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AMENDED ANNOUNCEMENT - DRILLING AT PILOT MOUNTAIN
AMENDED ANNOUNCEMENT - DRILLING AT PILOT MOUNTAIN.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4702T Thor Mining PLC 12 October 2017 \n\n12 October 2017\nTHOR MINING PLC\n \nAMENDED ANNOUNCEMENT\n \nThe Directors of Thor Mining PLC advise that the following updated version of the announcement dated 6 October 2017 was today released on the Australian Securities Exchange (\"ASX\"). The announcement has been amended to include the information required by Table 2 of the JORC reporting of exploration results, and additional information has been added to Table 1 to ensure compliance with JORC requirements. This announcement is otherwise identical to the announcement of 6 October 2017.\n \nDRILLING SUCCESS AT PILOT MOUNTAIN TUNGSTEN PROJECT - NEVADA USA\n \nAMENDED ANNOUNCEMENT\n \nFurther to the announcement of 19 September 2017, the Board of Thor Mining Plc (\"Thor\" or the \"Company\") (AIM, ASX: THR), is pleased to advise a material positive outcome from the recent drilling program at the Company's wholly owned Pilot Mountain tungsten project in Nevada, USA.\nHighlights:\nDesert Scheelite\n· A second lode 20 metres to the north of the existing Desert Scheelite lode is confirmed.\n· A down dip extension to mineralisation of 60 metres is also confirmed.\n \nGood Hope\n· The 28 metre-wide zone of copper, zinc and tungsten mineralisation intersected near surface confirmed from laboratory assays,\n· Drill intersections 70 metres to the west of previous drilling at Good Hope have added significantly to the known strike length of this deposit.\n \nMr Mick Billing, Executive Chairman of Thor:\n\"I am very pleased to announce, what are for the Thor Mining board and operational team, exciting drill assay results from both Desert Scheelite and Good Hope.\n\"We have long suspected, from geophysical studies, that additional mineralised lodes exist at Desert Scheelite, and it is very rewarding to have this validated. This is a very strong target for drill testing along the entire strike length of the existing resource with potential, if successful, to add substantially to the resource inventory'\n\"Additionally, the high grade and near surface mineralisatio...