Wednesday, 5th March 2008 (2510 views)

Exploration work at the former Ecum Secum mine in Nova Scotia, Canada, has discovered extensions of gold mineralisation at the site, the company conducting the work has said.

Developer Ressources Appalaches said boreholes were drilled at the property over a length of 300 metres and to a depth of approximately 50 metres. Six of the holes returned grades over one gram per tonne of gold.

According to the company's figures, the highest-grade intersection was one metre of 13.95 g/t gold.

Additional intercepts included a 10.55 g/t over a length of 0.10 metres, 2.54 g/t gold over 0.20 metres and 1.40 g/t gold over a length of 0.60 metres.

Ressources Appalaches president and chief executive Andre Proulx said the results "open the door" to more detailed exploration work that would define the full extend of mineralisation at Ecum Secum.

"The deposit's potential could increase quickly," he commented.

Ecum Secum comprises 56 claims covering an area of 896 hectares. It is located around 160 kilometres east of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

 

« Back to the stories

 

The news feeds on this site are independently provided by Adfero Limited © and do not represent the views or opinions of the World Gold Council.