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Sierra Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that through the first quarter of 2011 the company recovered 105.3 ounces of gold from all project sources as well as a quantity of diamonds from dredging and small scale mining operations. We have reached the pay gravel at most sites and look forward to improved recoveries for the remainder of the season. Coal Washer Machine In the first program, drilling to the south from the west end of the Mine, has yielded high-grade intersections in a previously unexplored area. The first exploration hole of this program, drill hole 53-1640, returned a number of intersections including 12.34 ounces of gold per ton (opt) over a core length of 1.5 feet. This intersection is located 1,000 feet south of the historically mined ‘04 Break at the -5410 foot elevation and 2,000 feet west of the current extent of the SMC. One of the follow-up drill holes, 53-1725, similarly intersected a number of mineralized zones including 6.05 opt over a core length of 8.4 feet. Further drilling is in progress to define the geometry and continuity of these zones. Mineralization is characterised by quartz veining with visible gold and tellurides and may be structurally related to the #6 Break. The #6 Break is interpreted as being a splay structure from the ‘04 Break and has been traced laterally across the Macassa, Kirkland Minerals and Teck-Hughes properties a distance of 10,000 feet. A second new exploration program is underway from the central part of the Macassa Mine, 2,800 feet east of the first program. This program is aimed at testing potential SMC related footwall mineralization as well as the potential up-dip extension of the SMC. Drilling has further defined a mineralized zone footwall to the current Lower D North resource. Drill hole 53-1621 returned an assay of 2.94 opt over a core length of 1.0 feet and drill hole 53-1622 assayed 1.34 opt over a core length of 3.1 feet. This drill program, confined thus far to a relatively small area, has also produced a number of intersections that will require follow-up drilling as well as future testing of unexplored areas. Metso Mining Screen Alexco Resource Corp. is pleased to announce additional results from the 2010 surface core drilling program at its Bermingham property in the Keno Hill silver district, Yukon Territory. Building on Alexco’s recognition of a “blind” mineralized structural zone in the area of the historic Bermingham mine in 2009, follow up work in 2010 has confirmed the presence of significant silver mineralization with minor base metals beginning approximately 150 meters from surface and extending at least 200 meters down plunge where it remains open. The mineralized structure is also recognized at depth over approximately 200 meters of strike extent where it similarly remains open to the southwest. Six of the holes drilled in 2010 to initially test the target structure intersected significant silver grades over drill widths ranging from 6.38 to 8.92 meters within a structural zone up to 20 meters wide. The historical Bermingham mine is located on Galena Hill approximately 1,500 meters southwest of the historical Hector Calumet mine, the district’s largest historical silver producer. Mineralization at Bermingham occurs on the southwest extension of the same structural zone that hosted the Hector Calumet ore deposit, which produced approximately 96 million ounces of silver at an average grade of 35 ounces per ton. RockBridge Resources Inc. has completed the summer prospecting of the Cross Hills Newfoundland Rare Earth and Copper property, and all samples have been sent to Activation Laboratories in Ontario for analysis. Accordingly, RockBridge is now proceeding with its plans for drilling to commence upon award of the contract. In addition, RockBridge has been successful in application for a Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural Resources Mineral Incentive Program Junior Exploration Assistance Grant which is designed to defray 50% of approved eligible costs, to a maximum grant of $100,000. Metso Vibrating Mining Screen Tags: Metso Vibrating Mining ScreenMetso Mining Screen
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