Visible Gold Intersected in 27 Veins At Eayu Claire

 

TORONTO, ON - Eastmain Resources Inc. reported assay data from 5 of 20 drill holes completed during the winter campaign on its wholly-owned Eau Claire Gold Deposit located in James Bay, Northern Quebec (Table 1). Visible gold was intersected in 16 of 20 drill holes. Drilling delineated 27 quartz-tourmaline veins containing from 1 to more than 50 grains of visible gold as well as visible tellurides.

A total of 6,650 metres of drilling was completed during the 2009 winter program to test the Main Group of Veins within the central portion of the deposit. Highlights of the first five holes include: 38.58 g/t Au (1.13 ounces per ton) over 1.5 metres, including 81.0 g/t Au (2.37 ounces per ton) over 0.5 metres in hole ER09-177; 33.41 g/t Au (0.98 ounces per ton) over 1.5 metres, including 69.1 g/t Au (2.02 ounces per ton) over 0.5 metres in hole ER09-180; and 19.26 g/t Au (0.56 ounces per ton) over 1.5 metres in hole ER09-181. Assay data is pending for the remaining 15 drill holes.

Over the past 16 months, 125 HQ drill holes, for a total of 21,720 metres, have been completed to expand the gold resource within the upper 300 metres of the Eau Claire Gold deposit. The deposit is characterized by abundant very-fine-grained, "flour-sized" gold particles within vein and schist zones. The gold at Eau Claire is not normally visible to the naked eye. When gold grains can be seen and counted, positive assays can generally be expected. Visible gold in core confirms the high-grade nature of this deposit.

In 110 drill holes, 250 gold-bearing, quartz-tourmaline vein intervals with an average grade of 18.0 g/t Au (0.53 ounces per ton) at an average thickness of 1.29 metres have been intersected. 100 vein intervals contain an average grade of 37.5 g/t Au (1.09 ounces per ton), 50 vein intervals contain an average of 61.4 g/t Au (2.93 ounces per ton), 10 vein intervals exceeded 190 g/t Au (5.58 ounces per ton) and three intersections have an average of 540 g/t Au (15.79 ounces per ton).

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