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Entrée Gold commences drill program on Blackjack and Roulette, Nevada
Entrée Gold commences drill program on Blackjack and Roulette, Nevada
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n Jun. 7, 2010 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- Entrée Gold Inc. (TSX:ETG; AMEX:EGI; Frankfurt:EKA - "Entrée" or the "Company") has commenced drilling on the Blackjack and Roulette copper projects, located in the historic Yerington copper camp of Nevada.\nThe Blackjack property is held under option from Honey Badger Exploration Inc. (TSX.V: TUF - "Honey Badger") and covers approximately 4,250 hectares (10,500 acres). The Roulette property is held under option from Bronco Creek Exploration Inc. - (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eurasian Minerals Inc. - TSX.V:EMX - collectively "Bronco Creek") and covers approximately 1,760 hectares (4,350 acres) immediately south of Blackjack.\nThe two contiguous projects are west of, and adjacent to, the Blue Hills copper target on the Ann Mason property, owned by PacMag Metals Limited (ASX:PMH - "PacMag"). Entrée and PacMag recently announced that PacMag shareholders voted in favour of a business combination between the two companies (see news release of June 4, 2010).\nPlanned drilling at Blackjack consists of seven drill holes totaling 2,800 metres (including reverse circulation ("RC") pre-collars in two holes). Five diamond holes will test a copper soil geochemical anomaly located immediately west of the Blue Hills copper oxide prospect. Two holes will test a strong airborne geophysical anomaly located at the northeast corner of the claim block. This anomaly is coincident with a ground IP anomaly defined during a recently completed 43.5 kilometre IP/Resistivity survey.\nPlanned drilling on Roulette comprises four holes totaling 3,200 metres of combined RC and diamond drill holes. Two of the holes will target coincident strong magnetic and soil geochemical anomalies. Two additional holes will test magnetic lows interpreted to be the source area of an offset granitic dike swarm (host rock to copper mineralization elsewhere in the Yerington district).\nThe Yerington district, with historical copper production of approximately 1.8 billion pounds of copper, is presently one of the most active base metal exploration areas in the USA, with programs underway by Nevada Copper Corp. and Quaterra Resources Inc. The pending PacMag acquisition, combined with existing agreements on Roulette and Blackjack, gives Entrée a signifi...