Westcore Commences 2011 Drilling Program, Intersects Composite 85-Metre Coal Section in First Hole

Westcore Energy (TSXV:WTR) announced that it has begun winter drilling on its’ Manitoba property.
The press release is quoted as saying:

Hole AM-11-01 has been completed and was drilled to a depth of 178 metres. Hole BD-10-03, by comparison, was only drilled to 81 metres, having terminated within a 5.5-metre thick sand unit beneath the coal. Hole AM-11-01 intersected a coal unit of approximately 37 metres thickness, beginning around 44 metres depth, before it entered a similar sand unit around 80 metres depth. The hole, however, continued past the sand unit (which was 7 metres thick) and entered into a second major coal unit, starting around 87 metres depth. The second coal unit measures approximately 48 metres in thickness, for a total aggregate coal thickness of approximately 85 metres. Visual inspection of both units indicates them to contain black to dark brown coal that is light in weight with very minor partings.

Paul Conroy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Westcore, said:

 “We are extremely pleased to have received such impressive preliminary results from the very first hole of our winter program. The existence of a second major coal unit situated below an already remarkable thickness of coal at Ambit will substantially add to the coal reserves of the Ambit deposit. We now look forward to testing all of our targets for the existence of multiple, thick coal units.”

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