Apollo Gold Announces Additional Assay Results for Its Grey Fox Drilling Program
Thu Nov 19, 8:36 AMDENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apollo Gold Corporation (“Apollo” or “we”) (TSX: APG.TO) (NYSE Amex: AGT) is pleased to provide an update on the 2009 drilling program in progress on its Grey Fox Property.
The drilling program commenced on August 10, 2009 and to date 40 holes are complete. Assay results were released on the first 13 holes (GF09-17 through GF09-29) on October 16 and November 2, 2009. Apollo is pleased to provide assay and drill hole information on another five drill holes (GF09-30 through GF09-34) which are set out below. The location of all drill holes are shown in Figure 1.
The assay results continue to show continuity in shallow, multiple mineralized zones. We have highlighted the mineralized zones in the drilling results shown in Table 1 below, which also shows the individual assays that make up the zone immediately above the highlighted zone.
The 2009 drilling program follows the 16 hole drilling program completed by Apollo in 2008 which successfully intersected gold mineralization in rocks similar to the host rocks of the Black Fox deposit and included high grade mineralization of 3.5 meters grading 455 grams gold per tonne (13.27 ounces of gold per ton).
In addition to the 34 holes assayed (16 holes from 2008 and 18 from 2009), we are still awaiting the results of a further 22 holes drilled in September, October and November 2009, all of which were drilled along the Contact Zone at 12.5 meter and 25.0 meter spacing with the objective of showing continuity to the mineralization and being able to publish a measured and indicated resource statement by the end of the first quarter 2010.
“Drilling continues to intersect mineralized zones within the identified Contact Fault Zone,” says Richard Nanna, Vice President-Exploration for Apollo. “It is also encouraging that all holes drilled and assayed to date have intersected the mineralization and indicate that it may continue to trend onto our newly acquired Pike River Property. We are now in the planning stages of developing a drilling program to follow the mineralization north onto Pike River.”
The Grey Fox Project is located about 3.5 kilometers southeast of Apollo’s Black Fox Mine, which commenced gold production in May 2009. Apollo controls a 17 square kilometer land package consisting of the Black Fox Mine, the Pike River property which is south-east of the Black Fox mine, acquired in September 2009, and the Grey Fox property which is south-east of Pike River. Figure 2 shows the total Apollo land package surrounding its Black Fox Mine.
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Table 1 |
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| 2009 Grey Fox Drilling | ||||||||||||
| Hole ID | From (m) | To (m) | Core Width (m) |
Zone True Width (m) |
Assay grams Au/t |
Assay ounce Au/ton |
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GF09-30 |
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| 61.4 | 62.4 | 1.00 | 1.51 | |||||||||
| 62.4 | 63.4 | 1.00 | 5.07 | |||||||||
| 63.4 | 64.4 | 1.00 | 11.66 | |||||||||
| 64.4 | 65.4 | 1.00 | 0.41 | |||||||||
| 65.4 | 66.4 | 1.00 | 0.27 | |||||||||
| 66.4 | 67.4 | 1.00 | 0.69 | |||||||||
| GF09-30 | 61.4 | 67.4 | 6.00 | 4.02 | 3.27 | 0.10 | ||||||
| GF09-31 | ||||||||||||
| GF09-31 | 99.0 | 100.0 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 4.05 | 0.12 | ||||||
| GF09-31 | 104.0 | 105.0 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 1.30 | 0.04 | ||||||
| GF09-31 | 112.0 | 113.0 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 1.37 | 0.04 | ||||||
| GF09-31 | 115.0 | 116.0 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 1.30 | 0.04 | ||||||
| GF09-32 | ||||||||||||
| GF09-32 | 54.5 | 56.0 | 1.50 | 1.18 | 1.99 | 0.06 | ||||||
| GF09-32 | 81.5 | 83.0 | 1.50 | 1.18 | 1.44 | 0.04 | ||||||
| GF09-32 | 104.0 | 105.5 | 1.50 | 1.18 | 1.10 | 0.03 | ||||||
| 110.6 | 111.6 | 1.00 | 6.24 | |||||||||
| 111.6 | 112.6 | 1.00 | 1.23 | |||||||||
| GF09-32 | 110.6 | 112.6 | 2.00 | 1.57 | 3.74 | 0.11 | ||||||
| 124.6 | 125.6 | 1.00 | 1.03 | |||||||||
| 125.6 | 126.6 | 1.00 | 0.96 | |||||||||
| 126.6 | 127.6 | 1.00 | 0.14 | |||||||||
| 127.6 | 128.6 | 1.00 | 1.71 | |||||||||
| GF09-32 | 124.6 | 128.6 | 4.00 | 3.14 | 0.96 | 0.03 | ||||||
| 147.5 | 149.0 | 1.50 | 7.54 | |||||||||
