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Duncan Park Holdings Corporation Announces Polymetallic AU-AG-CU-PB-ZN Mineralization Discovery.


TORONTO -- Duncan Park Holdings Corporation (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002)
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 VENTURE:DPH DPH Diploma in Public Health.

DPH
abbr.
1. Diploma in Public Health

2. Doctor of Public Health

3. Doctor of Public Hygiene
) is pleased to issue a progress report on its Phase 2 drill program of the Elephant Gold and Silver property located at the Battle Mountain mining district, Nevada. The property abuts the Newmont Mining's Phoenix Project which commenced construction of a new open pit mine complex (please see DPH Press Release of February 10, 2005).

Five cored diamond HQ drill holes with a total aggregate length of 2,317 meters were completed to date with progressively encouraging results. The first two holes (P-6C and P-1C) were drilled to test a gravity high anomaly with negative results, without achieving target. These holes were collared at 1,250 m apart in a NW-SE direction. Both encountered sequences of barren volcanics ranging from basalt flows on top and underlain un·der·lain  
v.
Past participle of underlie.
 by variegated variegated adjective Multifaceted; with many colors, aspects, features, etc  horizons of pyroclastics rock and flows collectively known as the Tertiary Caetano tuff.

The latest three holes (P-3C; P-4C and P5-C) were drilled approximately 500 m northwest of the gravity high anomaly target above. These three holes were designed to test the eastern edge of an IP anomaly coincident with the notable curving western edge of the gravity high. The IP target was delineated by Zonge Geosciences Inc. in 2004 as part of Duncan Park's Phase 1 exploration program. It was defined by five control lines set 305 m apart and 2,500 m long each for a total areal coverage of 305 hectares or 3.05 km2.

All three holes intersected Paleozoic basement rock. The basement rock units consist predominantly of sandstone to quartzite quartzite, usually metamorphic rock composed of firmly cemented quartz grains. Most often it is white, light gray, yellowish, or light brown, but is sometimes colored blue, green, purple, or black by included minerals.  with horizons of interbedded mudstone/siltstone that may have had primary calcareous calcareous /cal·car·e·ous/ (kal-kar´e-us) pertaining to or containing lime; chalky.

cal·car·e·ous
adj.
 components. This is tentatively field classified as corresponding to the Cambrian Harmony formation. Intruding this is quartz porphyry dikes and sills which has a coarsely crystalline phase and a finer grained phase occurring in the margin of the intrusions perhaps as "chill margin" phenomena. This sequence has been subjected to metamorphism metamorphism, in geology, process of change in the structure, texture, or composition of rocks caused by agents of heat, deforming pressure, shearing stress, hot, chemically active fluids, or a combination of these, acting while the rock being changed remains , turning the sediments to hornfels/skarn and the intrusives to varying degrees of chloritization-epidotization-and pyritic py·rite  
n.
A brass-colored mineral, FeS2, occurring widely and used as an iron ore and in producing sulfur dioxide for sulfuric acid. Also called fool's gold, iron pyrites.
 alteration. The stratigraphic field classification was based on the current Duncan Park drilling program and comparison to the regional stratigraphy stratigraphy, branch of geology specifically concerned with the arrangement of layered rocks (see stratification). Stratigraphy is based on the law of superposition, which states that in a normal sequence of rock layers the youngest is on top and the oldest on the  of the Battle Mountain block mining districts (i.e. Copper Basin, McCoy/ Cove and Copper canyon areas).

Salient descriptions of these three holes are as follows:

P-3C: A thickness of 107 m of Paleozoic unit from 106 m to 213 m. There were two distinct zone of quartz porphyry intrusion intersects at 184-190 m and 202-210 m. A post mineralization Mineralization
The process by which the body uses minerals to build bone structure.

Mentioned in: Rickets

mineralization,
n the bioprecipitation of an inorganic substance.
 fault was intersected from 213 m to 259 m interval. There are several horizons of elevated Au, Ag and some weak base metal values. Within the Paleozoic basement zone of interest the values range from 0.01 - 2.17 ppm Au and 0.2 - 7.41 ppm Ag.
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Interval m    Au ppm   Ag ppm   Cu ppm   Pb ppm   Zn ppm
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121.5 - 123    1.415     4.33      215      247      372
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127.7 - 129     1.25     6.36    272.5    145.2      772
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201 - 202.5    1.635     0.58    108.5     15.7       35
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205.5 - 207     2.17     0.93    128.5     23.4       27
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P-4C: This drill hole was collared 60m due south of P-3C. Total Paleozoic unit intercepted is 47 m from 117.6 to 195.3 m. Quartz eye porphyry intrusion was noted at 180 m to 184.5 m intercepts. Post mineralization fault was intersected from 197.4 to 239.4m interval. The stratigraphic sequence is nearly identical to P-3C. Elevated mineralized min·er·al·ize  
v. min·er·al·ized, min·er·al·iz·ing, min·er·al·iz·es

v.tr.
1. To convert to a mineral substance; petrify.

