Barramundi Gold -- Additional Wandoo Targets Identified through Geophysics and Groundwork.VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 1997-- Exploration on Barramundi barramundi see lates calcarifer. Gold Ltd.'s (Alberta Stock Exchange Alberta Stock Exchange See Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX). :BAM Bam (bäm), town (1996 pop. 70,100), Kerman prov., SE Iran, on the intermittent Bam River. Located on the western edge of the Dasht-e Lut, Bam is a trade center in a henna-growing region. Dates and other fruits are also grown; camels are raised. ) Wandoo Project has been advanced through the recent completion of an 11,000 line km airborne geophysical survey Geophysical survey refers to the systematic collection of geophysical data for spatial studies. Geophysical surveys may use a great variety of sensing instruments, and data may be collected from above or below the Earth's surface or from aerial or marine platforms. and ongoing groundwork. This has led to the recognition of several new geophysical ge·o·phys·ics n. (used with a sing. verb) The physics of the earth and its environment, including the physics of fields such as meteorology, oceanography, and seismology. anomalies
Anomalies is Cephalic Carnage's 4th full-length album. It was released on Relapse Records. The group expanded their sound even more than their previous album, Lucid Interval, and gained more popularity. and a significant new exploration target area known as the Bushtucker Prospect. The prospectivity and geological interpretation of four breccia breccia: see conglomerate. breccia Coarse sedimentary rock consisting of angular or nearly angular fragments larger than 0.08 in. (2 mm). Breccia commonly results from processes such as landslides or geologic faulting, in which rocks are fractured. pipe targets discovered previously by Barramundi has also been enhanced by the completion of soil geochemistry geochemistry, study of the chemical changes on the earth. More specifically, it is the study of the absolute and relative abundances of chemical elements in the minerals, soils, ores, rocks, water, and atmosphere of the earth and the distribution and movement of and drill testing. The 1,425 square km Wandoo Project is located in Queensland, Australia and currently comprises 12 gold-mineralised breccia pipes and three base metal targets. Compelling similarities in nature and setting between Barramundi's breccia pipes and the Kidston and Mt. Leyshon Mines (multi-million ounce producing gold mines in the region) are described in the Company's initial prospectus. 11,000 LINE KILOMETRE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY Barramundi has recently completed a detailed airborne magnetic and radiometric geophysical survey over approximately 800 square km of the Wandoo Project area. Preliminary interpretation of the survey confirms the presence and further defines the size and position of the breccia pipes, particularly the 2500 metre-wide Mt. Wandoo Prospect. The data also indicate several striking pipe-like magnetic anomalies Magnetic Anomaly may refer to:
Detailed interpretation of the geophysical data is underway, and in addition to delineating new targets will provide the basis for refining refining, any of various processes for separating impurities from crude or semifinished materials. It includes the finer processes of metallurgy, the fractional distillation of petroleum into its commercial products, and the purifying of cane, beet, and maple sugar Barramundi's understanding of the regional geology. SOIL GEOCHEMISTRY Barramundi has completed a 4 square km surveyed grid over the Empire- Pinnacles-Pinnacles West prospects. A total of 1,176 soil samples from the grid were collected at 50 metre intervals for geochemical analysis, and the area was geologically mapped in detail. This work has clearly outlined the surface limits of the Empire Prospect (which measures approximately 500 metres in diameter) and the Pinnacles breccia system, illustrated by a broad arcuate arcuate /ar·cu·ate/ (ahr´ku-at) arc-shaped; arranged in arches. ar·cu·ate adj. Formed in the shape of an arc. gold-in-soil anomalous a·nom·a·lous adj. 1. Deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule. 2. Equivocal, as in classification or nature. zone measuring roughly 600 x 200 metres. Barramundi has also completed 4 square km of a surveyed soil and mapping grid over the Mt. Wandoo prospect. Geochemical soil sampling and detailed geological mapping has commenced and the results of analytical analytical, analytic pertaining to or emanating from analysis. analytical control control of confounding by analysis of the results of a trial or test. results will be released shortly. REVERSE CIRCULATION ("RC") AND DIAMOND DRILLING Diamond Drilling is a highly specialized industry used for mineral exploration around the world. Most commonly using wireline and core bits with diamond encrusted matrix. To drill holes to max depths of twelve thousand feet, for the recovery of core used in verifying mineral Barramundi has drilled an additional 30 angled RC drill holes totalling 897 metres (with an average depth of 30 metres) and 6 diamond drill holes totalling 1,502 metres at the Empire and Pinnacles/Pinnacles West Prospects, bringing the total amount of drilling at these prospects to 56 RC and 6 diamond drill holes. The Empire and Pinnacles pipes appear, from the results of soil geochemistry surveying, to be enriched with gold in a zone marking the margin of each pipe; a characteristic that is consistent with pipes at the Kidston and Mt. Leyshon gold mines. These anomalous zones were drill-tested with several "fences" of 5-10 RC holes, as depicted de·pict tr.v. de·pict·ed, de·pict·ing, de·picts 1. To represent in a picture or sculpture. 