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Cassidy drills 17.7 g/t Au over 14 m at Kouroussa
2006-04-18 12:26 ET - News Release
Mr. James Gillis reports
IMPRESSIVE KINKINE RESULTS AT KOUROUSSA GOLD PROJECT, GUINEA
Cassidy Gold Corp. has released results from continuing reverse circulation drilling on its
100-per-cent-owned Kouroussa project, located in Guinea, West Africa. A series of five RC
holes totalling 614 metres scissored previous RC holes on two sections 80 metres apart, across
the Kinkine zone. Kinkine is located four kilometres north of Cassidy's Sanu Filanan deposit.
Highlights include 17.70 grams per tonne gold over 14 metres in KRC861 and 16.70 g/t Au over
28 metres in KRC862.
Kinkine zone
Kinkine was drilled by RC to follow up on strong air-core drill results over an area of
significant historical artisanal mining activity and coincident anomalous soil geochemistry.
That program, described in Cassidy Gold's news in Stockwatch dated March 16, 2006, included
2.68 g/t Au over 60 metres in KRC828 and 6.01 g/t Au over 7.0 metres, and 2.40 g/t Au over
75.0 metres in KRC829. Multiple zones were indicated, so to test if drill holes were drilled
down dip, five holes were collared on two sections, scissoring mineralized zones indicated in
the March drilling.
Results of the scissor holes demonstrate that several zones of vein-related gold mineralization
striking northerly and dipping at a very shallow to moderate angle to the west. A series of
lower-grade easterly directed extensional veins are also indicated. The southern RC line includes
the longest and highest-grade intervals. KRC861 and KRC862 intersected bonanza-type veins
grading 17.70 g/t Au over 14.0 metres and 16.70 g/t Au over 28.0 metres, respectively, at an
oblique angle to the dip. KRC860 intersected 2.40 g/t Au over 19.0 metres, the lower portion
of the long interval in KRC829. Similarly, KRC861 intersected 1.69 g/t Au over 35.0 metres that
correlated to a portion of the mineralized zone in KRC828.
Table 1 KINKINE ZONE -- RC DRILL RESULTS Hole From To Length Au ID (m) (m) (m) (g/t) KRC859 12.0 23.0 11.0 0.72 KRC859 43.0 45.0 2.0 1.17 KRC859 61.0 63.0 2.0 1.02 KRC860 77.0 78.0 1.0 6.57 KRC860 83.0 102.0 19.0 2.40 KRC860 106.0 116.0 10.0 0.94 KRC860 122.0 129.0 7.0 1.52 KRC861 11.0 25.0 14.0 17.70 KRC861 32.0 35.0 3.0 1.48 KRC861 42.0 47.0 5.0 3.55 KRC861 63.0 98.0 35.0 1.69 KRC861 102.0 103.0 1.0 3.19 KRC862 5.0 11.0 6.0 10.72 KRC862 46.0 74.0 28.0 16.70 KRC863 1.0 9.0 8.0 0.82
KRC863 47.0 49.0 2.0 1.30
KRC859 and KRC863 are on the northern RC line, with both intersecting
significant lower-grade mineralization high in both holes. KRC859 intersected 0.72 g/t Au over
11.0 metres on a vein structure also intersected in KRC823 (5.25 g/t over 6.0 metres), KRC822
(1.56 g/t Au over 15 metres), KRC821 (1.10 g/t Au over 10.0 metres) and KRC820 (1.08 g/t Au
over 38.0 metres). KRC863 intersected 0.82 g/t Au over 8.0 metres on a structurally higher
vein set, coincident with weaker zones identified in KRC821 and 822. An updated location map
will be posted on the company's website shortly.
Kinkine exploration program
The RC drill has moved to Kinkine to begin a 15-hole, 2,100-metre resource
definition program. A second 11-hole, 1,430-metre infill program is also planned. The diamond
drill is in the midst of a four-hole, 1,000-metre program to define structural controls to
mineralization at Kinkine. The air-core rig has also moved to the Kinkine area to test along
the southwest-trending Kinkine fault, where a previous air-core hole (KRAB416, located about
800 metres to the southwest of the recent scissor holes) had intersected 23.35 g/t Au over 20.0
metres at the bottom of the hole. Two abandoned artisanal digging sites have also been located
near KRAB416.
Sampling and assay procedures
RC drill samples were collected from the cyclone and split or pipe sampled to one-kilogram size.
All samples were sent to the SGS analytical laboratory in Siguiri, Guinea, for fire assay using
a 50-gram subsample. Samples assaying greater than five g/t gold are reassayed using a metallics
screen technique. Repeat assays are made on every 25th sample, and duplicates and blanks are
submitted, one each in every 20 samples. Quality control/quality assurance is closely monitored
by RSG Global personnel.
Personnel
Project manager Nick Hewson of RSG Global heads the exploration team in Guinea. Christopher J.
Wild, PEng, vice-president, exploration, for Cassidy Gold, is currently in Kouroussa and is the
qualified person for this release.
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