NR good drill assay results
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Mar 22, 2010 08:30AM
NI 43-101 : 1.1 M Oz Indicated Plus 3.2 M Oz Inferred
March 5, 2010, Timmins, Ontario - Moneta Porcupine Mines Inc. (TSX: ME / XETRA: MOP) (“Moneta”)
is pleased
to announce initial drill results from the ongoing 30,000 metre 2010 drill program. The Winter 2010 drilling is focused on the 55 Zone and the Southwest Zone of Moneta’s 100% owned Golden Highway Project, east of Matheson, Ontario.
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A total of 5,900 metres and 22 holes have been drilled to date in the 55 Zone, within the historically defined 450
metre zone, and to a 1,000 metre strike with 100 metre stepouts both to the east and west. The current drilling
has concentrated on the upper 200 metres, near to surface.
Significant high grade intercepts from the current program (note: drilled width approximates true width) include
4.15 g/t over 5.5m (hole M55-10-1), 14.76 g/t over 0.91m (hole M55-10-2), 10.58 g/t over 0.65m (hole M55-10-3),
21.39 g/t over 1.45m (hole M55-10-4), 25.63 g/t over 0.45m (hole M55-10-8), 18.79 g/t over 0.27m (hole M55-10-
11), and 14.9 g/t over 2.64M (hole M55-10-14).
“The remarkable success achieved in the drilling to date reinforces our opinion that the Golden Highway Project
contains a pervasive gold system. The drill program is now focused on expanding the 250 metre corridor within
the 55 Zone along structure to test the strike and depth potential of the known high grade. Further assays results
are pending,” said Ian C. Peres, President and CEO.
The 55 Zone lies within the Destor Porcupine Deformation zone and is hosted in Timiskaming sediments that
include two flanking iron formation units, the northern one being in contact with ultramafic volcanics.
Current and past drilling has identified a key structure striking west southwest or sub-parallel to stratigraphy
along a minimum 250 metre corridor, within the 55 Zone, that remains open to depth with additional strike
potential. The structure is a fault system which hosts a series of high grade en echelon (stacked) moderately
north-dipping quartz veins often within brecciated wall rocks carrying elevated levels of pyrite. The intersected
high grade quartz vein zones range in drilled widths up to 3 metres, which closely approximates true width.
Similar structural features have been observed in other drill holes along strike and assay results are pending.
The current drilling has also intersected these quartz veins in contact with the northern iron formation resulting in
local sulfidization of the iron formation and returning significantly enhanced grade. This style of mineralization
has also been intersected in some step-out holes both easterly and westerly along the northern iron formation.