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Drilling Report

4th Mar 2010 10:00

RNS Number : 0568I
Patagonia Gold PLC
04 March 2010
 



PATAGONIA GOLD PLC

 

 

DRILLING UPDATE

LA MANCHURIAGOLD-SILVER PROJECT

SANTA CRUZ PROVINCE, ARGENTINA

 

Highlights:

 

·; Micon of Toronto, Canada, has been retained to independently prepare a resource estimate which complies with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101) on the La Manchuria high grade gold and silver project on which an infill drilling campaign has recently been completed. 

 

·; Drilling results continue to report high gold and silver grades, including 1.0 metre at 94.2 grams per tonne (g/t) gold and 5,920g/t silver in drill-hole LM-60-D and 1m @ 212 g/t Au and 228g/t Ag in drill-hole LM-57. The Main Zone remains open both to the North and South and at depth.

 

Results from the infill campaign not previously reported include:

Hole No.

From

Interval

Grade

Grade

metres

metres

Au g/t

Ag g/t

LM-056A-D

125.00

0.50

180.00

2050

LM-057-D

131.50

2.10

102.97

135

including

131.50

1.00

212.00

228

LM-060-D

96.00

2.00

52.55

3274

including

96.00

1.00

94.20

5920

LM-064A-D

154.80

0.50

46.00

603

LM-066-D

85.60

0.90

41.90

88

and

112.70

1.50

42.67

589

LM-068-D

72.00

4.50

20.53

198

including

76.00

0.50

178.00

923

and

89.40

1.00

18.80

475

LM-069-D

133.00

1.60

22.60

61

including

133.00

0.50

54.50

123

LM-070-D

82.55

0.50

20.80

511

LM-073A-D

118.00

1.10

60.20

180

LM-074-D

145.00

1.75

19.95

379

and

156.20

1.25

49.44

253

LM-075-D

183.00

1.40

16.20

614

 

 

La Manchuria property:

 

The La Manchuria property, consisting of 5 expedientes (mining concessions) covering 5,575 hectares, is located approximately 50 kilometres to the south east of PGD's flagship Cap-Oeste Project and contains the Manchuria Main Zone gold-silver project.

 

Manchuria Main Zone project:

 

The recently completed HQ core diamond drill programme, consisting of 55 drill-holes from

LM-041-D to LM-095-D for 9,754 metres, was designed to infill the pre-existing 50 metre line spaced drilling on a 25 metre x 25 metre grid along 400 metres of strike length to allow a resource estimate to be completed for the Main Zone.

Results from drill-holes LM-076 to LM-095 will be reported when available

 

Geological appraisal of drill-core supports the interpretation of a robust continuous zone of high grade gold and silver mineralisation. The mineralised 'package', consists of a series of multi-ounce Au-Ag discreet but locally continuous epithermal veins contained within more extensive disseminated mineralization.

 

The drilling whilst aimed at infilling and increasing confidence in the resource has also indicated a high potential for the drill extension of the mineralised zone which remains open in all directions.

 

Micon of Toronto, Canada, has been retained to independently prepare a resource estimate for the Main Zone compliant with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 (NI 43-101).

 

Cap-Oeste South East Prospect (COSE)

 

Drilling continues on the COSE prospect, located approximately two kilometres along strike and to the south east of the Cap-Oeste deposit. Drilling is targeting the down plunge and along strike continuation of the extremely high grade CSE 13-D (reported 4.1m @ 540g/t gold and 28,089g/t silver).

 

To date 26 holes from CSE-003-D to CSE-028-D for 6,161 metres have been completed. Geologically the drilling has intersected the sulphitic breccia-gouge that was observed in CSE 13-D. Results are pending and will be reported when available.

 

Lomada de Leiva Project.

 

The Environmental Impact Study for the trial Heap leach in Lomada de Leiva was completed and presented to the Mining Authorities in the Santa Cruz province. We are awaiting approval from the local authorities and have already identified and selected suppliers to commence work as soon as the permit is formally approved.

 

 

Marc Sale, (BSC. Geology, Fellow AusIMM, member AIG) a Director and consultant to Patagonia Gold Plc and a qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and verified all scientific or technical mining disclosure contained in this press release.

 

ENDS

 

For more information, please contact:

Bill Humphries/Richard Prickett

Patagonia Gold Plc

Tel: +44(0)20 7409 7444

 

Simon Raggett / Angela Peace

Strand Hanson Ltd

Tel: +44(0)20 7409 3494

David Bick / Mark Longson

Square 1 Consulting

Tel : +44(0)20 7929 5599

 

Alastair Stratton / Tim Graham

Matrix Corporate Capital LLP

Tel : +44(0)20 3206 7204 / +44(0)20 3206 7206

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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