Golden ribbons at Forest Hill

Acadian Gold (ADA-V) is defining high-grade gold intercepts at its 51-sq.-km Forest Hill project, 40 km southeast of Antigonish, N.S.

The latest drill results are from 13 holes of a 72-hole program that began in 2003. Highlights from the Salmon River vein include two 0.36-metre true-width intercepts grading 59.4 grams gold and 31.68 grams gold within 2 metres down-hole of one another. The vein has an estimated true width of 1.2 metres and returned additional gold values of 1.6-15.7 grams per tonne over true widths of 0.32-1.2 metres.

Seven veins have been targeted in a 220-metre-wide corridor. The veins strike west and dip 70-75 to the north. Gold is in mineralized shoots that plunge shallowly (less than 12) and take the form of narrow “ribbons.” These are stacked vertically and separated by low-grade-to-barren rock. Two of these structures have been defined in recent drilling.

Visible gold was observed in nine of 13 holes that contained gold mineralization.

In the 1980s, WMC Resources (WMC-N) and Seabright Resources sank a 230-metre shaft and developed a 155-metre and a 250-metre level, focusing on the School House zone. However, test mining did not result in full-scale mining.