Goolden Dawn Minerals INC announce to continued excellent results from three additional diamond drill holes in the ongoing drill program on the Wild Rose-Tam O'Shanter properties in the Greenwood Mining District. Previously announced holes 10WR01 to 10WR03 were drilled at the Wild Rose property targeting the Wild Rose and Wild Cat vein zones and were reported upon in a Golden Dawn News Release dated January 12, 2011.
As reported here, holes 10WR04 and 10WR05 are step out drill holes that have targeted the northwest strike extent of the Wild Rose and Wild Cat vein zones as well as the wide, low-grade, bulk tonnage gold-copper zone known as the Deadwood Zone along strike to the northwest. Drillhole 10WR06 was drilled approximately 400 m northwest of the hole 10WR05 and the Wild Rose/Wild Cat vein zones and targeted the Deadwood Zone.
Holes 10WR04 and 10WR05 intersected narrow semi-massive sulphide and quartz vein zones that are likely the extension of the Wild Rose veins system and yielded grades of up to 5.38 grams per tonne gold across 1.1 meters core length and 1.85 gram per tonne Au across 1.87 meter core length. Both holes were drilled northwest of any known mineralization associated with the Wild Rose and Wild Cat vein systems extending the Wild Rose vein system at least 40 meters to the northwest.
In addition to the higher grade vein zones intersected in these two holes, both holes intersected wide low grade mineralization with up to 0.32 gram per tonne Au across 31.29 meters core length that is likely part of the bulk tonnage target Deadwood Zone which is approximately 400 m along strike to the northwest. Summary results from holes 10WR04 and 10WR05 are tabulated below.
Hole 10WR06 has extended the known gold-copper mineralization associated with the Deadwood Zone reported from historical drilling in the area, and has confirmed the widespread nature of the mineralization as well as extending the higher grade zone reported in historical hole 92-27 drilled in 1992. The intersection in 10WR06 lies within a target zone, the Deadwood Zone, of some 200 meters in width and exceeding 2000 meters in length.
Mineralization in the latest hole 10WR06, is predominantly hosted in an altered and brecciated diorite along with hornfelsed sediments and extends from the surface to a total depth of the hole at 182.88 meters core length. Altered diorite with sulphide mineralization yields up to 0.19 gram per tonne Au and 0.02% copper across 162.33 meters core length in what appears to be porphyry style Au-Cu mineralization. The main Deadwood Zone yields up to 0.39 gram per tonne Au and 0.04% Cu across 55.7 meters core length. The summary results for 10WR06 are also tabulated below. The summary results for the historical drillhole 92-27 are included for comparison.
Hole 10WR-06 was drilled approximately 40 meters along strike to the northwest of historical holes 92-27 and confirms the presence and continuity of the bulk tonnage Au-Cu Deadwood Zone. The expanded drilling program, due to commence late January is expected to continue testing this substantial zone.
It is most encouraging that drilling to date on the program has encountered significant gold-copper mineralization of widespread low- grade nature along with higher grade vein material within the lower grade halos. The reader is referred to the Company's website for a PowerPoint and video presentation illustrating the historical drilling and the target zone for current drilling activity.
Phase 1 of the 16-hole program is expected to continue with the drilling of an additional 10 holes within next few days.
