Phase I Recon West Nile Completed
July 30 2008 - 1:04PM
Marketwired
VANCOUVER, BC (TSX-V: VAN) is pleased to announce the completion
of Phase I reconnaissance work on West Nile Project in Uganda.
Vangold's wholly owned 9 licenses, totaling approximately 400
square kilometers, are located in the northwest of Uganda in the
districts of Arua and Nebbi. The program is being supervised by
Danae Voormeij, P.Geo and VP Exploration for Vangold, and consists
of a team of national geologists and local laborers.
Phase I consisted of reconnaissance work including prospecting,
geological mapping and sampling across the 9 licenses. A total of
200 samples have been collected, of which 33 samples from a highly
prospective zone that extends approximately 3km by 500m, trending
roughly north-south and is likely a shear zone. This zone is
located entirely within Vangold's license and is hosted within
Kibalian-type metavolcanics and metasediments, which in the
adjacent northeastern DRC are host to the multimillion ounce
deposits of the Kilo-Moto Goldfields. Ms. Voormeij believes this
indicates a geological continuity of the Kilo-Moto Kibalian
greenstone belt within Uganda.
Tightly folded banded ironstones and itabirites (ferruginous
grits), graphitic schists, argillic altered mudstones and
siltstones occur in contact with a large amphibolite body and are
cut by cataclastic and saccharoidal quartz veins, rich in Fe-Ox and
in some cases contain interstitial bornite. Magnetite destruction
is evident in the itabirites in places where quartz veins are
found. Black quartz was encountered in numerous outcrops, which is
interesting in that the most important vein that was mined at Kilo
zone was a vein of black quartz.
The people in the districts of Arua and Nebbi are friendly and
curious and welcome development. Local officials have been
extremely helpful in guiding the Vangold team around the villages
and explaining the exploration work to the locals. In Arua most of
the land is cultivated and in Nebbi approximately 20 percent of the
land is cultivated.
The samples have been dropped off at the SGS prep lab in Entebbe
and will be shipped directly to the SGS lab in Mwanza, Tanzania,
where they will be analyzed for Au, Cu and As. Turnaround time is
expected to be 1-2 months. Results from Phase I will determine the
focus for Phase II, which will consist of detailed soil grids,
trenching and further mapping to define drill targets.
Dal Brynelsen, President and CEO of Vangold Resources Ltd.,
states "the discovery of Kibalian rocks in Uganda is what we had
hoped for in the West Nile Project and we eagerly await assay
results."
To find out more about Vangold Resources Ltd. please visit our
website at www.vangold.ca or contact Dal Brynelsen at 604-684-1974
or by email brynelsen@vangold.ca.
On Behalf of the Board of
VANGOLD RESOURCES LTD.
"Dal Brynelsen"
Dal Brynelsen, President and CEO
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