Manitou Gold Inc. has announced the receipt of diamond drill assay results from sixteen holes completed on the high grade "KW-11-26 area" of the Kenwest Project.
Nineteen diamond drill holes, detailed geophysical surveys, mechanical trenching, and channel sampling have been completed over the high grade gold discovery made in drill hole KW-11-26 earlier this year. The intersection of 53.7 kg/t Au over 0.55 m in KW-11-26 (see press release Feb 28, 2011) is situated at a shallow level, approximately 25m below surface.
The current diamond drill program was planned to test the up dip, down dip and along strike continuation of the spectacular intersection of KW-11-26. The first hole of the current program, KW-11 46, intersected 26.9 g/t Au over 9.0 m (uncut), which included a section with considerable visible gold that assayed 316.0 g/t Au over 0.7 m (see press release September 14, 2011). Diamond drill hole KW-11-53 intersected 5.3 g/t Au over 6.8 m, with the undercut hole KW-11-54 intersecting 8.4 g/t Au over 6.5 m. Six drill hole intersections have traced the higher grades of gold mineralization for approximately 80 metres of down plunge continuity. The mineralization remains open at depth and to the southwest.
Drill hole intersections for this detailed area indicate a steep southwest plunge to the high grade gold system (see Long section on the Company's website at www.manitougold.com/kenwest.html). This steep orientation is consistent with other areas of mineralization on the project area. Future drilling in this area will follow the trend identified to the southwest and down plunge.