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Happy Creek trenches 4 metres of 2.0 g/t gold on its Hen property, B.C.
Happy Creek trenches 4 metres of 2.0 g/t gold on its Hen property, B.C.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nHappy Creek trenches 4 metres of 2.0 g/t gold on its Hen property, B.C.\n\n\n Dec. 2, 2009 (TheNewswire.ca) -- December 2, 2009 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. (OOTC:HPYCF) (TSXV:HPY) (TSX-V: HPY, the \"Company\") announces that further to the press release dated October 1, 2009, preliminary trenching results from its 100% owned Hen property have been received. The Hen property is located approximately 45 kilometres northeast of 100 Mile House, and ten kilometres northwest of Skygold Ventures (TSXV:SKV) Spanish Creek-Thunder Ridge gold discovery, in south-central British Columbia, Canada.The Hen ProspectsDuring 2009, trenching was conducted on the Dyke zone, where previous chip sampling returned 3.5 metres grading 3.46 g/t (grams per tonne) gold and grab samples contain up to 35.0 g/t gold. Results from the 2009 trenching include 4.0 metres containing 2.08 g/t gold and 2.0 metres containing 4.20 g/t gold that together with previous sampling, defines the Dyke zone on surface for approximately 40 metres and remains open in extent. To the northwest of the Dyke zone, a trench at the original Hen prospect previously returned 2.1 metres grading 3.98 g/t gold and diamond drilling between 1995 and 1996 returned 8.0 metres containing 0.80 g/t gold, 1.6 metres of 1.0 g/t gold, and 0.86 metres of 1.98 g/t gold. Positive values of gold in soil occur between the Dyke and Hen prospects, including values up to 2.65 and 1.41 g/t gold. The similar alteration, style of mineralization and positive gold values in soil samples suggest good potential for the Hen and Dyke zones that are over one kilometre apart, to be part of the same mineralized system.Approximately 1.5 kilometres east of the Dyke zone two of three trenches on the Ledge prospect returned geochemically strong arsenic values, an element that is recognized as a pathfinder to some gold deposits. Trench T-13 returned 28.0 metres containing 400 ppm (parts per million) arsenic and 0.02 g/t gold, and 16 metres of 300 ppm arsenic. Trench T-14 returned 36.0 metres of 300 ppm arsenic and 4.0 metres grading 0.12 g/t gold and 0.11 percent arsenic that remains open in extent. Previous rock sample results approximately 500 metres to the southeast of the trenches have returned anomalous values up to 1.14 g/t gold.The positive gold and arsenic values at the Hen, Dyke and L...