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Westhaven Drills 50.4 m of 0.54 g/t Au and 4.77 g/t Ag on its Shovelnose Gold Property
TSX-V:WHN VANCOUVER, Jan. 9, 2013 /CNW/ - Westhaven Ventures Inc. ( TSXV: WHN ) is pl...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nTSX-V:WHN\n\n\nVANCOUVER, Jan. 9, 2013 /CNW/ - Westhaven Ventures Inc. (TSXV: WHN) is pleased to report drill results from its Shovelnose gold property,\n located within the prospective Spences Bridge Gold Belt (SBGB),\n approximately 30 km south of Merritt, British Columbia. The drill\n program consisted of 5 holes, totaling 778 metres (2,552 feet) of\n diamond drilling. Subsequently, the Company has staked an additional\n 1,272 hectares, bringing the total Shovelnose land package to 17,684\n hectares (176.84 km²).\n\n\nHighlights from the program include:\n\n\nThe 2012 drilling program has expanded low sulphidation gold\n mineralization at the Tower  showing over a 220 metre east-west extent,\n including drill hole SN12-04 which intersected 50.4  metres grading 0.54 g/t Au (Gold) and 4.77 g/t Ag (Silver), which includes 13.7 metres  grading 0.91 g/t Au  and 6.65 g/t Ag. These gold values are within or peripheral to a zone of  strong\n silicification which appears to be at least 120 metres wide. It  occurs\n alongside a zone of  brecciation and faulting, which lies beneath Tower\n Creek.\n\n\nStrong silicification and quartz veining was encountered in the Tower\n Zone, tested by holes  SN12-02, 03 and 04.  Silicification, typical of\n epithermal-style gold deposits, was most  extensive in hole SN12-04\n close to a major structural trend.\n\n\nThe silver/gold ratios observed in drill hole SN12-04 increase with\n depth and, coupled with  the consistently elevated arsenic, antimony\n and mercury diagnostic epithermal pathfinder  suite identified in all\n four Tower Zone drill holes, suggests the presence of a high level, low\n  sulphidation epithermal gold system.\n\n\nThe results from the 2012 drilling are summarized below in Table 1.\n\n\nDrill Hole\n\n\nZone\n\n\nFrom (m)\n\n\nTo (m)\n\n\nLength (m)\n\n\nAu (g/t)\n\n\nAg (g/t)\n\n\nSN12-01\n\n\nTower Creek\n\n\nNo Significant Results\n\n\nSN12-02\n\n\nTower Zone\n\n\n4.69\n\n\n60.96\n\n\n56.3\n\n\n0.22\n\n\n0.86\n\n\nSN12-03\n\n\nTower Zone\n\n\n7.62\n\n\n10.66\n\n\n3\n\n\n0.26\n\n\n0.51\n\n\n            and\n\n\n \n\n\n23.44\n\n\n34.49\n\n\n11.05\n\n\n0.23\n\n\n0.65\n\n\n            ...