- 20.85 g/t gold over 1.1 m intersected within a vein zone averaging
8.46 g/t over 3.0m
- An IP anomaly drilled south of the DAC Deposit identified a new
target intersecting mineralized shear zones
- 6.4% zinc over one meter massive sulphide zone also intersected
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VANCOUVER, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Pacific North
West Capital Corp. ("PFN") (TSX: PFN; OTCBB: PAWEF; Frankfurt: P7J)
and Alto Ventures Ltd. (ATV: TSX-V) are pleased to provide the
results for the last three holes (DES10-136 to 138) of the Phase II
drilling program. This program was completed in March 2010 at the DAC Deposit on the Destiny
Project, Québec. The results from the recent Phase I and Phase II
programs are being incorporated into the extensive data base
available for the Destiny project for the next stage of work, which
may include diamond drilling.
Drilling at the DAC Deposit continued to intersect multiple gold
zones with high grade values over significant widths (Table 1)
including DES10-137 which intersected 20.85 g/t gold over 1.1 m
within a vein zone that averages 8.46 g/t over 3.0m. This same hole
intersected another gold zone containing 12.0 g/t gold over 0.5 m
within a quartz-veined shear zone averaging 1.16 g/t gold over 6.6
m and a massive sulphide lens assaying 6.4% zinc over 1.0 m.
Table-1- Significant Gold Assays Phase II Drilling Program
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Hole Number From (m) To (m) Width (m) Au (g/t)
*downhole
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DES10-136 451.0 463.3 12.3 0.9
includes 460.9 461.5 1.6 3.95
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DES10-137 216.3 227.6 11.3 0.92
includes 226.8 227.6 0.8 4.0
251.9 258.5 6.6 1.16
includes 254.0 254.5 0.5 12.0
371.0 374.0 3.0 8.46
includes 372.9 374.0 1.1 20.85
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DES10-138 22.0 44.0 22.0 0.39
New vein 91.0 92.0 1.0 2.57
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* Based on core angles and previous drilling, true widths are estimated
at approximately 80 to 90% of the downhole lengths reported.
Mineralized zones generally start at 0.1 g/t gold and assay averages
may include minimal intervals of waste material. No top cuts of
assays were used.
DES10-137 intersected a one metre wide zone of zinc-rich massive
sulphides that is believed to be part of the same sulphide horizon
from which base metal values were reported previously (see Alto and
PFN's news releases dated February 18,
2010). Company geologists believe that the base metals are
indications of an earlier copper-zinc-gold massive sulphide system
that has been subsequently overprinted by the gold enriched shear
zones that are host to the DAC Deposit. Table 2- summarizes the
significant base metals mineralization.
Table 2- Summary of Significant Base Metals Mineralization in Massive
Sulphide Zone
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Hole From To Width Au Ag Cu Zn
Number (m) (m) (m) (g/t) (g/t) (%) (%)
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DES10-137 232.7 233.7 1.0 0.3 18.0 0.73 6.4
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Drill hole DES10-138 was drilled to test an IP geophysical
anomaly approximately 100 m south of the DAC Deposit. The hole hit
bedrock at 22 m. A mineralized shear zone averaging 0.39 g/t gold
was intersected immediately in the bedrock for 22 m. This shear
zone is the near-surface projection of the southern most gold zone
of the DAC Deposit. DES10-138 intersected other areas of shearing
from 89 to 94.4 m where the shear zone contains a one metre wide
mineralized quartz vein that assays 2.57 g/t gold. This is a new
vein system that is similar in appearance to the high grade quartz
veins of the DAC Deposit. The drill hole continued to cut
intermittent shearing and veining from 106 to 152 m and scattered
anomalous gold values up to 1.36 g/t gold over 1.3 m are associated
with some of the quartz veins. The hole ended in a gold bearing
shear zone with the last sample of the Phase II program containing
0.81 g/t gold from 151.2 to 152.0 m.
New discovery of quartz veins and shearing throughout DES10-138
is very significant as it indicates that the previously untested
areas are targets with excellent potential for finding additional
gold zones at shallow depths just south of the DAC Deposit.
