Colt Resources reports positive results of drilling at its Montemor
Gold Project, Southern Portugal
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MONTREAL,
Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Colt
Resources Inc. ("Colt" or the "Company") (TSXV: GTP) (FRA: P01)
(OTCQX: COLTF) is pleased to announce that it has received final
analytical results for 6 diamond drillholes from its recently
completed 12 hole drilling campaign on the Monfurado gold deposit,
located within the Company's 100% owned (728Km2)
Montemor Gold exploration concession in southern Portugal. Colt's 100% owned 47Km2
Boa Fé Experimental Mining License ("EML") is completely surrounded
by the Montemor Exploration concession.
The results from Monfurado are highlighted as
follows:
|
Hole-ID |
|
Hole Inclination and
Azimuth |
|
From (m) |
|
To (m) |
|
Grade g/t Au |
|
Width (m) |
MOMF-12-007 |
|
Vertical |
|
106.35 |
|
116.50 |
|
1.46 |
|
10.15 |
MOMF-12-007 |
|
Vertical |
|
120.73 |
|
122.98 |
|
1.16 |
|
2.25 |
MOMF-12-008 |
|
Vertical |
|
35.50 |
|
41.50 |
|
0.39 |
|
6.00 |
MOMF-12-008 |
|
Vertical |
|
51.75 |
|
53.69 |
|
0.52 |
|
1.94 |
MOMF-12-009 |
|
Vertical |
|
42.37 |
|
44.28 |
|
0.16 |
|
1.91 |
MOMF-12-010 |
|
Inclined: -60 to 225 |
|
68.38 |
|
70.90 |
|
0.53 |
|
2.52 |
MOMF-12-011 |
|
Vertical |
|
55.17 |
|
56.71 |
|
0.36 |
|
1.54 |
MOMF-12-011 |
|
Vertical |
|
83.45 |
|
88.31 |
|
1.59 |
|
4.86 |
MOMF-12-012 |
|
Vertical |
|
137.20 |
|
139.60 |
|
0.46 |
|
2.40 |
* True Width has not been determined at this time.
Nikolas Perrault,
President and CEO of Colt, stated, "The 12 hole drilling program
at Monfurado has been designed to increase our understanding of
this near surface deposit within the Montemor exploration
concession. We have now completed the program and are pleased
to see that every drillhole hit the mineralized zone that had been
intersected in trenches and projected to extend to depth. We
have now commenced data review in anticipation of an expanded
drilling campaign to test for depth and strike extensions of this
mineralized zone. Monfurado is located just 4.5Km west of the
Banhos deposit (located in our 100% owned Boa Fe EML). We
anticipate that the results of this program will form part of an NI
43-101 compliant mineral resource estimate to be published in Q1,
2013. We continue to explore the large Montemor exploration
concession, that surrounds Boa Fé, where we have identified several
gold mineralized zones most of which remain untested by
drilling."
Program Strategy
Gold mineralization has been identified in
several deposits along a shear zone that extends over some 30
kilometres along strike (Figure 1). Previous shallow drilling
was generally focussed on the highest grading portions of gold
anomalies that closely follow the regional shear.
At Monfurado, a total of 12 diamond drillholes
(Figure 2) have been completed by Colt, for a total length of
1305.8 metres. All holes were drilled vertically (as the Monfurado
structure and mineralization was projected to be gently dipping)
except for one hole (MOMF-12-010), which was drilled inclined at
-60o and 225° azimuth. The holes were drilled as part of
an (incomplete) 100m x 50m spaced drilling grid, with a view to
develop a better understanding of the controls for mineralization
and to support future resource estimation. The drilled portion of
this grid extends over a NW-SE strike length of 300m, for up to
200m down-dip/across-strike (on the longest drill traverse).
All drill holes have intersected gold-bearing
rocks, varying in lithology from felsic metavolcanics to carbonate
and calcsilicate rocks.
Drilling has revealed that the Monfurado gold
mineralization is primarily focussed at the contact zone between
the felsic metavolcanic unit (above) and the lower unit of
carbonate+calcsilicate rocks, with gold mineralization present on
either side of this contact. The controls of mineralization are
therefore believed to be tectonic (structural) rather than
lithologic, as the contact zone between these two units of the
Monfurado Cambrian Formation is believed to be a favourable plane
for thrusting/shearing.
As a consequence of this structural control
associated with a bedding plane, the mineralization appears
stratabound in character and as such it strikes NW-SE, and dips
~30o to NE (Figure 3) coincident with stratigraphy.
The Monfurado mineralization is open both down
dip and along strike, particularly to the southeast, where
additional positive trench results indicate good potential for
continuation of the mineralized horizon in this direction.
Exploration Strategy
Colt will continue to test its current ideas on
structural interpretation against previous models as part of its
ongoing strategy to prepare working 3D models of
mineralization. Results currently being interpreted from
geophysical exploration will greatly assist in advancing targets in
the greater Montemor area. High priority regional targets
identified through field prospecting are also being tested.
Minimal drilling has been performed to test
depth extensions below an average of 100 metres or along strike
between known mineralized deposits. Given the shear zone
style of mineralization and extensive gold anomalies in soils,
there is good potential to identify the presence of mineralization
hosted in deposits similar to those found in the Boa Fé EML.
The style of mineralization found at Monfurado
differs from that found nearby in the Boa Fe EML opening up the
possibility of a new exploration target that will be aggressively
pursued as part of Colts ongoing regional exploration program.
Quality Assurance / Quality Control
(QA/QC)
Drill sample intervals are reported as metres
(m) down hole and as such do not represent true widths of
mineralized intersections. All drill core is transported by Company
personnel from drill site to a nearby secure storage facility for
logging and sampling. Sampling intervals are defined after core
logging and determination of probable high grade zones based on
visible mineralisation and favourable structure. One half of the
core is sent for analysis, while the other half is retained in the
core boxes for future reference.
All samples are sent by courier to ALS Chemex's facility in
Seville, Spain, where they undergo
sample preparation. The resulting pulps are shipped by ALS to their
laboratory in Romania for gold
assay and routine ICP multi-element analysis. Gold analysis for all
samples is done via method "Au - AA23" (Au by fire assay and AAS,
30g nominal sample weight). The detection limit for this method is
5 ppb. For every sample with Au values over 3 ppm, the pulp is
re-analyzed by method "Au - GRA21" (Au by fire assay and
gravimetric finish, 30g nominal sample weight). The detection range
for this method is 0.05-1000 ppm.
A set of standards and blanks has been inserted
by Colt into the drill sample stream on a regular basis in addition
to the laboratory's own internal QA/QC standards and duplicates.
QA/QC results to date are well within the accepted norm.
About Colt Resources Inc.
Colt Resources Inc. is a Canadian junior
exploration company engaged in acquiring, exploring, and developing
mineral properties with an emphasis on gold and tungsten. It
is currently focused on advanced stage exploration projects in
Portugal, where it is one of the
largest lease holder of mineral concessions.
SRK (ES) Managing Director - Gareth O'Donovan
CEng MSc BA (Hons) FIMMM FGS, is an independent Qualified Person,
as defined in NI 43‐101, for Colt's projects in Portugal. Mr. O'Donovan has reviewed the
content of this press release, and consents to the information
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