Sona Resources intersects 8.4 g/t gold over 0.51m at Elizabeth on Astini News
Sona Resources Corp. (CVE:SYS) announced Thursday positive results from its underground and surface drill program at its Elizabeth gold deposit in the Lilooet Mining District of southern British Columbia.
The company has so far completed 34 holes, or 3,919 metres of its 4,500 metre underground diamond drill program, and 18 holes, or 2,716 metres of its 3,000 metre surface drill campaign.
Assay results have been returned for the first 15 underground holes, Sona said, with hole E11-U80 intersecting 9.7 grams per tonne (g/t) of gold over a core length of 0.8 metres, and hole E11-U84 returning 4.4 g/t gold over a core length of 0.68 metres.
Twenty-four of the 34 underground holes completed thus far targeted the West Vein gold mineralization through a drill bay cut into the Upper Adit's east wall. The program is testing an area along strike and down dip from the Jewellery Box zone, known for its rich values and abundant visible gold, to a depth of approximately 140 metres.
The two holes mentioned intersected the West Vein approximately 50 metres below the Upper Adit drift on the vein, approximately 100 metres below the Jewellery Box zone surface.
Meanwhile, surface diamond drilling continued on the southwestern extension of the Southwest Vein mineralized zone. The company has received results for one hole, and partial results from several others. Hole E11-01 returned 8.4 g/t gold over a core length of 0.51 metres, from 120.17 metres to 120.68 metres.
Sona not only explores for minerals in Canada and the US, but is also a small-scale gold producer from its flagship property, the 100% owned Blackdome Gold Mine, in south-central British Columbia, 250 kilometres north of Vancouver.
At Blackdome, the indicated mineral resources are estimated at 52,600 ounces of gold, plus additional inferred resources.
Elizabeth, located 30 kilometres south of Blackdome, has an inferred gold resource of 206,100 ounces of gold.
Sona is aiming to bring its permitted Blackdome mill back into full 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 deposit.
The company also holds the Montgolfier project, located in Quebec, 40 kilometres east of the multimillion-ounce Casa Berardi Mine gold deposit.
