Sona Commences 5,000-Metre Surface Drill Program at Its Blackdome Gold Mine
19 Luglio 2011 - 4:15PM
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Sona Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Sona") (TSX VENTURE:
SYS)(FRANKFURT: QS7) is pleased to announce that it has started a
5,000-metre surface diamond drilling program at its 100 percent
owned, formerly producing Blackdome Gold Mine property
("Blackdome"), in the Clinton Mining District of southern British
Columbia.
The initial drill holes target the south end of the Giant Vein
mineralized zone and will trace the structure to the southwest for
over one kilometre. No prior drilling has been done in this area,
and the vein does not outcrop along this section. Where the
northern end of the Giant Vein has been drilled, it was found to
host an inferred NI 43-101-compliant resource of 63,100 tonnes,
grading 9.04g Au/t and 16.27g Ag/t (Micon Technical Report on
Preliminary Assessment of the Elizabeth Blackdome Project dated
June 10, 2010, and filed on SEDAR).
Several other peripheral, parallel, quartz veins containing
known gold mineralization, including the Watson and Southwest
veins, will also be drill tested.
The Company is using NQ-size drill bits. Samples for analysis
and assay will be cut in half using a diamond saw. Half of the core
will be sent to the lab for analysis and the remaining half
preserved for future reference. The samples will be analyzed for
gold by standard fire assay atomic absorption finish techniques, as
well as multi-element ICP on most samples. A strict QA/QC program
will be followed; this includes the use of certified pulp standards
and blanks at Acme Labs in Vancouver, and verification analyses in
a second laboratory.
The content of this news release has been reviewed by John P.
Thompson, a Qualified Person for the purposes of NI 43-101, with
the ability and authority to verify the authenticity and validity
of the data herein.
About Sona Resources Corp.
Since its inception in 1990, Sona has engaged in exploration
activities at its mineral properties in Canada and the United
States, as well as small-scale gold production at its flagship
property, the 100 percent owned Blackdome Gold Mine, in
south-central British Columbia, 250 kilometres north of Vancouver.
At Blackdome, the indicated mineral resources are estimated at
144,500 tonnes, grading 11.29g Au/t and containing 52,600 ounces of
gold; and the inferred resource is estimated at 90,600 tonnes,
grading 8.79g Au/t (news release dated May 4, 2010). At its 100
percent owned Elizabeth Gold Deposit Property, 30 kilometres south
of the Blackdome Gold Mine, Sona has outlined an inferred gold
resource of 522,900 tonnes, grading 12.3g Au/t and containing
206,100 ounces of gold (news release dated June 8, 2009).
Sona aims to bring its permitted Blackdome mill back into
production over the next two years at a rate of 200 tonnes per day,
with feed from the formerly producing Blackdome Gold Mine and the
Elizabeth Gold Deposit Property. A positive Preliminary Economic
Assessment by Micon International Ltd. (news release dated May 28,
2010), based on a gold price of $950 per ounce over eight years,
has estimated a cash cost of $208 per tonne milled, or $686 per
gold ounce recovered.
Sona also holds a 100 percent interest in the Montgolfier
Project, in Quebec, 40 kilometres east of the multimillion-ounce
Casa Berardi Mine gold deposit.
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements,
and such statements involve risks and uncertainties. The results or
events predicted may differ materially from actual results or
events. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of
this news release. Except as may be required by applicable
securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to
update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events or results or any other occurrence.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its regulation services
provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Contacts: Sona Resources Corp. +1 (888) 236-5200 +1 (604)
684-6678 (FAX) info@sonaresources.com www.sonaresources.com Marston
Webb International Victor Webb/Madlene Olson Media Inquiries +1
(212) 684-6601 +1 (212) 725-4709 (FAX) marwebint@cs.com
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