Channel Resources Reports Results From Core Drilling Program on Mankarga 5 Deposit at Tanlouka Gold Project, Burkina Faso
September 14 2011 - 9:00AM
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Channel Resources Ltd. ("Channel" or the "Company")(TSX VENTURE:
CHU) is pleased to report initial assay results from a 15,000 metre
core definition drilling program undertaken on the Mankarga 5 gold
deposit at the Tanlouka Gold Project ("Tanlouka") in Burkina Faso,
West Africa.
This first program of core drilling at Tanlouka has been
designed to follow-up on 7,100 metres of reverse circulation ("RC")
drilling in 57 holes on the Mankarga 5 structure that comprised the
bulk of a 10,000 metre RC drilling program completed earlier in the
year. Drilling completed in RC programs to-date at Mankarga 5 has
delineated a 1,850 metre long and up to 200 metre wide, northeast
trending mineralized zone that remains open along strike in both
directions and to-depth.
The main objectives of the ongoing core drilling program are to
provide geological and structural context for the deposit, to
further expand the zone and to support the deposit's first resource
estimate, which is expected to be completed in the first quarter of
2012. To-date a total of 7180 metres in 32 core holes have been
drilled in this program. Available assay results from an aggregate
of 1,764.5 metres of core from 8 holes are presented below in order
of their location on the Mankarga 5 grid, and can be viewed on a
drill hole location map presented on the Company's website at
www.channelresources.ca/i/pdf/CHUmap091411.pdf. Please refer to
Channel's drilling, sampling and assay reporting practices below
for further information on how these results are reported.
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Weighted
Average
Interval (metres) Intercept Grade
Hole Number From To (metres) (g/t Au)
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Section 800SW
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Tan11-DD17 59.0 129.0 70.0 1.99
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-50 degrees/300 degrees
azimuth includes 68.0 81.5 13.5 6.47
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161.5 164.5 3.0 1.69
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Section 450 NE
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Tan11-DD01 0.0 64.0 64.0 0.41
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-50 degrees/120 degrees
azimuth 69.3 168.0 98.7 0.92
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includes 110.0 140.0 30.0 1.15
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and 146.0 158.0 12.0 1.94
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includes 149.5 150.0 0.5 14.90
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Tan11-DD02 32.0 140.0 108.0 1.10
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-50 degrees/300 degrees
azimuth includes 40.0 60.0 20.0 2.32
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(twin of Tan11-RC39) and 65.8 90.0 24.2 1.81
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146.0 196.0 50.0 0.43
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includes 158.3 159.0 0.7 7.86
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202.0 213.0 11.0 0.38
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219.4 238.0 18.6 0.78
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includes 219.4 228.0 8.6 1.20
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Section 550 NE
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Tan11-DD03 9.0 61.5 52.5 1.20
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-50 degrees/120 degrees
azimuth includes 36.0 40.5 4.5 5.67
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includes 39.0 40.5 1.5 15.10
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and 60.0 61.5 1.5 11.70
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111.0 177.0 66.0 0.64
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includes 144.2 145.0 0.8 8.20
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and 152.2 168.0 15.8 1.64
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Tan11-DD05 6.0 75.0 69.0 0.63
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-50 degrees/300 degrees
azimuth includes 12.0 19.5 7.5 2.08
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(twin of Tan10-RC22) and 40.8 45.0 4.2 1.08
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and 61.5 63.0 1.5 5.32
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80.0 107.0 27.0 0.32
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114.5 128.4 13.9 0.23
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131.4 150.5 19.1 0.41
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166.8 176.2 9.4 0.24
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200.2 207.8 7.6 5.35
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205.5 207.0 1.5 25.30
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Section 650 NE
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Tan11-DD04 64.5 70.5 6.0 0.21
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-50 degrees/300 degrees
azimuth 103.3 106.8 3.5 0.37
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115.5 180.0 64.5 0.77
