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Star - Orion South Diamond Project Core and Geotechnical Drilling Scheduled to Commence Mid-October
Star - Orion South Diamond Project Core and Geotechnical Drilling Scheduled to Commence Mi...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nStar - Orion South Diamond Project Core and Geotechnical Drilling Scheduled to Commence Mid-October\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\nSASKATOON, Oct. 12, 2017\n\n\n\nStock Symbol: SGF: TSX\n\n\n\nSASKATOON, Oct. 12, 2017 /CNW/ - George H. Read, P. Geo., Senior Vice President Exploration and Development of Shore Gold Inc. (\"Shore\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that Shore and Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. (\"RTEC\") have scheduled an HQ core drilling program, consisting of ten holes and some 2,500 metres of drilling, on the Star Kimberlite, to commence in mid-October 2017. This core drilling is required to accurately document the internal stratigraphy of the Star Kimberlite prior to a proposed large diameter drilling (\"LDD\") mini-bulk sampling program, which is expected to commence in 2018. The core drilling program is being conducted by George Downing Estate Drilling Ltd. of Grenville, Quebec. Shore and RTEC geologists are responsible for the supervision of the drilling program and subsequent detailed core logging. In conjuction with this diamond drill program geotechnical investigations on the overburden are being conducted by Paddock Drilling of Brandon, Manitoba and ConeTech of Richmond, B.C. The ten hole locations that have recently been selected are in close proximity (10 to 15 metres) to the underground bulk samples and past 48 inch LDD holes and include areas of significant intersections (80 – 110 metres) of the Early Joli Fou (\"EJF\") Kimberlite, the principal economic unit the Indicated Resources previously estimated by Shore for the Star Kimberlite in December 2015.\n\nSenior Vice President Exploration and Development, George Read, states: \"This core and geotechnical drilling program is an important precursor to a proposed LDD mini-bulk sampling program scheduled to commence in 2018. The selected locations of these core holes will act as pilot holes for the upcoming program.\" \n\nThe Star-Orion South Diamond Project (the \"Project\") is located in central Saskatchewan some 60 kilometres...