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CS Project - Drill Programme Update
CS Project - Drill Programme Update.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 0700I Sunrise Resources Plc 14 June 2017 \n\n \n \nSUNRISE RESOURCES PLC\n(\"Sunrise\" or \"the Company\")\n \n14 June 2017\n \nPERMIT RECEIVED FOR DRILL PROGRAMME AT CS POZZOLAN-PERLITE PROJECT, NEVADA \n \n \nSunrise Resources plc, the AIM traded company focusing on the development of its CS Pozzolan-Perlite project is pleased to announce that, following the completion of a positive concept study for development of the project, it has now received the required permit for its proposed drilling and trenching programmes at the CS Pozzolan-Perlite Project from the US Bureau of Land Management (\"BLM\"). \n \nThe programme that has been permitted comprises access track upgrading and the construction of up to 11 drill pads and up to 3 trenches. \n \nThe permit will allow for a multi-phase drill programme and the first phase of drilling is expected to comprise 5 holes at approximately 150-250m spacing to test the core of the Main Zone where extensive surface sampling has demonstrated large areas of outcropping perlite with pozzolanic properties. \n \nThe objective of this first phase of drilling is to:\n \n· Collect approximately 10 tonnes of samples for industrial application testing.\n \n· Demonstrate continuity of surface zones at depth.\n \n· Assist mine planning and industrial trials.\n \nFollow on drilling phases will be planned following the results of first phase drilling.\n \nThe objective of the trenching programme is to demonstrate continuity of the Main Zone and where the pozzolan-perlite is geologically projected under surface cover. \n \nThe Company has submitted a restoration bond to the BLM for the permitted programme and is now in the final stages of reviewing drilling contractor bids with a view to a drill start around the middle of July (a suitable contract not being available before then). The trenching programme will be carried out in the meantime, and the Company is continuing to progress its industrial application testing of surface samples for use as natural pozzolan and perlite. \n \n \nCommenting today, Executive Chairman Patrick Cheetham said: \"I am pleased to be reporting further progress at the CS Project and look forward to p...