2. To represent in words; describe. See Synonyms at represent. in the accompanying figure -- "Geology, Geochemistry and 1997 Drilling." The RC drilling program successfully confirmed the presence of gold mineralisation below the known gold-in-soil anomalies. Further, stratigraphic stra·tig·ra·phy n. The study of rock strata, especially the distribution, deposition, and age of sedimentary rocks. strat testing of the bedrock with diamond drilling confirmed the presence of brecciated brec·ci·ate tr.v. brec·ci·at·ed, brec·ci·at·ing, brec·ci·ates To form (rock) into breccia. brec rocks to depths of 300 metres. Partial results from recently drilled holes WDH WDH Wyoming Department of Health WDH Windhoek, Namibia - Jg Strijdom (Airport Code) WDH Washington Department of Health WDH Width Depth Height WDH Wireless Document Hosting 41 and WRC WRC World Rally Championship (auto racing) WRC World Radiocommunication Conference WRC Water Resource Center WRC Women's Resource Center WRC Welding Research Council WRC Water Research Commission (South Africa) 71, which tested the gold-enriched zone at the Empire pipe margin, are summarised below for average gold grades in excess of 1 g/t. Average ore grades Ore grade is a measure that describes the concentration of a valuable natural material (such as metals or minerals) in its surrounding ore. Ore grade is used to assess the economic feasibility of a mining operation: the cost of extracting a natural material from its ore is directly at Kidston and Mt. Leyshon mines range from approximately 0.5 to 1.5 g/t gold. Previous drilling results from the Empire area were summarised in a news release dated November 1, 1996. -0-
EMPIRE PROSPECT - DIAMOND AND RC DRILLING INTERCEPTS
(greater than 1.0 g/t Au)
HOLE COORD(x) DIP/AZIM(x) FROM TO INTERVAL GRADE
Au g/t
WDH 41 8 095 475N -60 degrees 74 77 3 2.34
(Diamond) /202 605E /270
108 110 2 2.37
WRC 71 8 095 468N -55 degrees 0 29 EOH 29 1.60
(RC) /202 567E /269
including 2 6 4 9.50
(x)Note: Australian Metric Grid
EOH = end of hole
g/t = grams per tonne
-0- The Company has also recently re-logged a total of 947 metres of diamond drill core from the Mt. Wandoo prospect, originally obtained in 1980 by Houston Oil and Minerals Australia Inc. All 8 holes reviewed were found to include hydrothermally altered breccia pipe material, consistent with current models for this large prospect. RECONNAISSANCE  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. STREAM SEDIMENT sediment, mineral or organic particles that are deposited by the action of wind, water, or glacial ice. These sediments can eventually form sedimentary rocks (see rock). SAMPLING A major new zone of brecciation brec·ci·ate tr.v. brec·ci·at·ed, brec·ci·at·ing, brec·ci·ates To form (rock) into breccia. brec and mineralisation known as the Bushtucker Prospect, encompassing the Loretta Hill, 501, McDonald's and Green's Lode prospects, has been discovered in the northern Wandoo land holdings. Barramundi discovered these prospects by following-up bulk leach leach v. leached, leach·ing, leach·es v.tr. 1. To remove soluble or other constituents from by the action of a percolating liquid. 2. extractable gold ("BLEG") values in creeks, obtained through the Company's ongoing stream sediment sampling program. Selective rock chip sampling of locally gossanous outcrop at the Bushtucker Prospect yielded gold values ranging from 0.2 to 8.0 g/t as well as strongly anomalous lead (ranging from 1 percent to 16.5 percent), zinc (ranging from 0.04 percent to 0.7 percent) and silver (ranging from 16 to 547 g/t). The Bushtucker Prospect has relatively poor outcrop exposure and at this early stage is not well defined; however, the Company's preliminary investigation indicates that it may cover an area of some 5-6 square km. Barramundi is planning to immediately initiate a preliminary mapping and sampling program over this new area of polymetallic enrichment enrichment Food industry The addition of vitamins or minerals to a food–eg, wheat, which may have been lost during processing. See White flour; Cf Whole grains. and to expand its reconnaissance stream sediment sampling program onto newly acquired portions of the Wandoo Project land holdings. Through its exploration efforts on the Wandoo project to date Barramundi has identified 15 significant prospect targets. The company is currently compiling com·pile tr.v. com·piled, com·pil·ing, com·piles 1. To gather into a single book. 2. To put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources: , ranking the prospectivity of, and exploring each target in priority sequence. Future exploration efforts will focus on prospects most likely to produce resource opportunities in the short term.
