Goldbank Mining Corporation: Technical Report on Yukon Leota Gold Property Released
January 31 2011 - 12:56PM
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Goldbank (TSX VENTURE: GLB)(OTCBB: GLBKF) is very pleased to
announce the release of its NI 43-101 compliant Technical Report
for the Leota Gold Project located in the eastern Klondike
Goldfields, Yukon Territory, Canada.
The Technical Report provides a summary of the Leota property
geology and history, and highlights results of the 2010 exploration
program. These highlights include:
-- Identification of three independent gold zones, the Hasenfuss, Michie
and Cheerio, that with two months of further exploration can be drill
ready.
-- Identification of four additional independent gold anomalous areas
defined by point-source gold anomalies which are to be further evaluated
and may well generate additional independent gold zones and potential
drill targets.
-- Discovering and exposing a gold-bearing quartz vein "the Gracie vein" on
the Hasenfuss (or "Rabbit Foot") gold zone located 350 metres north of
the historically significant Alphonse gold-quartz vein on Hunker Creek.
Two of three samples collected from this new vein returned assays of 2.2
and 12.3 g/t gold. This new data confirms that previous reported assay
results from the Alphonse vein in this range can be considered
reasonable. These gold values are consistent with the range of those
typically identified in gold-quartz vein systems hosted in ophiolitic
rocks where mined elsewhere in the North American Cordillera.
-- Discovering the Michie gold zone, where combined soil and rock assay
data from "the Ruthie gold-vein system" defines a gold anomalous zone
extending east from Alexander Pup for close to a kilometre, which is at
least 230 metres wide on surface and open to the east.
-- Identifying the Cheerio gold zone due south from the Michie gold zone.
The Cheerio gold zone is at least 400 metres wide at surface defined by
8 consecutive gold anomalous soil samples and is open at both ends.
-- Establishing that these newly discovered gold-quartz vein zones and the
historically reported gold occurrences on the Leota Property are both
hosted by variably deformed and altered gabbro, diabase and ultramafic
rocks (e.g. ophiolite) that are carbonate-sericite-pyrite (i.e.
listwanite) altered similar to all the significant gold producing lode
and related placer camps in the North American Cordillera (e.g.,
Bralorne, Cassiar, Barkerville) which significantly increases the
potential for hosting coarse, nuggety gold in these areas. These
ophiolitic rocks are similar to those that previously overlay the
placer-rich portion of the Klondike and were the host for the vein gold
that was the source of the eroded gold that concentrated into the
creeks.
-- Identifying large and extensive, previously undocumented areas of
ophiolitic rocks increases both the volume of prospective rock for
hosting coarse, nuggety, gold-bearing quartz veins on the Leota
Property, as well as the contact area to host the more recently
significant low grade, bulk-tonnage style of gold mineralization
developed along the tectonized and altered contact zones between hanging
wall ophiolitic and footwall basement rocks similar to White Gold and
Lone Star properties.
The new metallogenic model for the Klondike Goldfields being
applied to the Leota Gold Project which emphasizes the importance
of ophiolitic rocks in hosting gold mineralization has been
confirmed by 2010 exploration results.
The relative size and abundance of these important rocks on the
Leota Property relative to the remainder of the Klondike implies
that it likely has high potential for hosting significant gold
mineralization.
The NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Leota Gold Project was
prepared for Goldbank by Chris H. Ash, M.Sc., P.Geo., who is an
independent qualified person and approved the technical content of
this news release. Mr. Chris Ash states "The results obtained in
part confirm for the first time in over 100 years the geological
setting that sourced the Klondike placer goldfields."
Goldbank has an Option to acquire up to a 100% interest in the
Leota property subject to a net smelter returns royalty of 3%.
The report is available at www.sedar.com and will be added to
Goldbank's website at www.goldbankmining.com.
GOLDBANK MINING CORPORATION
PER: "Anthony J. Beruschi"
ANTHONY J. BERUSCHI, President & CEO
Cautionary Note to US Investors: This news release may contain
information about adjacent properties on which we have no right to
explore or mine. We advise U.S. investors that the SEC's mining
guidelines strictly prohibit information of this type in documents
filed with the SEC. U.S. investors are cautioned that mineral
deposits on adjacent properties are not indicative of mineral
deposits on our properties. This news release may contain
forward-looking statements including but not limited to comments
regarding the timing and content of upcoming work programs,
geological interpretations, receipt of property titles, potential
mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements address
future events and conditions and therefore involve inherent risks
and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those
currently anticipated in such statements.
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Contacts: Goldbank Mining Corporation Anthony J. Beruschi B.Sc.
LLB. 604.669.1408 or Toll Free: 1.888.880.2288 604.669.5886 (FAX)
ajb@goldbankmining.com www.goldbankmining.com
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