| 149.0 | 149.9 | 0.90 | 9.60 | |||||||||
| 161.0 | 162.5 | 1.50 | 3.15 | |||||||||
| 164.0 | 165.5 | 1.50 | 0.82 | |||||||||
| 170.0 | 171.5 | 1.50 | 7.68 | |||||||||
| GF09-32 | 147.5 | 171.5 | 6.90 | 5.41 | 5.43 | 0.16 | ||||||
| GF09-33 | ||||||||||||
| 88.6 | 89.6 | 1.00 | 4.87 | |||||||||
| 89.6 | 90.6 | 1.00 | 0.89 | |||||||||
| 90.6 | 91.6 | 1.00 | 0.82 | |||||||||
| 91.6 | 92.6 | 1.00 | 0.07 | |||||||||
| 92.6 | 93.6 | 1.00 | 2.61 | |||||||||
| 93.6 | 94.6 | 1.00 | 1.65 | |||||||||
| 94.6 | 95.6 | 1.00 | 0.27 | |||||||||
| GF09-33 | 88.6 | 95.6 | 7.00 | 5.09 | 1.60 | 0.05 | ||||||
| GF09-34 | ||||||||||||
| 41.4 | 42.4 | 1.00 | 5.07 | |||||||||
| 42.4 | 43.4 | 1.00 | 7.20 | |||||||||
| 43.4 | 44.4 | 1.00 | 2.40 | |||||||||
| 44.4 | 45.4 | 1.00 | 0.27 | |||||||||
| 45.4 | 46.4 | 1.00 | 1.03 | |||||||||
| 46.4 | 47.4 | 1.00 | 0.48 | |||||||||
| GF09-34 | 41.4 | 47.4 | 6.00 | 4.67 | 2.74 | 0.08 | ||||||
| 58.4 | 59.4 | 1.00 | 1.44 | |||||||||
| 59.4 | 60.3 | 0.90 | 0.75 | |||||||||
| GF09-34 | 58.4 | 60.3 | 1.90 | 1.48 | 1.12 | 0.03 | ||||||
| 63.9 | 65.0 | 1.10 | 1.78 | |||||||||
| 65.0 | 66.5 | 1.50 | 0.03 | |||||||||
| 66.6 | 68.0 | 1.50 | 16.66 | |||||||||
| 68.0 | 69.5 | 1.50 | 1.37 | |||||||||
| GF09-34 | 63.9 | 69.5 | 5.60 | 4.36 | 5.19 | 0.15 | ||||||
| GF09-34 | 95.2 | 96.7 | 1.50 | 1.17 | 1.10 | 0.03 | ||||||
| UTM GRID NAD 83 | ||||||||||||
| Hole ID | T.D. | Easting | Northing | Elevation | Azimuth | Inc. Degrees | ||||||
| GF09-30 | 122.00 | 551069.76 | 5372987.48 | 290.51 | 270.00 | -58.00 | ||||||
| GF09-31 | 131.00 | 551090.00 | 5372987.50 | 290.00 | 270.00 | -63.00 | ||||||
| GF09-32 | 251.00 | 551120.00 | 5372912.50 | 290.00 | 270.00 | -60.00 | ||||||
| GF09-33 | 152.00 | 551083.70 | 5372962.04 | 290.00 | 270.00 | -60.00 | ||||||
| GF09-34 | 131.00 | 551070.00 | 5372862.50 | 290.00 | 270.00 | -58.00 | ||||||
All assay work was completed by Polymet Labs of Cobalt, Ontario, which is ISO 9001:2000 certified in North America. Complete drilling results are available on our website at www.apollogold.com.
This press release has been reviewed and approved for release by Richard F. Nanna, Professional Geologist, Apollo's Senior Vice-President, Exploration and Development and designated “Qualified Person” under NI 43-101. All drill assay results for the Grey Fox property are available on the Apollo website at www.apollogold.com.
Apollo Gold Corporation
Apollo is a gold mining and exploration company which operates the Black Fox mine in Ontario, Canada and the Huizopa project, an early stage exploration project in the Sierra Madres in Chihuahua, Mexico. Apollo also owns the Montana Tunnels mine, which is a 50% joint venture with Elkhorn Tunnels, LLC, in Montana, which was placed on care and maintenance on April 30, 2009. A letter of intent to sell the Montana Tunnels mine was signed on September 30, 2009.
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This press release includes “Forward-Looking Statements” within the meaning of section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “intends,” “continue,” or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. All statements regarding the timing of the expected completion of the 2009 drilling program at Grey Fox, the timing and ability of Apollo to successfully intersect mineralization, to obtain indicated and measured resource status resulting from such drilling programs, to expand the Contact Zone along the Destor Porcupine Fault Zone and, develop a drilling program for Pike River are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include: the results of assays and additional exploration, sampling and drilling efforts at Grey Fox, delays caused by equipment failures and weather, unexpected changes in business and economic conditions, political or economic instability, significant decreases in gold prices, changes in interest and currency rates, local and community impacts and issues, labor accidents, environmental risks and other factors disclosed under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in Apollo documents filed from time to time with the Toronto Stock Exchange, the NYSE Amex Exchange, The United States Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based on information available to Apollo on the date hereof. Apollo assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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