Drilling near the property boundary in the northwestern area has expanded the Wolverine massive sulphide deposit more than 120 metres downdip of previous drill holes.
Hole 96-35 intersected 3.5 metres true width grading 1.96 grams gold and 558 grams silver per tonne, as well as 15.64% zinc, 0.83% copper and 3.9% lead.
Hole 96-36, collared 100 metres west of hole 35, and intersected the zone 120 metres downdip of hole 95-20. A true width of 3.7 metres averaged 1.51 grams gold and 221 grams silver, plus 10.53% zinc, 0.56% copper and 1.22% lead.
Drilling is continuing to stepout to the west.
Situated in southeastern Yukon, the project is a 60-40 joint venture between West- min Resources (WMI-T) and Atna Resources (ATN-T). The partners are working on expanding the deposit, which is partially defined at a 3-million tonne resource grading 1.87 grams gold and 350.2 grams silver, plus 12.99% zinc, 1.27% copper and 1.43% lead.
Meanwhile, stratigraphic drilling in the Fisher zone area, 8 km northwest of the Wolverine zone, is intersecting a favorable rhyolite-argillite host sequence but, as of yet, no significant mineralization. Several more drill holes are planned.
Southeast of the Wolverine zone, stratigraphic drilling encountered a calcite-pyritic horizon above the Wolverine and below the magnetite iron formation. This new target was intersected by hole 96-34, returning up to 0.88% zinc over 2.4 metres. The area will be followed up with additional drilling.
In related news, Atna has completed about one-third of a planned 915-metre drill program on the Argus property, one of several properties under option from YGC Resources (YGC-V) in which Atna can earn a 65% interest.
The Argus property lies within the Yukon-Tanana terrane in the Finlayson Lake area. Atna reports it has encountered encouraging zinc-lead mineralization over significant widths in three holes drilled to date.
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