Newhawk continues underground program

As operator, Newhawk is aiming to develop additional tonnage in the proven category that would be incorporated into a feasibility study currently being prepared by Cominco Engineering. At last report, the West zone had reserves in all categories of 854,072 tons grading 0.355 oz gold and 22.94 oz silver.

A work program carried out through the winter on the property was designed to test lateral and vertical continuity of the gold-silver mineralization within the West zone.

Don McLeod, president, said results were “excellent”, and he noted that drilling from both the 1300 and 1250 levels defined the continuity of mineralization between the levels and below the 1250 level.

A raise driven from the 1250 level to the 1300 level averaged 0.532 oz gold and 34.14 oz silver across an average width of 6.3 ft over the entire 230-ft raise length. But noting that the mineralization was often wider than the width of the raise, Newhawk says drill intersections have shown the true width to be as much as 18.2 ft.

Ongoing work at Sulphurets will involve advancing the decline a further 300 ft to provide drill stations for additional definition drilling on and below the 1250-m level.

Diamond drilling from this level last winter intersected a new structure and confirmed the upward extension of the UTC zone (found adjacent to the West zone). The company plans to drive a crosscut to further test the new structure and to provide stations for definition drilling of the UTC zone.

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