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Valterra Expands Toughnut Zone by Drilling 10.86m of 1.12 g/t Au & 4.24 g/t Ag
Oct. 12, 2010 03:31PM PST
Gold InvestingValterra Resource Corporation (PINK:VRSCF) reported that intercepts from two of the remaining drill holes on the Toughnut zone continues to expand the occurrences width and lateral dimensions based on the recent 2010 diamond drill exploration program at the Au-Ag-Cu porphyry/shear-hosted “Star Project” located in southeast British Columbia.
Valterra Resource Corporation (PINK:VRSCF) reported that intercepts from two of the remaining drill holes on the Toughnut zone continues to expand the occurrences width and lateral dimensions based on the recent 2010 diamond drill exploration program at the Au-Ag-Cu porphyry/shear-hosted “Star Project” located in southeast British Columbia.
The press release is quoted as saying:
The Company completed a total of 1,438 metres in seven NQ2/BTW-sized drill holes. The drilling centred on three of the five-known gold-silver +/- copper zones that are contained within a prospective 3.5 kilometre-long polymetallic mineral trend transecting the claim blocks. The initial phase of Toughnut zone drilling was highlighted by an intercept of 4.05 g/t Au and 0.88 g/t Ag over 8.0m in hole VTN10-005 (see NR-07-10). Drilling by Valterra has defined an open-ended mineral body at Toughnut measuring approximately 200 metres of strike length that is located more than 3.0 kilometres southeast of the Eureka zone.
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