Sona Begins 4,500-Metre Underground Drill Program at its Elizabeth Gold Deposit Property; Surface Drill Programs at Blackdome an
09 Junho 2011 - 10:30AM
Marketwired
Sona Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE: SYS)(FRANKFURT: QS7) (the
"Company" or "Sona") is pleased to announce the start of a
4,500-metre underground diamond drill program at its 100 percent
owned Elizabeth Gold Deposit Property ("Elizabeth"), located in the
Lillooet Mining District of southern British Columbia.
The initial drilling will target the West Vein gold
mineralization via drill bays being cut into the Upper Adit's east
and west walls. The program will test an area along strike and down
dip from the West Vein mineralization. The Company will also drill
to confirm the Southwest Vein's position along strike to the
northeast of the known gold mineralization.
In July, the Company plans to commence surface diamond drilling
programs of 3,000 metres at Elizabeth, and 5,000 metres at the
formerly producing Blackdome Gold Mine ("Blackdome").
"We'll be drilling aggressively at both properties to expand the
known resources and increase our confidence in them," says John P.
Thompson, Sona's President and CEO.
The drilling at Elizabeth will target the southwestern extension
of the Southwest gold zone mineralization, along strike and down
dip. The most southwesterly drill section has already intersected
true-width composite assays of 109.5g Au/t over 1.1 metres
(E10-67), 20.0g Au/t over 0.7 metres (E04-11A), and 77.9g Au/t over
2.2 metres (E10-69), at depths below surface of 30 metres, 55
metres, and 70 metres, respectively. This high-grade gold
mineralization is open along strike and down dip. The entire
Southwest Zone, which now extends approximately 350 metres along
strike, has not yet been drilled below 200 metres depth.
The drilling at Blackdome will target the untested southern
extension of the Giant Vein for over one kilometre of strike
length, between the known gold resource and an outcrop of gold
mineralization that was sampled in 2007 and returned values between
0.30 and 9.32g Au/t (news release dated September 11, 2007).
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Thompson, a Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101, with
the ability and authority to verify the authenticity and validity
of the data herein.
About Sona Resources Corp.
Since its inception in 1990, Sona has engaged in exploration
activities at its mineral properties in Canada and the United
States, as well as small-scale gold production at its flagship
property, the 100 percent owned Blackdome Gold Mine, in
south-central British Columbia, 250 kilometres north of Vancouver.
At Blackdome, the indicated mineral resources are estimated at
144,500 tonnes, grading 11.29g Au/t and containing 52,600 ounces of
gold; and the inferred resource is estimated at 90,600 tonnes,
grading 8.79g Au/t (news release dated May 4, 2010). At its 100
percent owned Elizabeth Gold Deposit Property, 30 kilometres south
of the Blackdome Gold Mine, Sona has outlined an inferred gold
resource of 522,900 tonnes, grading 12.3g Au/t and containing
206,100 ounces of gold (news release dated June 8, 2009).
Sona aims to bring its permitted Blackdome mill back into
production over the next two years at a rate of 200 tonnes per day,
with feed from the formerly producing Blackdome Gold Mine and the
Elizabeth Gold Deposit Property. A positive Preliminary Economic
Assessment by Micon International Ltd. (news release dated May 28,
2010), based on a gold price of $950 per ounce over eight years,
has estimated a cash cost of $208 per tonne milled, or $686 per
gold ounce recovered.
Sona also holds a 100 percent interest in the Montgolfier
Project, located in Quebec, 40 kilometres east of the
multimillion-ounce Casa Berardi Mine gold deposit.
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
and such statements involve risks and uncertainties. The results or
events predicted may differ materially from actual results or
events. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of
this news release. Except as may be required by applicable
securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to
update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events or results or any other occurrence.
Neither the 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: Sona Resources Corp. +1 (888) 236-5200 +1 (604)
684-6678 (FAX) info@sonaresources.com www.sonaresources.com Marston
Webb International Victor Webb/Madlene Olson Media Inquiries +1
(212) 684-6601 +1 (212) 725-4709 (FAX) marwebint@cs.com
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