AURIZON REPORTS FURTHER RESULTS FROM MARBAN BLOCK
May 25 2011 - 7:00AM
PR Newswire (Canada)
VANCOUVER, May 25, 2011 /CNW/ -- Toronto Stock Exchange Ticker
Symbol - ARZ NYSE Amex Ticker Symbol - AZK U.S. Registration
(File 001-31893) News Release Issue No. 13- 2011 VANCOUVER, May 25,
2011 /CNW/ - Aurizon Mines Ltd. ("Aurizon") (TSX: ARZ, NYSE Amex:
AZK) is pleased to report on the latest drilling results at the
Marban Block property, located in the Malartic gold camp, Abitibi
region of Quebec. Assay results were received for 26 drill holes
completed on the neighbouring Norlartic and Marban gold deposits.
Significant Norlartic intersections include: -- 7.4 grams of gold
per tonne over 9.3 metres (NL-11-052); -- 5.6 grams of gold per
tonne over 6.7 metres (NL-11-054); -- 2.1 grams of gold per tonne
over 28.0 metres (NL-11-057); -- 10.8 grams of gold per tonne over
3.0 metres (NL-11-059); -- 3.1 grams of gold per tonne over 10.9
metres (NL-11-060). Significant Marban intersections include: --
5.1 grams of gold per tonne over 5.1 metres (MB-11-167); --
30,100.0 grams of gold per tonne over 0.5 metre (gold vein in
MB-11-170); -- 1.8 gram of gold per tonne over 56.3 metres
(MB-11-173); -- 9.1 grams of gold per tonne over 4.5 metres
(MB-11-174); -- 17.2 grams of gold per tonne over 1.0 metre
(MB-11-175). The initial program under the terms of the Aurizon
option agreement commenced on August 30, 2010 and includes 50,000
metres of diamond drilling. Three drill rigs are currently in
operation on the project. To date, 137 holes have been
drilled for a total of 35,340 metres. Results from 66 holes were
previously released, results from 26 holes are included in this
release, and results are pending for 45 completed drill holes. "We
are pleased to observe that, in both the Norlartic and Marban
mineralized systems, the approach of fence drilling as much as
possible of the entire width of the potential structure, has been
successful. High grade intervals over pluri-metric widths are
now more prominent inside extensive lower grade envelopes and
should offer more flexibility in evaluating potential development
scenarios." said Martin Demers, P.Geo. Exploration Manager of
Aurizon. Norlartic deposit drilling Twenty-one (21) drill holes,
for a total of 4,320 metres, were completed on the Norlartic
deposit during the winter. Results for seven (7) holes
(NL-11-040 to -045 and -047) were previously released.
Results received for an additional eight (8) holes (NL-11-052 to
-057, -059 and -060) are tabled on the following pages.
Complete assay results for holes NL-11-048, -049 and -058 are
pending. Holes NL-11-050 and -051 were part of the fence
drilling between the Norlartic and Marban deposits. This initial
phase of drilling at Norlartic was aimed at better defining the
entire width of the Norbenite shear gold mineralised envelope
within the top 200 metres from surface, and more specifically along
the western 500-metre strike extent of the Norlartic deposit.
Past drilling over this portion of the deposit mainly targeted the
Main Zone (MZ), which consists of a sulphide and gold mineralised
vein stockwork localised in an intrusive dike cutting the central
portion of the Norbenite shear. The holes completed during the
winter confirmed: 1) the presence of other veined and mineralised
intrusive dikes in the hanging wall (HW) of the Main Zone and 2)
the near surface extent of the Norlartic deposit consists of a wide
gold mineralised envelope characterised by intrusive dikes cutting
sheared ultramafic volcanic rocks. The holes were drilled in a
series of parallel structures, which include some narrow veins in
the vicinity of previously mined out areas. New mineralized
intersections are either adjacent to or up to 100 metres away from
existing stopes. Marban deposit drilling Ninety-eight (98) holes
and two (2) extensions of previous holes, for a total of 27,780
metres, were completed on the Marban deposit since the start of the
program in August. Results for 58 holes (MB-10-102 to
MB-11-157, MB-06-002ext and MB-07-005ext) were previously
released. Results received for an additional 18 holes
(MB-11-158 to -175) are tabled on the following pages. Drilling to
date has covered a 1,050-metre strike extent of the Marban gold
mineralised system and was mainly directed at 1) completing a
50-metre drill hole spacing array within the top 300 metres from
surface and 2) verifying the extension of the gold mineralised
shear zones to surface. The holes were drilled in a series of
parallel structures, which include some narrow veins in the
vicinity of previously mined out areas. New mineralized
intersections are either adjacent to or up to 100 metres away from
existing stopes. The drilling program at Marban has now moved to
deeper drilling to test the down dip extension of the mineralised
zones, mainly from 300 to 500 metres vertical depth, as well as
select in-fill drilling at 25-metre spacing. Fence drilling between
Norlartic and Marban deposits Three (3) 300-metre spaced
exploration drill hole fences were completed to trace the Norbenite
shear and subsidiary structures on strike and to the southeast of
the Norlartic deposit and to the north of the Marban deposit.