WANDOO PROJECT DRILLHOLE DATA SUMMARY, MARCH 1997
EMPIRE PROSPECT
HOLE COORD(x) DIP/AZIM(x) FROM TO INTERVAL GRADE
Au g/t
WDH 37 8 095 466N -70 degrees 171 204 33 0.12
/202 503E /059
WDH 38 8 095 333N -60 degrees 59 84 25 0.11
/202 314E /070
including 59 70 11 0.22
WDH 41 8 095 475N -60 degrees 0 22 22 0.15
/202 605E /270
including 4 5 1 1.32
74 77 3 2.34
100 112 12 0.56
including 108 110 2 2.37
WRC 63 8 095 530N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.11
/202 535E /080
including 8 30 EOH 22 0.15
WRC 64 8 095 529N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.13
/202 550E /081
WRC 65 8 095 531N -55 degrees 16 30 EOH 14 0.17
/202 565E /085
WRC 66 8 095 531N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.20
/202 580E /088
WRC 67 8 095 532N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.03
/202 597E /087
WRC 68 8 095 536N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.04
/202 612E /81
WRC 69 8 095 540N -55 degrees 16 30 EOH 14 0.11
/202 627E /81
WRC 70 8 095 545N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.07
/202 641E /80
WRC 71 8 095 468N -55 degrees 0 29 EOH 29 1.60
/202 567E /269
including 2 6 4 9.50
PINNACLES WEST PROSPECT
HOLE COORD(x) DIP/AZIM(x) FROM TO INTERVAL GRADE
Au g/t
WDH 39 8 094 354N -60 degrees 24 60 36 0.11
/201 665E /290
100 114 14 0.11
WRC 42 8 094 385N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.19
/201 623E /321
including 10 30 EOH 20 0.25
WRC 43 8 094 372N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.11
/201 632E /325
including 4 22 18 0.15
WRC 44 8 094 360N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.10
/201 642E /320
including 20 30 EOH 10 0.18
WRC 45 8 094 405N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.18
/201 601E /134
WRC 46 8 094 426N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 below
/201 753E /38 detection
WRC 47 8 094 411N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 below
/201 736E /46 detection
WRC 48 8 094 397N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.36
/201 717E /64
WRC 49 8 094 384N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.11
/201 701E /37
WDH 72 8 094 350N -60 degrees 42 147 105 0.14
/201 665E /50
including 105 147 42 0.24
including 132 140 8 0.56
PINNACLES PROSPECT
HOLE COORD(x) DIP/AZIM(x) FROM TO INTERVAL GRADE
Au g/t
WDH 40 8 094 531N -60 degrees 90 99 9 0.12
/201 998E /30
183 300 EOH 117 0.10
including 183 203 20 0.24
WRC 50 8 094 685N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.17
/202 007E /32
WRC 51 8 094 673N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.21
/201 998E /17
WRC 52 8 094 659N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.21
/201 993E /31
WRC 53 8 094 647N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.20
/201 985E /31
WRC 54 8 094 635N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.31
/201 976E /28
WRC 55 8 094 618N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.16
/201 964E /38
including 4 30 EOH 26 0.18
WRC 56 8 094 610N -55 degrees 0 18 18 0.07
/201 957E /38
including 10 18 8 0.16
WRC 57 8 094 577N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.12
/202 063E /41
WRC 58 8 094 587N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.16
/202 074E /41
WRC 59 8 094 599N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.14
/202 084E /40
WRC 60 8 094 546N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.13
/202 032E /45
WRC 61 8 094 536N -55 degrees 16 30 EOH 14 0.14
/202 020E /45
WRC 62 8 094 526N -55 degrees 0 30 EOH 30 0.01
/202 010E /44
(x)Note: Australian Metric Grid
EOH = end of hole
g/t = grams per tonne
WRC = reverse circulation
WDH = diamond drill hole
NOTE: Location maps available from the Company at the phone number listed below. The Alberta Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the information contained herein. CONTACT: Barramundi Gold Ltd. Mr. Bob Burban, 011/61-39-606-0233 011/61-39-606-0393 (FAX) IN AUSTRALIA or Barramundi Gold Ltd. Ms. Barbara Henderson, P.Geo., 604/681-7136 604/681-7120 (FAX) CANADA - HEAD OFFICE or Barramundi Gold Ltd. Mr. Scott Broughton, P.Eng., 604/ 681-7136 604/ 681-7120 (FAX) CANADA - HEAD OFFICE |
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