Goldquest shares nearly doubled to 33 cents recently in active trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange following a long period of dormancy at around the 18 cents level.
A Goldquest spokesman said a major drilling program began earlier this month on the company’s Red Lake, Ont., properties optioned to Chevron Minerals. “But there’s been no release of information,” he said, adding that “somebody must be doing some guess work.”
As operator of a major exploration program under way on the Goldquest claims, Chevron will spend about $950,000 by Dec 31, including nearly 20,000 ft of diamond drilling using two machines.
The latter company has an option to earn a 50% interest in Goldquest’s Red Lake properties by spending $8 million on exploration over a 5-year period.
“It will likely be two or three months before results of the current drill program are released,” said Dutch Van Tassel, vice-president of Goldquest. “We haven’t released any information nor has Chevron,” he said. “It’s still very early in the program and there’s no news yet.”
Meanwhile, sources says Chevron has been divesting a number of its other mineral exploration properties worldwide. The company is said to be slowly pulling out of Australia and more recently Chile. Last week, Chevron sold its Andacollo gold property in Chile to a Vancouver-based junior Dayton Developmen ts (VSE).
The Goldquest company is controlled by Dickenson Mines (TSE), which controls 5,378,998 shares (59%).
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