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Drilling results from Silver Streak & Santa Maria polymetallic prospects in west-central British Columbia
VANCOUVER, April 18 /CNW/ - Cadillac Mining Corporation (TSXV:CQX) is pleased to announce assay r...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, April 18 /CNW/ - Cadillac Mining Corporation (TSXV:CQX) is\npleased to announce assay results from the late-2007 drill programs on the\nSilver Streak and Santa Maria silver-copper prospects located near the towns\nof Houston and Smithers respectively in west-central British Columbia.\n\n\nThe Silver Streak prospect, located approximately 25 km south of Houston,\nBC, was explored previously, mainly in the early 1990's. (See Cadillac news\nrelease dated November 13, 2007). It has been described as a structurally\ncontrolled discordant epithermal system displaying similarities to the Equity\nSilver deposit located approximately 30 km to the east.\n\n\nThis largely overburden covered property was discovered in 1989 during\nroad construction. Previous exploration comprised geochemical and geophysical\nsurveys, trenching and core drilling. Trench 2002-1 produced significant\nresults ranging up to 0.31% Cu and 268g/t Ag over 13.3 meters. Angle core hole\n91-2 drilled under this trench intercepted 8.8 meters of 0.49% Cu and 268 g/t\nAg, within 21.1 meters averaging 0.27% Cu and 127 g/t Ag.\n\n\nCadillac's four-hole, 549-meter program completed in December was\ndesigned to test for continuity of the mineralization described above at depth\nto the north and on strike to the south. DDH SS07-1 was drilled under\nTrench 2002-3 that had uncovered three mineralized sections, the best of which\nran 20g/t Ag over 4 meters. DDH SS07-02, located nearly on the same section\nsought to intersect the same targets at lesser depth. As shown in the table\nbelow, SS07-1 failed to intersect mineralization of consequence, but SS07-2\nintersected 28.2 g/t Ag over 28.4 meters from 16.4 to 44.8 meters in graphitic\nargillites. Unfortunately the hole was abandoned at 44.8 meters in better\nmineralization because of bad ground conditions in a fault.\n\n\nThese results are difficult to reconcile with those obtained by earlier\nworkers. Consequently, it is believed that structural complexities have offset\nor otherwise complicated the anticipated linear projection of the system\noverall. Weak results from holes SS07-3 & 4 drilled farther south indicate\nthat an implied east-west fault probably delimits or offsets mineralization in\nthat direction. However, further drilling is warranted to the north, while\ngeochemical methods are being consi...