Brigus Expands New 147 Gold Zone at Depth at Black Fox Complex
July 06 2011 - 7:05AM
Business Wire
Brigus Gold Corp. (“Brigus” or the “Company”) (NYSE Amex: BRD;
TSX: BRD) is pleased to announce that exploration drilling on the
southern portion of the Black Fox Complex continues to return
excellent gold assays over significant widths within the new 147
Gold Zone (“147 Zone”), including 3.94 grams per tonne (“gpt”) over
24.20 metres (“m”) that included 6.86 gpt over 11.77 m.
Highlights from continued drilling at the 147 Zone include (all
uncut, average gold grades over core length):
147 Zone Drill Highlights:
- GF11-195:
- 1.72 gpt over 21.78 m;
- including 3.34 gpt over 8.00
m
- GF11-198:
- 6.31 gpt over 6.00 m;
- including 10.00 gpt over 3.00
m
- GF11-206:
- 3.94 gpt over 24.20 m;
- including 6.86 gpt over 11.77
m
- GF11-220:
- 4.00 gpt over 13.00 m;
- including 13.54 gpt over 2.00 m;
and
- 2.90 gpt over 11.00 m
- including 3.95 gpt over 5.00
m
The 147 Zone is located on the southern portion of Brigus’
100%-owned Black Fox Complex, four kilometres from the Company’s
Black Fox gold mine. The Black Fox Complex covers an area of
approximately 18 square kilometres within the Timmins Mining
District, Ontario. The 147 Zone gold mineralization primarily
occurs within multiple quartz and carbonate healed brecciated zones
within bleached units of mafic volcanics.
“We are delighted with the continued expansion of the 147 Zone.
The Zone now extends to a vertical depth of 240 metres below
surface with drill hole GF11-206 returning excellent gold assay
results over a significant width,” said Howard Bird, VP Exploration
Brigus. “The 147 Zone remains open in all directions.”
Drilling at the 147 Zone is progressing as planned with four
drill rigs. The fifth drill rig is in-fill drilling the Contact
Main Zone located approximately 400 m to the north of the 147
Zone.
The 147 Zone drill holes are listed in Appendix 1 and a
drill-hole location map is included in Appendix 2, as well as being
posted on the Company’s website at www.brigusgold.com.
Surface drilling was conducted by Norex Drilling and was
supervised by the Brigus exploration team. All sample analyses
reported herein were performed by Polymet Labs of Cobalt, Ontario,
which is ISO 9001:2000 certified in North America using standard
fire assay procedures. Intercepts cited do not necessarily
represent true widths, unless otherwise noted. Brigus Gold’s
quality control checks include insertion of blanks, standards and
duplicates to ensure laboratory accuracy. Senior Exploration
Project Manager John A. Dixon, P. Geo., reviewed the technical
exploration information in this release as the Qualified Person for
the Company.
About Brigus Gold
Brigus is a growing gold producer committed to maximizing
shareholder value through a strategy of efficient production,
targeted exploration and select acquisitions. The Company operates
the wholly owned Black Fox Complex in the Timmins gold district of
Ontario, Canada. The Black Fox Complex encompasses the Black Fox
Mine and Mill, and adjoining Grey Fox-Pike River property, all in
the Township of Matheson, Ontario, Canada. Brigus is also advancing
its Goldfields Project located near Uranium City, Saskatchewan,
Canada, which hosts the Box and Athona gold deposits. In Mexico,
Brigus has a letter of intent to sell 75% of its Ixhuatan
silver-gold projected located in the state of Chiapas. In the
Dominican Republic, Brigus has a letter of intent to sell its
remaining interests in three mineral exploration projects.
Cautionary and Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes “Forward-Looking Statements” within
the meaning of section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. All statements regarding the Company's
ability to successfully expand the Black Fox Complex gold resource,
add to Black Fox resources, advance new discoveries, and continue
to obtain positive down dip continuity of significant gold
mineralization are forward-looking statements and estimates that
involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance
that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results
and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include
environmental risks and other factors disclosed under the heading
“Risk Factors” in Brigus Gold’s and its predecessor companies’ most
recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and elsewhere in Brigus Gold’s
documents filed from time to time with the Toronto Stock Exchange,
the NYSE Amex, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and other regulatory authorities. All forward-looking statements
included in this news release are based on information available to
the Company on the date hereof. The Company assumes no obligation
to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by
applicable securities laws.
Appendix 1: 2011 Drill Hole Assay
Results at the Black Fox Complex’s 147 Zone
Hole ID
From(m)
To(m)
CoreWidth(m)
ZoneTrueWidth(m)
AssaygramsAu/tonne
GF11-193 110.00 112.00 2.00 ND
1.89 206.92 208.92 2.00
ND 14.50 360.15 361.00 0.85
ND 8.43
GF11-195 30.00 34.00
4.00 ND 1.24 52.00 54.00
2.00 ND 2.57 58.00 59.00
1.00 ND 1.37 131.00
137.00 6.00 ND 2.15 142.22
164.00 21.78 ND 1.72
146.00 154.00 8.00 ND 3.34
172.00 174.00 2.00 ND 2.67
181.00 183.00 2.00 ND
1.44 186.00 188.00 2.00 ND
3.36 199.00 200.00 1.00
ND 22.42 222.00 223.00 1.00
ND 2.47
GF11-197 152.00 162.00
10.00 ND 0.95 170.00
173.00 3.00 ND 2.13 209.00
215.00 6.00 ND 3.55
GF11-198
114.70 118.56 3.86 ND 4.45
152.70 153.78 1.08 ND
3.09 199.00 200.00 1.00 ND
3.63 240.00 246.00 6.00
ND 6.31 242.00 245.00 3.00
ND 10.00 448.92 450.00
1.08 ND 1.13
GF11-206 255.57
279.77 24.20 ND 3.94 268.00
279.77 11.77 ND 6.86
GF11-220
18.00 31.00 13.00 ND 4.00
28.00 30.00 2.00 ND 13.54
44.00 55.00 11.00 ND 2.90
44.00 49.00 5.00 ND 3.95
ND- True Width Not Defined
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