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Eastfield Intersects 22 metres of 0.78 g/t Gold at Howell, BC
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[{"type":"text","content":"Eastfield Intersects 22 metres of 0.78 g/t Gold at Howell, BC\n\n(via Thenewswire.ca)\nVancouver, BC, November 21, 2008 - Eastfield Resources Ltd. \"Eastfield\" (TSX-V: ETF) and MAX Resource Corp. (TSX.V: MXR) are pleased to report the drilling results at the Howell gold project in south-eastern B.C., located approximately 40 kilometres southeast of the city of Fernie.\n\nTwelve holes totaling 1,312 metres of NQ core were completed and two new soil grids established. Two distinct styles of mineralization were targeted; the first being carbonate hosted gold and the second being carbonate replacement mineralization (commonly referred to as \"CRD\").\n\nThe highlights of the 2008 drilling are as follows:\n\nHole From (m) To (m) Width (m) Gold g/t \nHW-08-06 ext 23.7 204.0 180.7 0.26 \nincluding 23.7 74.0 50.7 0.47 \nHW-08-07 88.1 92.0 3.9 0.65 \nand 132.0 138.0 6.0 0.53 \nHW-08-09 8.5 129.0 120.5 0.30 \nincluding 8.5 30.5 22.0 0.78 \nHW-08-10 8.0 10.0 2.0 0.79 \nHW-08-15 23.3 68.0 44.7 0.41 \nincluding 23.3 44.0 20.7 0.53 \n\nAt Howell, disseminated gold mineralization occurs in limestone and as quartz stockworks in limestone and syenite intrusives. Prior drilling included 1.23 g/t gold over 58 metres, 0.95 g/t gold over 39 metres, 0.65 g/t gold over 82 metres, and 0.57 g/t gold over 149 metres.\n\nNo CRD mineralization was identified in drill core although one of the soil grids (the southeastern grid) is believed to indicate such mineralization with a number of samples collected in 2008 returning very anomalous values in gold, silver, zinc and lead including values to 130 g/t silver and 1.4% lead in soil. Hole HW-08-12 and HW-08-13 were drilled during the current program to test for CRD mineralization in the area where reverse circulation hole HRC-15, drilled by Placer Dome in 1988, had intersected 7.6 metres of apparent CRD mineralized dolomite grading 1.5% zinc, 1.4% lead, and 53.2% silver. Holes HW-08-12 and HW-08-13 were lost at 35 and 86 metres respectively, well short of the target depth, due to drilling difficulties.\n\nA number of additional targets exist at the Howell including a stockwork quartz system in limestone that has returned up to 3 grams gold in previous sampling and will be considered for further work in 2009. Of the 119 samples collected in 2008 on the southeastern grid, which is 1.5 kilometres to the south of...