Southwestern Resources Corp.: Drilling Continues to Intersect Wide Zones of Gold Mineralization, Boka Gold Project, Yunnan Province, China.VANCOUVER, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography -- Southwestern Resources Corp. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :SWG SWG abbr. standard wire gauge ) is pleased to report drill results for a further 14 holes from the Boka Gold Project located in Yunnan Province Noun 1. Yunnan province - a province of southern China Yunnan Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world , China. The Company has a 90% interest in the Project that is comprised of three mining permits and three exploration permits covering an area of 163 square kilometres Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to:
Highlights of the latest drill results include intersections of 52.80 metres of 3.5 grams per tonne gold in hole B04-60, 68.7 metres of 3.6 grams per tonne gold in hole B04-62, 65.5 metres of 4.3 grams per tonne gold in hole B04-65 and 59.85 metres of 3.9 grams per tonne gold in hole B04-70. The latest drill results continue to confirm continuity of the 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. along strike and downdip at the Boka 1 North and Boka 1 South zones. The intersection of strong gold mineralization in hole B04-70 has now confirmed a downdip extension of over 350 metres in this part of the Boka 1 North Gold Zone. Mineralization at Boka is hosted in black shales, sandstone and gabbro gabbro: see basalt. gabbro Any of several medium- or coarse-grained rocks that consist primarily of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene. Gabbros are found widely on the Earth and on the Moon. within shallow east dipping shear zones and associated with quartz-carbonate stockworks, carbonate-sulphide stockworks and massive sulphides. A post-ore major east-west trending fault zone between Boka 1 North and Boka 1 South has displaced displaced see displacement. mineralization in a right lateral fashion with south block down. There are presently nine diamond drill rigs operating at Boka, with the main objective to complete infill in·fill n. 1. The use of vacant land and property within a built-up area for further construction or development, especially as part of a neighborhood preservation or limited growth program. 2. drilling of the Boka 1 Gold Zone on a 100 metre by 50 metre grid. Drillholes B04-74 to B04-76 and B05-77 to B05-88 have been completed. Drillholes B05-89 to B05-97 are in progress. Details of the latest drill results are listed in the following table. For drillhole locations and data, please visit our website at www.swgold.com.
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Intersection Assay
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Hole From To Interval Grams per
No. (metres) (metres) (metres) tonne gold
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B04-59 no significant results
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B04-60 176.70 229.50 52.80 3.5
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including 197.10 219.40 22.30 4.7
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242.10 280.40 38.30 2.7
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including 269.50 273.70 4.20 10.3
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339.40 370.10 30.70 3.3
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including 339.40 348.90 9.50 5.3
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B04-61 85.40 118.50 33.10 3.4
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including 110.70 118.50 7.80 6.5
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246.10 261.30 15.20 3.5
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B04-62 61.55 88.50 26.95 4.1
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including 81.90 88.50 6.60 6.5
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108.50 177.20 68.70 3.6
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including 108.50 120.50 12.00 7.0
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including 164.40 169.70 5.30 8.3
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194.40 207.80 13.40 4.0
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B04-63 183.35 243.95 60.60 3.3
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including 189.65 198.90 9.25 6.2
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including 219.30 223.40 4.10 10.1
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B04-64 176.15 223.05 46.90 2.4
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228.90 241.10 12.20 1.9
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B04-65 169.20 234.70 65.50 4.3
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including 193.15 208.70 15.55 8.9
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335.80 365.30 29.50 4.2
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including 345.30 351.60 6.30 7.2
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including 360.00 363.50 3.50 13.2
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386.30 394.40 8.10 1.8
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B04-66 156.50 186.50 30.00 3.1
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including 167.20 170.40 3.20 10.4
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291.70 321.80 30.10 2.7
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B04-67 304.00 351.00 47.00 3.3
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including 314.00 316.00 2.00 13.2
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B04-68 abandoned before reaching target and not assayed
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B04-69 328.95 375.60 46.65 2.3
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B04-70 423.35 483.20 59.85 3.9
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including 435.75 445.70 9.95 10.5
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B04-71 no significant results
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B04-72 202.00 242.40 40.40 4.1
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including 220.40 229.20 8.80 9.3
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B04-73 38.40 40.40 2.00 2.4
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166.90 194.35 27.45 2.3
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236.90 257.20 20.30 1.9
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273.40 310.80 37.40 2.8
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including 273.40 284.65 11.25 4.3
