TSX-V Symbol: GOT
VANCOUVER,
Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ - Golden Touch
Resources Corp. ("Golden Touch" or the "Company", formerly
known as GFE Capital Corp.) (TSX-V Symbol: GOT) is pleased to
announce that it has signed a non binding letter of intent (the
"LOI") to purchase 100% of the issued capital of Jab Resources SH
PK ("Jab Albania"). Jab Albania is the wholly owned Albanian
subsidiary of Jab Resources Limited of Australia ("Jab Australia"). In
consideration of the acquisition of Jab Albania, the Company will,
subject to the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange, issue
8,146,887 common shares in the capital of Golden Touch (the "GT shares") and pay CAD
$200,000 to Jab Australia. The
Company has been advised that Jab Australia intends to dividend out
the GT Shares to its shareholders. Golden Touch paid Jab Australia a non refundable
$20,000 payment upon the execution of
the LOI.
Jab Albania is
the holder of a portfolio of exploration permits totaling
approximately 140 sq km, located in Northern Albania. Jab
Albania has already spent in excess of US$5
million on exploration within the permit areas, which has
resulted in the outlining of significant gold, platinum group
elements (PGE) and chromite mineralization.
Golden Touch is
currently conducting due diligence with regard to this proposed
acquisition including site visits, title confirmation and corporate
records review. Golden Touch
and Jab Albania have agreed to use their best efforts to negotiate
a definitive purchase and sale agreement by November 19, 2010. Golden
Touch advises that until such time as it is satisfied with
its due diligence enquiries and the parties have entered into a
formal share purchase agreement, there is no guarantee that the
transaction will occur as stated or at all.
Jab Australia
commissioned Mathison Geoscience Pty Ltd. to prepare of a National
Instrument 43-101 compliant technical report (the "Report") on the
Albanian Exploration Projects held by Jab Albania, which Report
dated September 30, 2009 and revised
February 18, 2010 is filed and
available for review on SEDAR under Jab Australia's company
profile.
The following commentary from Jab Albania
provides a summary of the information on the Albanian Exploration
Projects. Readers are cautioned not to rely entirely on this
summary, but are encouraged to review the Report in its
entirety.
GOLD
Exploration for gold has located near surface
gold mineralization within a major regional structural breccia zone
that can be defined over a strike length of 20 km. Along this
strike interval geochemical surface soil sampling has defined a
number of gold in soil anomalies over approximately ten kilometres
of the strike. One anomaly coincides with an area previously
drill tested in the 1980's for "sulphide bearing
silica"(silica). The silica was used as a flux material for a
copper smelter. The other nine kilometres remains untested.
The sulphide bearing silica (silica) occurs as
pods within the breccias which dips northwards at around 30
degrees. The silica located in each hole was selectively
sampled and assayed for a range of elements, of which only gold was
found to be present in significant quantities.
The results of 157 diamond holes, ranging in
diameter 74-146 mm, have been verified and compiled into a data
base of historical information. Most of the holes were
drilled on a 40 m x 40 m grid (some areas 20m x 20m) over a length
of 700 metres along the strike of the breccia, with scattered holes
out to a length of 1,300 metres.
From these holes 246 separate assays (average
down hole interval one metre), have been compiled by Jab Albania
into a data base and evaluated. The best gold bearing down
hole intervals being:
Hole |
Intercept downhole (M) |
Intercept thickness (m) |
Grade ( g/t Au) |
415 |
59-65.9 |
6.9 |
9.5 |
64 |
26.5 - 34.5 |
8.0 |
7.2 |
224 |
48-53.5 |
5.5 |
10.4 |
26a |
41.5 - 43.5 |
2 |
21.8 |
62 |
55-59.6 |
4.6 |
6.4 |
224 |
44-44.8 |
0.8 |
29.4 |
540 |
45-46.8 |
1.8 |
10.25 |
274 |
56-56.6 |
0.6 |
23.7 |
The gold mineralisation is open in both
directions along strike, as well as to depth. The prospective
breccia zone dips at about 30 degrees to the north beneath a thin
layer of colluvium.
High grade gold mineralization occurs in at
least four areas, each of which could reflect a mineralized pipe,
originally fed from depth, that have been developed within major
structural dilation zones within the breccia.
Surface sampling by Jab Albania has indicated
that gold occurs not only in the silica pods but elsewhere in the
breccias. The geological logs suggests that the breccias may
average 10 metres in width.
Jab Albania has
completed a trench over the only known outcrop on the property,
which has defined mineralization in excess of 6 metres in width
with an average gold grade of 6.3 g/t Au.
Jab Albania is
of the view that the evaluation of the prospective breccia zone
within any drill hole is incomplete and hence there is potential
for verification drilling to locate additional gold mineralization
even within the section drilled.
PLATINUM
JAB Albania has
defined PGE mineralization within a 6 km long structural breccia
zone in north eastern Albania. Within this zone previous
drilling has outlined mineralization.
