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Grande Portage Resources Ltd. Consistently Intersecting Sulphide - Bearing Quartz Veins at Pass Property
VANCOUVER, Sept. 3 /CNW/ - Grande Portage Resources Ltd. (TSX-V GPG) ("Grande Portage" or "the Co...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nVANCOUVER, Sept. 3 /CNW/ - Grande Portage Resources Ltd. (TSX-V GPG)\n("Grande Portage" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has\ncompleted 10 NQ diamond drill holes from three drill setups at its 100% owned\ngold-silver property near Smithers, B.C.\n\n\nThe initial drill program was designed to focus on the high-grade\ngold-silver bearing polymetallic quartz veins from which selected grab samples\ncollected in 2007 assayed up to 72.95 g/t gold, 365 g/t silver, 1.218% copper,\n29.0% lead and 20.14% zinc. Previous work had outlined a known strike length\nof almost 1 kilometre.\n\n\nThe primary vein is characterized by strong silicification and sulphide\nminerals in variable concentrations including pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena and\nsphalerite, from disseminations to massive sulphide. The vein itself pinches\nand swells along strike and down dip as evidenced both in the trenches and in\ndrillhole intersections.\n\n\nDrillhole intersections of the primary quartz vein provided widths from\nbetween 0.23m to 3.35m. In some holes more than one vein was intersected. All\nveins and related mineralization occurs within a silicified and mineralized\nalteration halo extending 1m to 12.46m in total width. The veins and\nsurrounding alteration are referred to as the vein complex. The sulphide\nmineralization associated within the alteration halo occurs as disseminations\nand micro veinlets and is a similar assemblage as the primary veins.\n\n\nThe Phase I drill program tested three drill sites separated over 540\nmetres; the entire strike length tested is slightly more as a series of fan\nholes went out from the sites. Two holes, 3 & 9, failed to intersect\nmineralized vein material. The initial site locations were selected for ease\nof set-up and to maximize strike exposure. Future drilling will require more\ndetailed work on drill pad construction in order to deal with terrain\nobstacles and to be more target specific. A complete map of all drillholes,\nintersections, and surface geology and assay values is being prepared in\nconjunction with receipt of drillhole assays.\n\n\nThe samples from holes PAS-08-01 to PAS-08-10 have been shipped to the\nALS Chemex prep facility in Terrace, BC; final analysis will be done in North\nVancouver. Analysis will include ore-grade analyses for gold, silver, copp...