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Drilling Report

3 Nov 2010 07:00

RNS Number : 4419V
Patagonia Gold PLC
03 November 2010
 



PATAGONIA GOLD PLC

 

 

EXCEPTIONAL DRILLING RESULTS

CAP-OESTE SOUTH EAST (COSE) GOLD-SILVER PROJECT

SANTA CRUZ PROVINCE, ARGENTINA

 

Highlights:

 

·; Exceptionally high grade gold and silver continues to be encountered on the COSE project located 2 kilometres along strike from the Cap-Oeste gold and silver resource including drill hole CSE-047 which intersected:

5.00 metres @ 162.78g/t gold and 8,622.0g/t silver.

 

·; The central mineralised breccia zone of COSE containing the exceptionally high grade gold and silver, has to date been delineated within an area 75 metres down dip by 25 metres along strike with a true width of 3.5 to 4.5 metres. The mineralisation remains open in all directions.

 

·; PGSA has contracted Independent Mining Engineers to provide a detailed preliminary mine design in conjunction with a timeline and financial model for the development of a decline access and an underground mine for the COSE project.

 

The second stage extension and infill diamond drilling campaign is continuing at COSE.

 

Results to date include:

 

Hole No.

From

Interval

Grade

Grade

metres

metres

Au g/t

Ag g/t

CSE-044-D

206.40

1.50

43.45

5,106

and

233.80

5.86

95.32

6,093

including

237.00

0.85

475.50

38,134

CSE-045-D

257.60

7.40

13.50

168

including

258.90

1.10

72.80

748

CSE-047-D

253.00

5.00

162.78

8,622

including

253.00

0.40

145.34

8,126

including

253.40

0.50

794.00

70,626

including

253.90

0.95

125.40

1,513

including

256.00

1.00

92.12

518

including

257.00

1.00

130.43

2,200

Note: PGSA estimates that the reported intervals represent 75 to 80% of the true width of the mineralised structure.

El Tranquilo Property Block:

 

The El Tranquilo property block, covering over 60 square kilometres, contains the COSE project, the Cap-Oeste gold and silver deposit, the Pampa prospect and the Vetas Norte and Breccia Valentina structural trends.

 

The property is located approximately 120km to the south east of the Lomada de Leiva gold project where development of a heap leach operation is currently in progress.

 

COSE Project:

The COSE project is an advanced exploration target associated with the larger Cap-Oeste gold-silver deposit located 2 kilometres to the North West. COSE was discovered by Patagonia Gold's exploration team in late 2008 using geophysics, surface exploration and scout drilling.

 

A drill campaign, consisting of 43 drill holes for 10,270 metres, was completed in the 2009/10 summer. Subsequently, a review and conceptual model of the COSE project defined 700,000 to 800,000 tonnes of mineralised material containing between sixty and seventy thousand ounces of gold and two to three million ounces of silver.

 

The review indicated the need for more work to better define the geological controls on the high grade mineralisation as well as the need to decrease the spacing of the drill holes to advance the conceptual model to a Canadian National Instrument 43-101 (NI-43-101) compliant resource.

 

Accordingly, a seven thousand metre extension and infill drill program is in progress. To date 10 drill holes (CSE-44-D to CSE-53-D) for 2,645metres have been completed. Assays are outstanding for 6 drill holes.

 

The central mineralised breccia zone of COSE containing the exceptionally high grade gold and silver, has to date been delineated within an area 75 metres down dip by 25 metres along strike with a true width of 3.5 to 4.5 metres. The mineralisation remains open in all directions.

 

The primary objective of the current drill program is to test the potential for extension of the breccia hosted mineralisation and to increase the overall level of confidence in the existing model and grade continuity for the entirety of the known mineralised breccia-fault zone.

 

PGSA has contracted Independent Mining Engineers, NCL Ingenieria Y Construccion SA, Chile, to complete a preliminary cost analysis to evaluate the potential CAPEX and OPEX costs involved in the development of a decline access and an underground mine, using sub-level stoping, for the extraction of the known mineralisation at COSE.

 

NCL will provide a detailed preliminary mine design in conjunction with a timeline and financial model outlining expected costs for the development of the COSE project. NCL commenced work on the 20th October with a final report expected in 5 weeks. NCL will be retained to make any updates and final adjustments which could arise due to changes in the existing mineralised envelope as a result of the current drill campaign.

 

All drill-core was photographed prior to being cut for assaying. Samples were analysed by Alex Stewart (Assayers) Argentina SA. Check assays, standards and laboratory duplicates were performed on a systematic basis at Alex Stewart (Assayers) Argentina SA. The exceptionally high grade results have been analysed by both fire assay and gravimetric gold analysis. Gravimetric analysis is more accurate for extremely high grade gold and silver values and there has been a very good correlation of the gold fire assays values and gravimetric results with overall variation less than 5%.

 

Marc Sale, (BSC. Geology, Fellow AusIMM, member AIG) a Director and consultant to Patagonia Gold Plc and a qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101, has reviewed and verified all scientific or technical mining disclosure contained in this press release.

 

ENDS

 

For more information, please contact:

Bill Humphries/Richard Prickett

Patagonia Gold Plc

Tel: +44(0)20 7409 7444

 

Simon Raggett / Angela Peace

StrandHanson Ltd

Tel: +44(0)20 7409 3494

David Bick / Mark Longson

Square 1 Consulting

Tel : +44(0)20 7929 5599

 

Alastair Stratton / Tim Graham

Matrix Corporate Capital LLP

Tel : +44(0)20 3206 7204 / +44(0)20 3206 7206

 

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