The fences consist of 16 drill holes (NL-11-046, -050 and -051 and
MB-11-201 to MB-11-213) for a total of 3,240 metres. Results
were previously released for hole NL-11-046 that returned an
interval of 21.2 metres averaging 1.23 g/t Au located along the
southeast extent of the Norlartic deposit. Results are
pending for the other holes. Norlartic Drill Results
________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | Depth |From | To |Length|Grade|Zone| | Hole
|Line|Station| Az |Dip| (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) |(g/t |(s) | | | | |
| | | | | | Au) | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_____|____|
|NL-11-052|1+35|1+85 N |N205°|-60| 210.0 |182.3|186.9| 4.6 | 1.2 |
HW | | |W | | | ° | |200.7|210.0| 9.3 | 7.4 |Main|
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_____|____|
|NL-11-053|1+80|1+55 N |N210°|-45| 239.0 |138.4|146.8| 8.4 | 1.6 |
HW | | |W | | | ° | |152.6|158.6| 6.0 | 3.2 |Main| | | | | | |
|165.5|176.1| 10.6 | 1.4 | FW |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_____|____|
|NL-11-054|2+70|2+25 N |N210°|-45| 284.0 |206.7|213.4| 6.7 | 5.6
|Main| | |W | | | ° | |220.0|222.0| 2.0 | 3.1 |Main|
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_____|____|
|NL-11-055|2+40|0+70 N |N210°|-45| 49.0 |34.9 |40.1 | 5.2 | 0.9 |
HW | | |W | | | ° | |45.3 |49.0 | 3.7 | 2.0 | HW |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_____|____|
|NL-11-056|4+30|0+60 N |N210°|-45| 200.0 |48.0 |49.2 | 1.2 | 4.3 |
HW | | |W | | | ° | |58.8 |62.3 | 3.5 | 0.9 |Main|
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_____|____|
|NL-11-057|0+15|0+85 N |N210°|-45| 153.0 | | | | | | | |W | | | ° |
|39.9 |68.0 | 28.0 | 2.1 | HW | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|91.2 |99.3 | 8.1 | 1.8 |Main|
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_____|____|
|NL-11-059|2+25|1+50 N |N210°|-49| 226.1 |129.2|137.5| 8.3 | 0.9 |
HW | | |W | | | ° | |142.7|145.7| 3.0 |10.8 |Main| | | | | | |
|151.2|152.1| 0.9 | 7.2 |Main|
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_____|____|
|NL-11-060|2+25|1+50 N |N210°|-65| 266.4 |153.3|169.3| 16.0 | 1.5 |
HW | | |W | | | ° |including|166.4|169.3| 2.9 | 5.8 | HW | | | | |
| | |179.0|189.9| 10.9 | 3.1 |Main|
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_____|____|
Marban Drill Results
________________________________________________________________________________
| | | | | | Depth |From | To |Length| Grade | | | Hole
|Line|Station| Az |Dip| (m) | (m) | (m) | (m) | (g/t | Zone(s) | |
| | | | | | | | | Au) | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-158|1+00|0+10 S |N180°|-55| 197.0 |139.3|142.0| 2.7 | 0.8 |
E | | | E | | | ° | | | | | | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-159|1+50|0+15 S |N180°|-55| 184.4 |145.2|145.9| 0.7 | 6.7 |
E | | | E | | | ° | | | | | | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-160|2+50|0+05 S |N180°|-45| 215.0 |143.9|144.7| 0.8 | 6.4 |
D1 | | | W | | | ° | | | | | | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-161|2+00|1+15 S |N180°|-45| 122.0 |74.5 |78.5 | 4.0 | 2.1 |
C1-B | | | W | | | ° | | | | | | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-162|2+50|0+60 S |N180°|-45| 170.0 |78.0 |79.2 | 1.2 | 3.1 |