2. To transform a metal into a mineral by oxidation.

3.
 values were present throughout the Paleozoic unit and intrusive. Following are the more significant intervals:
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Interval m     Au ppm     Ag ppm     Cu ppm     Pb ppm     Zn ppm
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133.5-135        1.04       0.29        119       11.1         20
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144.6-145.6     0.556       9.86       1820       73.4        151
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147.9-150        1.58       1.18     675.43       23.4         49
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160.2-162        0.78       0.26     110.92       9.33      33.33
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163.5-165        1.55       0.60        200       19.3         13
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175.5-177.9      0.96       0.46     264.03      10.92      25.81
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177.9-181.5      0.52       1.36        699      11.95      25.67
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P-5C: This was collared 90 m due west of P-4C. Thickness of the Paleozoic unit is 140 m from 70.8 m to 211 m. Quartz porphyry intrusion intersect starts below a thick fault zone from 132 m and ends at 192 m. The lower portion of the porphyry is heavily faulted. The fault zone itself continues to 212 m where the general nature becomes similar to the post-mineral fault in P-3 and 4C. Elevated mineralized values were likewise throughout the Paleozoic unit and intrusive. The following table shows the more significant intervals:
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Interval m    Au ppm     Ag ppm     Cu ppm     Pb ppm      Zn ppm
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129-130.5       1.14       1.95        257       78.2          34
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142.5-144       1.37       0.25        238       10.9          22
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147-148.5       2.73       0.31        219         11          25
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151.5-153       0.44       8.82     1440.4      459.6       617.2
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154.5-157.5      3.1      0.253      186.4       11.1        53.2
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163.5-170.1     1.13      27.61        650    3900.68     4555.68
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                               Including
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169.5-170.1      4.4         81       2130      16000       22900
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                           And continues with
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180.9-183       1.59        3.6        370     902.93     1312.14
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In addition to the above intervals there are zones with anomalous values of Au, Ag, Cu, Pb and Zn in all three drill holes. Complete assay results will be posted on the company website.

Following are general observations based on current results:

(1) No values were noted above or below the Paleozoic basement rock. Elevated Au and other metal values are associated with faults cutting across the meta-sediments and porphyry intrusive.

(2) Contact between the two units tends to have increased mineralization.

(3) Pyrite pyrite (pī`rīt) or iron pyrites (pīrī`tēz, pə–, pī`rīts), pale brass-yellow mineral, the bisulfide of iron, FeS2.  occurs as disseminations in the groundmass groundmass: see porphyry.  of the intrusive and also within the matrix of the meta-sediments (hornfels horn·fels  
n. pl. hornfels
A fine-grained metamorphic rock composed of quartz, feldspar, mica, and other minerals, formed by the action of intrusive rock upon sedimentary rock, especially shale.
). Pyrite also occurs as dendritic dendritic /den·drit·ic/ (den-drit´ik)
1. branched like a tree.

2. pertaining to or possessing dendrites.


den·drit·ic
adj.
Relating to the dendrites of nerve cells.
 masses, blebs, veinlets following micro fractures.

(4) Also observed are chalcopyrite veinlets and rare euhedral Euhedral crystals are those that are well-formed with sharp, easily-recognized faces. Normally, crystals do not form smooth faces or sharp crystal outlines. Many crystals grow from cooling liquid magma.  sphalerite sphalerite (sfăl`ərīt, sfā`–), mineral composed of zinc sulfide, usually containing some iron and a little cadmium. It occurs in crystals of the isometric system but more generally in cleavable, compact masses.  veining vein·ing  
n.
Distribution or arrangement of veins or veinlike markings.
.

(5) Based on tentative correlation between geophysical data and core drilling, it is believed that the first two holes (i.e., P-6C and P-1C) were drilled on a down-thrown block filled-in mostly by barren volcanic units. The three later holes (i.e., P-3C to 5C) were located in an up-thrown (horst) block. This block trends north-northwest with a width greater than 300 m and of unknown strike length.

This progress update is based on the report by Mr. Gregory L.Griffin, B.Sc. of Carlin, Nevada, Project manager/Chief Geologist of Duncan Park. Alexander Y. Po, M. Engr., P.Geo. geological consultant for the company have visited the project site during and after the drilling of the five holes being reported, reviewed the data and is acting as the Qualified Person for this press release.

Assaying was conducted by ALS Als (äls), Ger. Alsen, island, 121 sq mi (313 sq km), Sønderjylland co., S Denmark, in the Lille Bælt, separated from the mainland by the narrow Alensund.  Chemex of Vancouver, BC Canada. Au was assayed by using 50 g charge Fire Assay with ICP-AES ICP-AES Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
ICP-AES Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrophotometry
 finish. Multiple Element analysis was done using 47 element four acid ICP-MS ICP-MS Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy .

Drill cores were split by diamond saw at the Battle Mountain field office of Duncan Park Holding (DPH). Splits are retained in the Duncan Park warehouse for reference purposes and the other half are bagged as core samples picked up by representatives of ALS Chemex from the Duncan Park warehouse.

Drill numbers followed numbering of proposed holes and not according to chronological sequence of actual drilling.

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