6.3 21.3
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Analyzed by FA-ES/AA for gold and ICP-MS by Acme Labs, Vancouver BC; Samples
greater than 10g/t Au re-assayed with FA-Grav - check assays are pending;
Silver overlimits (greater than 200g/t Ag) re-assayed with FA-Grav
A complete summary of 2009 assays and longitudinal section are
available on the Duncastle website at duncastlegoldcorp.com.
Upcoming Exploration Plans
Duncastle continues to follow through on recommendations from
the 2008 Summary Report on Exploration reported earlier this year
which contains numerous targets identified during 3D modeling of
historic mine records combined with Duncastle's recent results. As
well as surface drilling completed in 2009, the report recommends
up to 2,300 metres of drilling on numerous targets from underground
via the Wildhorse Adit, a 1,417 metre exploration adit built during
the period 1928 to 1954 that intersects the Bonus vein and meets
the Yankee Girl vein 110 metres below the old mine workings. The
adit was inspected by Duncastle personnel in 2006 and appears to be
in excellent shape structurally. Rehabilitation work consisting of
minimal timber and drainage work is planned for 2010. Underground
drilling below the known mineralized zones is planned along with
drilling to expand the Bonus vein, a vein parallel to the Yankee
Girl vein.
A full report with recommendations based on recent results is
now being drafted. Additional drilling from surface is planned for
2010 to further delineate the western extensions of the Yankee Girl
Mine. In addition to work planned from the Wildhorse adit, the
Company may also investigate the 1235 adit to better access the
western mineralized zones.
About Duncastle Gold
Duncastle Gold Corp. is a mineral exploration company based in
British Columbia, Canada with projects in both central and
southeastern BC. The Yankee-Dundee project comprises 26 crown
grants under a 100% option agreement and 95 tenured mineral claims
totaling approximately 5,987 hectares in the Nelson Mining
District, located three kilometres northeast of the town of Ymir in
southeastern British Columbia. Gold mineralization was first
reported near Ymir in the late 1800s, with much of the mining
taking place at the Yankee Girl, Dundee and Ymir mines during the
period 1907 to 1951. Historical records indicate that a total of
375,000 tonnes grading 9.9g/t Au and 57g/t Ag were mined from the
Yankee Girl vein during this time. Exploration by the company is
targeting high-grade Au-quartz veins throughout the Ymir district
which historically, together with the adjacent Sheep Creek district
is reported to have produced more than one million ounces of
gold(1). The Ymir camp was the largest silver producer in the
British Commonwealth in the 1930s (BC MEMPR Bulletin 109, 2001). In
central B.C. the company has the 8,641 hectare Porphyry Creek
property in the Rocher Deboule Mountains near Smithers, with a
porphyry or IOCG copper-gold target. Duncastle Gold Corp is a Manex
Resource Group company.
Rob Macdonald, (P.Geo.), is the Qualified Person responsible for
reviewing the technical results in this release.
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Lawrence Page, Q.C., President, Director, Duncastle Gold
Corp.
(1) Production data was obtained from historical government
records and has not been independently verified by the current
operators of the project.
This News Release may contain forward-looking statements
including but not limited to comments regarding the timing and
content of upcoming work programs, geological interpretations,
receipt of property titles, potential mineral recovery processes,
etc. Forward-looking statements address future events and
conditions and therefore involve inherent risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially from those currently
anticipated in such statements. Duncastle Gold Corp. relies upon
litigation protection for forward looking statements.
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Contacts: Duncastle Gold Corp. Jeff Stuart 1.888.456.1112 or
604.641.2771 corpdev@mnxltd.com Duncastle Gold Corp. Ran Davidson
1.888.456.1112 or 604.641.2771 corpdev.mnxltd.com
www.duncastlegoldcorp.com