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.

Thursday, 23rd September 2004 (4128 views)

Aurizon Mines has revealed that recent closed-spaced definition drilling at a site at its Casa Berardi project has been positive.<BR/><BR/>The drilling has provided sufficient information that was needed and will be used in a revised feasibility study for the project.<BR/><BR/>David Hall, Aurizon's chief executive officer said: "We are extremely pleased that the Zone 113 definition drill program has successfully accomplished our goal of defining the upper portion of the Zone. <BR/><BR/>"Our geological staff expects that a new mineral resource estimate calculated for the upper portion of Zone 113 will closely resemble the results obtained from surface drilling in 2000."<BR/><BR/>Drilling showed that gold was found within narrow to large folded veins in the zone and the best grades were in possibly faulted and folded quartz veins.<BR/><BR/>A Canadian based gold producer, Aurizon has operations and exploration activities in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec - one of the prolific gold regions in the world.<img src="http://directnews.dehavilland.co.uk/dn.gif?feedid=196&itemid=3461433"/>

 

« Back to Gold News stories