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includes 119.0 130.3 11.3 1.32
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and 161.2 166.5 5.3 2.24
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184.0 195.0 11.0 2.73
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includes 184.9 186.0 1.1 24.6
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203.5 250.0 46.5 0.84
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includes 210.5 211.0 0.5 43.60
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Tan11-DD07 0.0 42.0 42.0 0.53
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-50 degrees/120 degrees
azimuth includes 4.5 12.0 7.5 1.19
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69.0 90.0 21.0 0.59
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includes 84.0 87.0 3.0 1.41
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97.5 106.0 8.5 0.91
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120.0 127.5 7.5 0.54
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138.0 178.5 40.5 0.55
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includes 156.0 163.5 7.5 1.10
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Section 750 NE
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Tan11-DD06 1.5 9.5 8.0 0.58
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-50 degrees/120 degrees
azimuth 13.5 21.0 7.5 0.99
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24.0 78.0 54.0 0.70
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includes 43.0 44.8 1.8 6.03
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111.8 121.5 9.7 0.24
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126.0 148.5 22.5 0.25
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The drill core has provided much more information on the
structure of mineralization at Mankarga 5 than was available from
cuttings produced from RC holes. Measurements of structural angles
and correlations from several cross sections indicate that the
mineralized zone dips steeply to the northwest rather than steeply
to the southeast as previously thought. In order to provide better
angles of intersection with the mineralized zone, the orientation
for the majority of holes being drilled on the deposit will now be
inclined at -50 degrees to the southeast i.e. in the opposite
direction to most of the previously drilled holes.
Hole Tan11-DD01 Tan11-DD03 and Tan11-DD006, each with an azimuth
of 120 degrees, are inclined at opposing angles, or "scissored", to
other holes on their respective sections, which are inclined to an
azimuth of 300 degrees. Correlations between the scissored holes
and previously drilled RC holes indicate horizontal widths of the
mineralized zone ranging from approximately 150 to 200 metres from
section 450NE to 750NE, with mineralization extending to at least
170 metres below surface on section 450NE. The strongest
mineralization and a sharp limit to the mineralization is
demonstrated on the southeastern (footwall) side of the zone on
sections 450NE, 650NE and 800SW.
Assay laboratories in Burkina Faso are experiencing a
significant backlog of samples due to the large amount of
exploration activity underway throughout the country and hence
processing times for results have slowed.
Comparison of Twinned Holes
Several holes have been planned in the current core drilling
program to 'twin' previously reported RC holes in order to compare
grades of mineralized intercepts between the two drilling methods.
Three drill holes presented above, Tan11-DD02, Tan11-DD05 and
Tan11-DD17 are twins of RC holes Tan11-RC39, Tan10-RC22 and
Tan11-RC72 respectively and the grades of matching intervals are
compared below.
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Weighted
Average Variance
Interval (metres) Intercept Grade DD vs RC
Hole Number From To (metres) (g/t Au) (%)
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Tan11-DD02 32.0 134.0 102.0 1.16 -23.6
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Tan11-RC39 26.0 128.0 102.0 1.52
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Tan11-DD05 6.0 37.5 31.5 0.68 +119.3
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Tan10-RC22 6.0 38.0 32.0 0.31
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Tan11-DD05 40.8 121.2 80.4 0.41 +17.1
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Tan10-RC22 42.0 122.0 80.0 0.35
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Tan11-DD05 139.4 145.5 6.1 0.41 +2.5
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Tan10-RC22 140.0 146.0 6.0 0.40
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Tan11-DD05 165.4 187.5 22.1 0.17 +54.5
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Tan10-RC22 166.0 188.0 22.0 0.11
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Tan11-DD17 59.0 119.5 60.5 2.07 +80.0
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Tan11-RC72 42.0 102.0 60.0 1.15
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Hole Tan11-DD02 was collared 3 metres behind Tan11-RC39 and
twins the reverse circulation hole for the first 150 metres of its
length. This is the only set of twins examined to date that
indicates a higher grade in the RC hole than in the diamond
hole.
