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Aben Resources Provides Drilling Update for Forrest Kerr Gold Project in BC’s Golden Triangle, Assays Pending for Justin Gold Project in the Yukon
FOREST KERR UPDATE VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aben Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: ABN) (OTCQB: ABNAF) (Frankfurt: E2L2) (“Aben or th
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[{"type":"text","content":"FOREST KERR UPDATE VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aben Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: ABN) (OTCQB: ABNAF) (Frankfurt: E2L2) (“Aben or the Company”) is pleased to announce that the 2019 drill exploration program at the Forrest Kerr Gold Project in the Golden Triangle region of British Columbia is ongoing and continues to provide encouraging visual indicators of significant alteration and mineralization immediately south of the North Boundary mineralized zone. A total of 4000 meters (m) in 9 holes have been completed to date, with regular sample shipments being sent to ALS Chemex prep facility in Terrace BC. All results to date are pending. A total of 5,000m of drilling has been planned for 2019, with funding in place to expand the program considerably. Forrest Kerr Project, Golden Triangle, B.C., location map: 2019 drilling to date has focussed on confirming high-grade mineralization on the 23,000-ha property based on results obtained by Aben in 2017 and 2018 and from historical exploration activity dating back to 1990’s. The initial drilling has been focussed in an area which has previously returned high-grade results including 38.7 grams per tonne (1.12 ounces per ton) gold over 10 m (from 114.0 m to 124.0 m), including 331.0 g/t (9.65 oz/t) gold over 1.0m in hole FK18-10. Drilling has also tested for a potential northward extension of the high-grade mineralized core at the North Boundary Zone and for potential connectivity with historic, high-grade gold discoveries, including 326.0 g/t gold reported in 1991 by Noranda in drill hole RG91-16 (located 200 m to the south of the North Boundary Zone mineralized core). Currently, the drill rig is testing a strongly leached and iron-oxidized area located 500 meters south of the main North Boundary mineralized zone. Drill core from this new zone displays variably strong QSP (quartz-sericite-pyrite) overprinting potassic alteration with strong hematite and chlorite altered horizons. This style of alteration and mineralization has a strong association with elevated gold values on the Forrest Kerr Property, along with locally strong copper mineralization represented by chalcopyrite. Several holes will be drilled from this set-up in order to both test for and better understand the continuity, nature and geometry of mineralization in this zone. Initial visual observa...