Alpha Minerals Announces Partial Results from First Hole of Summer Drilling
Jul. 18, 2013 11:31AM PST
Company NewsAlpha Minerals Inc. (TSXV:AMW,FWB:E2GA) and its JV partner Fission Uranium Corp. announced partial results of its first hole of the summer drill season: Hole PLS13-072 (drilling still in progress) returned a broad 85.5m interval of variably radioactive mineralization including a total of 18.93m of off-scale (>9999 cps) radioactivity in numerous narrower intervals throughout.
 Alpha Minerals Inc. (TSXV:AMW,FWB:E2GA) and its JV partner Fission Uranium Corp. announced partial results of its first hole of the summer drill season: Hole PLS13-072 (drilling still in progress) returned a broad 85.5m interval of variably radioactive mineralization including a total of 18.93m of off-scale (>9999 cps) radioactivity in numerous narrower intervals throughout.
As quoted in the press release:
PLS13-072 Highlights:
- 85.5m (62.0m – 147.5m) wide main zone containing total of 18.93m of off-scale (>9999 cps) radioactivity.
- Main zone characterized by variable radioactivity from weak-to-very strong throughout.
- Off-scale mineralization comprised of multiple narrower intervals of off-scale (>9999 cps) radioactivity ranging in width from 0.1m to 4.6m wide each, totaling 18.93m.
- Expands the western boundary of the R390E zone by 15m.
- Main wide zone of variably radioactive mineralization starts at shallow depth of 62.0 m, and two narrower intervals starting at 157.5 m and 169.5 m of weak-to-moderate radioactivity as measured with a GR-110 hand held scintillometer.
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