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Grande Portage Resources Ltd. Awaiting Metallurgical and Water Sample Reports
Appoints New Vice-President, Exploration VANCOUVER, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - Grande Portage Resources Ltd....
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nAppoints New Vice-President, Exploration\n\n\nVANCOUVER, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - Grande Portage Resources Ltd. (TSX-V GPG)\n("Grande Portage" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it is in the\nprocess of undertaking metallurgical testing for acid base accounting and\nmetals recoveries on select samples of drill core to follow-up the recently\nannounced geological resource at the Merry Widow open pit. Composite samples\nfrom four drill holes are being prepared at ALS Chemex and will be processed\nlocally in North Vancouver, BC. The samples will test various styles of\nmineralization including: higher gold and average copper grades in massive\nsulphide, higher gold-silver-copper grades in sulphide-magnetite, low gold and\nhigher copper grades in sulphide-skarn, and high-grade gold-silver-copper in\nmassive sulphide. The Company anticipates receiving the test results by mid to\nlate December, 2007.\n\n\nPursuant to the Company's recent water sampling program at the Merry\nWidow open pit and underground, workings, Wardrop Engineering Ltd. confirm\nthat results from the samples obtained will be back from the laboratory within\na week.\n\n\nThe Company is also pleased to announce that it has appointed Wesley\nRaven P. Geo., as Vice-President, Exploration. Mr. Raven graduated from the\nUniversity of British Columbia in 1983 and brings to the Company nearly 25\nyears of exploration experience in Canada and abroad. Mr. Raven has worked for\nboth senior and junior mining companies and has extensive drill program\nmanagement from small preliminary testing to expansive programs for ore\nreserve definition. Mr. Raven has experience in a variety of mineral deposit\ntypes, including porphyry copper-gold, magmatic nickel-copper, epithermal and\nmesothermal gold vein systems, volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, skarn\ndeposits and carbonate-hosted base metals. Mr. Raven has managed exploration\nprograms for precious and base metals throughout Canada, USA, Mexico, Africa\n(Ghana, Niger) and South America. Mr. Raven is well versed with the Company's\nland holdings and exploration programs to date as prior to this appointment he\nserved the Company as a senior consulting geologist.\n\n\nAbout Grande Portage Resources Ltd.\n\n\n-----------------------------------\n\n\nGrande Portage Resources Ltd. is a mineral explor...