(TSX.V: TLG)
RICHMOND, BC, Oct. 23 /CNW Telbec/ - Tagish Lake Gold Corp. (TSX.V - TLG) is pleased to announce results of sampling of the drift excavation from the Rainbow Two, Rainbow Three and Berg zones. These chip samples were taken across the entire face of the drift. The adjusted width shows the average of the results over the width of the zone, adjusted to a minimum width of 1.50 m.
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ADJ.
LOCATION FROM TO WIDTH Au Ag WIDTH Au Ag
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(m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t) (m) (g/t) (g/t)
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Rainbow Two
Start (0)
0 + 134.6 m 0.00 0.83 0.83 2.20 46.2
0.83 1.04 0.21 17.60 158.0
1.04 1.84 0.80 4.20 40.2 1.50 5.90 69.2
0 + 140.5 m 0.53 0.91 0.38 67.00 494.0
0.91 1.60 0.69 0.04 0.0
1.60 2.30 0.70 12.40 90.1 1.77 19.20 40.7
0 + 142.2 m 0.90 1.26 0.36 49.00 316.0
1.26 2.09 0.83 0.04 0.0
2.09 2.56 0.47 12.20 150.0
2.56 3.05 0.49 36.00 208.0 2.15 19.10 133.1
Berg
Start (0)
0 + 43.0 m 0.80 1.50 0.70 5.10 35.6
1.50 1.70 0.20 3.40 154.0
1.70 2.60 0.90 3.20 202.0 1.80 3.96 141.7
Rainbow Three
Start (0)
0 + 48.0 m 0.00 0.64 0.64 0.30 0.0
0.64 0.90 0.26 25.70 254.0 1.50 4.50 44.0
0 + 51.5 m 0.00 0.92 0.92 0.45 0.0
0.92 1.18 0.26 28.80 172.0 1.55 5.27 29.8
0+ 55.2 m 0.35 0.83 0.48 10.80 118.0
0.83 1.80 0.97 0.19 29.5 1.50 3.60 56.8
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Robert Rodger, P.Eng., President of the Company, stated: "In addition to continued confirmation of the results from the Rainbow Two zone and the Berg zone, the Rainbow Three zone demonstrates good gold and silver values over a significant length.
The underground work program is under the supervision of Robert Rodger, P.Eng., the President of the Company, a qualified person under NI 43-101. Sampling and assaying procedures are subject to a rigorous QA/QC program, which includes insertion of standards and blanks for each batch of samples. All samples were delivered in sealed packages to Eco-Tech Laboratories in Whitehorse, YT for preparation and shipped by Eco-Tech to their laboratory in Kamloops, BC for analyses. Samples that return values greater than 900 ppb Gold (Au) by ICP were fire assayed for gold.
About Tagish Lake Gold Corp.
Tagish Lake Gold Corp. explores for and develops high grade gold-silver mineral deposits in the Yukon Territory of Canada. The Company is currently focused on its wholly owned, 178 km(2) Skukum Mineral District located 80 km by road south of Whitehorse. The Skukum Mineral District hosts the Skukum Creek gold-silver deposit and the Goddell Gully gold deposit and the Mt. Skukum gold deposit.
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