Nebu Reports Assay Results, Updates Timmins West Gold Area Exploration Progress
February 02 2010 - 9:06AM
Marketwired
Nebu Resources Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: NBU) provides the
following update on exploration activities on its Denton Township
projects adjacent to properties held by Lakeshore Gold Mines Inc.,
approximately 30 kilometers southwest of Timmins, Ontario.
The Company holds two properties in the area, one of which has
been the subject of recent diamond drilling while the other has
been the subject of initial exploration and is now ready for drill
testing.
North Denton
In December 2009 the company completed the acquisition of a
group of claims (initially known as the North Denton Extension)
resulting in a significant expansion of the Company's land
holdings. In addition, the Company recently increased its interest
to 100%, in its entire North Denton holdings, when the optionor
converted its 10% interest to a 1% Net Smelter Return.
In December 2009, drilling resumed in the area of high-grade
gold mineralization reported in its November 30, 2009 press
release, to continue evaluation of this area of gold
mineralization. Since that time 6 holes have been completed in the
high-grade target area and assay results have been received for
some of the holes.
The vein or veins appear to have been intersected in all of the
recently completed drill holes with the highlights from recent
assay data including the results from drill hole DE-09-26 that
include core length intervals of 1.5 metres assaying 1.85 g/t and
2.6 metres averaging 3.03 g/t in the vein zone and a deeper
intersection averaging 17.18 g/t over a core length of 3.2metres
near the contact of the diorite intrusion.
While the latter intersection is deeper, it should be noted that
this intersection is still less than 120 metres below surface,
whereas much of Lakeshore Gold's recent success has resulted from
drilling holes to depths of more than 700 metres vertically.
Other intersections of note in the vein zone include a 2.3 metre
core length in drill hole DE-09-23 that assayed 5.48 g/t gold at a
vertical depth of approximately 95 metres and a 0.5 metre core
interval in drill hole DE-09-21 that assayed 8.97 g/t gold at a
depth of approximately 115 metres representing the deepest drill
intersections to date on the vein zone. Drilling is considered to
be at the grass roots exploration stage and quite favourable given
the early stage of exploration on the property. Additional drilling
is underway in this area to more fully evaluate this zone of
mineralization and drill results and assays will be reported as
they become available.
Also on the North Denton Property, the Company completed two
drill holes at the Fred's pit area where historic mining of roughly
1000 tons of ore averaged 0.14 ounces per ton gold to a depth of
only a few metres. Drill hole DE-09-11 drilled at -45 degrees
intersected the gold mineralized zone 35 metres from surface,
assaying 4.87 g/t gold over a core length of 1.3 metres while drill
hole DE-09-12 drilled from the same setup at a -65 degrees
intersected the same zone at a vertical depth of 90 metres and
assayed 1.36 g/t over a 1.5 metre core length. The zone remains
open to further expansion along strike and to depth.
On the eastern part of the property, the Company completed 10
drill holes testing areas of strong quartz carbonate tourmaline and
sulphide mineralization in an area approximately 300 metres by 200
metres. All holes intersected areas of strong alteration comprised
of carbonate, silicification, and quartz ankerite tourmaline
veining as well as sulphide mineralization consisting of
pyrrhotite, pyrite and minor chalcopyrite. While anomalous gold
results were encountered, no economic values were encountered in
the initial drilling.
Brian Murray, President and CEO commented: "We continue to be
very encouraged by the latest results, particularly given the grass
roots exploratory nature of our program and the near surface depths
at which we are drilling. We are continuing our drill program with
both drill rigs in operation for the foreseeable future."
South Denton
The company reports has now completed preliminary exploration
programs on its 100% owned South Denton Property, which covers more
than 2 kilometres of the interpreted location of the regionally
extensive and extremely important Destor Porcupine Fault. Most of
the gold mineralization in the Timmins gold camp is located
proximal to this important structural feature. No drilling has ever
been completed on the largely overburden covered property although
drilling to the north of the property boundary on land now held by
Lakeshore Gold Mines Inc. intersected gold mineralization at a
number of locations including in proximity to the mutual property
boundary.
Work by the Company included line cutting, geological mapping,
magnetic and induced polarization (IP) surveying. These programs
successfully outlined favourable rock types for gold
mineralization, strong shearing and alteration in proximity to
buried IP anomalies that may be caused by the presence of increased
sulphide concentrations, not uncommon to zones of significant gold
mineralization and similar to the signature of the gold
mineralization identified on the Lakeshore Gold property just to
the north.
A number of significant targets have been identified and drill
testing of these features is the only way to properly test their
potential to host gold mineralization. The Company intends to
initiate drill testing of the high priority targets on the property
later in the month with at least six holes planned in widely spaced
areas of the property.
Quality Control and Assurance
Assay results reported by the Company are from halved drill core
samples collected from diamond drill holes recently completed by
contractors to the Company. Core samples were collected by
consultants in the employ of the Company and are subject to the
Company's quality control program. Sampling was conducted in
Timmins, Ontario and sealed samples were transported to Swastika
Labs preparation facilities in Swastika, Ontario. Samples are
regularly assayed for gold by standard fire assay- ICP finish with
a 30 gram charge.
For quality control purposes, blank, duplicate and reference
standards were inserted into the sample stream at irregular
intervals.
Mr. Bruce Durham P.Geo, a Qualified Person, is the Company's
Qualified Person (QP) and is the non-independent Qualified Person
responsible for the information contained in this press release.
The Qualified Person is experienced in all aspects of the work
completed, has visited the project site, examined the drill core
samples reported and has verified that the reported results meet
the Company's quality control standards.
No determination of the true width of the mineralized quartz
vein system has been possible at this early stage of the
drilling.
About Nebu Resources Inc:
Nebu is a junior exploration company now focused on gold
exploration projects in Ontario. It also has an interest in several
gold properties in the west Timmins area, and also in the Burntbush
area of Ontario. Nebu currently has 50,819,116 common shares issued
and outstanding.
The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press
release.
Contacts: Nebu Resources Inc. Brian Murray President and CEO
(416) 985-7810 Nebu Resources Inc. John V. Hickey CFO/Investor
Relations (416) 903-6649 Nebu Resources Inc. Clark Kent CMC
(647)-519-2646 Nebu Resources Inc. Keir Reynolds Contact Financial
(604) 689-7422 info@neburesources.com www.neburesources.com
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