Vancouver – Drilling by Fronteer Development Group (FRG-T) on its Agi Dagi project in western Turkey is increasing the footprint of the Deli gold zone.
Hole 126, collared more than 60 metres from any previous hole, returned a 57 metre intersection (from 38 metres depth) grading 3.8 grams gold per tonne, including an 11 metre intercept averaging 8.7 grams gold.
The drill hole extends Deli zone mineralization to the northwest and confirms continuity with adjacent high grade hole 118 that returned 39 metres of 4.4 grams gold, including a high-grade portion of 8.4 metres averaging 12.4 grams gold (TNM, May 20/05).
Other holes have intersected 20-80 metre intervals of oxide mineralization averaging about 1 gram gold.
Fronteer’s 8,000 metre drill program is focused on delivering a resource figure by late-2005.
High-grade mineralization appears sub-horizontal and is interpreted as a possible high-grade feeder structure within the largely tabular and flat lying Deli zone.
Agi Dagi (pronounced ah-dah) is a large, high-sulphidation epithermal system, which includes a mineralized silica cap measuring 4 by 2 km. Mineralization occurs along a northeast-southwest structural trend.
Before the implementation of National Instrument 43-101, Teck Cominco (TEK-T) calculated an inferred resource of 11.3 million tonnes grading 1.2 grams gold (in the Baba zone), equivalent to 435,000 oz.
In mid-2004, Fronteer inked a deal with Teck Cominco to acquire the property in return for spending US$5 million on exploration and issuing 350,000 shares over four years. The major retains a 1% net smelter return royalty or a production bonus of US$10 per oz. from a maximum of 600,000 oz. gold, plus a back-in right to regain a 60% interest.
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