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VANCOUVER, BC - Imperial Metals Corporation reported recently completed underground diamond drilling program at Sterling Project in Nye County, Nevada that extends the 144 zone gold mineralization. The 144 zone has been extended to the north, west and south, and high grade gold mineralization has been discovered in the latite dike that divides the 144 zone from its east extension.
In advance of drilling, the north drift of the 144 zone decline was extended by 187 feet, and a new drill station was excavated at its face. A total of nine holes were drilled from this station, and were designed to test the northern extent of the 144 zone.
Drill hole SU09-59 terminated in a 4.5 foot interval grading 0.293 ounces per ton gold within a 49.5 foot interval returning 0.066 ounces per ton gold. Technical problems prevented further extension of this hole into the high grade section. Holes SU09-56, 57, 67 and 79 were drilled into the same area and all encountered intervals of gold mineralization greater than 0.100 ounces per ton over widths between 3-15 feet. These were all contained within wider lower grade intervals of gold mineralization. SU09-79 is representative of the north extension, having encountered 0.111 ounces per ton gold over 10 feet, 0.113 ounces per ton gold over 15 feet and 0.042 ounces per ton gold over 60 feet within a larger 185 foot interval returning 0.042 ounces per ton gold.
These results extend the 144 zone approximately 300 feet to the north. Gold mineralization within the north extension is not controlled by the usual Bonanza King/Carrara contact but occurs within a high-angled east-west fault zone which also defines the southern boundary of the overlying
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