Z | | | W | | | ° | |102.0|102.6| 0.6 | 9.2 | B | | | | | | |
|107.0|131.6| 24.6 | 0.8 | B-A |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-163|3+50|0+75 S |N180°|-50| 176.0 |87.9 |95.0 | 7.1 | 0.7 |
E | | | W | | | ° | | | | | | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-164|3+50|0+10 S |N180°|-50| 221.0 |33.6 |36.0 | 2.4 | 6.1 |
| | | W | | | ° | |117.5|119.2| 1.7 | 3.1 | E | | | | | | |
|132.9|134.0| 1.1 | 8.8 | B |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-165|3+50|1+15 N |N180°|-55| 323.0 |155.3|158.7| 3.4 | 1.8 |
2 | | | W | | | ° | |169.5|183.8| 14.3 | 0.8 | Y | | | | | | |
|205.5|211.2| 5.7 | 0.8 | E | | | | | | | |242.0|242.6| 0.6 | 6.2 |
B |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-166|4+50|0+35 N |N180°|-50| 197.0 |70.0 |71.0 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
2 | | | W | | | ° | | | | | | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-167|4+50|0+25 S |N180°|-50| 158.0 |111.8|116.9| 5.1 | 5.1 |
E | | | W | | | ° | | | | | | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-168|5+00|0+20 S |N180°|-50| 146.0 |127.5|128.2| 0.7 | 0.9 |
T | | | W | | | ° | | | | | | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-169|5+00|0+35 N |N180°|-50| 188.0 |104.6|112.6| 8.0 | 1.5 |
| | | W | | | ° | | | | | | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-170|3+00|2+50 S |N180°|-45| 191.0 |85.0 |85.5 | 0.5
|30100.0| VG | | | E | | | ° | |138.8|140.0| 1.2 | 4.6 | T | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-171|5+00|1+65 N |N180°|-50| 272.0 |86.6 |87.9 | 1.3 | 3.6 |
| | | W | | | ° | | | | | | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-172|1+00|3+25 N |N180°|-58| 603.0 |353.1|357.5| 4.4 | 1.9 |
E | | | E | | | ° | | | | | | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-173|4+00|0+20 S |N180°|-45| 409.0 |162.6|179.0| 16.4 | 1.2 |
D3 | | | E | | | ° | |251.8|263.6| 11.8 | 1.4 | J | | | | | | |
|266.3|322.6| 56.3 | 1.8 |C1-A-P-M-V| | | | | |
|including|284.5|296.0| 11.5 | 3.3 | P | | | | | |
|including|306.0|319.0| 13.0 | 2.9 | M |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-174|4+00|0+95 S |N180°|-45| 326.0 |87.0 |90.9 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
E | | | E | | | ° | |136.6|141.6| 5.0 | 2.5 | | | | | | | |
|212.1|212.8| 0.7 | 9.2 | C2 | | | | | | | |225.3|233.6| 8.3 | 2.1
| A | | | | | | | |268.0|272.5| 4.5 | 9.1 | W | | | | | | |
|308.0|309.2| 1.2 | 15.4 | T |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
|MB-11-175|2+50|0+97 S |N180°|-55| 323.0 |145.4|146.4| 1.0 | 17.2 |
| | | E | | | ° | |229.0|236.2| 7.2 | 1.0 | |
|_________|____|_______|_____|___|_________|_____|_____|______|_______|__________|
Aurizon Option Aurizon can earn up to a 65% interest the Marban
Block property under the terms of an option and joint venture
agreement dated July 5, 2010 between NioGold and Aurizon. The
initial 50% interest can be earned by incurring expenditures of
C$20 million over three years, completing an updated NI 43-101
compliant mineral resource estimate, and by making a resource
payment for 50% of the total gold ounces defined by the mineral
resource estimate. NioGold is the project operator during the
initial earn-in period (see news release dated July 6, 2010).