Hole Tan11-DD05 was collared very close to Tan10-RC22 on section
550NE and twins the reverse circulation hole for its entire length.
This direct comparison of lower grade intersections indicates
consistenty higher grades from drill core relative to RC derived
samples.
Hole Tan11-DD17 was collared five metres behind TAN11-RC72 on
section 800SW and encountered the mineralized zone at 59 meters
down-hole versus 42 meters in the RC hole. The core hole then
intersected 70 meters of mineralization in the main zone compared
with 60 metres in the RC hole. To achieve as direct a comparison as
possible, grades from the first 60 meters of the mineralized zone
in the core hole were compared with the entire mineralized
intersection in the RC hole and indicates an 80% increase in the
grade of the core hole over that in the RC hole.
"Channel's confidence in the consistency of mineralization in
the Mankarga 5 zone continues to grow," commented Colin McAleenan,
President and CEO of Channel Resources. "The Company is rapidly
enhancing its understanding of the deposit's structure ahead of the
project's first resource estimate, expected in the first quarter of
2012. It is especially encouraging to see drill core results from
section 800SW, the furthest section to the southwest for which
drill results are available, showing higher grades than RC holes
previously drilled on that line. Two holes have now been drilled,
with results pending, up to 500 metres further to the southwest of
this section in an effort to extend the currently delineated 1.85km
strike-length of the deposit."
Channel Resources Ltd. maintains a rigorous quality control
program involving the use of duplicate samples and blanks and
certified gold standards from an accredited Canadian laboratory in
every batch of 20 samples. Core samples are assayed using standard
fire assay techniques on a 50 gram charge with an atomic absorption
finish by SGS Burkina Faso SA in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. RC
samples discussed in this release were assayed using the same
methods at Abilab Burkina SARL (ALS Laboratory Group) in
Ouagadougou. The drilling program is supervised by John Adams,
P.Geo., a qualified person as defined by NI 43-101, who has
reviewed the contents of this news release.
Drilling, sampling and reporting practices:
-- All hole collars are set to dip at -50 degrees to their respective
azimuths.
-- RC holes are systematically sampled at 2m intervals.
-- Core holes are sampled geologically with a maximum sample interval of
1.5m (with the exception of holes Tan11-DD01 and Tan11-DD02 which have a
maximum sample interval of 2.0m).
-- "Mineralized rock" is defined as rock with a grade of over 0.10 g/t Au.
-- "Significant assay results" is defined as samples, or series of
consecutive samples, with grade thickness (i.e. weighted average gold
grades multiplied by their intervals), of greater than 1.0.
-- The amount of internal waste (i.e. with a grade of less than 0.10 g/t
Au) included in a reported mineralized interval does not exceed 10%.
-- No top cut has been applied to the individual grades before weighted
average grades have been calculated.
-- Unless otherwise stated, reported intersections are downhole lengths.
True widths, other than as estimated on each section, shall be
determined once geological modeling of the zone has been completed.
Some of the statements contained herein are forward-looking
statements, which involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties. Without limitation, statements regarding potential
mineralization and resources, exploration results, and future plans
and objectives of the Company are forward-looking statements that
involve various degrees of risk. The following are important
factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements: changes in the price of minerals, general market
conditions, risks inherent in mineral exploration, risks associated
with development, construction and mining operations, the
uncertainty of future profitability and the uncertainty of access
to additional capital. The Company undertakes no obligation to
update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking statements
or the foregoing list of factors, whether as a result of new
information or future events or otherwise. Further disclosure on
risk factors is available in the Company's various corporate
filings at www.sedar.com.
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Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Contacts: Channel Resources Ltd. Colin McAleenan President &
CEO 604.684.7098 Channel Resources Ltd. Cyrus Ameli CFO & VP
Corporate Affairs 604.684.7098 604.684.7079 (FAX)
info@channelresources.ca www.channelresources.ca
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