Altavista: High-Grade Showings on Montbray.BOUCHERVILLE, QUEBEC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1996-- Altavista (AltaVista Company, Palo Alto, CA, www.altavista.com) The first search engine to index every word on a page and provide a retrieval system to extract relevant information. Developed by Digital's Research Labs in Palo Alto in 1995, the AltaVista search engine is available in more than 25 (ME:AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture ) Altavista Mines Inc. is pleased to announce excellent sampling results on the Montbray property and the resumption RESUMPTION. To reassume; to promise again; as, the resumption of payment of specie by the banks is general. It also signifies to take things back; as the government has resumed the possession of all the lands which have not been paid for according to the requisitions of the law, and the of drilling on the Santa Anna property, both located in Northwestern Quebec Quebec, city, Canada Quebec, Fr. Québec, city (1991 pop. 167,517), provincial capital, S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. Charles rivers. . Montbray Property Extensive exploration is presently being conducted on the Montbray property. Mechanical stripping on the property resulted in the discovery of two gold-bearing Adj. 1. gold-bearing - containing gold; "auriferous quartz veins" auriferous metal, metallic - containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "a metallic compound"; "metallic luster"; "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, vein networks (the Tarsac and St-Martin showings) and an increase in the size of a third, previously-discovered vein network that now measures 50 meters by 3 meters (the Montbray showing). A rock sampling program carried out on these showings returned impressive gold values: -0- Montbray Showing Tarsac Showing St-Martin Showing 120.00 g/t Au 4.63 g/t Au (0.14 oz/t Au) 8.67 g/t Au (3.50 oz/t Au) (0.25 oz/t Au) 19.70 g/t Au 3.30 g/t Au (0.10 oz/t Au) 6.33 g/t Au (0.57 oz/t Au) (0.18 oz/t Au) 18.30 g/t Au 3.03 g/t Au (0.09 oz/t Au) 3.87 g/t Au (0.53 oz/t Au) (0.11 oz/t Au) 15.00 g/t Au 2.67 g/t Au (0.08 oz/t Au) 3.17 g/t Au (0.44 oz/t Au) (0.09 oz/t Au) 10.00 g/t Au 2.30 g/t Au (0.07 oz/t Au) 3.00 g/t Au (0.29 oz/t Au) (0.09 oz/t Au) These excellent results confirm the strong potential of the Montbray property from the outset of exploration. The company also carried out channel sampling on the Montbray showing; results will be disclosed as soon as available. Santa Anna Property Drilling was suspended sus·pend v. sus·pend·ed, sus·pend·ing, sus·pends v.tr. 1. To bar for a period from a privilege, office, or position, usually as a punishment: suspend a student from school. for about one month to allow analysis and interpretation of the drill results obtained to date. Work will resume around November 11, and will initially consist of a series of holes aimed at testing the various hypotheses developed during the interpretation period. The company is currently performing a preliminary reserve calculation for the Santa Anna project and will release the figures as soon as they become available. Altavista Mines is pleased with the progress on its various mining projects and, given its working capital of over $1 million, has ample funds to pursue exploration. CONTACT: Altavista Mines Inc. Guy Hebert Guy Andre Hebert (born January 7, 1967 in Troy, New York) is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. Always a proud American, he used the French pronunciation of his first and last names because it "sounded better." He played for the St. , 514/641-0775 or 514/641-1601 (FAX) Email address See Internet address. : altavist@total.net or Francois Kalos, 514/641-0775 or 514/641-1601 (FAX) Email address: altavist@total.net or Roger Desloges, 416/368-5115 or 416/925-7881 (FAX) |
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