Robert L. Card, President of Gulfside Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:
GMG) ("Gulfside" or the "Company"), is pleased to report that the
Company has filed the preliminary National Instrument (NI) 43-101
technical report (the "NI 43-101 report") received from Norwest
Corp. of Salt Lake City, Utah ("Norwest"), relating to the Onjuul
Coal Project in Mongolia. This report will be posted on the
Company's new website (www.gulfsideminerals.com) and will also be
available on the SEDAR network. The Company has conditional
approval from the TSX Venture Exchange for the acquisition, subject
to closing of the announced financing.
Robert Card, President and CEO states:
"I am very pleased about the results reported in this first NI
43-101 report and excited about the opportunity that the Onjuul
Property outlines for the Company. The Company will continue to
confirm resources in its summer drill program, to be able to report
on the full amount of coal available on the property step by step,
resulting in a complete NI 43-101 report, which will describe the
quality of this property. The full report is estimated to be
completed by the end of the year. Until then, we will keep our
shareholders updated about the drilling program and received
results in further news releases."
The NI 43-101 report outlines the history and findings of the
previous work done on the property and its historical significance.
The Company would like to provide a summary of this report:
Norwest visited the Onjuul Property on July 23, 2009. During
this site visit the author observed evidence of past exploration
activities such as steel surface casing for drill holes and
trenches in the north of the properties of interest. Observations
were also made of coal outcrops, although coal thicknesses were not
discernable. The majority of the area however is overlain by
alluvial material obscuring outcrops. Norwest has prepared this NI
43-101 technical report at the request of Gulfside. As requested,
this Technical Report has been prepared in accordance with the
current requirements of NI 43-101, including topics specified in
Form 43-101F1. The purpose of the report is to describe the
current, historically reported coal geology and coal quality of the
Onjuul Property and present other aspects pertinent to the
project's assessment.
In previous drilling by the Russian/Mongolian team in 1973, 15
holes totaling 917.5 meters were drilled. Limited exploration
drilling took place on the exploration license during the 1970's as
part of the government exploration programs headed by P.B.
Lamatkhanov and D. Dashtseren. A private company, Chingis Khar Alt
LLC drilled two holes in 2005. Total drilling to date includes 17
boreholes for a total of plus 918 m, as summarized in the table
below. Hard copies of drillers or geologist logs, descriptions of
coal outcrop openings or excavated trenches were not available for
verification, therefore drilling depths and coal intercepts were
from the reports obtained from Mongolian public domain
information.
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ONJUUL COAL EXPLORATION DRILLING ACTIVITY
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Core Drilling
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No. Meters
Operator Year Holes Drilled
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Russian-Mongolian Geologists 1970's 15 917.5
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Chingis Khar Alt LLC 2005 2 (i)
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Totals 17 917.5
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(i) Total depth of holes not available
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The historical coal intercepts were presented on maps and cross
sections in the reviewed reports. It is not known if the holes were
geophysically logged. All coal sampling and analysis was conducted
by personnel performing the historical geological studies of the
Onjuul area. Analytical work reportedly was performed by Central
Chemical Laboratory of the Ministry of Fuel Energy and Geology,
Mongolian People's Republic. The Company's licenses cover an area
of 2156 hectares. All the previous work was done on about 25% of
the Company's present License area.
Norwest conducted the following tasks in order to describe the
geology and provide a range of potential coal quantity and quality
estimates presented in this report:
Mongolian public domain information was collected and compiled
to provide a geologic overview and to identify potential resource
development opportunities. Geologic maps were merged to form a
single, cohesive map of each particular license area. All
coordinates were converted to Latitude/Longitude decimal degrees
and plotted on referenced GIS maps. Literature and data from both
Mongolian and Norwest sources were reviewed and compiled. Specific
conclusions and recommendations were drawn from this work and are
included in the following sections of this report.
The Onjuul Property is defined by Mineral Exploration Licenses
(MEL) 6107X, 9304X and 12835X. The property is located as shown on
Figures 4.1 and 4.2, of the Report and covers an area of 2,156 ha.
Exploration efforts over the past 70 years have shown that the MEL
is underlain by a potentially thick lignite deposit.
This NI 43-101 utilizes historical data collected at Onjuul by
Russian and Mongolian Geological parties obtained from Mongolian
public domain information. That information consisted of drill hole
and outcrop trenching data collected intermittently over the past
70 years. Historical geological data was presented on maps and
cross sections.
Early exploration of the deposit occurred during the 1940's and
1950's under Russian-Mongolian mapping teams. Excavations and
exploratory boreholes conducted in the 1970's indicated the
potential for thick lignite in the area of the MELs. In the late
1980's or early 1990's Dr. D.Baterdene et al estimated in place
tonnages for the Onjuul region. Geologists for Chingis Khar Alt LLC
drilled two holes in 2005 on the 9304X license.
A summary table of coal inventory titled 'Mongolian Coal Basins
and Deposits' list the Onjuul Coal Field as containing the
following Mongolian resources:
P1 resources of 232 M tonnes,
P2 resources of 1,017.9 M tonnes
P3 resources of 271.4 M tonnes
for a total of 1,521.3 M tonnes.