Technical Info, QA/QC and Qualified Persons Reported intervals are
in core lengths but are anticipated to approximate true width,
except where structural complexities occur, as the holes were
drilled near perpendicular to the principal local structural
orientation. Diamond drill holes were drilled with NQ-size core in
order to obtain larger sample volumes of the mineralised zones,
except for holes that traversed underground workings which were
completed using BQ-size core. The core was sealed delivered
by the drilling contractor to NioGold's facilities located at the
Norlartic mine site. The core was photographed for reference,
logged and mineralised sections were sawed in half. Sample
lengths vary between 0.5 to 1.5 metres. Half core samples
were bagged, sealed and delivered to ALS Chemex in Val-d'Or,
Quebec, an accredited laboratory. The remaining core is
stored on site for reference. Samples were assayed by the
fire-assay method using an atomic absorption finish on a 50-gram
pulp split. A quality assurance and quality control program
(QA/QC) was implemented by NioGold and the laboratory to insure the
precision and reproducibility of the analytical method and
results. The QA/QC program includes the insertion of
standards, blanks and field duplicates in the sample batches sent
to the laboratory and a systematic re-assaying of samples returning
values above 2 g/t Au by the fire-assay method using a gravimetric
finish. As well, pulps grading above 0.5 g/t Au are sent to
Bourlamaque Assay Laboratories Ltd. in Val-d'Or for check assaying.
The drilling program was conducted under the supervision of Yan
Ducharme, M.Sc., P.Geo. (OGQ), a Qualified Person as defined by
National Instrument 43-101. This news release was prepared
under the supervision of Martin Demers, P. Geo., Exploration
Manager of Aurizon and a Qualified Person under. National
Instrument 43-101, based on information made available by Niogold
and verified by personnel of Aurizon. Additional Information The
attached sketch shows the geological context of the Marban Block
property, the position of the drill holes and a plan view of the
Marban deposit. http://files.newswire.ca/734/Marban_Sketch.pdf
About Aurizon Aurizon is a gold producer with a growth strategy
focused on developing its existing projects in the Abitibi region
of north-western Quebec, one of the world's most favourable mining
jurisdictions and prolific gold and base metal regions, and by
increasing its asset base through accretive transactions.
Aurizon shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol
"ARZ" and on the NYSE Amex under the symbol "AZK". Additional
information on Aurizon and its properties is available on Aurizon's
website at www.aurizon.com. Forward Looking Statements and
Information This news release contains "forward-looking statements"
and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable
securities regulations in Canada and the United States
(collectively, "forward-looking information"). The
forward-looking information contained in this news release is made
as of the date of this news release. Except as required under
applicable securities legislation, the Company does not intend, and
does not assume any obligation, to update this forward-looking
information. Specifically, this news release contains
forward-looking information with respect to future exploration work
on the Marban Block property. Forward-looking information
contained in this news release is based on certain assumptions that
the Company believes are reasonable, that the current price of and
demand for gold will be sustained or will improve. However,
forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the Company to be materially
different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. Such
factors include, among others, the risk that actual results of
exploration activities will be different than anticipated, that
required supplies, equipment or personnel will not be available or
will not be available on a timely basis or that the cost of labour,
equipment or supplies will increase more than expected, that the
future price of gold will decline, that the Canadian dollar will
strengthen against the U.S. dollar, that mineral resources are not
as estimated, that actual costs or actual results of reclamation
activities are greater than expected; that changes in project
parameters as plans continue to be refined may result in increased
costs, of accidents, labour disputes and other risks generally
associated with exploration, unanticipated delays in obtaining
governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of
exploration activities, as well as those factors and other risks
more fully described in Aurizon's Annual Information Form filed
with the securities commission of all of the provinces and
territories of Canada and in Aurizon's Annual Report on Form 40-F
filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission,
which are available on Sedar at www.sedar.com and on Edgar at
www.sec.gov/. Although the Company has attempted to identify
important factors that could cause actual actions, events or
results to differ materially from those described in
forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause
actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or
intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking
information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking information due to the inherent uncertainty
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