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Soil Anomaly Follow-up In the southwest portion of the Boka exploration concessions, 6 to 12 kilometres south of Boka 7 and adjacent to the Dongchuan Copper/Gold Camp, three extensive gold in soil anomalies were delineated de·lin·e·ate tr.v. de·lin·e·at·ed, de·lin·e·at·ing, de·lin·e·ates 1. To draw or trace the outline of; sketch out. 2. To represent pictorially; depict. 3. with soils containing up to two grams per tonne gold. Follow-up work on these anomalies has revealed several widespread areas of unknown artesianal workings. The artesianal workings contain stockworks and oxidized oxidized having been modified by the process of oxidation. oxidized cellulose see absorbable cellulose. sulphide sulphide: see sulfide. mineralization in black shales. The Company is presently conducting detailed sampling of tunnels and excavating trenches to evaluate the significance of these 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. areas. Preliminary Engineering Study The Company has retained Hatch Engineering of Vancouver, BC to expand on the preliminary engineering-scoping study initiated in 2004. The expanded study will include the following: 1) Resource Model - independent resource calculation and geological modeling. 2) Mine Options - expand on the preliminary modeled mining approaches to include rock quality parameters, optimum pit slopes, pit optimization and various mining alternatives. 3) Processing and Plant Options - develop basic flow sheets and conceptual layouts for milling facilities, related tailings Tailings (also known as tailings pile, tails, leach residue, or slickens[1]) are the materials left over[2] after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the worthless fraction of an ore. disposal options and infrastructure requirements. 4) Costing - expand on the preliminary costing models. Sample Analyses The Company has been informed by SGS SGS Société Générale de Surveillance SGS Symantec Gateway Security (appliance) SGS School of Graduate Studies SGS Subgrid Scale SGS Singapore Government Securities SGS Shell Global Solutions (SGS-CSTS Standards Technical Services Co., Ltd.) that the sample preparation facility in Kunming and assay facilities in Tianjin near Beijing are operational. Management from the Company's Beijing and Kunming offices has inspected both facilities and the Company intends to use SGS to analyze core samples from the Boka drill program. It is anticipated that turn around time for receiving assay results will be considerably quicker than at present. Quality Control Southwestern has implemented a quality control program to ensure best practice in lithogeochemical sampling and analysis of tunnel and drill core samples. All samples are shipped directly in security sealed bags to the assay laboratory of the Northwest Non-Ferrous Geology Research Institute (ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9002) located in Xian, Shaanxi Province, China. Drill core samples are prepped to -10 mesh at the Xian facility and 500 gram split samples are air freighted air freight n → flete m por avión air freight n → fret aérien air freight air n → Luftfracht f to Vancouver, BC for screen fire assay by IPL (Initial Program Load) Same as boot. 1. IPL - Information Processing Language. 2. IPL - Internet Public Library. 3. IPL - Initial Program Load. 4. IPL - Initial Program Loader. (International Plasma Laboratory Ltd.) or 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 Laboratories. Exploration samples are assayed by conventional methods at the Langfang Institute of Geochemical and 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. Exploration (ISO 9001) in Beijing and are digested in an aqua regia aqua regia (äk`wə rē`jēə) [Lat.,=royal water], corrosive, fuming yellow liquid prepared by mixing one volume of concentrated nitric acid with three to four volumes of concentrated hydrochloric acid. acid digestion and gold, silver, copper, nickel, arsenic arsenic (är`sənĭk), a semimetallic chemical element; symbol As; at. no. 33; at. wt. 74.9216; m.p. 817°C; (at 28 atmospheres pressure); sublimation point 613°C;; sp. gr. (stable form) 5.73; valence −3, 0, +3, or +5. , antimony antimony (ăn`tĭmō'nē) [Lat. antimoneum], semimetallic chemical element; symbol Sb [Lat. stibium,=a mark]; at. no. 51; at. wt. 121.75; m.p. 630.74°C;; b.p. 1,750°C;; sp. gr. (metallic form) 6. and bismuth bismuth (bĭz`məth) [Ger. Weisse Masse=white mass], metallic chemical element; symbol Bi; at. no. 83; at. wt. 208.9804; m.p. 271.3°C;; b.p. about 1,560°C;; sp. gr. 9.75 at 20°C;; valence +3 or +5. are analyzed by atomic absorption. The Company submits its own standards as a measure of the accuracy of the analysis. Field duplicates and pulp duplicates are routinely analyzed for precision at ALS Chemex located in Vancouver, BC. ALS Chemex is an ISO 9001:2000 registered laboratory and is preparing for ISO 17025 certification. IPL is an ISO 9002 certified laboratory. Sample results are received in batches and not as assays for an entire drillhole. The exploration program is being carried out by John Zhang, Project Manager and John Paterson John Paterson may refer to:
Southwestern Resources Corp. is exploring in several countries for precious and base metals. The Company has a number of significant projects including the Boka Gold Project in China with Team 209, the Liam Gold-Silver Project in Peru with Newmont Peru Limited and the Antay Porphyry Porphyry, Greek scholar Porphyry (pôr`fĭrē), c.232–c.304, Greek scholar and Neoplatonic philosopher. He studied rhetoric under Cassius Longinus and philosophy under Plotinus. Copper-Gold Project in Peru with Anglo American Exploration Peru S.A. as well as the 100% owned Accha Zinc Project in Peru. The Company is also exploring for porphyry copper-gold in a large area of southwestern Yunnan Province, China under a Joint Venture with Newmont Overseas Exploration Limited. Statements in this release that are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. are subject to various risks and uncertainties concerning the specific factors disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in the Corporation's periodic filings with Canadian securities regulators. Such information contained herein represents management's best judgment as of the date hereof based on information currently available. The Company does not assume the obligation to update any forward-looking statement. Southwestern Resources Corp. (TSX:SWG) |
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