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Quality Assurance/Quality Control
Core processing included descriptive logging and selection of
samples for analyses. The NQ-size cores were sawed in half and one
half was delivered to a commercial laboratory. The samples were
delivered to the Accurassay Preparation Laboratory in Sudbury, where they were crushed and a 500
gram pulp was prepared. The pulp was then shipped to Accurassay
Laboratories in Thunder Bay for
analyses. The gold assaying method uses a standard Fire Assay with
AA finish technique on a 30 gram aliquot taken from a 500 gram
split from the submitted sample. Commercially prepared standards
and blanks were inserted by Alto every 25 samples to ensure
precision of the results. The laboratory performs repeat check
assays every 10 samples on pulps to ensure internal lab quality
control.
The laboratory was instructed to prepare and analyze a second
500 gram split from the reject for those samples that indicated
gold values of between 1 g/t and 5 g/t on the initial analysis. The
gold assaying method on the re-split uses a standard Fire Assay
with Gravimetric finish technique on a 30 gram aliquot. Pulp
metallic assays were performed on all samples the returned greater
than 5 g/t gold on the first assay. The results reported represent
mathematical averages of all analyses performed on each specific
sample.
Robert J. Tremblay P. Geo
(Québec). Consulting Geologist to Alto Ventures, was responsible
for supervision of the diamond drilling program.
About Destiny Gold Project
The Destiny Gold Property is under Option to Pacific North West
Capital Corp. Under the terms of the Option Agreement, Pacific
North West Capital may elect to pay Alto $200,000, provide Alto with 250,000 common shares
of Pacific North West Capital, and complete a total of $3,500,000 in exploration expenditures over a
four year period to earn a 60% interest in the Destiny Gold
Property. Subsequent to vesting of its interest, Pacific North West
Capital will form a joint venture with Alto to further develop the
project.
The property is located approximately 75 km north of
Val d'Or in the
Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec. The geological environment at Destiny
including the shear-hosted high grade quartz veins is similar to
the main Val d'Or gold belt.
Val d'Or is one of the major gold
mining centres in the Province of Québec, and currently active with
many new mine development projects. The property is road accessible
with excellent mining infrastructure and support facilities
nearby.
Mike Koziol, P. Geo., P.Eng. and
Alto's President and CEO is the Qualified Person who has reviewed
and approved this news release.
About the DAC Deposit
The main area of mineralization on the Destiny Gold Property is
the DAC zone, which occurs over a strike length of about 600 m. In
this area, four to five identifiable intervals of quartz veining
and shear-related alteration zones carry high grade gold
mineralization, with drill intersections up to 178.5 g/t gold over
a drill width of 1.0 metres. The DAC zone hosts a NI 43-101
compliant indicated resource of 166,863 tonnes grading 6.88 g/t
gold (36,892 ounces) and an inferred resource of 444,753 tonnes
grading 4.46 g/t gold (63,839 ounces) calculated by W.A. Hubacheck
Consultants Ltd. in 2007 (see "A Resource Estimate of the DAC Gold
Deposit, Despinassy Twp., Val d'Or,
Quebec" dated January 9, 2007,
available on the Alto Ventures website).
About Alto Ventures Ltd
Alto Ventures Ltd. is a gold exploration and development company
with a portfolio of highly prospective properties in the Canadian
Shield. The Company is currently active in Québec where it is
focussed on the Destiny Gold project in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt
and in Ontario in the Beardmore and Shebandowan gold districts.
About Pacific North West Capital Corp:
Pacific North West Capital Corp. is a mineral exploration
company focused on Platinum Group Metals (PGM), precious and base
metals. Management's corporate philosophy is to be a Project
Generator, Explorer and Project Operator with the objective of
option/joint venturing projects with major and junior mining
companies through to production. To that end, Pacific North West
Capital's current option/joint ventures agreements are with Anglo
Platinum, First Nickel, Alto Ventures and is a major shareholder of
Fire River Gold Corp. (www.firerivergold.com)
Pacific North West Capital Corp. is well funded with an
experienced management team and the ability to take advantage of
the tremendous under funded opportunities that are available in the
mining sector today.
Management of Pacific North West Capital plans to use their
technical, financing and deal making abilities to acquire
additional Platinum Group metals, base metals and precious metals
projects on an international scale. To that end, the company is in
the process of adding key technical and financial people to our
management and our advisory team. Pacific North West Capital is a
member of the International Metals Group
(www.internationalmetalsgroup.com) of Companies.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
(signed)
Harry Barr
President and CEO
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