21 diamond drill holes (diameter 91mm-127 mm)
have been drilled over a strike length of 250 metres, mostly on a
20m x 20 m grid. From these holes Jab has been able to verify
135 assays results considered significant (>0.1 g/t Pt, each of
which typically represents a one metre downhole intervals.
Significant drill holes include:
Hole |
Intercepted (m) |
Intercept width (m) |
Grade Pt (g/t) |
74 |
0-3.5 |
3.5 |
3.0 |
16 |
34.8-35.8 |
1.0 |
3.3 |
47 |
16.5 -21.5 |
5.0 |
1.52 |
80 |
51-54 |
3.0 |
1.9 |
57 |
71-72 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
70 |
45-48.8 |
3.3 |
0.9 |
Recent trenching indicates the zone prospective
for PGE's are 5-14 metres wide averaging 1.5-2 g/t
Pt.
The trench intercepts are much wider than those
of the drilling, suggests that the full width of the prospective
zone has not been fully evaluated by the drilling.
Mineralogy suggests that Pt makes up around 80%
of the PGE and most of the rest is Pd. There is also around
28% Cr2O3 associated with the PGE zones.
CHROMITE
JAB Albania has
undertaken an exploration program to evaluate chromite
mineralization over an area of about 100 sq km of north eastern
Albania. The program included an evaluation of historic drill
results of work conducted by the Albanian government as well as
trenching and drilling conducted by Jab Albania. Jab Albania
completed 57 reverse circulation holes (diameter 114-127 mm for
3834 metres to test a small part of the total prospective chromite
bearing area within its permit areas.
From the drill program a total of 3,204 samples
were sent to the ALS Laboratory in Romania for analysis. All the drill
holes intersected chromite mineralisation, providing the impetus to
commence independent studies of the mineralogy and metallurgy of
the mineralization as well as resource estimates, open pit
optimization and environmental studies.
From these investigations Jab Albania prepared
an internal pre feasibility study into the development of an open
pit and underground chromite mine and downstream processing project
and was able to demonstrate that, subject to further drilling, a
viable project could be established.
In the 1980's Albania was the world's third largest supplier
of chromite ore. About one million tonnes of ore have been
previously mined from within Jab Albania's tenements, all from the
selective mining of direct shipping chromite ore from narrow
outcropping high grade pods.
JAB Albania's
drilling suggests that substantial areas of disseminated
mineralization occur around the high grade pods, with a view to
establish large tonnage lower grade open pit mines, supplemented by
more selective higher grade selective underground mines, target the
larger pods present. By including lower grade material Jab
Albania found that tonnage of mineralization could be substantially
increased over previous estimates.
Jab Albania is
of the view that the areas considered prospective for chromite
occur in four separate locations within the permits, totaling 25
kms of strike. The Company is also of the view that to date
only a small part of the potential chromite bearing area has been
drill evaluated and that further drilling could establish a
substantial resource ahead of the development of a significant
mining and ore processing operation.
The metallurgical test work has suggested that a
chromite concentrate with an attractive Cr:Fe ratio could be
produced from a first stage processing plant, that would be
suitable for conversion to a high carbon ferrochrome at a grade
above 60% Cr, which could be developed as a second stage
plant.
The technical content of this news has been
reviewed and prepared by Robert
Murdoch, a member of Australasian Institute of Mining and
Metallurgy and also Australian Institute of Geoscientists, a
qualified person within the definitions of National Instrument
43-101. Mr. Robert Murdoch is
the executive director of Jab Resources Limited the owner of Jab
Albania.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Golden Touch Resources Corp.
David
Schmidt, President
This news release includes "forward-looking
information", as such term is defined in applicable securities
laws. The forward-looking information includes, without
limitation, statements regarding the extent and timing of its
exploration programs, exploration program budgets and exploration
results. This forward-looking information is given as of the
date of this news release. Users of forward-looking
information are cautioned that actual results may vary from the
forward-looking information contained herein. While the
Company has based this forward-looking information on its
expectations about future events as at the date that such
information was prepared, the information is not a guarantee of the
Company's future performance and is subject to risks,
uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which could cause
actual results to differ materially from future results expressed
or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors
and assumptions include, amongst others, the effects of general
economic conditions, the price of lithium, changing foreign
exchange rates and actions by government authorities, uncertainties
associated with legal proceedings and negotiations and misjudgments
in the course of preparing forward-looking information. In
addition, there are also known and unknown risk factors which could
cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements to
differ materially from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking
information. Known risk factors include, among others, risks
relating to exploration and development; the ability of the Company
to obtain additional financing; the Company's limited operating
history; the need to comply with environmental and governmental
regulations; political and economic instability and general civil
unrest in Bolivia; potential
defects in title to the properties; fluctuations in currency
exchange rates; fluctuating prices of commodities; operating
hazards and risks; competition; and other risks and
uncertainties. Although the Company has attempted to identify
important factors that could cause actual actions, events or
results to differ materially from those described in
forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause
actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking
information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue
reliance on forward-looking information. The Company is under
no obligation to update or alter any forward-looking information
except as required under applicable securities laws.
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SOURCE Golden Touch Resources Corp.
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