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Max to begin exploration at its Diamond Peak Gold/Zinc Property, Nevada; adds additional 96 claims
Max to begin exploration at its Diamond Peak Gold/Zinc Property, Nevada; adds additional 96 claims
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n Jun. 29, 2010 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- \n >\n\n\n MAX Resource Corp. (TSX.V: MXR; OTCBB: MXROF; Frankfurt: M1D) has been advised by Kokanee Minerals Ltd. that it will not be proceeding with its option on MAX's wholly-owned Diamond Peak gold/zinc property in Eureka County Nevada and has returned the property to MAX in order to pursue exploration opportunities in Africa. MAX will receive all geologic and geophysical data prepared by Kokanee as well as an additional 96 claims that have been acquired around the initial 38 claims. MAX intends to review all available data and conduct surface exploration and sampling in preparation for drilling in the third quarter of 2010.\nThe Diamond Peak Property is located at the southern end of the prolific Carlin Trend of Nevada, which contains numerous gold deposits. The property now comprises 134 claims located 32 miles north of the town or Eureka, Nevada and the Archimedes gold deposit owned by Barrick Gold Corporation. Strong surface mineralization occurs in a 2 mile long band of intensely clay altered rocks, 200 to 300 feet wide, on the hanging wall side of a major north striking normal fault, called the West Fault.\nKokanee completed only two drill holes at Diamond Peak and has elected not to make the annual option payment of US$50,000 now due to MAX. Kokanee has agreed to deliver to MAX all geological reports and data on the property, which includes a "3-d" Induced Polarization ("IP") survey that utilized computer data interpretation to provide a comprehensive model which enabled the IP survey to not only measure along the line of survey but between the lines. A total of 4 kilometres of strike length was surveyed and the data was interpreted to find further targets on the property. There were two clearly noticeable features of interest found in the inverted resistivity and chargeability models along with two other anomalous features within the surveyed area. The two features of immediate interest were a north striking linear fault-like structure and a circular intrusive-like feature in the southern portion of the geophysical grid. To further evaluate these features, the geochemical grid will be extended to the east and south, and further work will be done to expand the anomalous zones, especially to the east and north and where anomalous silver and zinc valu...