Sparton Announces 3,300 Meter Drill Program With Osisko on Hammond Area Properties
17 Novembre 2011 - 3:00PM
Marketwired
SPARTON RESOURCES INC. (TSX VENTURE:SRI), (the "Company') is
pleased to announce the start of a 3,300 meter drill program on its
Hammond Gold Area Properties, near Atikokan, Ontario, which are
currently joint-ventured with Osisko Mining Corp. ("Osisko")
(TSX:OSK)(FRANKFURT:EWX). (See Sparton News Release dated March 21,
2011).
Sparton's claims straddle Osisko's Hammond Gold Project
property, which hosts a NI 43-101 compliant global inferred
resource of 10.52 million ounces gold. (See Osisko News Release
dated November 8, 2011).
Osisko has confirmed that the diamond drilling program will
commence towards the end of November 2011, and will focus on the
West Hammond claim area. Access roads and drill site preparation
have been completed and equipment is being mobilized to the area.
Initially, 6 to 8 holes are planned, for a total of approximately
3,300 meters. These are designed to follow-up, at depth, the
earlier discoveries by Sparton at the south end of the West Hammond
claim block, where several wide, shallow, gold intersections were
found in past drilling. These include 0.74 gm of gold over 14.8
meters and 0.80 gm of gold over 7.5 meters (See Sparton Press
Release dated March 1, 2010).
The mineralization in these holes is hosted in a 50-200 meter
wide zone of highly sheared, silicified and mineralized granitic
rocks with variable amounts of altered intercalated mafic and
intermediate volcanic material. This style of mineralization is
similar to that of the Osisko Hammond Reef Deposit.
Osisko, as the program operator, has completed a comprehensive
surface exploration program, approved earlier by the project
management committee. Approximately 2,700 outcrops were prospected
and over 1,400 whole rock samples have been taken on both the West
Hammond and Clement Lake Claim groups. To facilitate the
prospecting and sampling, 125 km of new grid lines were cut on the
West Hammond claims.
A 27.5 line km soil sampling program was also carried out to
cover new occurrences found at the north end of the West Hammond
Claim block in the Sawbill Grid Area, where grab samples returned
values ranging from 0.105 to 6.86 g/t Au. An induced polarization
survey and ground magnetic survey were also completed in the
southern portion of the same claim block. Targets generated by this
work may be considered for drilling as well.
The work being carried out by Osisko is part of a $12 million
earn-in, of which the initial year's expenditure was to be a
minimum of $1 million dollars. The parties have recently agreed to
extend the expenditure period for a further 120 days, to March 10,
2012, and the subsequent annual expenditure periods from November
until the respective year ends.
Sparton Resources Inc. is a Canadian mining and exploration
company focused on gold exploration in Canada. It is also presently
operating (through its subsidiaries) a producing germanium mine in
China, and developing secondary uranium recovery businesses there
from radioactive waste such as coal ash, mine waste and tailings,
and other types of material. It is also developing a world class
vanadium resource in southern China.
Statements in this release that are forward-looking statements
are subject to various risks and uncertainties concerning the
specific factors disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the
Company's filings with Canadian securities regulators. Such
information contained herein represents management's best judgment
as of the date hereof based on information currently available. The
Company does not assume any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements, save and except as may be required by
applicable securities laws.
This news release and the information contained herein does not
constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States and
securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration or exemption from registration.
We Seek Safe Harbour.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services
Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX
Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or
accuracy of this release.
Contacts: Sparton Resources Inc. A. Lee Barker President and CEO
416-366-3551 or Mobile: 416-716-5762 416-366-7421
(FAX)info@spartonres.ca Sparton Resources Inc. Edward G. Thompson
Chairman 416-366-6083 416-366-2713
(FAX)egt@interlog.comwww.spartonres.ca
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