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TURKEY EXPLORATION UPDATE

30th Nov 2010 07:00

RNS Number : 0154X
European Goldfields Ltd
30 November 2010
 



 Suite 200, Financial Plaza

204 Lambert Street

Whitehorse, Yukon

Canada Y1A 3T2

 

 

For Immediate Release

TURKEY EXPLORATION UPDATE

 

30th November 2010 - European Goldfields Limited (AIM: EGU / TSX: EGU) is pleased to announce highly encouraging exploration results from its initial drilling programme in Turkey.

 

Highlights

·; High-grade gold zone outlined at Salinbas including trench results of:

- 46 metres at 8.33 g/t gold

- 32 metres at 5.43 g/t gold

- 38 metres at 3.67 g/t gold

·; With follow-up drilling:

- 21.5 metres at 6.63 g/t gold

- 42.7 metres at 2.78 g/t gold

- 18.2 metres at 4.08 g/t gold

 

·; Ardala porphyry drilling intercepts 189 metres at 0.17 g/t gold and 0.24% copper

 

·; Continuing drilling expected to yield further results in the coming months

 

Work to date has focused on three targets: the Salinbas Gold Zone, the Ardala copper-gold porphyry within the Ariana joint venture and the Derinkoy gold target in the Aldridge Minerals joint venture. Regional sampling aimed at selecting other targets for licence applications has also continued across the Pontide region.

 

Commenting on these results, Patrick Forward, Vice President (Projects and Exploration) of European Goldfields, said:

 

"We are delighted that our exploration efforts in Turkey have confirmed the presence of these excellent high grades over significant widths at Salinbas. This deposit represents a brand new discovery with potential to add to our resource base and indicates the upside of the Eastern Pontide region of Turkey. The results at the adjacent Ardala target indicate a larger system of porphyry mineralisation which will be further investigated in the coming months".

 

Salinbas Gold Zone

 

Last year European Goldfields announced the discovery of a new high-grade gold epithermal discovery named Salinbas. Mineralisation is associated with a series of breccias pipes along a structural corridor of more than 300 metres in drilled strike length and which is open at depth and along strike. The system is interpreted to relate to the Ardala porphyry some two kilometres away. The discovery was revealed in a series of trenches and further trenching was carried out in 2010. All trench results to date in bedrock can be summarised as follows:

 

 

Trench ID

Meters

Au g/t

Ag g/t

ST1

32

5.43

7.8

ST2

20

1.16

3.7

ST3

46

8.33

39.0

ST9

4

1.52

1.5

ST10

16

1.33

5.3

ST10

1

1.85

4.3

ST11

5

2.53

18.3

ST11

55

7.80

9.2

ST12

28

1.77

4.0

ST12

8

8.38

13.8

ST13

38

3.67

12.1

ST14

31

1.56

9.4

ST15

27

1.96

10.6

ST20

13.3

1.20

1.3

Results reported for intercepts >1g/t Au using a 0.5 g/t Au lower cut, no upper cut and up to 10 metres of waste material allowed.

 

Follow-up diamond drill core holes have been completed in 2010 and confirmed the high-grade intercepted in trenches:

 

Drillhole

Depth

Meters

Au g/t

Ag g/t

SALH007

0.5 - 22

21.5

6.63

19.8

SALH008

9.8 - 28

18.2

4.08

29.2

SALH008

34.7 - 35

0.3

2.25

26.6

SALH008

48.8 - 49.4

0.6

2.84

10.2

SALH009

14.8 - 26.9

12.1

5.66

14.5

SALH011

0 - 4

4

1.45

2.45

SALH012

6 - 48.7

42.7

2.78

13.4

incl. 23 - 35

12

6.78

36.5

SALH013

124 - 125

1

1.02

7.23

SALH014

0 - 23.8

23.8

2.67

14.1

Results reported for intercepts >1g/t Au using a 0.5 g/t Au lower cut, no upper cut and up to 6 metres of waste material allowed

 

Further drilling is planned to investigate the strike and depth extensions of the zone.

 

Ardala Porphyry

 

Mapping and sampling of the Ardala porphyry in 2009 indicated that the mineralisation continues under shallow limestone cover to the south of the outcrop previously explored in the 1990's. Diamond core drill testing of this in 2010 has confirmed this geological model with the following intercepts.

 

Drillhole

Depth

Meters

Au g/t

Cu %

ARDH006

32 - 166

134

0.21

0.19

ARDH007

0.5 - 194

189.5

0.17

0.24

Results reported for intercepts using a 0.1 g/t Au lower cut, no upper cut and up to 6 metres of waste material allowed

 

Further drilling is planned in order to establish the full extent of the porphyry extension.

 

Derinkoy

 

Two gold epithermal targets identified by soil anomalies of more than one and two kilometres in length respectively were selected for drill testing. Drilling has commenced on one of these and results are expected over the next two months.

 

Regional

 

Work across the Eastern Pontide region continues and targets with confirmed gold and silver mineralisation in bedrock samples have been selected for licence selection once the next round of licence auctions commences in early 2011.

 

About European Goldfields

 

European Goldfields operates an exploration programme through two Joint Venture ("JV") companies. The JV with Ariana Resources is focused on the Greater Pontides region of Turkey, a highly prospective geological terrain containing several major deposits. The JV with Aldridge focuses on the Derinkoy properties which are adjacent to the Ardala property in N.E Turkey and show very encouraging styles of gold mineralisation. The properties lie within an area of interest known as the "Pontid JV" which is defined as part of the Ariana JV agreement.

 

European Goldfields is a developer-producer with globally significant gold reserves located within the European Union. The Company generates cash flow from its 95% owned Stratoni operation, a high grade lead/zinc/silver mine in North-Eastern Greece. European Goldfields will evolve into a mid-tier producer through responsible development of its project pipeline of gold and base metal deposits at Skouries and Olympias in Greece and Certej in Romania. The Company plans future growth through development of its highly prospective exploration portfolio in Greece, Romania and Turkey.

 

For further information please contact:

European Goldfields

Liberum Capital Limited

Steve Sharpe, VP Business Development

Simon Atkinson

e-mail: [email protected]

Tom Fyson

Tel: +44 (0)20 7408 9534

Tel: +44 (0)20 3100 2000

Brunswick

Evolution Securities Limited

Carole Cable / Fiona Micallef-Eynaud

Rob Collins

e-mail: [email protected]

Tim Redfern

Tel: +44 (0)20 7404 5959

Tel: +44 (0)20 7071 4300

 

 

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