Jan 8 2013
Dalradian Resources Inc. ("Dalradian" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the start of its 2013 exploration program in Northern Ireland. Activities currently and shortly to be underway include: drilling, expansion of soil geochemistry grids, sampling of historic core and a ground geophysics program.
2013 Drill Rig Location Map
"The teams are prepped and in the field" says Patrick F. N. Anderson , Chief Executive Officer, "2012 was a key year for us in understanding the geology of the Curraghinalt gold system. In 2013 we are going to use the toolbox of effective exploration techniques we have identified and expose the real potential of the Curraghinalt gold trend."
Currently, there are three drills turning on the project. Two are working to increase our knowledge and confidence of the resource while the third one is drilling at the 2012 discovery, Alwories.
The Alwories discovery, announced last September, proved that geochemistry is a tool that works in defining high priority drill targets. As such, we are deploying teams to continue a program that will provide blanket coverage of the licences.
In 2012 we assembled all historic and recent drill core in a central, modern facility. At that time we identified that the historic core had been under-sampled and that a second set of narrow mineralized veins (C veins) oblique to and intersecting the main veins had not been recognized. We have undertaken a Historic Core Evaluation program consisting of sampling and logging a large portion of the drill core.
In the next week we will field test a new IP system. Initially, the program will run lines over the Curraghinalt Deposit to characterize if there is a recognizable geophysical response of the sulphide-associated gold mineralization. If this test is successful, the system will be deployed to target additional gold mineralization.
The company will release further updates and results from these programs in the coming weeks.
Qualified Person
Michele L. Cote , MSc., P. Geo., VP Exploration, Dalradian Resources, is the Qualified Person who supervised the preparation of the technical data in this news release.