Southwest Gold Zone Expands at Copperstone
VANCOUVER, BC - American Bonanza Gold Corp. drilled additional high gold grades during the current exploration program in the Southwest gold zone at the 100% owned Copperstone Project in Arizona. The Southwest gold zone could contain enough high grade gold to enhance the economics of mining the main high grade gold resources at Copperstone, and is located about 1,000 meters southwest of the open pit, underground mine workings, and the current resources.
The new Southwest gold zone drill hole assay results are:
- 3.0 meters grading 10.5 grams per tonne gold in drill hole 08CS-45
-- includes 1.5 meters grading 17.2 grams per tonne gold
- 9.1 meters grading 5.4 grams per tonne gold also in drill hole 08CS-45
-- includes 1.5 meters grading 14.3 grams per tonne gold
- 0.9 meters grading 17.3 grams per tonne gold also in drill hole 08CS-45
-- includes 0.6 meters grading 23.8 grams per tonne gold
- 4.6 meters grading 2.1 grams per tonne gold in drill hole 08CS-46
-- includes 1.5 meters grading 3.8 grams per tonne gold
- 4.6 meters grading 3.9 grams per tonne gold in drill hole 08CS-47
The two previously announced drill results from holes to the northwest and southeast of 08CS-45 are:
- 5.2 meters grading 18.3 grams per tonne gold in drill hole 07CS-30
- 4.6 meters grading 12.3 grams per tonne gold in drill hole 07CS-31
Drill hole 08CS-45 contains three gold zones and was drilled between the two best previous drill holes in the Southwest zone, holes 07CS-30 and 07CS-31, located to the northwest and southeast of 08CS-45, along strike, suggesting strike continuity of this high grade mineralized zone. The Southwest zone is now identified by six drill holes with significant gold intercepts, has a known strike length of at least 250 feet, and is open along strike to the north, and along its entire length to the east and west, up and down dip.
The company's address is Suite 305 - 675 West Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6B 1N2, (604) 688-7523, fax: (604) 681-0122, email: [email protected].