Nov 4 2010
Guinness Exploration (OTC Bulletin Board: GNXP) reported on the final eight holes completed during its 2010 drill program at the Company's Charlotte Project near Mt. Nansen in the Yukon Territory, Canada.
As reported in the news release dated October 18, 2010, core drilling was conducted to confirm prior drill intercepts and to expand on known gold and silver mineralization along strike and downdip. The Company completed a total of 1,451.68 metres in fourteen diamond drill holes in the Flex zone, one of five known mineralized zones on the property.
Core holes DDH-10-246 through DDH-10-253 were drilled as twins of previous holes or infills along strike. Holes 246 and 247 were planned to confirm previously encountered mineralization at the southeast end of the Flex Zone. The other holes were drilled to test for extensions of gold and silver mineralization downdip from known mineralization. The holes are described in more detail as follows:
DDH-10-246 was drilled to confirm the southeast extension of the Flex Zone. However due to poor hole conditions, the hole was abandoned before intersecting the target mineralized zone.
DDH-10-247 was a 35 metre step out to the northwest of the prior hole, and was planned as an infill hole on the Flex Zone. This hole also had to be abandoned due to poor ground conditions prior to reaching the mineralized zone.
DDH-10-248 was drilled from the same drill pad as hole DDH-10-240, which was a twin of hole 98-193. This hole was steepened to pierce the mineralized zone 75 metres downdip from the surface and 25 metres below hole 98-193.
DDH-10-249 was located to test a 25 metre downdip extension of mineralization encountered in historic hole 98-192.
DDH-10-250 was located at the same location as DDH-10-249, but steepened to test mineralization 75 metres downdip from the surface and 25 metres below hole 98-192.
DDH-10-251 was drilled at the same location as historic hole 98-195, but steepened to test the mineralization at 75 metres depth.
DDH-10-252 was drilled at the same site as historic hole 98-196, but steepened to test the mineralized zone at 75 metres depth.
DDH-10-253 was located 50 metres west of DDH-10-240 and DDH-10-248 to test gold and silver mineralization at 125 metres depth.
Gold and silver assays for the holes are tabulated below:
Technical Advisor John Hiner commented, "Other than holes 246 and 247, which we had to abandon due to hole condition and mechanical problems, the drill holes encountered excellent gold and silver grades over potentially mineable widths. We are highly encouraged by the fact that all of the holes that tested mineralization downdip intersected strong mineralization." Mr. Hiner continued, "We believe that the gold and silver mineralization we have encountered in both our confirmation drilling and our step outs along strike and downdip demonstrate the potential to develop a bulk-mineable resource at Charlotte."
The geochemical results from trenching and sampling on other gold and silver anomalies on the property have been received. These results will be announced after compilation and interpretation are complete.