Strike has agreed to purchase a 40% interest in 16 claims comprising two separate properties in Churchill Twp., Ont. The terms and price of the option were not disclosed.
The remaining 60% interest in the properties is being earned by Unocal Canada under a separate option agreement. The latter company can earn its interest by spending $1.75 million on exploration and making cash payments totalling $275,000. Unocal has been actively exploring the properties since this past summer.
The two claim blocks cover the former Herrick and Churchill gold properties, both of which contain shallow shafts sunk on gold-bearing quartz veins during 1920-35.
Recent work completed on the Churchill property includes linecutting, geophysics, geological mapping, and channel sampling. More than 200 surface samples taken over 3-ft widths returned assays of 0.029-2.04 oz gold per ton, according to Strike.
A drilling program has begun on another property owned by Strike, and currently under option to HSK Minerals (TSE) in Baden Twp., Ont. The first hole will test a carbonate zone where a value of 0.48 oz gold across five feet was encountered. Strike also reports it has recently purchased 18 leased mining claims in Baden Twp., from Reymont Gold Mines for $50,000 and an undisclosed net smelter return royalty.
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