These are potential tonnes for the Onjuul property and include
licensed and non-licensed areas in the vicinity of the subject MEL.
Norwest and Gulfside representatives independently have met with
Dr. D.Baterdene, Advisor to the Chairman of the Mineral Authority
of Mongolia, who verbally confirmed that the table 'Mongolian Coal
Basins and Deposits' is from his work of the late 1980's to early
1990's. Dr. D.Baterdene indicated that a corresponding summary
report was prepared. However to date, the full summary report has
not been located, only the corresponding coal inventory summary
table.
Future exploration
Future exploration efforts should focus on the drilling of
several "twin" holes adjacent to older holes, down dip and in-fill
drilling as well as exploring license 12835X. This additional
exploration will validate historic seam thickness data and further
define seam correlations, continuity and geometry. All new
exploration holes should be geophysically logged to confirm
lithologies and thicknesses. Analysis of representative samples of
the coal seams for thermal and processing properties is
recommended. Acquisition of preliminary hydrologic and geotechnical
data should also be conducted during the exploration activities.
The accuracy of resource and reserve estimates is, in part, a
function of the quality and quantity of available data and of
engineering and geological interpretation and judgment. Given the
data available at the time this report was prepared was from
unverifiable historical documents, the estimates presented herein
are not considered to be NI 43-101 compliant.
Therefore additional data and analysis available subsequent to
the date of this report will necessitate revision of the presented
potential tonnages. These revisions may be material. There is no
guarantee that all or any part of the estimated potential tonnages
will be recoverable.
Interpretation and conclusions
A NI 43-101 technical report has been prepared on the properties
by Norwest, which reports utilizing unverifiable data from maps and
cross sections presented in historical documents has estimated the
ranges of preliminary potential in place tonnages to be 159 - 178
million tonnes within the license areas.
The Onjuul Property is located within the Onjuul Basin in
Mongolia. The Onjuul Property consists of three mineral exploration
licenses that upon closing will be fully owned by the Company. The
area of the present drilling covered 25 % of the Onjuul Property.
Though not clearly defined, it is estimated that the license areas
summarized as the Onjuul Project/Property may cover approximately
10% of the entire Onjuul Basin. All historical coal occurrences are
currently located on the Company's licenses.
The coal occurrence on the Onjuul Property can be divided into
four distinct seams. Coal thickness ranges from 0.2m to 31.9m
throughout the area. Numerous rock partings are observed within the
seams. Structural modification of the deposit reportedly has been
minimal. The coal is classified as Lignite A in rank based on the
available data. The Geology Type for the area has been determined
to be "Moderate" based on criteria set forth in the GSC Paper 88-21
and the interpretation of the Qualified Person. The historical
documents did not contain stripping ratios (waste volume/tonne).
However given that the coal seams considered in this report
crop/subcrop, range in thickness from 0.5 to 31.9 meters and in
general occurs at depths less than 100 meters the deposit is
considered to be a "Surface" deposit type. Exploration focused on
data validation and infill drilling is recommended to better
understand seam correlations, continuity and geometry in order to
potentially define a resource within the subject MEL. Further
analysis of coal seam samples for thermal and processing properties
is recommended. Hydrologic and geotechnical data should also be
collected during the next phase of data validation and
exploration.
Norwest, after having reviewed all the technical data available
on the project, has concluded that the prospect should be explored
further and has recommended a program of diamond drilling estimated
to cost US$962,000. Norwest recommends a drilling program that
would consist of approximately 4000 meters in 20 geotechnical/coal
quality core holes and three hydrologic pump test locations.
The drill program will take approximately three months to
complete and may be accelerated if equipment is available.
John Jenks, BSc., PEng, a Director of the Company and a
Qualified Person under NI 43-101 has reviewed the contents of this
news release.
Disclaimer : The Company wishes to clarify that the potential
tonnage estimates for Onjuul are based on historical data. A
qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify the
potential tonnage estimates as current mineral resources, the
Company is not treating the potential tonnage estimates as current
mineral resources and the potential tonnage estimates should not be
relied upon. There has been insufficient exploration to define a
resource, it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the
discovery of a mineral resource and there is no guarantee that all
or any of the estimated potential tonnages will be recoverable. The
potential quantity and grade of the coal at the Onjuul is
conceptual in nature.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Gulfside Minerals Ltd.
Robert L. Card, President
Forward-Looking Statements: This document includes
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but
are not limited to, statements concerning GMG's planned exploration
program in Mongolia and other statements that are not historical
facts. When used in this document, the words such as "could",
"plan", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "may", "potential",
"should", and similar expressions are forward-looking statements.
Although GMG believes that its expectations reflected in these
forward looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve
risks and uncertainties and no assurance can be given that actual
results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from
these forward-looking statements are disclosed under the heading
"Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the corporation's periodic filings
with Canadian securities regulators.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Contacts: Delmor Enterprises Ltd. Del Thachuk Investor Contact
604-538-5995 Delthachuk@shaw.ca www.gulfsideminerals.com
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